Bishop Dyck encourages all of us to pray for our six delegates from the Northern Illinois Annual Conference who will be gathering and voting in St. Louis for the 2019 Special Session of General Conference.
Our clergy delegates are Rev. Alka Lyall, Rev. Gregory Gross, and Rev. Chris Pierson. Our lay delegates are Lonnie Chafin, Irma Clark, and Elisa Gatz (Chair). Reserves include Jack Ryder, Rev. Carol Hill, Rita L. Smith, Rev. Luis Reyes, Nancy Pendergrass, and Rev. David Lagos-Fonseca.
General Conference Prayer
As part of the Praying Our Way Forward process and the Opening of the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference, the attached prayer has been written and will be part of the worship liturgy at General Conference. We invite you to share it with your congregation during Sunday’s worship services on Feb. 24. Click here to download.
Watch here Bishop Dyck’s video message on unity which she originally taped for the Rockford District Leadership Training event at Rev. Lisa Kruse-Safford’s request.
Following GC2019
…For resources visit: www.umcnic.org/wayforward
…Special Session Livestream: www.umc.org/live
…For updates and news fro St. Louis visit: www.umnews.org
…NIC Delegation visit www.umcnic.org/NICdelegation
…and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NICdelegation.
NIC Communications will be on-site in St. Louis and we will share important updates and information through the conference’s social media channels, website and a special eNews with a message from the Bishop. The official hashtags for social media are #umcgc and #GC2019.
After Session Debriefings
Bishop Dyck invites you to join one of three debriefings.
…Saturday, March 30 at 9:30am – Location: Orland Park: Faith UMC, 15101 S 80th Ave., Orland Park, IL.
…Saturday, March 30 at 2 pm – Location: Barrington UMC, 98 Algonquin Rd., Barrington, IL.
…Sunday, March 31 at 3 pm – Location: Oregon UMC, 200 S. 4th St., Oregon, IL.
NIC Delegation FAQThe NIC Delegation has put together an FAQ sheet from the most commonly asked questions during the conversations around the Special Session held across the conference in each District last fall. Click here to read.
Day of Prayer – Feb. 23 The Praying Our Way Forward team of the Council of Bishops has released details of the Day of Prayer, which will take place from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm CST in the St. Louis America’s Center Convention Complex on Saturday, February 23, the first day of the 2019 Special Session of General Conference.The event will be live-streamed. Click here to read more.
Advance Daily Christian Advocate Bound printed volumes of the the Advance Edition of the Daily Christian Advocate (ADCA), the official journal of the General Conference of The United Methodist Church which includes the agenda and legislation, may be purchased from Cokesbury. A PDF of the 2019 ADCA is accessible online now.