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STANDING RULES
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STANDING RULES OF THE
NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Notes to the printing of the Standing Rules in the 2011 Journal:
1. These Standing Rules, when adopted and as amended from time to time, are published
annually in the Conference Journal.
2. All references to the Constitution or Discipline are references to The Book of
Discipline of the United Methodist Church-2008.
3. The table in Section III C is presented only as a reference guide for correlating the
locations of information about each of the Committees, Boards, and Commissions of
the Northern Illinois Conference.
INDEX
SECTION I - ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
A. MEMBERSHIP/CREDENTIALS
B. PROCEDURES
1. Rules of Order
2. Agenda
C. JOURNAL AND REPORTS
1. Preliminary Reports/Historical Reports
2. Legislation to be sent to others
3. Minutes of sessions
4. Conference Journal distribution
D. LEGISLATION
1. Finance items to CCFA/Program to Program Council
2. Requests for Funds
3. Designation of Legislation
4. Consent Procedure
5. Legislative Sections
E. FINANCES
1. Host and Conference TDAS expenses
2. Conference Secretary expenses
3. Offerings
4. Per Diem and Travel
5. Lay persons expenses
6. Timeliness of bills
F. CHILD CARE PROVISIONS
SECTION II ANNUAL – GENREAL AND JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCE
ELECTIONS
A. ANNUAL CONFERENCE
1. Lay Member elections
2. Additional Lay Members by Discipline
3. Additional Lay Members by NIC action
B. GENERAL AND JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Clergy elections
2. Lay elections
3. Reserve delegates
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4.
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Organization of delegations
Tellers
SECTION III CONFERENCE AGENCIES
AGENCY GUIDELINES
1. Nominations, general
2. Ten year limit
3. Task force establishment
4. Agency policy and by-laws
5. Agency Meetings – accessibility
6. Retired clergy eligibility
7. General Agency members on Annual Conference committees
8. Inclusive
9. Conflict of interest
10. Participation by the Presiding/Resident Bishop
NOMINATIONS PROCEDURE
1. Open process
2. Nominations publicity
3. District nominations
4. Elections process at Annual Conference
5. Youth elections
6. Vacancies
7. Rosters of conference bodies
8. Election of Conference Secretary
9. Elections of Trustees, compliance with laws/by-laws
10. Changes to by-laws affecting election of trustees
11. Guidelines for organizing Program and Administrative Groups
12. Published list of elected officers
LISTS OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
DISCIPLINARY BODIES
1. Council on Finance and Administration
2. Program Council
3. Board of Church and Society
4. Board of Discipleship
5. Board of Global Ministries
6. Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
7. Board of Pensions
8. Board of Trustees
9. Commission of Archives and History
10. Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
11. Conference Council on Youth Ministry
12. Commission on Religion and Race
13. Commission on the Status and Role of Women
14. Commission on Equitable Compensation
15. Metropolitan Mission Commission
CONFERENCE AGENCIES
1. Conference Administrative Committee
2. Annual Conference Committee on Personnel
3. Committee on Nominations
4. Annual Conference Committee
5. Credentials Committee
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F.
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
6. Committee on Ushers for the Annual Conference Session
7. Committee on Worship at Annual Conference
8. Research and Planning Committee
9. Committee on Concerns of Clergy Families
10. Sexual Harassment Consultation Teams and Intervention Group
11. United Methodist Foundation of Northern Illinois Conference, Inc.
12. Church Builders
13. Trustees of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol Problems
14. Des Plaines Campground Liaison Committee
15. Illinois Methodist Church Ministry of Criminal Justice
16. Committee to Implement the Hispanic Plan
DISTRICT CONFERENCES
SECTION IV CONFERENCE RELATIONS
CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP
1. Probationary Membership
2. Full Connection
3. Transfer from NIC
4. Charge Conference relationship
5.
Personnel Records
CLERGY PERSONNEL POLICIES – LOCAL CHURCHES
1. Pastoral service at assigned church only
2. Clergy Compensation
3. Parsonages
4. Parsonage Allowance Policy
5. Furnishings Allowance Policy
6. Housing Relocation
7. Administrative Expense Items
ADDITIONAL CLERGY PERSONNEL POLICIES
1. Excludable housing allowance for retired clergy and clergy on disability
2. Conference housing
3. Health insurance for retired clergy, dependents and survivors
4. Equitable Compensation
5. Housing Relocation Expenses
6. UM Ministers Credit Union
7. Death of Clergy Members, Spouse, or Child
8. Sustentation Fund
9. Special Needs Form
FULL-TIME DIACONAL MINISTERS EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
1. Contract
2. Salary
3. Benefits
4. Termination
SECTION V FINANCES AND REPORTS
CALENDAR YEAR
1. Fiscal Year
2. Close out of Fiscal Year
ACCOUNTING POLICY AND AUDIT
1. Comply with GAAP and FASB
2. Local church audit
3. Establishment of conference treasury
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C.
D.
BUDGETS
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1. Establishment of funds
2. Investment policies
3. Restriction of funds
4. Bequests or donations
5. Investment portfolio monitoring
6. Interest on funds
7. Audit review committee
8. Investments policy
9. CCFA responsible for budget adjustments
10. Closed Church Fund
E. BONDING AND BORROWING
1. Blanket fidelity bond
2. Line of credit
3. Local church mortgage
F. LOCAL CHURCH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Monthly remittals
2. Local church to budget 100% of apportionments
G. FINANCIAL REPORTING
1. Financial support to be published
2. Audit provisions
H. STATISTICAL REPORTING
1. Senior Pastor responsible
2. Statistician in office of Conference T/DAS
3. Federated and United Churches reporting
4. Publication of Statistical reports
I. CLERGY COMPENSATION REPORTING
1. Compensation report
J. CONFERENCE-WIDE PROPERTY/LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM
SECTION VI GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. HEALTH AND WELFARE MINISTRIES
1. Observe Golden Cross Sunday
2. New hospitals and/or homes
B. CONFERENCE SECRETARY – SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Custody of burial lots
2. Custody of records
3. Publish meeting dates
4. Assistant to the Secretary for Standing Rules
C. SAFE SANCTUARIES FOR CHILDREN
1. Local Church Policies
2. Local Church Reports
THE STANDING RULES
SECTION I ANNUAL CONFERENCE SESSIONS
A. MEMBERSHIP
1. Membership of the Conference shall be as directed by Paragraphs 32 and 602 in the
2008 Discipline. Lay/Clergy Equalization Formula is in II A 1 of the Standing
Rules. Full-time and Part-time* Local Pastors shall be seated with voice and vote,
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2.
3.
4.
with restrictions (¶ 602.1d) and may be nominated, with restrictions, as clergy to
serve on agencies (¶ 318.5). Part-time and student pastors shall be seated with
privilege of the floor without vote (¶ 341.7). (Removed by General Conference 2004)
The Chair of the Credentials Committee shall be available at the Conference site to
certify late changes in the seating of lay members or alternate lay members.
The Credentials Committee, with the assistance of the Conference ushers, shall
monitor the admission of authorized members into the bar of the Conference. Only
those members with proper identification badges, designated by the Committee, will
be permitted to enter.
The Credentials Committee will recommend to the Annual Conference Committee
seating areas within the bar of the Conference for authorized non-voting members
and guests of the Conference.
B. PROCEDURES
1. The rules governing the General Conference of The United Methodist Church shall
be the rules of procedure for the Northern Illinois Annual Conference, in all its
sessions, so far as these rules apply. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER (Revised)
shall be the final parliamentary authority.
2. Agenda
a.
The printed agenda shall be the official agenda of the session, subject to all
necessary changes.
b.
All matters not provided for in the printed agenda of the session or
included in the regular business, all special orders of the day, and all
requests for permission to appear before the Conference on the part of
non-members shall be referred to the Committee on Daily Procedure.
c.
The use of inclusive language shall be encouraged in all oral and written
communications of the session, using the Language Guidelines of the 1984
General Conference.
d.
The term "minister" shall be used in all documents printed by the Annual
Conference when referring to all the people of God (the laos), including the
ordained and the laity, and the terms "clergy" and "laity" shall be used
when referring to persons of these two distinct groups.
e.
In every Annual Conference Session, the Annual Conference Committee,
in consultation with the Conference Commission on Religion and Race,
shall make provision for workshops or events dealing with issues of
religion and race.
f.
There shall be a Laity Address at the annual session. The Laity Address
shall be prepared by the Conference Lay Leader in consultation with the
Division of Ministry of the Laity of the Board of Discipleship.
g.
The primary responsibility for worship at Annual Conference is assigned
to the resident bishop (¶ 630.4b).
h.
Addresses and sermons given during Annual Conference session shall be
made available upon request to the Conference Office at least six weeks
subsequent to the session of Annual Conference.
C. JOURNAL AND REPORTS
1. The Conference Secretary is instructed to gather the reports that are to be made to
the Annual Conference and to publish them under the title "Preliminary Reports."
All Historical Reports (400 and 550 series), including all financial matters
pertaining thereto, for the previous calendar/conference year, are to be in the hands
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2.
3.
4.
5.
of the Conference Secretary no later than a date set by the Conference Secretary
each year. Petitions submitted by the Youth Annual Conference meeting after the
deadline for printing in the preliminary reports are exempt from the provisions of
this paragraph. Historical Reports submitted by agencies numbered 66 to 100 are
to be limited to a maximum of 500 words.
Resolutions regarding Standing Rules and By-Laws are to be submitted to the
Secretary by a date set annually by the Conference Secretary. The proposed
budget, requests for funds, Resolutions and other items for action (600 and 700
series) are to be printed in duplicate and in the hands of the Conference Secretary
no later than a date set annually by the Conference Council on Finance &
Administration. The Preliminary Reports are to be sent in the most economical way,
thirty days prior to the opening session of the Annual Conference.
All persons, boards, commissions, committees, task forces, etc., submitting
legislation mandating the Conference Secretary to circularize such materials to
persons, agencies and offices outside the Annual Conference structures, must submit
to the Conference Secretary, in writing, a list of names and addresses to whom such
materials are to be sent, doing so no later than ten days after the close of the Annual
Conference session in which such legislation was supported by action of the
Conference. Failure to do so within the specified time limitation will excuse the
Conference Secretary from fulfilling the mandate of such legislation.
The minutes of the daily sessions of the Conference, as kept by the Secretary, when
properly approved, shall be the official JOURNAL of the Conference. The
Secretary shall arrange for the audiotaping of the Plenary Sessions of Annual
Conference. These taped records of proceedings will be used during Journal
preparation and maintained in the custody of the Conference Secretary for a period
of up to one year.
The Conference Secretary will print policies adopted by the Annual Conference in
the JOURNAL. Such policies will remain in effect unless repealed or altered by
action of the Annual Conference.
Conference JOURNALS shall be distributed as follows: one to each clergy member,
each lay member and each charge. The Secretary is authorized to send copies of the
Journal for the use of each board or institution of the Conference as needed, as well
as to the General Boards and Theological Seminaries of the church and to other
Conferences as he/she deems necessary. One copy of the Journal may be sent to
each clergy member of the Conference who is not serving as the pastor of a church,
to each spouse of a deceased Conference member and also to each Diaconal Minister
who request to receive the Journal. The Journal may be stored and made available
in an electronic format consistent with the recommendations of the GCFA and The
Book of Discipline. The Annual Conference Secretary, in consultation with the
Annual Conference Committee, may make the Journal available in the printed
format for a fee. The Journal shall be made available at no cost on the website
maintained by the Northern Illinois Conference.
D. LEGISLATION, LEGISLATIVE PROCESS & CONSENT CALENDAR
1.
All items related to finance shall be presented to the Council on Finance and
Administration (CCFA); all items on program shall be presented to the Program
Council.
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2.
3.
Requests for Funds
a.
Proposals before the Conference involving requests for funds or budget
items including staff time which have not previously been considered by
the Council on Finance and Administration shall be referred to the
Council before Conference action is initiated. The Annual Conference
Secretary and the Chair of Daily Procedure shall transmit all items to
CCFA as soon as practicable for their review and comment. The comments
of CCFA and/or the Conference Treasurer shall be included in the
Preliminary Reports.
b.
All conference agencies receiving funds from the Conference shall have
provided a historical report/financial report for the Conference Secretary
to include in the preliminary reports. The Nurture Ministry Team,
Outreach Ministry Team, Witness Ministry Team, and Advocacy Ministry
Team may make a single historical report for all the sections under their
oversight except for United Methodist Women, United Methodist Men,
and United Methodist Youth or their successor organizations.
c.
Any campaign or special offering approved by the Conference shall be for
the calendar year following the one in which the authorizing legislation
was passed, unless that legislation establishes other dates. Any special
campaign or offering not supported by authorizing legislation at a given
Conference session is automatically deleted from the Conference program
for the following year.
d.
