COMING UP SOON
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Summer Theater
Join us for the shows, Friday night at 7pm & Saturday morning at 11am! 
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July ASP Trip
Our ASP team of 94 high school youth, college students, and adults heads to Summers County, WV, from July 20-27, for a week of volunteering with the Appalachia Service Project. This is our church’s 25th year of partnership with ASP!! We are so grateful for all the ways our church family has made it possible for us to have this experience of service and relationship-building with our Appalachian neighbors. Prayer journals will be available in the Gathering Space or church office if you would like to follow our journey. Join us at the 10:15 worship service on July 28 to hear reflections from the team! |
Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra Summer Opera
The Salt Creek Chamber Orchestra will present its sixth annual Summer Opera on Saturday evening, August 10 in the sanctuary. This year’s production is Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus (“The Bat”). The orchestra will be joined by singers from MIOpera in a staged version of the work. The operetta will be presented in English with projected English supertitles. Our music director, Tim Semanik, will be conducting. Tickets are $15 for all FUMCLG members and may be obtained at the door or at brownpapertickets.com. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary, with the doors opening about 7:00. |
FUMC LaGrange Task Force updates -
Updates from the Annual Conference* of the Northern Illinois Conference June 2-4, 2019:
Sections from Document 700.01 which passed with an overwhelming margin:
*Annual Conference is a United Methodist term used to refer to a regional body and a yearly meeting. Our church is part of the regional body known as the Northern Illinois Annual Conference. Pastors and lay leaders, or representatives from each church attend the yearly meeting called “Annual Conference” for a time of worship, fellowship, and to conduct the business of the conference. Business includes ordaining new clergy; reports of past work; discussion of new goals, programs and budgets; and this year included electing delegates to General Conference 2020.
For a review of past task force updates, head here, and for a review of UMC structure, head here.
Updates from the Annual Conference* of the Northern Illinois Conference June 2-4, 2019:
Sections from Document 700.01 which passed with an overwhelming margin:
- We reaffirm our 1986 decision to be a reconciling conference and our commitment to be a church for all people, including traditionally-minded persons; and
- We authorize the Bishop to form a task force to explore a way forward for the Northern Illinois Conference including the possibility of new Methodist expression. The task force is directed to receive input from churches within our conference and to work with other jurisdictions, conferences, and churches who are also exploring new options and opportunities.
*Annual Conference is a United Methodist term used to refer to a regional body and a yearly meeting. Our church is part of the regional body known as the Northern Illinois Annual Conference. Pastors and lay leaders, or representatives from each church attend the yearly meeting called “Annual Conference” for a time of worship, fellowship, and to conduct the business of the conference. Business includes ordaining new clergy; reports of past work; discussion of new goals, programs and budgets; and this year included electing delegates to General Conference 2020.
For a review of past task force updates, head here, and for a review of UMC structure, head here.