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Youth experience the Special Session of GC

Posted: February 26 2019 at 12:36 PM

More than a dozen youth and leaders traveled to St. Louis to experience the Special Session of General Conference firsthand. The Rev. Jane Cheema, a deacon from First UMC in Evanston, organized the trip for her youth group she says to give them the opportunity to" see the Church at work in the world." The group also included one youth from Community UMC in Naperville. Take a listen to their hopes for the future of the Church below.

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