No Conference interest (board, agency or institution) shall make a
Conference wide appeal for funds to the local churches without the
approval of the Conference. In event of extreme emergency, the appeal will
be considered and approval may be given by a 2/3 vote of the District
Superintendents and the Council on Finance and Administration acting
jointly (¶ 614.5).
e.
The Conference Council on Finance and Administration, in accordance
with ¶ 614, shall present the budget for annual conference consideration.
The CCFA shall consult with each organization as specified in the Book of
Discipline in the preparation of a budget recommendation. The budget
shall be prepared as specified in Section V of the Standing Rules. A
preliminary budget, or preliminary budgets, is to be included in the
Preliminary Reports distributed by the Conference Secretary. The
preliminary budget or budgets are to be presented in a line item format for
information purposes only.
Document Format: The Chair of Daily Procedure and Conference Secretary, in
consultation with the Annual Conference Committee, shall determine the format in
which historical reports, legislation, and financial reports are to be presented to the
annual conference and are received for submission.
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4.
Designation of Legislation: Conference Legislation shall be organized in the
following categories with documents presented to the Annual Conference designated
as follows:
100
200
300
400
550
600
620
630
640
650
680
700
701
702
703
900
1000
5.
Report of Nominating Committee
Daily Procedure
Appointments
Historical Reports
Reports of Task Forces assigned at previous Annual Conferences
Proposed Conference Budget
Proposed Program
Programs not recommended for funding or received too late
NIC Advance Specials
Administrative Items
Clergy Support Matters
Resolutions
Continuing Valid Resolutions
Changes in Standing Rules
Policies of the Annual Conference
General and Jurisdictional Conference Matters
Miscellaneous Information The Annual Conference Committee may designate other
categories as they are needed.
Consent Procedure, Legislative Sections & Legislative Procedure
a.
All benevolence items (620, 630), NIC Advance Specials (640),
administrative items (650), clergy support items (680) and the coordinated
budget (600) are excluded from the Consent Calendar.
b.
All resolutions (700 series documents) seeking Declaratory Decisions of the
Judicial Council are excluded from the Consent Procedure Calendar
pursuant to Judicial Council Decision 1080.
1.
There shall be legislative sections the number and size of which
shall be determined by the Annual Conference Committee within
the limitations named herein. Legislative sections shall be
composed of no less than 50 persons but no more than 200
persons.
2.
The members of the legislative sections shall be randomly
assigned by the Committee on Credentials from among the
members of the Annual Conference with equal numbers of clergy
and laity in each section.
3.
Legislative sections shall be assigned similar documents for
consideration after the fashion of the General Conference. The
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Annual Conference Committee may add sections with the same
assignments, or new assignments, in order to accommodate the
legislative work-load. Minimally, there shall be the following
legislative sections with these express assignments:
i.
Church and Society—This legislative section shall
address all matters relating to legislation concerning the
Conference Board of Church and Society, Conference
Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious
Concerns, Conference Commission of Religion and
Race, Conference Commission on the Status and Role of
Women, advocacy, the Social Principles, Justice and
Peace issues, and related topics.
ii.
Discipleship—This legislative section shall address all
matters relating to nurture, outreach, witness, United
Methodist Women, United Methodist Youth,
Conference Board of Laity, United Methodist Men,
congregational development and redevelopment,
children’s ministries, and related topics.
iii.
Global Ministries—This legislative section shall address
all matters relating to the Conference Board of Global
Ministries, sister relationships with other annual
conferences and autonomous Methodist/Wesleyan
bodies and traditions, Advance Specials, Conference
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministries,
and related topics.
iv.
Administration—This legislative section shall address
all matters relating to the Conference Board of
Trustees, Conference Council on Finance and
Administration, Conference Board of Pensions and
Health Benefits, Conference Commission on Equitable
Salaries, matters of administrative and personnel
policy, and related topics.
v.
Order—This legislative section shall address all matters
relating to the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry,
Standing Rules, Episcopacy, Jurisdictional
relationships, and related topics.
4.
Legislative items will be addressed in only one section. Section
reports shall be made in a printed format. Legislative Section
leadership may report the action of the legislative section if the
Chair of Daily Procedure believes a report from the leadership
will help clarify the printed and distributed report.
5.
Only those persons assigned to a legislative section may have
voice and vote within the legislative section. The legislative
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section may grant the right of voice to a person who is present to
provide expert testimony (i.e., a resource person) but the person
providing expert testimony may only speak at the invitation of
the chair, vice-chair, secretary, or when asked a question from a
member of the legislative section.
6.
Persons who wish to speak during a legislative section in order to
provide testimony (i.e. “resource persons”) must seek and obtain
the appropriate credentials from the Committee on Credentials.
Members of the annual conference resourcing a document in a
section other than the section to which they are assigned must
notify the Chair of Daily Procedure no less than 24 hours before
legislative sections are to begin. A member of the annual
conference with a desire or request resourcing a document in a
section to which they are not assigned may not vote or participate
in debate of the section in which they are resourcing a document.
If a member of annual conference is a member of the section in
which they are resourcing a document, they have the same rights
and responsibilities of other members of the legislative section
however they must preface their comments as either “testimony”
or “debate.” The Chair of Daily Procedure will provide the
legislative section chair(s) a list of those persons who are the
resource persons for each document. Resources persons, even
members of the annual conference who are not assigned to a
particular legislative section, may only speak when called upon
by the legislative section chair. Resources persons may not
participate in the debate unless they are members of the annual
conference and assigned to the particular legislative section.
7.
Resource persons are those persons designated by an author(s) of
a document for the purpose of answering questions in sections,
providing background information, or other information which
the author(s) believe will be helpful for the section discussion.
8.
Any item receiving 80% agreement or non-agreement in a
legislative section shall be placed on a single consent calendar
with the section 1 recommendation to the plenary to either agree
or not agree to the item.
a.
Legislative items which are amended, whose
amendment(s) receive 80% agreement, and
subsequently receives 80% agreement by the legislative
section shall be placed on the consent calendar with the
amendment(s) noted. All amendment(s) and agreement
to the section perfected item(s) must receive 80%
agreement by the legislative section to be included on
the consent calendar as documents to which the annual
conference does agree.
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b.
9.
Legislative items which are amended, whose final
version receive 20%, or less, agreement in the legislative
section on the amendment and the final version, shall be
included on the consent calendar as a document to
which the annual conference does not agree.
Any item may be lifted from the consent calendar on a motion
and supporting vote of 100 persons on the floor of the annual
conference plenary session when the consent calendar is first
presented. Items may not be lifted from the consent calendar at
any other time without action to suspend the rules for that
purpose and then may only be done before the consent calendar
is perfected and adopted.
10. The consent calendar must be distributed eight (8) hours prior to
consideration and adoption by the house in plenary session.
11. All items not on, or lifted from, the consent calendar shall be
called for consideration by the Chair of Daily Procedure in
consultation with the presiding bishop, or presiding elder, in an
order which uses the allotted plenary legislative time most
efficiently.
12. The Chair of Daily Procedure, in consolation with the Annual
Conference Committee and cabinet, shall invite and appoint
persons to serve as the chair, vice-chair, and secretary of a
section giving attention to diversity. The Chair of Daily
Procedure shall provide training to the persons appointed for
legislative section leadership as to parliamentary procedure,
reporting, and recording the action of the legislative section in
conjunction with the Conference Secretary, parliamentarian, and
other appropriate person (s) or body(ies).
c.
The Annual Conference Committee may exempt from the Consent
Procedure and Legislative Sections any item or items for which it deems an
alternative procedure would be more appropriate.
d.
Resolutions adopted by the Conference that are timely and have not been
rescinded or superseded may be resubmitted in the 701 series and will be
published for a period of five years following their adoption. The original
submitting agency/individual has the primary responsibility of indicating
in the resolution their desire that the resolution remain in effect or of
requesting that designation at the following Conference. The resubmitted
material would consist of the title, the year first adopted, and the text of
the original “action” section.
e.
The Chair of Daily Procedure shall receive, assign document numbers to,
and make assignment to Sections of all documents of programs,
administration, policies, General or Jurisdictional Conference petitions,
requests for Judicial Council decision and declarations, and resolutions.
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Assignment of these documents to the Legislative Sections shall be
published in the Preliminary Reports.
f.
The Section shall register the number voting agreement to, not agreed to,
and Abstaining on all documents as finally perfected and report such votes
to the Chair of Daily Procedure.
g.
The Section chair, vice chair or secretary will report to the Chair of Daily
Procedure the action of the Section on each items assigned to it, giving
such minutes and information as will enable the chair to schedule the
reports and keep the presiding Bishop informed of matters to be
presented. The Chair of Daily Procedure shall provide the section
leadership the appropriate forms for reporting the action of the legislative
section. All changes in a document made by a Section shall be printed and
distributed before this legislation is brought before the Conference. Section
officers may be called upon to report the action of their section or
introduce section members to do so.
E. FINANCES
1. The expenses of the host church/institution and the Conference Treasurer/Director
of Administrative Services during the sessions of the Annual Conference and all
necessary entertainment expense bills for the Cabinet and program speakers shall
be billed to the office of the Treasurer of the Annual Conference and shall be paid
on order of the Annual Conference Committee.
2. The expenses of the Conference Secretary incurred in distributing, collecting and
compiling the reports, including the necessary remuneration of clerical assistants
and expenses incurred in caring for his or her office shall be paid by the Treasurer/
Director of Administrative Services.
3. All offerings received at Annual Conference shall be for benevolent purposes which
shall have been determined and announced in advance by the Cabinet.
4. Per Diem and Travel Expenses. Local churches are urged to pay the expenses of
their lay members and pastors to all sessions of the Annual Conference.
5.
6.
Lay persons traveling to Conference, board, commission or committee meetings
utilizing their own automobiles and not reimbursed by any conference body may be
reimbursed for mileage in excess of 70 miles per month at the current Conference
rate, for tolls in excess of $3 per month and for other expenses incurred with the
approval of the Director of Connectional Ministries. Expenses will be reimbursed
on a quarterly basis.
Bills to be paid for Annual Conference expense shall be presented no later than
thirty days after the close of the Conference. The amount of receipts and expenses
of the Annual Conference Committee shall be itemized and printed annually in the
Conference Journal.
F. MISCELLANEOUS
The Annual Conference Committee shall provide within its allotted funds child care at the
site of the sessions for the children of all persons regularly seated on the floor of the
Conference who so request. Attention shall be given to proximity, needs of nursing infants
and activity needs of active youngsters.
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SECTION II ANNUAL, GENERAL AND JURISDICTIONAL
CONFERENCE ELECTIONS
A. ANNUAL CONFERENCE
1. The Lay Members of the Annual Conference and the Alternate Lay Members
shall be elected in the fourth year of the quadrennium (a quadrennium begins the January 1st
following General Conference, ¶ 720.2) for a term of four years and shall serve from the
beginning of the ensuing Conference Session (¶ 251.2). Where a new church is organized or
no election of members has been held or a vacancy occurs, the election of Members and
Alternates to serve during the remainder of the term may be held at any charge Conference.
1.
2.
To these, additional lay members (Paragraph 32, Article I of the Constitution):
a. A lay member elected by each charge and alternate (¶ 251.2). (Each charge
served by more than one clergy shall be entitled to as many lay members as
there are clergy members.)
b. The diaconal ministers
c. Conference President of United Methodist Women
d. Conference President of United Methodist Men
e. Conference Lay Leader
f. District Lay Leaders
g. President or equivalent officer of the conference young adult organization
h. President of the conference youth organization
i. The Chair of the Annual Conference College Student organization
j. One young person between the ages of twelve (12) and seventeen (17) and one
young person between the ages of eighteen (18) and thirty (30) from each
district, to be selected by each District Conference or District Council of
Ministries if no District Conference meets
The following persons, if not otherwise members of Conference, shall be added, in
the order provided by this Northern Illinois Conference formula to equalize lay and
clergy membership annually
a. Conference Director of Connectional Ministries, Conference Secretary and
Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services.
b. The Chair of Boards and Agencies, as listed. Each group shall provide the
credentials committee, in writing, the names of the Chairperson (if a lay
person) and the designated alternate (if a lay person).
Administrative Committee
Annual Conference Committee
Annual Conference Program Council
Assistant to the Secretary for Standing Rules
Board of Church and Society
Board of Discipleship
Board of Global Ministries
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry
Board of Pensions
Board of Trustees
Commission on Archives and History
Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns
Commission on Equitable Compensation
Commission on Religion and Race
Commission on Status and Role of Women
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c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
l.
Committee on Nominations
Committee on Personnel
Committee on Research and Planning
Council on Finance and Administration
Daily Procedures
Conference associate lay leader(s)
A lay member to be elected quadrennially from each church of the Charge
that does not have an elected lay member.
One additional member from all charges with 450 or more members as
published in the current Journal.
One additional member from each ethnic minority local church of more than
75 but less than 450 members as published in the current Journal.
