at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center after two and a half days of worship, business, voting (and more voting), celebrating anniversaries, fellowship, speakers, and Bible study. While the theme was “Back to the Future” reminiscing about our 180-year history, much of the conversation and legislation focused on moving forward and what’s next for the United Methodist Church and our annual conference. (click here to read the 6/6/19 issue of the N.I.C. Weekly eNews which includes “Annual Conference Highlights”)