In addition twelve youth would be chosen by and representing the
Conference Council on Youth Ministries.
Two members eighteen years of age or under and two alternates from each
district, elected annually by the Conference Council on Youth Ministry
The district presidents of United Methodist Women and the district
presidents of United Methodist Men.
Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences.
A second additional member from each church with more than 1500
members as published in the current Journal.
After the above have been applied against the imbalance, the number of lay
members still needed annually to achieve the equalization is to be
apportioned annually to the districts having the lowest proportional
representation of lay members to churches and is to be assigned to churches
next in size to churches with 450 members or less until all have been
assigned.
(1) The Credentials Committee shall calculate each year the number of
lay members in each pastoral charge. Each district representative on
the committee shall consult with their District Superintendent to
affirm statistics to complete the equalization of lay members to clergy
members of the Conference.
(2) Names of lay members and their alternates shall be requested each
year from each pastoral charge in the Conference.
(3) The committee shall prepare each year a roster of the duly elected lay
members and their respective alternates from each charge of the
Conference. Copies of this roster will be submitted to the Conference
Office and to the Local Arrangements Committee on or before
February 15. This roster will constitute the committee's initial
certification of lay members for the ensuing Conference session.
(4) Any late changes in lay member representation must be made by the
pastor in writing to the Credentials Committee at the site of Annual
Conference.
B. GENERAL AND JURISDICTIONAL CONFERENCES
1. Clergy delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences shall be elected by
ballot without nomination from the floor (¶ 35).
2. Lay Delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences shall be elected by ballot
at the Annual Conference session preceding the General Conference session. (¶ 36)
The nominations process shall be managed as follows:
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a.
3.
4.
5.
Nominations and the process for nominating are the responsibility of the
Conference Board of Laity.
b. The Conference Board of Laity shall establish and publish a process which will:
1. Secure biographical sketches and other pertinent information from
those wishing to be elected.
2. Secure a commitment to the entire General/Jurisdictional process.
c. Biographical sketches of nominees shall be distributed as part of the preconference distribution of materials and a calendar which supports that process
shall be published at least sixty (60) day prior to the distribution of the preconference materials.
d. Individuals seeking nomination after the established deadlines may be
nominated from the floor of the Laity Session at the Annual Conference.
e. Once a nomination has been accepted at the Laity Session biographical
information in the format prescribed by the Conference Board of Laity may be
distributed in the Laity Session.
f. The nomination process shall remain the responsibility of the Conference
Board of Laity or a related successor group.
Reserve delegates
a. Two clergy and two lay reserve delegates to the Jurisdictional Conference
shall be elected in the same manner as the regular delegates (II B 1, 2). They
shall be included in all proceedings under II B 3.
b. Northern Illinois Conference shall bear the expenses for two clergy and two
lay reserve delegates for the sessions of the General and Jurisdictional
Conferences respectively, unless the expenses are paid by General or
Jurisdictional Conference.
Organization of General and Jurisdictional Conference delegations
a. Beginning with the elections in 1971, the first clergy delegate to be elected to
the General Conference shall have the duty of convening all General and
Jurisdictional Conference delegates elected at the Annual Conference
session, for the purpose of organizing and effecting assignments to legislative
committees. In the ensuing quadrennial election of 1975, the first lay
delegate to be elected to General Conference shall serve as convener.
Thereafter, the convener, chosen in like manner, shall alternate every four
years between the lay and clergy delegate first elected.
b. When the delegates shall have been convened, as in II B 4 a, a vote shall be
taken by written ballot, without nominations, for one of the General
Conference delegates, clergy or lay, to serve as chair of the delegation. All
delegates, General and Jurisdictional, shall be eligible to vote. Ballots shall
be taken until there is a majority for one. The person thus elected shall serve
also as chair of the Jurisdictional Conference delegation. The vice-chair shall
be elected in the same manner as the chair.
c. A clergy and a lay delegate who shall serve on the Jurisdictional Conference
Committee on Episcopacy shall be elected by written ballot without
nominations. The clergy delegates and the lay delegates shall vote by orders
until a majority in each is achieved. The alternate delegates, clergy and lay,
shall be selected in the same manner as the regular delegates for service on
this committee. All other legislative committee assignments for both General
and Jurisdictional Conferences shall be made in accordance with the Plan by
the General and Jurisdictional Conferences.
In elections for General and Jurisdictional Conference delegates, six sets of tellers
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shall be organized, three of clergy and three of lay persons who shall act alternately
under the direction of one of the members of the Conference Secretary's staff.
SECTION III CONFERENCE AGENCIES
A. AGENCY GUIDELINES
1. The work of the Conference shall be carried forward and its various interests cared
for by means of agencies as shall be deemed necessary from time to time (¶ 610.1,2).
Nominations to membership of these agencies shall be made by the Committee on
Nominations for the quadrennium unless tenure and process are otherwise
specified.
Any lay person nominated to Conference agencies shall be a member of a local
church within the bounds of the Conference. When a clergy or layperson who is a
district representative on an agency moves to a different district or when a member
changes status (lay-clergy), the Committee on Nominations shall make every effort
to maintain this person's membership, either as a representative of the district to
which he or she has moved or as a member-at-large. If this is not possible because
of numerical limitation, the principle of district representation shall supersede that
of quadrennial election. Persons currently serving as district representatives and
moving after July 1 would not leave a vacancy until after the Annual Conference
Session.
Nomination to membership shall be made only with the written consent of the
nominee.
2. Persons shall serve no more than ten consecutive years as a member of an agency to
which they have been elected or appointed.
3. A Task Force may be formed to accomplish some specific task in a limited time.
Legislation which sets up such a Task Force shall be specific as to the task, the
number of members and the manner of their election or appointment, and the time
needed to accomplish the task. Unless so designated, a convener shall be named by
the Committee on Nominations. The Task Force shall go out of existence when that
task is accomplished and shall require authorization from the Annual Conference to
continue into a second Conference year or beyond the termination of the date
originally set.
4. Each Agency of the Annual Conference shall submit a statement of its policy and the
by-laws under which it operates to the Conference Director of Connectional
Ministries, who shall, in turn, distribute copies to the Bishop, members of the
Cabinet, the Conference Secretary, the Treasurer/Director of Administrative
Services of the Annual Conference, and the Program Staff.
5. Agency Meetings
a. Agencies of the Annual Conference shall meet at locations which they
determine are most convenient to the members of the agency. This
determination shall consider travel time, accessibility of the proposed
meeting place and any additional criteria which the agency shall determine
are essential to its work. This determination of meeting site shall be reviewed
yearly or when membership changes. The implementation of this policy shall
be recorded in the agency's minutes.
b. All meetings scheduled by Annual Conference and its Districts, Boards or
Committees shall be accessible. An accessible Conference meeting is one
which has overcome three barriers: physical, communication and attitudinal.
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PHYSICAL GUIDELINES
All meeting rooms to be used (including sanctuaries) are accessible to those in
wheelchairs; Ground level with no steps; Available elevator; Ramp of size and angle
that wheelchairs can negotiate door openings at least 36 inches wide; Pews or chairs
arranged to include space for wheelchairs; Accessible washrooms; Convenient
parking for those with handicapping conditions; Curb cuts; Adequate hand rails;
Adequate lighting; For overnight meetings, accessible lodging.
COMMUNICATION GUIDELINES
A loud-speaker system, if the group is large; Sound equipment for the more
profoundly hearing impaired; Large-print program materials or tape-recordings
available; Signing for the hearing impaired, if requested; Programs and directions
using visuals, symbols, images and sounds.
6.
Retired clergy may serve on all agencies, except where the Discipline prohibits such
service.
7. Voting members of General Agencies are ex officio (voting) members of the
corresponding agency or its equivalent structure in the Annual Conference (¶ 610.6,
612.2c, 710.6).
8. It is recommended that all agencies of the Annual Conference be inclusive in their
membership (¶ 610.3,5).
9. No person who receives compensation for services rendered or commissions of any
kind from an agency shall be eligible for voting membership on that agency. No
elected member, officer or other employee shall vote on or take part in deliberations
on matters directly or indirectly affecting his or her business, income or
employment or the business, income or employment of a member of his/her
immediate family.
10. Participation by the Presiding/Resident Bishop: Notwithstanding any other specific
provision in these Standing Rules to the contrary, whenever the Presiding/Resident
Bishop is ex officio or otherwise a member of or a participant on, any agency, task
force, committee or other organization established by the Annual Conference, the
Presiding/Resident Bishop shall have voice but not vote thereon, unless otherwise
required by The Book of Discipline.
B. NOMINATIONS PROCEDURE
1. The nominations process is an open process. Persons can be nominated from any
source within the Conference. All nominees for membership on conference agencies
shall be presented to the Annual Conference by the Committee on Nominations
except members-at-large of conference agencies and those otherwise directed by The
Discipline or the Standing Rules. Suggestions of persons particularly qualified for
such membership may come to the Committee on Nominations from any agency.
2. The Conference Committee on Nominations shall invite clergy members and
members of local churches in the Annual Conference to appear before it to submit
recommendations. A suitable period of time at a meeting of the committee no later
than a date set by the Nominating Committee each year shall be set aside for this
hearing. The committee shall receive written and oral recommendations from any
source but shall consider all nominations in closed session. The facilities of the
Conference Office of Communications shall be used to notify the membership of the
Conference and its local churches of this opportunity.
3. Any one or any group of the district may submit recommendations to the District
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Committee on Nominations. These recommendations are to be considered by the
District.
4. Elections at Annual Conference will take place in the following manner: A slate
containing only the names of those to be elected at the current session of Annual
Conference will be presented. Those who have been serving during the past year
will be designated from those most recently nominated. Any additional names
offered in nomination for any position to fill a blank space or in substitution for an
existing name will need the following information:
a. Position for which person is being nominated
b. Full name, correctly spelled
c. Complete address, home and work phones, if available
d. Personal data
e. Local church affiliation
f. Tenure in previous service to this group
g. Name of person making nominations
h. Consent of nominee to serve
This information must be received at a location announced at the session no later than
11 p.m. of the second day of the Conference. The Committee on Nominations will
determine Disciplinary and Standing Rules requirements.
5. The Conference Council on Youth Ministries will be exempt from the foregoing
procedures and the policies contained herein, and instead will be selected in a
manner set forth in the Conference Council on youth Ministries By-Laws. The
Conference Council on Youth Ministries selection process will adhere to all
applicable provisions set forth in The Discipline.
6. Except as otherwise directed by The Discipline, when a vacancy occurs in any
Conference group:
a. Notification of a vacancy will be made to the Conference Committee on
Nominations.
b. The Conference Committee on Nominations shall fill the vacancies within 60
days of notification.
c. The Committee shall consider the office vacant after an attempt to notify by
first class mail said member of pending action has been made by the
Committee and the member has been given 10 days to appear before the
Committee or to respond by letter to explain his/her inactivity.
7. Within 60 days after the Annual Conference session, current lists of names and
addresses of all members of the conference bodies shall be provided to all their
chairpersons or conveners by the Conference Secretary.
8. The Annual Conference shall elect a Conference Secretary, an Assistant to the
Secretary for Standing Rules, and statistician at the first Annual Conference session
following the General Conference or Jurisdictional Conference (¶ 603.7). The
secretarial staff will be named by the Secretary.
9. All specifications by either The Discipline and the state law as to the manner of
election of trustees shall be rigidly followed. In all cases where the Conference is
responsible for the election of any trustees of institutions or foundations related to
the Conference in any way, and where no other method of nomination is required
by The Discipline or by the charter or by-laws of the institution concerned, the
Committee shall nominate said trustees after considering any recommendations
offered by said institution.
10. Changes in the basic by-laws which affect the election of trustees, managers,
directors or governing body of any board, foundation or institution incorporated by
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the action and authority of Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist
Church or whose trustees are elected by the Conference shall become effective only
after they have been presented to the next regular session of the Conference and
approved by Conference action.
11. Guidelines for Organizing Program and Administrative Groups: Unless provided
otherwise in The Discipline or by Conference legislation, all Program and
Administrative groups of the Conference shall meet to organize within thirty days of
the adjournment of the Conference session. The convener shall be designated by the
Bishop.
a.
The Annual Conference will always parallel the General Church and
disciplinary requirement.
b. The establishment of emphasis areas and special ministry will be
recommended by the Program Council to the Annual Conference.
c. Unless otherwise required by The Discipline, our Program Emphasis areas
will be at least 24 persons–three per District and 6 at large. Special care is to
be taken to balance the participation with adequate clergy, lay, male, female,
age and ethnicity representation.
d. No person may serve on more than one Program Emphasis and one
Administrative area at any given time.
12. The Conference Program Staff office shall publish by October 1 the list of elected
officers of all groups. There will be published a description of all Program and
Administrative Areas. The Program Council will be responsible for the publication.
D.
LISTS OF AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
(for the guidance of the Committee on Nominations)
Doc. 400 #
Assigned
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Annual Conference Committee
Archives and History, Commission on
Asian Americans, Fellowship of
Aurora Shalom Ministries
Bar Association, United Methodist
Bethany Methodist Home Corporation
Black Methodists for Church Renewal
Candler School of Theology
Carroll M. Felton, Jr., Housing Foundation
Chicago Home Missionary and Church
Extension Society
Chicago Southern District Campus Ministry
Children’s Ministries, Council on
ChildServ
Christian Educators Fellowship
Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns,
Commission on
Church and Society, Board of
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III D 9
Discipline
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¶ 642
III D 3
¶ 629
¶ 641
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Church Builders
Church Location & Building, District Boards
of
Clergy Fund, United Methodist
Clergy Retreat Committee
College of Christian Life
Communications Commission
Community Development Corporation
Concerns of Clergy Families Committee
Conference Administrative Committee
Congregational Development &
ReDevelopment
Connectional Ministries
COSROW (Commission on Status and Role of
Women)
Credentials Committee
Credit Union, United Methodist Ministers
Criminal Justice, Illinois United Methodist
Church Ministry of
DeKalb Area Retirement Center, Oakcrest
Delegates to General/Jurisdictional
Conferences
Des Plaines Campground Liaison Committee
Disability Concerns, Committee on
Disaster Relief Coordinators
III E 12
Discipleship, Board of
District Superintendency Committees
District Superintendents
Episcopacy, Committee on
Episcopal Residence Committee
Equitable Compensation Committee
Finance and Administration, Council on
Foundation, United Methodist
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
General & Jurisdictional Boards, Agencies and
Committees, NIC Members of
Global Ministries, Board of
Global Ministries, Conference Secretary of
Higher Education and Campus Ministries,
Board of
ILLCAAP (Illinois Church Action on Alcohol
& Addiction Problems)
Illinois Conference of Churches
Investigation, Committee on
Kendall College
Koinonia House (formerly United Campus
Ministry of the University of Chicago)
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III E 1
III D 2
III D 13
¶ 608
¶ 644
III E 5
III E 15
II B
III E 14
III D 14
III D 1
III E 11
III D 5
III D 6
¶ 35, 36
¶ 653
¶ 633.4b
(22)
¶ 630
¶ 668
¶ 53
¶ 637
¶ 638
¶ 625
¶ 611-619
¶ 633, ¶ 655
¶ 633.3
¶ 634
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Korean-American Campus Ministry
La Junta Hispano Americana
Laity, Board of
Lay Leader, Conference
Marcy-Newberry Association, Inc.
Methodist Theological School of Ohio
Methodist Youth Services
Musicians, Fellowship of
National Plan for Hispanic/Latino Ministry,
Committee to Implement
Native American Ministries, Committee on
Nominations, Committee on
North Central College
Northern Illinois Conference Corporation
Northern Illinois University Wesley
Foundation
Northwestern University, University Christian
Ministry
Older Adult Ministries, Council on
Ordained Ministry, Conference Board of
Ordained Ministry, District Committees on
Outdoor & Retreat Ministries, Board of
Pensions, Board of
Personnel Committee, Conference
Program Council
Rainbow Ridge
Religion and Race, Commission on
Research and Planning Committee
Retired Clergy Association
Rockford Urban Ministries
Rosecrance Health Network
Samaritan House
Sexual Harassment Consultation Teams and
Intervention Group
Town & Rural Ministries
Treasurer of the Conference
Trustees, Conference Board of
United Methodist Homes and Services
United Methodist Men
United Methodist Women
United Theological Seminary
United Voices for Children
University of Illinois, Campus Ministry
FOCUS
University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign
Wesley Foundation
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¶603.9,¶607
III E 16
III E 3
¶ 603.1
¶ 651
¶ 635, ¶ 652
¶ 665
III D 7
III E 2
III D 2
¶ 639, ¶ 652
III D 12
III E 8
¶ 643
¶ 608, 901907
III E 10
III D 8
¶ 619
¶ 640, ¶
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¶ 648
¶ 647
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Ushers for Annual Conference Sessions
Wesley Willows
Wiley College
Worship for Annual Conference Sessions
Young Adult Ministries, Council on
Youth Ministries, Commission
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III E 7
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¶ 650
¶ 649
D. DISCIPLINARY BODIES
1. Council on Finance and Administration (¶ 611)
Twenty-one (21) persons with a recommended balance of 7 clergy, 7 laymen and 7
laywomen, elected quadrennially.
2. Conference Program Council. (¶ 608)
a. Purpose.
(1) To be in ministry with the Director of Connectional Ministries in carrying out
the priorities of focusing and guiding the mission and ministry of The United
Methodist Church within the Northern Illinois Annual Conference, as outlined,
but not exclusively, in . ¶ 608 of The Book of Discipline 2008.
(2) To relate to the Connectional Table on all connectional matters.
b. Membership.
(1) With voice and vote: A Chairperson *, Secretary *, the Conference Lay Leader,
Four (4) Ministry Team Chairs *, Six (6) at large members * (one from each
district), the Conference Ecumenical Officer, Conference Mission Secretary,
any members of the Connectional Table who reside within the bounds of the
conference. ( * to be nominated by the Nominating Committee and elected by
the Annual Conference.)
(2) With voice only, to act as resources when appropriate: Program Directors,
Communications Consultant, a representative from the Conference Council on
Finance and Administration, the conference treasurer/director of
administrative services, a cabinet representative, and the Bishop.
c. Ministry Teams. There shall be four (4) ministry teams that will each have a chair
and secretary to guide and focus their mission, and relate to the Program Council.
These four teams will primarily provide encouragement, coordination, and support
for the ministries of nurture, outreach, and witness and be advocates in districts and
congregations for the transformation of the world, ensure the alignment of the total
resources of the annual conference to its mission. Ministry teams may call on any
other resources that they deem necessary in carrying out their mission. The Council
may from time to time add to, eliminate from, or re-organize the Ministry Teams to
meet the missional needs of the Annual Conference and include General Conference
Initiatives.
(1) Nurture Ministry team – will focus on Christian formation, education, small
group ministries, worship, stewardship, evangelism, membership care, age-level
ministries, family ministries, and laity ministries. The members of this team, in
addition to the chair and secretary, are the chairs of: Board of Discipleship,
Board of Laity, Conference Council on Youth Ministry, Conference Council on
Children’s Ministry, Conference Council on Older Adult Ministry, the
conference UMW and UMM presidents, and the Leadership Development
Committee.
(2) The Outreach Ministry Team – will assist in developing and growing mature
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3.
4.
5.
disciples who express their discipleship in geographical, cultural, religious,
racial and interfaith world communities. The members of this team, in addition
to the chair and secretary, are the chairs of: Board of Church and Society,
Board of Global Ministries, Board of Higher Education, Commission on
Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.
(3) The Witness Ministry Team – will offer and develop resources intended to
promote, assist, maintain and enhance our connection within the Annual
Conference to tell and live the whole gospel. The members of this team, in
addition to the chair and secretary, are the chairs of Board of Outdoor and
Retreat Ministry, Committee on Communications, National Plan For Hispanic
Ministry.
(4) Advocacy Ministry Team – will coordinate and monitor our efforts to reflect
the ideal of Christian community as we seek to live out the full social
implications of the gospel. The members of this team, in addition to the chair
and secretary, are the chairs of: Anti-Gambling Task Force, Black Methodist
for Church Renewal, Children and Poverty, Commission on Religion and Race,
Commission on the Status and Role of Women, Fellowship of Asian Americans,
La Junta Hispano Americana.
Board of Church and Society (¶ 629)
Two divisions: (1) The Ministry of God's Creation and (2) The Ministry of God's
Human Community. Each member of the board shall be a member of one of the
ministry areas.
Membership: In addition to those listed (III B 13 a), a member of the Cabinet,
District Coordinators of Church and Society, Conference and District Coordinators
of Christian Social Involvement of United Methodist Women.
Board of Discipleship (¶ 630)
Four divisions: Christian Education and Nurture, Christian Witness and Outreach,
Outdoor and Retreat Ministries and Ministry of the Laity. Each member of the
board shall be a member of one of the divisions and one of the sections within that
division.
Membership: In addition to those listed (III B 13 a), a member of the Cabinet;
Conference Lay Leader; Conference Presidents of United Methodist Men and
United Methodist Women, or designees; Conference Age-Level Coordinators;
District Directors of Evangelism, Education, Faith Formation and Stewardship;
Conference Director of Lay Speaking; President of Christian Educators Fellowship;
President of Worship, Music and Other Arts Fellowship; Conference Coordinators
for Christian Personhood and Supportive Community of United Methodist Women;
one representative from each ethnic-minority caucus, named by the caucus. At least
two of the members shall be youth.
Board of Global Ministries (¶ 633).
Four divisions: Mission Motivation, Health and Welfare Ministries, Congregational
Development and Parish and Community Ministries. Each member of the board
shall be a member of one of the divisions and one of the sections within that division.
Membership: In addition to those listed (III B 13 a), a member of the Cabinet;
Conference Secretary of Global Ministries; District Secretaries of Global Ministries;
Conference Presidents of United Methodist Women and United Methodist Men, or
designees; Conference and District Coordinators of Christian Global Concerns of
United Methodist Women; a representative from each conference-related health
and welfare agency, without vote; 1 representative from each ethnic minority
caucus, named by the caucus. At least 1 person from each district shall be 60 years
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6.
7.
of age or over. The membership shall include at least 2 persons from each of the
regional ministries.
Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry (¶ 634).
Three divisions: Higher Education, Campus Ministry, and Interpretation and
Public Education. Each member of the board shall be a member of one of the
divisions. Divisions may establish sections and/or committees and determine their
membership.
Membership: In addition to those named (III B 13 a), 1 representative from each
ethnic minority caucus, named by the caucus, 1 representative of each campus
ministry and each institution of higher education related to the Annual Conference,
without vote.
This board sets the compensation of campus ministers and establishes and monitors
housing and travel allowances.
Board of Pensions (¶ 639).
Twenty members, at least two members from each district, serving 8-year terms,
one-half elected each quadrennium,
8.
Board of Trustees (¶ 640 and 2512)
Twelve persons. The recommended membership is one-third clergy, one-third
laymen, and one-third laywomen elected in classes of three to serve four-year terms.
Each district shall have at least one representative.
Within four weeks of the close of each Annual Conference, the District
Superintendent assigned to the Board shall convene a meeting to elect officers.
9. Commission on Archives and History (¶ 641)
Membership with vote: One representative from each district, who shall also serve
as the District Secretary on Archives and History on the District Council on
Ministries, where one exists
One representative from each of the following:
Black Methodists for Church Renewal
La Junta Hispano Americana
Fellowship of Asian Americans
One representative from Northern Illinois Annual Conference Historical Society
Ten members chosen in consultation with the Commission on Archives and History
for expertise and/or membership balance, drawn at large representing, where
possible, the historical traditions of the conferences antecedent to Northern Illinois
Annual Conference: Rock River Conference MEC and MC, North Illinois and
Illinois Conference MPC, Northwest and Central Swedish Conferences MEC,
Norwegian-Danish Conference MEC, Lexington Conference MC, Northwest and
Chicago-German Conferences MEC and Illinois Conference of Evangelical United
Brethren Church. Members with voice but without vote: One representative from
the Program Staff, any member of the Jurisdictional Commission on Archives and
History residing within the Conference boundaries, the Conference Archivist, the
manager of the Cokesbury Bookstore in Aurora, one representative from
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, site of the Annual Conference Archives
10. Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns (¶ 642)
Membership: Twenty-four: one clergy and one lay from each district (including the
district coordinator for Ecumenical Concerns and a member of the District Council
on Ministries); eleven members-at-large; and one Cabinet representative. Ex
officio: United Methodists who represent Northern Illinois Conference and serve on
boards of ecumenical bodies with whom the Northern Illinois Conference of The
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11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
United Methodist Church has judicatory affiliation with voice and without vote.
Responsibilities include empowerment to respond on behalf of the Conference to
matters referred to the denomination by the Church Federation of Greater Chicago
and/or the Illinois Conference of Churches, such as (a) ecclesiastical endorsement of
nomination, (b) other matters not in the jurisdiction of denominational
representatives in the governing boards and not in conflict with the Standing Rules
of the Conference or The Discipline.
Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶ 649)
Membership: Three youth members and three youth alternate members from each
District plus seven youth at-large members nominated by the Conference
Nominating Committee in consultation with CCYM.
Commission on Religion and Race (¶ 643)
Membership: Twenty-seven: three from each district (including the District
Secretary) and nine at large, recommended by the Commission on Religion and
Race and nominated by the Committee on Nominations.
Commission on the Status and Role of Women (¶ 644)
Membership: four clergy (two women, two men, one a member of the Board of
Ministry), four laywomen and four laymen. One representative from each district
to serve also on the District Council on Ministries, should one exist.
One Cabinet representative (without vote); one staff representative (without vote);
two women selected by the executive committee of the Conference United Methodist
Women; eight persons selected by the commission itself because of their professional
training in church-related vocations or special interests and competence needed for
the work of the commission; one youth representative from CCYM (or its successor
body), and any Conference member(s) of the General Commission on the Status and
Role of Women.
Commission on Equitable Compensation (¶ 625)
Membership: An equal number of lay and clergy, including one person from each
district and 6 members-at-large with representatives from at least 4 churches with
memberships of fewer than 200 members.
Purpose: Review the schedule of Equitable Compensation annually, reporting
findings to the Conference Council on Finance and Administration; distribute the
Equitable Compensation Fund; in consultation with the Cabinet, pass on all
applications for payments from the fund and make request in writing to the office of
the Conference Treasurer for any payments approved.
Metropolitan Mission Commission (¶ 633.5)
Purpose: Interdistrict structure to initiate, promote and strengthen a coordinated
United Methodist ministry in Metropolitan Chicago and to provide means for
various caucuses to engage in dialogue over uniqueness and points of commonality
in their ministries.
E. CONFERENCE AGENCIES
1. Conference Administrative Committee
Membership: One representative each from Board of Trustees, Council on Finance
and Administration and Cabinet; the Bishop; Director of Connectional Ministries
and Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services with voice but not vote; also
twelve at-large members elected to four-year terms. It is recommended that the
at-large members include one clergy, one laywoman and one layman in each class.
Responsibility: Coordination and oversight of all Administrative functions.
Amenable to Conference Council on Finance and Administration.
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2.
Annual Conference Committee on Personnel.
a. Members with Voice and Vote:
1) The Bishop
2) Eight at-large members elected to four-year terms. At-large members
shall include 2 clergy, 2 laywomen, and 2 laymen
b. Members with Voice but not Vote:
1) Director of Connectional Ministry
2) Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services
3) A representative of the Cabinet
c. The Annual Conference Committee on Personnel may invite to their meetings any
others they deem necessary for the purpose of sharing expertise. Those invited may
have the right of voice but not vote. The committee shall select their own method of
granting voice (i.e.: a formal vote or consensus).
d. Convened for Quadrennium. Within four weeks (or thirty (30) days per Standing
Rule III.B.13) of the close of the last Annual Conference of each quadrennium, the
Dean of the Cabinet shall convene the Personnel Committee to elect officers and
organize the work of the committee.
e. Purpose. To facilitate compliance with The Book of Discipline and applicable laws
relating to employment, this committee shall develop and execute all personnel
policies for all persons employed by the conference in consultation with the
conference agencies; particularly the Program Council, Conference Council on
Finance and Administration, Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus
Ministry, and the Conference Board of Outdoor and Retreat Ministries. Such
personnel policies shall include, and are not limited to: employment policies; salary
scales; hiring; evaluation; and termination policies and procedures. The committee
shall also make recommendation concerning such employees to the Conference
Council on Finance and Administration regarding salary, housing, utilities
allowances, professional and business reimbursement, travel expenses, and
continuing education for inclusion in the Annual Conference Budget. Persons
employed by the Annual Conference, for purposes of this committee, shall include
all persons employed by the conference agencies named earlier in this subparagraph, the Conference Superintendents assigned to the various districts, and
the administrative assistants in the various conference, regional, and district offices.
f. Resourcing Local Congregations. The committee shall resource local
congregations and faith communities and other conference boards and agencies on
personnel policies and procedures.
3. Committee on Nominations
Membership: A District Superintendent chosen by the Cabinet; Director of
Connectional Ministries; Conference Lay Leader; a representative from each of the
following: United Methodist Women, United Methodist Men, Retired Clergy
Association, Conference Council on Youth Ministries, Young Adult Council,
Fellowship of Asian- Americans, Black Methodists for Church Renewal, and
LaJunta. An additional sixteen (16) members to be nominated by the Committee on
Nominations with a minimum of two from each district, and with care being given
to honor diversity relative to gender, ethnicity, and clergy-lay representation, will be
organized in the following terms and classes:
Term: Four-year terms, limited to two full terms.
Classes: Four classes with four members each.
Officers: Chair is nominated by the nominating committee and elected by the
Annual Conference for the Quadrennium. The committee shall elect such other
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
officers as it deems necessary from its membership.
When a district desires a District Committee on Nominations, it shall be established
by its District Council or District Conference.
Annual Conference Committee
Membership: Twenty-four persons to serve terms of four years. It is recommended
that 1/3 shall be clergy, 1/3 laymen, 1/3 laywomen. Ex Officio Members: The
Bishop, District Superintendents, Director of Connectional Ministries, Conference
Lay Leader, Conference Secretary; Chairs or their representatives of the Boards of
Church and Society, Discipleship and Global Ministries, Division of Christian
Witness and Outreach of the Board of Discipleship, Commission on Christian Unity
and Interreligous Concerns, Committee on Ushers, Credentials Committee and
Council on Finance and Administration; Presidents of ACCYM, UMM and UMW;
and the host pastors for the coming session of the Annual Conference.
Officers: Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary nominated by the Committee on
Nominations and elected by the Conference for the quadrennium. The Vice-Chair
shall serve as Chair of Daily Procedure.
Purpose: To make arrangements for the regular Annual, Special or Adjourned
Sessions of the Conference, to plan and arrange the Agenda of the Annual
Conference Session in consultation with the Bishop, to budget the expense, arrange
the place of holding the Conference, to provide for child care and to enlist such
additional persons necessary for the carrying out of the Conference Sessions,
including the person and alternate to make the Memorial Address.
Credentials Committee
Membership: Seven persons, one from each district and the Conference Registrar.
Responsibility: Monitor provisions of the equalization formula and be responsible
for matters pertaining to certification and seating of Conference members.
Committee on Ushers for the Annual Conference Session
Membership: Co-Chairs to serve for the quadrennium. Each shall select a staff of
ushers, which shall reflect the diversity of the body.
Purpose: One chair to serve as head of the ushers for the conference business
sessions. One chair to serve as head of the ushers for the worship sessions.
Responsibility: Both to be ex officio members of the Annual Conference
Committee.
Committee on Worship at Annual Conference
Membership: 1 Cabinet representative, 4 representatives from the Division of
Christian Witness and Outreach of the Board of Discipleship, 4 representatives
from the Annual Conference Committee and 1 representative from the Northern
Illinois Chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Worship, Music and the
Arts
Purpose: Available to assist the bishop in organizing and facilitating worship at the
Annual Conference Sessions.
Research and Planning Committee
Membership: Twenty-nine members, twenty-one of which are nominated by the
Committee on Nominations. Four ex officio members - The Bishop, Council of
Ministries Director (or designate), a Cabinet member and a member of the Council
on Finance and Administration. Four members selected for special expertise,
named by the Committee on Research and Planning.
Officers: Selected by the committee. Chairperson represents committee on
Conference Council of Ministries.
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Purpose: To provide a process and structure whereby the Annual Conference and
its groups can build a common vision of the future and be a faithful and intentional
community.
Functions: Research, Long-Range Planning, Strategic Planning, Evaluation/Audit.
Reports directly to Annual Conference with advisory relationships to Program
Council and Council on Finance and Administration.
9. Committee on Concerns of Clergy Families
Membership: The Bishop; one representative designated by each of the following:
Conference Board of Pensions, the Cabinet, and the Commission on the Status and
Role of Women; two representatives designated by the Clergy Spouses of the
Annual Conference; and up to four additional members-at-large appointed by the
Committee.
Responsibilities: Provide guidelines for determining the designated financial
assistance for extreme emergencies; request an annual sum to assist families at the
time of separation, death, divorce or family stress and difficulty; update and amend
the Resource Book as necessary; offer assistance to clergy spouses in maintaining
support systems, identification of resources for personal assistance and maintaining
spiritual and pastoral support and guidance as necessary; receive and designate
financial assistance to be granted in any given request, in keeping with the
designated guidelines.
10.
Sexual Harassment Consultation Teams and Intervention Group
Membership of the Sexual Harassment Intervention Group: Eleven persons, male
and female, Lay, Diaconal and Clergy
Membership of each of two Sexual Harassment Consultation Teams: five persons
with two alternates, male and female, Lay, Diaconal and Clergy
The Group and both Teams are to be appointed by the Commission on the Status
and Role of Women in consultation with the Bishop, from a list of nominees solicited
from Lay and Clergy members of the Annual Conference.
11. United Methodist Foundation of Northern Illinois Conference, Inc.
Officers of the board: President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, all
members of the board; Assistant Treasurer is Conference Treasurer/Director of
Administrative Services.
Annual meeting: The Bishop chairs and convenes the members of the Conference as
members of the corporation to receive reports and proposals, to elect the Board of
Directors for the current class and to vacancies in other classes. At the close of the
corporation's business, the Bishop, by the vote of the Conference, adjourns the
corporation meeting and resumes the Conference business.
Foundation Sunday: The third Sunday of May each year or another Sunday in May
or June that may be selected in the local church, not to take an offering but for the
purpose of increasing the awareness of church membership of the Christian
stewardship opportunities for one's family and church with a will, trust or life
income plan.
12. Church Builders, a program of the Conference Board of Global Ministries
Membership: Individuals who pledge $25 or more, upon call, three times a year for
congregational development and redevelopment projects (land purchases,
construction of new churches, parsonages, renovation and expansion of existing
facilities) in the Northern Illinois Conference. Projects are selected by the Bishop
and District Superintendents.
Church Builders Board. Twelve members: three each named by the Division of
Congregational Development of the Board of Global Ministries, Conference United
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13.
14.
15.
16.
Methodist Men, the Division on Ministry of the Laity of the Board of Discipleship;
plus the Bishop, one District Superintendent and one Conference program staff
person.
Functions/roles of the Board: Establish policy, decide timing of calls, manage funds
received, determine amount of grants, generate and implement Church Builder
recruitment plans, maintain up-to-date list of Church Builders, develop and
implement promotion plans.
Organization: Prior to the end of the year of General Conference, the incumbent
chairperson of the board convenes the new board for organization and election of
officers.
Officers: Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, Director and
Recruiter
Trustees of Illinois Church Action on Alcohol Problems (ILLCAAP)
Elected on the basis of one per 50,000 members or major fraction thereof.
Nominated by the Division of General Welfare of the Board of Church and Society.
Des Plaines Campground Liaison Committee
Seven members.
Purpose: Seek to discover ways of mutual cooperation between Northern Illinois
Annual Conference and Des Plaines Campground Association (known as the Des
Plaines Campground).
Directors (2) of the Illinois Methodist Church Ministry of Criminal Justice
Elected for a term of three years
Committee to Implement the Hispanic Plan
Membership: Nineteen, including two Hispanic clergy, two Hispanic laity, nine
non--Hispanic persons, one representative from LaJunta, one representative from
the Division of Congregation Development and Redevelopment (Board of Global
Ministries) and one representative each from the Board of Church and Society,
Discipleship and Higher Education and Campus Ministry, plus a Cabinet
representative.
Officers: Chair, vice chair and secretary, elected by the committee. The chair is a
member of the Conference Program Council.
F. DISTRICT CONFERENCES (¶ 42, 657, 658)
Call by District Superintendent shall be in writing at least three weeks prior to event and
shall include agenda.
Chair: Superintendent or person designated by Superintendent.
Voting Membership: All pastors serving churches full-time or part-time within the
district, all retired pastors residing within the district, all pastors under special
appointment who are members of a Charge Conference within the district, diaconal
ministers whose Charge Conference membership resides in the district, the lay members
and alternate lay members of the district churches, the District Lay Leader, the District
President of United Methodist Women, the District President of United Methodist Men,
the District President of Youth and Young Adult Fellowships and up to five additional
members representing each church on the district, chosen by the Administrative
Board/Council of the various churches.
Minutes: Copies to the District Office and with District Council of Ministries minutes
(where a District Council exists), to the Council Program Director's office, to the
Conference Secretary, who shall publish the records of the several District Conferences in
the Conference Journal, creating a special section of the Historical reports
Authority: To establish district apportionments on a year-to-year basis, review and
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respond in other appropriate ways to actions taken by Northern Illinois Annual
Conference, set program priorities for the district upon recommendation of the District
Council of Ministries where one exists, and set missional priorities for the district upon
recommendation of the District Strategy Committee if one exists, and other matters as
determined by the District Superintendent.
Districts are authorized to combine district conferences to deal with regional and area
missional issues. When this is contemplated, a committee made up of each superintendent
and three persons from each district shall plan the combined conference. The three
persons shall be named by the respective District Councils on Ministries (or District
Committees on Nominations, if no District Council on Ministries exists).
SECTION IV CONFERENCE RELATIONS
A. CONFERENCE MEMBERSHIP
1. Probationary Membership: In addition to the Disciplinary requirements (¶ 324),
psychological testing and evaluation of candidates for Conference membership by
an agency selected by the Board of Ordained Ministry shall be required.
2. Full Connection: In addition to the Disciplinary requirement (¶ 330), a candidate
for membership in Northern Illinois Conference may not be admitted into full
connection until he/she shall have served satisfactorily for two years under episcopal
appointments under the supervision of a District Superintendent subsequent to
completion of all requirements for a Divinity degree from an approved theological
seminary.
3. Transfer from Northern Illinois Conference: The Bishop is requested not to
complete the transfer of a clergy member out of the Conference until he/she has
made satisfactory adjustment of all monies owed on personal obligations to the
Conference.
4. Charge Conference Relationship: The charge conference relationship of retired
clergy shall be listed in the Record of Ministerial Service in the Journal.
5. Personnel Records: The complete service record for ordained and diaconal
members (¶ 606.6) shall be maintained in the office of the Treasurer/Director of
Administrative Services. For purposes of this Conference, Form 102 Biographical
Information Form of The United Methodist Church, together with a schedule of
appointments, shall constitute the "complete service record." The chair of the
Conference Relations Division of the Board of Ordained Ministry shall keep
descriptions of circumstances related to changes in Conference relationships,
credentials surrendered to the Bishop or District Superintendent and confidential
trial records as well as actions required to be maintained under the Sexual
Harassment Policy of the Conference. Further, personnel records (¶ 606.9) shall
continue to be maintained by the Boards of Ordained Ministry, Diaconal Ministry
and Pensions, and the District Committees on Ordained Ministry, respectively, on
behalf of the Annual Conference, subject to the guidelines provided by the General
Council on Finance and Administration.
Supervision will be provided by the Annual Conference Committee on Personnel. A
computer data base is recommended for maintaining the "complete service record"
(¶ 606.6).
B. CLERGY PERSONNEL POLICIES - -LOCAL CHURCHES
1. Pastoral service is the responsibility of the clergy in charge. The rule of this
Conference is that no clergy shall perform pastoral acts in any parish other than the
one assigned to him or her, except by invitation of the clergy in charge or, in cases of
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2.
emergency, with the knowledge of the District Superintendent.
Clergy compensation
a. The salary-paying unit shall not pay salary in advance but after service is
rendered on duties agreed upon by pastor and the salary-paying unit.
b.
Equitable Compensation: Before the pastor of any charge is eligible for
assistance from the Equitable Compensation Fund, the District
Superintendent shall certify in writing to the Commission on Equitable
Compensation that an every member canvass has been conducted that year
on the charge, that the church is doing everything possible to fulfill its
obligations and that there are not other funds available from which the
salary can be supplemented. Any application for assistance from the
Equitable Compensation Fund must have the approval of the Cabinet.
The Equitable Compensation Fund shall provide pastoral support no higher
than 40% of the salary scale of the pastor(s) of a local church. The Equitable
Compensation Commission may make exceptions to this rule in special
circumstances.
c. Vacations and Related Items
(1) All pastors shall have a minimum of thirty days (one month) vacation
each Conference year (July 1 to June 30).
(2) Time which the pastor spends in the Conference Camping program,
the College of Christian Life, approved Continuing Education,
Annual Conference sessions and up to two weeks in Evangelism or
other Mission Outreach shall not be counted against vacation time.
(3) Pastors are urged to be prudent and fair in the application of a and b
above, and to work closely with the Pastor-Parish Relations
Committee.
d. Health Insurance, Pension, and Disability Benefits
(1) Each local church/charge with a full-time appointment shall provide and
pay premiums for the Conference-sponsored health insurance plan for its
full-time pastor(s). Coverage shall be offered to the eligible dependents (as
from time to time defined by the Northern Illinois Conference Board of
Pensions) and premiums paid for by the salary-paying unit. All other
clergy in the Conference under full-time appointment beyond the local
church are eligible to participate in this plan.
(2) Each local church/charge with one or more full-time clergy shall provide
and pay for each of its clergy’s required contributions to the General
Board of Pensions and Health Benefits (GBOPHB) (CRSP) on a timely
basis.
(3) Each local church/charge with one or more full-time clergy shall provide
and pay for each of its clergy’s required contributions to the GBOPHB’s
Comprehensive Protection Plan (CPP) which provides death and disability
benefits for clergy.
(4) Local churches shall not reduce clergy compensation to absorb the costs of
health insurance, pension or CPP benefits. Effective as of January 1, 2009,
if a Local Church fails to pay its clergy’s full costs for health insurance,
pension, or CPP benefits within ninety (90) days of the end of the current
year, the amount of such arrearage shall constitute a lien on the real and
personal property of such local church until such arrearage is paid in full.
The Conference Treasurer and the Cabinet shall maintain records of such
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3.
liens, and such liens shall be enforced upon the sale or other disposition of
such Local Church’s properties upon sale or discontinuance of such Local
Church Properties as part of the District Superintendent’s consent to sale
required by the Discipline.
e. The policy for Maternity/Paternity Leave shall be as stated in Paragraph 356
of The Book of Discipline.
f. The policy for Disability Leave shall be as stated in Paragraph 357 of The
Book of Discipline.
g. The policy for Sabbatical Leave shall follow Paragraph 352 of The Book of
Discipline. Persons wishing to take a sabbatical leave of any length must
submit to the Committee on Sabbatical Leaves of the Board of Ordained
Ministry, the Bishop and the District Superintendent a plan for study and
travel to be done during the leave. The plan must be submitted by December
31 of the year preceding the Annual Conference at which the leave is
granted.
Funds to support the health insurance premiums and pension premiums on
sabbatical leaves of one year in length shall be included in the Conference
budget. The health insurance premiums shall be paid from funds made
available by the Conference Board of Pensions. The pension payment for the
church or employing institution is to be paid by funds allocated to the Board
of Ordained Ministry. The amount set aside for this purpose shall be equal
to three times the obligation for a person making the denominational average
salary for clergy. If more than three persons are approved and appointed to
sabbatical leave in any year, these funds shall be allocated by the Committee
on Sabbaticals to those so appointed.
Persons wishing to take sabbatical leave of less than one year in length shall
not receive support from the Annual Conference.
h. Sick Pay: The total clergy compensation package established for salary,
benefits and housing shall be continued during a period of illness or
disability of any clergy until there is a change in the appointment of such
clergy by the presiding Bishop.
i. Car Expense: Payment of the pastor's car expense should be based upon the
actual mileage required to serve the parish. The recommended Conference
rate shall be whatever is the current Internal Revenue Service standard. The
local church is encouraged to pay for actual miles as submitted on a regular
voucher basis, as a legitimate cost of having a pastor available for the many
places ministry happens.
Parsonages
a. The local pastoral charge shall provide an attractive, adequate, comfortable
home for its pastor. The general upkeep of the parsonage shall be the
responsibility of the local church.
b. The full cost of utilities at the parsonage (including heat, light, water and
telephone other than personal toll calls made by pastor and/or his/her family)
is the responsibility of the local church.
c. The parsonage shall be inspected at least annually (¶ 2532.4) and at the time
of each change of pastors to ascertain what items of routine maintenance and
decorating need attention. Annual forms shall be filled out and signed,
indicating various conditions and needs with a time schedule for completion.
At the time of the annual inspection, the personal safety of the families
residing in the parsonage, and the overall safety of the property, shall be
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d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
discussed. If and when appropriate and feasible, a security system, and/or
other measures necessary to ensure the safety of said clergy/families and
property, may be implemented.
The pastor is responsible for informing the proper people as to particular
problems and needs in a timely manner. The parsonage family is to keep the
appearance both inside and outside of the home in good order. Any repairs
needed for damages done by a member of the parsonage family shall be paid
for by the family, as in rental situations.
Standard parsonage equipment which churches are expected to furnish:
(1) Stove, gas or electric
(2) Hot water heater, gas or electric
(3) Electric refrigerator
(4) Automatic dishwasher
(5) Automatic washer and dryer
(6) Carpeting in living room, dining room, family room, hall and
stairways
(7) Window coverings (shades/blinds/curtains/draperies) throughout the
house
(8) Water softener, where hardness of water indicates need
(9) Kitchen with ample cabinets, counter space, good lighting, adequate
electrical wiring for modern appliances, durable floor covering and
place for family to eat
(10) Garbage disposal desirable (except with septic systems)
(11) Air conditioner/conditioning - desirable
(12) Sufficient insulation/storm doors/windows to insure home warmth
and efficiency from heating system
(13) Lawn mower, hedge trimmers, snow blower, water hose, if needed
(14) Garbage and recyclable containers appropriate for area
(15) TV antenna or cable hook-up if needed
(16) Smoke detectors, fire extinguisher
(17) Exhaust/ventilation system for bathrooms and kitchen
(18) Microwave oven and freezers should be considered
(19) Properly labeled fuse box, ample electrical outlets, all connections
(20) Sump pump where needed to insure a dry basement
A log book shall be used to record the purchase date and place of each
appliance, lists of places to call for service on all appliances and dates of
repairs, improvements, upgrading done and by whom.
Instructions for the operation and location of vital switches and valves and
who to call in case of emergencies should be provided to the parsonage
family.
Parsonage space needs:
(1) Garage, double desirable, with ample space for lawn and garden
equipment. Automatic door opener helpful.
(2) Three bedrooms and a guest room or study
(3) Outdoor living space suitable for recreation and beautification with
some privacy
(4) A dining room/family room with seating space for eight
(5) Suitably large living room and family or recreation room
(6) Provision for adequate study area
(7) At least two bathrooms
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i.
3.
4.
5.
6.
(8) Area for children to play safely outside
(9) Adequate closet and storage spaces
(10) Most parsonages need at least 2,000 sq. ft.
All of the above need to be considered in any plans for new parsonages and
in all major remodeling (see the Board of Architecture's recommendations).
Additionally, on plans affecting areas within existing parsonages, adequate
provision shall be made to facilitate entrance and to make the facilities
generally accessible to persons with handicapping conditions, including, on
the main floor, one room which could be used as a bedroom by a person with
a physical handicap, a fully accessible bathroom and laundry facilities.
Parsonage Allowance Policy: Each charge conference, or agency served by clergy
under special appointment, where rent-free use of a house is not provided and
where an allowance is paid to enable clergy to obtain housing, shall designate prior
to the start of each year and at the same time as the clergy compensation package is
established, a portion of the total compensation as a parsonage allowance. Such
amount shall be excluded from gross income for income tax purposes to the extent it
is actually used for such expense. The parsonage allowance shall be established to
include all anticipated principal payments, all interest on any loan or loans secured
to purchase the home or to furnish, equip, maintain and repair it, all utilities, all
expenditures for repairs and maintenance, all property or other taxes, and all other
costs reasonably related to furnishing and equipping the home. Provided, however,
that the exclusion shall not exceed the fair rental value of the home, so furnished,
equipped and maintained together with utilities.
Furnishings Allowance Policy: Each charge conference, or agency served by clergy
under special appointment, where rent-free housing is provided, shall designate,
prior to the start of each year and at the same time as the compensation is
established, a portion of the total compensation package as a furnishings allowance.
Such amount shall be excluded from gross income for income tax purposes to the
extent that it is in fact used for the expenses of operating a home. The furnishings
allowance shall be established to include all anticipated allowable expenses related
to the operation of and the furnishing and equipping of a home.
Housing Relocation
When the pastor moves, the staff-parish committee should notify the parsonage
committee at once of the expected date so that plans can be made in preparation for
the new pastor/family to move into the parsonage. Both the out-going pastor and
the incoming pastor should be consulted as to items concerning the parsonage home
that need to be taken care of before, between and after the move. The out-going
parsonage family should have a "white glove" clean-up prior to leaving the
appointment.
Administrative Expense items: In planning and building the budget of the local
church, careful consideration shall be given to provide for the following items:
a. Office expenses such as postage, paper and other items for an effective and
efficient office.
b. Office equipment: desk, adequate lighting, bookshelves (50-75 feet per
pastor), a typewriter or computer, chairs for counseling, mimeograph and/or
copy machine and two file cabinets.
c. Repair of equipment owned by the pastor but used primarily for the work of
the church.
d. Honorarium for pulpit supply while the pastor is on vacation.
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e.
f.
g.
At least $600 which the pastor may use for continuing education (¶ 351)
Reimbursement for books, publications and materials used by the pastor in
serving the church.
An annual amount of 2% of the value of the parsonage (but not more than
$2,500) for upkeep/repair/decorating and/or remodeling the parsonage, to be
accumulated and spent only when approved by the parsonage committee or
board of trustees.
C. ADDITIONAL CLERGY PERSONNEL POLICIES
1. Excludable housing allowance for retired clergy and clergy on disability
a. The practice of The United Methodist Church is to provide a parsonage or
rental allowance for each of its active ordained or local clergy.
b. Pensions paid to retired ordained or local pastors of The United Methodist
Church are considered as deferred compensation and are paid to said retired
ordained or local pastors in consideration of previous active service, and
disability benefits are considered payments in lieu of compensation for active
service.
c. The Internal Revenue Service has recognized that the Northern Illinois
Conference is the appropriate organization to designate a housing/rental
allowance for retired ordained or local pastors who are members of this
Conference.
d. Disabled clergy have the same legal relationship to an Annual Conference as
do the retired clergy and, thus, this Conference is also the appropriate
organization to designate a housing/rental allowance for disabled ordained or
local pastors who are members of this Conference.
e. An amount equal to 100% of the pension payments received by a retired
clergy, or 100% of the disability payments received by a disabled clergy, is
designated as rental/housing allowance respectively for each retired or
disabled ordained or local pastor of The United Methodist Church who is or
was a member of the Northern Illinois Conference at the time of retirement
or disability.
f. The pension or disability payment in which this rental/housing allowance
applies shall be the pension or disability payment resulting from all service of
such retired or disabled ordained or local pastor from all employment by any
local church, Annual Conference, General Agency or institution of The
United Methodist Church or of any former denomination that is now a part
of The United Methodist Church, or from any other employer who employed
the clergy to perform services related to the ministry and who elected to
make contributions to the pension or benefit funds of The United Methodist
Church for such retired minister's pensions or disabled minister's benefits.
g. The rental/housing allowance which may be excluded from a clergy's gross
income is limited to the lesser of
(1) The amount of the rental/housing allowance designated by the clergy's
employer or other appropriate body
(2) The amount actually expended by the clergy to provide his or her
housing, or
(3) The legally determined fair rental value of the parsonage or other
housing provided.
As specified in Rev. Rul. 71-200, 1971 C. B. 92, "the only amount that will
qualify for exclusion under Section 107 (2) of the Code as a 'rental allowance'
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2.
is an amount equal to the fair rental value of the home, including furnishings
and appurtenances such as a garage plus the cost of utilities."
Conference housing
a. All clergy appointed to the Cabinet, the Conference Program Staff or the
Finance Office shall be provided with adequate housing as required by
Standing Rules, or with an adequate housing (rental and utility) allowance.
If housing is provided, it is recommended that this Conference-owned
housing meet the following minimal space and equipment requirements:
1. Cooking range, gas or electric, and microwave oven
2. Hot water heater, gas or electric
3. Electric refrigerator
4. Automatic dishwasher
5. Automatic washer and dryer
6. Window shades or blinds
7. Water softener, where hardness of water indicates need
8. Kitchen with ample cabinets, counter space, good lighting, adequate
electrical outlets, and durable floor covering
9. Garbage disposal (except with septic system)
10. Window air conditioning units
11. Thermal windows or storm windows and storm doors
12. Lawn mower, hedge trimmers, snow blower, water hose, as needed
13. Garbage and recycling containers appropriate to the area
14. TV antenna, cable hook-up, or satellite dish readiness, as needed
15. Smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, and fire extinguisher
16. Ample electrical service
17. Alarm system when deeded necessary
18. Sump pump with emergency backup power supply where needed to
ensure a dry basement
19. Garage (with automatic door opener, if possible) or designated
parking space(s)
20. Three bedrooms
21. A dining room/area or family room
22. Suitably large living room or recreation room
23. Adequate study area
24. At least two bathrooms
25. Safe outside play area
26. Adequate closet and storage space
Care should be taken when purchasing appliances and outdoor equipment
to ensure said items are as energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly
as possible, e.g. electric lawn mower, Energy Star-rated appliances (see
www.energystar.gov). When considering the purchase of new construction
or remodeling, adequate provision shall be made to provide accessibility to
space on the main level, including a bedroom and bath, and laundry
facilities for persons with handicapping conditions.
b. Where Conference-owned housing is available, the appointee shall live in the
housing provided
c. Where Conference-owned housing is not available and the appointee elects to
purchase housing but needs financial assistance, the Conference, upon
request of the appointee and approval of the Cabinet, shall provide a loan,
not to exceed 20% of the purchase price. This loan shall be secured by a
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3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
second mortgage.
Interest shall be at the same rate charged the Conference, if the Conference
borrows funds to provide the loan, or at the prime rate then in effect at the
principal bank serving the Conference. All principal and interest will be due
and payable at the earliest of either the date of sale or the house or ninety
days after an appointment change.
When an appointment change is made and the appointee has been
purchasing a house and the house has not been sold or rented and the
appointee is not receiving a housing allowance from any other source, the
Annual Conference shall pay the lesser of an amount equal to the interest on
any outstanding loan(s) secured to purchase the property and a pro rata
share of the taxes and insurance or the usual housing/rental allowance for a
period not to exceed three months.
When an appointment change is made and the appointee remains bound by a
rental contract or lease, the Annual Conference shall pay the lesser of the
amount required by the contractor lease or the usual housing/rental
allowance for a period not to exceed three months.
Health insurance for retired clergy, dependents and survivors
The Conference shall be responsible for the payment of the costs authorized by the
Annual Conference for the conference group hospital and medical expense plan for
retired clergy and their eligible dependents and for eligible survivors of deceased
clergy or retired clergy.
Equitable Compensation (¶ 625)
The Commission on Equitable Compensation, in consultation with the Cabinet,
shall pass on all applications for payments from this fund and shall make request in
writing to the Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services for any
payment approved.
Housing Relocation Expenses
The Conference Council on Finance and Administration is responsible for
establishing, administering, interpreting, and reviewing policies and procedures in
support of the relocation by clergy households serving the Northern Illinois Annual
Conference local churches. The policies and procedures shall be printed and
distributed annually to all clergy and lay members attending the Annual Conference
session.
The United Methodist Ministers Credit Union is recognized as a service to the
members of Northern Illinois Conference and its policies and operation are
approved as they apply to the members of the Conference,
Death of Clergy Member, Spouse, or Child
a. Information concerning the death of a clergy member of the Conference, or
of a spouse or dependent child of a clergy, active or retired, shall be given to
the appropriate District Superintendent, who shall communicate this
information to the Pensions Office and the Communications Office. The
Communications Office shall notify by mail or telephone the clergy members
of the Conference.
b. When possible, the appropriate District Superintendent shall visit personally
the family and transmit pertinent information about the insurance matters.
The District Superintendent shall send the family a memorial folder
announcing a memorial gift to the charity of their choice in the amount of
$50.
c. When announcing a death other than that of a clergy or spouse or dependent
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8.
9.
child, the District Superintendent shall communicate words of sympathy
through a newsletter or other mailing on the district. The information will
also be included in the next Conference mailing.
d. When word is received of the death of a clergy or spouse or dependent child
of a clergy residing outside the bounds of the Conference, the Cabinet shall
be notified and the secretary of the Cabinet shall send a letter of condolence
on behalf of the Conference to the family. The Pensions Office will be
responsible for dealing with insurance and pension matters.
Sustentation Fund (¶ 626). This fund shall be administered by the Board of
Pensions on request and recommendation of the Bishop and District
Superintendents.
Special Needs Form. Each appointable clergy in the Northern Illinois Conference
shall fill out a Special Needs Form to be kept in the Conference files. This form
shall include information regarding the special needs of the pastor and his/her
family members living with him/her. These needs shall included items related to the
church, the parsonage, and medical and educational concerns due to disabilities or
special needs of the pastor and his/her family. It is the pastor’s responsibility to
update this form as changes occur. When a change of a pastor’s appointment is
being considered, the cabinet is urged to give consideration to the special needs
listed on this form.
D. FULL-TIME DEACON EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
1.
Contract. All local churches and/or agencies employing full-time deacons
shall annually review their existing employment contract and/or practices
for the purpose of determining what changes, if any, should be made to
meet or approach conference standards. All contracts for deacons shall be
negotiated according to ¶ 331.14 of The 2008 Book of Discipline.
2.
Salary. Amount to be agreed upon at the time of employment plus any
merit or cost of living increases. It is expected that salary will be guided by
the Annual Conference standards for ordained elders and will be at a level
comparable to those with similar responsibilities in the employing agency
or local church, including a recommended minimum $4,500 for an
accountable reimbursement fund to pay for travel, continuing education,
and other costs incurred in the course of providing ministry. The deacon
shall observe the usual and standard procedures in accounting for those
expenses in the local church. (as outlined in Document 680-07 in the 2006
Journal)
3.
Benefits
a. Health Insurance. All deacons shall be offered participation in
the conference health benefit and supplemental programs of his
or her annual conference subject to the provisions and standards
of those programs as established by the annual conference where
health coverage is not provided from another source. BOD 2008 ¶
¶ 331.14b.
b. Pension. All deacons, probationary and in full connection
(ordained) are mandatory participants in the Clergy Retirement
Security Program (CRSP) beginning January 1, 2007 (as outlined
in Document 680-07 – NIC Journal – Page 133). All other pension
benefits are according to the current Standing Rules for Clergy.
c. Sick Pay: The total clergy compensation package established for
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d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
4.
salary, and benefits shall be continued during a period of illness
or disability of any clergy until there is a change in the
appointment of such clergy by the presiding Bishop. (See these
Standing Rules Sec. IV.B2h.
Vacation. Full-time deacons shall receive 30 days of paid vacation
annually.
The policy for Maternity/Paternity Leave shall be as stated in ¶
356 of The 2008 Book of Discipline.
The policy for Disability Leave shall be as stated in ¶ 357 of The
2008 Book of Discipline.
Car Expense. Payment of the deacon's car expense should be
based upon the actual mileage required to serve the parish in the
agreed capacity. The recommended Conference rate shall be
whatever is the current IRS standard. The local church is
encouraged to pay for actual miles as submitted on a regular
voucher basis, as a legitimate cost of having a deacon available
for the many places ministry happens. (See these Standing Rules
Sec. IV.B2i).
Continuing Education. Compensation to provide for the
opportunity to participate in continuing education events shall be
guided by the conference standard for ordained clergy.
Housing. Provision for housing or a housing allowance shall be
negotiable, such negotiation to be based upon the specific needs
of the deacon.
Termination. Since deacons are not guaranteed a place of employment in the
Church special attention shall be given to termination procedures that allow
time for seeking another service appointment. Notification of dismissal shall
provide a ninety-day period to final termination of employment unless the
contract specifies otherwise or except for causes as listed in The Book of
Discipline2008, ¶ 2702.
SECTION V FINANCES AND REPORTS
A. CALENDAR YEAR
1. The Fiscal Year of the Conference and constituent local churches shall commence
on January 1 and conclude on December 31.
2. All claims and bills against the Conference budget incurred as expenditures,
whether by committees, boards or individuals, must be submitted to the Conference
Treasurer by January 20 of the following year or by a later date the Conference
Council on Finance and Administration determines and announces. The
Conference Treasurer or CCFA may refuse payment on claims by Conference
bodies not submitted by the determined date. Apportionments received after the
determined date will be credited to the next fiscal year.
B. ACCOUNTING POLICY AND AUDIT
1. The Annual Conference finances shall be recorded in keeping with Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as determined by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) for non-profit religious organizations. An independent
audit shall be conducted annually and printed in the Conference Journal. The
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2.
3.
auditor shall identify deviations from FASB standards, and such shall be published
in the Conference Journal. A letter of response to the auditor’s findings will be
prepared by the CCFA and published in the Conference Journal.
Every Local Church shall undertake an “audit” in accordance with the Local
Church Audit Guide published by the General Council on Finance and
Administration. Volunteer auditors or local church Finance committee members
are encouraged to “audit” different local churches in a no-cost exchange program.
(see Book of Discipline paragraph 258.4.d)
The Annual Conference establishes the conference treasury, amenable to the
Conference Council on Finance and Administration, as the central treasury for
conference agencies participating in conference funds (from Book of Discipline
paragraph 613.11).
C. BUDGETS
1. All entities requesting Conference funds must submit the request to the Conference
Council on Finance and Administration by the timeline determined and announced
by the Council. The CCFA shall coordinate requests for Conference funds and shall
review special appeals in the manner detailed in Book of Discipline paragraphs 614
and 612.7. Program boards and agencies with a seat on the Conference Council of
Ministries shall first submit funding requests to the Program Council.
D. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1. The Council on Finance and Administration, shall establish the several funds
necessary for the mission and ministry of the annual conference and will interpret
the restrictions and designations placed on the funds by Annual Conference action.
2. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration determines the policies for
conference investments (except Board of Pension funds), as specified in Book of
Discipline paragraph 613.5. The details of all changes in such policies, including
any change in depository institution, shall be reported to the Conference.
3. The CCFA shall assure the annual conference that funds are used according to
restrictions. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration shall have
ultimate fiduciary responsibilities for all annual conference funds and investments.
This provision shall not be construed as to assign to the CCFA with authorities
reserved to the Board of Trustees for oversight of properties and assets controlled
by Book of Discipline 2512.3, nor to assign to CCFA authority reserved for the
Board of Pensions and Health Benefits for management of assets restricted to
benefit programs of the annual conference (Book of Discipline 1507).
4. Bequests or donations for the benefit of the annual conference not restricted by the
donor for any specific purpose shall support the general operating fund and/or a
general endowment fund of the Annual Conference.
5. The Northern Illinois Annual Conference, United Methodist Foundation, Chicago
Home Missionary Society and Church Extension, and United Methodist Clergy
Fund shall monitor their own investment portfolios on a periodic basis. The
monitoring shall include evaluation of the performance of invested funds as well as
the accomplishment of objectives within guidelines and established social and moral
goals.
6. Interest earned on capital funds and held by the office of the Conference Treasurer
for an indefinite period of time, or a period of time longer than the normal monthly
turnover, shall be added to the principal of the fund so accumulated, or held and
disbursed only for the designated purpose for which the funds were accumulated.
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Returns on investment of undesignated conference funds shall be credited to the
general operating reserve of the conference.
7. If the CCFA elects to create an audit review committee as permitted in Book of
Discipline paragraph 617.4, such a committee membership shall be supplemented
with at least one designee of the Conference Program Council, and other members
selected by the CCFA for their expertise. In the event that an organization,
institution, or agency can not provide an audit to the CCFA as required in Book of
Discipline paragraph 617.2, the CCFA or Audit Review Committee may request
other financial details as it may direct.
8. Investments shall reflect the religious, social, ethical and moral positions of The
United Methodist Church as they shall be reflected by the Policies Relative to
Socially Responsible Investments (Book of Discipline paragraph 716).
9. The CCFA is responsible, after consultation with agencies receiving budgeted funds,
for establishing budget modifications or payment schedules in the event receipts are
“inadequate to meet missional needs or unforeseen circumstances.”(Book of
Discipline paragraph 613.8).
10. When local church buildings become the property of the Annual Conference and the
properties are to be sold in accordance with Disciplinary procedures, the disposition
of all net assets of the local church shall be deposited in the Closed Church Fund
(formerly known as the Congregational Development Fund). The assets of the
Closed Church Fund shall be directed by the Cabinet in consultation with the
Director of Congregational Development and Redevelopment for actual
expenditures on starting, developing, and redeveloping local churches in the Annual
Conference. Upon recommendation of the Board of Trustees, the Annual
Conference, by majority vote, may direct the proceeds to another use. Annually, the
Conference Treasurer shall report to the Annual Conference the actual
expenditures from the fund in the previous fiscal year.
E. BONDING AND BORROWING
1. The Council on Finance and Administration shall obtain a primary commercial
blanket fidelity bond in an amount adequate to cover all officers, treasurers, etc., of
the Conference and local churches. Any related institution or agency desiring to be
included shall make proper application to the Council. The Council shall determine
the amount of the blanket bond. Any related institution or agency participating
shall be charged a proportionate share of the premium, as determined by the
Council. (see Book of Discipline paragraph 618)
2. The Conference Council on Finance and Administration shall be authorized to
establish a line of credit not to exceed 12.5%, in aggregate, of the adopted annual
operating budget to care for Conference obligations. The Board of Trustees in
consultation with the Cabinet, following requirements of the Book of Discipline, is
authorized and directed to pledge as many of the district superintendent parsonages
as necessary to secure the line of credit.
3. The Division of Congregational Development must recommend, and the CCFA must
approve, any NIC guarantee of a local church mortgage before it can be executed.
F. LOCAL CHURCH FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Local church treasurers shall remit monthly to the office of the Conference
Treasurer, utilizing procedures and forms provided by that office, all moneys
contributed in each local church for General, Jurisdictional, Annual Conference,
District Conference, and Special causes. All checks for all purposes shall be made
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2.
out to Northern Illinois Conference.
Each Local Church Budget shall include no less than 100% of Annual Conference
and District Apportionments as a budget expense in the local church budget.
G. FINANCIAL REPORTING
1.
The Conference Treasurer report itemizing financial support made to each local
church shall be published in the Conference Journal.
2.
The annual audit shall include the net expenditures of each program item funded by
the Conference during the previous fiscal year.
H. STATISTICAL REPORTING
1. The Senior Pastor is responsible for submitting Statistical reports on time. Lay
people may play a significant role in completing the reports.
2. The work of the Conference Statistician shall be done through the office of the
Conference Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services.
3. Federated and United Churches whose membership includes members of other
denominations shall report only United Methodist members, and the share of
expenditures proportionate to the United Methodist membership in Annual
Statistical Forms.
4. Results of Statistical Reports shall be published in the Conference Journal.
I. CLERGY COMPENSATION REPORTING
1. The Secretary of the Conference is directed to publish each year in the Journal a
separate listing titled "(Current year) Compensation" as prepared by the Episcopal
Office. It will list the total of the base salary and additional salary benefits paid by
the charge (such as pastor's contribution to Personal Pension Account, Social
Security allowance, tax deferred annuity, pastor's portion of Life Insurance, travel,
continuing education, or other allowances) of pastors and associates (whenever the
charge's reported salaries include salaries of more than one pastor).
a. One column of this report shall be headed "Dwelling," and will employ
the following code: "P" to indicate a dwelling furnished by the charge,
"HA" for housing allowance amount if no dwelling is provided by the
charge; and "None" to indicate nothing is provided by the local church.
b. One column of this report shall be headed "Expenses." in which will be
listed dollar amounts budgeted for travel, business professional expenses,
and/or continuing education, etc.
c. The report shall also include the compensation, housing and expenses of
Conference members whose names appear on the list of "Special
Appointments."
d. One column of this report shall be headed “Housing Allowance” in
which will be the listed dollar amount budgeted for housing allowance
provided to the appointed person.
J. CONFERENCE-WIDE INSURANCE PROGRAM (CWIP)
1.
The Northern Illinois Conference Board of Trustees shall oversee a voluntary
conference-wide property/liability insurance program. Local Churches, campus ministry
sites, and institutions may be eligible for the program.
2.
Effective as of January 1, 2011, if a Local Church, that has chosen to participate in
the CWIP, fails to pay its full premiums for the CWIP within ninety (90) days of the end
of the current year, the amount of such arrearage shall constitute a lien on the real and
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personal property of such local church until such arrearage is paid in full. The
Conference Treasurer and the Cabinet shall maintain records of such liens, and such liens
shall be enforced upon the sale or other disposition of such Local Church’s properties
upon sale or discontinuance of such Local Church Properties as part of the District
Superintendent’s consent to sale required by the Discipline.
3.
While Local Churches, campus ministry sites, and institutions may participate in
the CWIP or not, the following minimum coverage is required to be maintained:
a. General Liability
$1,000,000 per occurrence
b. Professional Liability
$1,000,000 per occurrence
c. Sexual & Physical Abuse or Molestation
$1,000,000 per occurrence
d. Directors & Officers Liability
$1,000,000 per occurrence
e. Employment Practices Liability
$1,000,000 per occurrence
f. Auto Liability/Uninsured/Underinsured
$1,000,000 each accident
4.
It is required that all Local Churches, campus ministry sites, and institutions
maintain Replacement Cost / Blanket limit per location / Agreed Value or 90%
Coinsurance Clause, unless granted exception by the District Superintendent or
Conference Board of Trustees.
SECTION VI GENERAL PROVISIONS
A. HEALTH AND WELFARE MINISTRIES
1. The churches of Northern Illinois Conference are encouraged to observe Golden
Cross Sunday on the first Sunday in May. An offering for health/welfare purposes
shall be received, the specific use determined annually by the Older Adult Ministries
focus area. The Older Adult Ministries focus area will prepare and distribute
promotional materials.
2. Those persons or groups who are interested in developing new hospitals and/or
homes within the bounds of Northern Illinois Conference and who seek affiliation
with Northern Illinois Conference of The United Methodist Church shall consult
with the Board of Global Ministries. No such new institution shall receive any
official recognition by the Conference until considered by and reported on from the
Board of Global Ministries.
B. CONFERENCE SECRETARY -- SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. The Secretary shall be the custodian of any burial lots belonging to the Conference.
2. The Secretary shall be authorized to discover and secure bound copies of all Rock
River and Illinois Conference Journals and to search for and secure all other
documents of importance to the Conference and to care for them properly. The
official records of the Conference shall be in the custody of the Conference
Secretary. Official records both of the Uniting Conference and of local
congregations which are of historic value and which are not essential to the current
work of the Conference Secretary are to be kept in the Conference vault or archives.
3. The Secretary, with the assistance of the Communications Office, shall be directed
to request from Conference boards, commissions and Committees their stated
meeting dates and publish and circularize them to avoid undue duplication of dates;
this shall be done as near to September 10 as possible. All special or occasional
meetings may also be cleared through this service. Meetings shall be coordinated so
as to eliminate unnecessary time, travel and expense, taking into account the
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4.
C.
advisability of central locations.
There shall be an Assistant to the Secretary for Standing Rules who will: Assist the
Secretary in ensuring that the By-Laws and Standing Rules are consistent with
themselves and The Book of Discipline; make recommendations to Boards,
Committees and Commissions for changes as well as receive recommendations from
them; edit or prepare changes for presentation to the Annual Conference for
approval; and prepare the By-Laws and Standing Rules for publication in the
Journal. To carry out these duties, the Assistant to the Secretary for Standing Rules
will consult with the Secretary, the Chancellor, the Cabinet, and such other sources
as the Assistant Secretary for Standing Rules deems necessary. Other duties may be
assigned from time to time by the Annual Conference and/or the Conference
Secretary.
SAFE SANCTUARIES FOR CHILDREN
1. Each Local Church shall have in place policies and procedures to protect children
and youth from abuse, neglect, and sexual misconduct following the Safe
Sanctuaries resource booklet.
2. Each Local Church shall submit their policies and procedures to the District Office
and the Conference Children’s Ministries Council by their regularly scheduled
Charge Conference in 2005.
(Edited 8/1/11)
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BY-LAWS OF THE
NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONFERENCE
OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Notes the printing of the By-Laws in the 2011 Journal:
1. These by-laws were first adopted at the Special Session September 21, 1968 meeting in
Elgin, Illinois. They have been amended from time to time by the action of the Annual
Conference.
2. All references to the Constitution or Discipline are references to The Book of Discipline of
the United Methodist Church – 2008.
INDEX
Article I
Article II
Article III
Article IV
Article V
Offices
Members
Sessions of Members
Officers
Board of Trustees
Article VI
Government Landmarking
of Church Owned Property
Article VII
Discontinued or Abandoned
Church Re-Incorporation
Article VIII
Contracts, Checks, Deposits
and Funds
Article IX
Books and Records
Article X
Fiscal Year
Article XI
Seal
Article XII
Waiver of Notice
Article XIII
Amendments to By-Laws
Article XIV
Compliance with
Constitution and Discipline
Article XV
Corporate Limitations
Article XVI
Incorporated Conference
Related and Affiliated Institutions
Article XVII
Standing Rules
Article XVIII
Indemnification of
Officers, Directors, Trustees and Key Staff
Article I Offices
Section 1. Principal Office: The principal office of the corporation in the State of Illinois shall be
located in the City of Chicago, County of Cook. The corporation may have such other offices,
either within or without the State of Illinois, as the Board of Trustees may determine or as the
affairs of the corporation may require from time to time.
Section 2. Registered Office and Registered Agent: The corporation shall have and continuously
maintain in the State of Illinois a registered office and a registered agent, whose office is identical
with each registered office, as required by the Illinois General Not-for-Profit Corporation Act.
The registered office may be, but need not be, identical with the principal office in the State of
Illinois, and the address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the Board of
Trustees.
Article II Members
Section 1. Class of Members: The corporation shall have one class of members consisting of
those persons designated as Clergy Members (as defined by the Constitution and Discipline of
The United Methodist Church) who are on appointment to Charges within the boundaries of
Northern Illinois Annual Conference or who are serving elsewhere by appointment of the
presiding Bishop and those persons designated as Lay Members who, from time to time, are
elected to Northern Illinois Conference by the Charges of the conference and those additional Lay
Members as provided by Paragraph 32, Article I of the Constitution of The United Methodist
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Church by virtue of office or for purposes of equalizing lay and clergy membership as shall from
time to time be provided for by the Standing Rules of the Conference. The qualifications and
rights of members shall be as, from time to time, designated in the Discipline of The United
Methodist Church.
Section 2. Voting Rights: Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to
a vote of the membership; provided, however, only Clergy Members may vote on measures
concerning the granting or validation of local pastor's license, ordination, reception into full
conference clergy membership or any question concerning the character and official conduct of
ordained clergy; and, provided further, that Clergy and Lay Members shall vote separately in
elections of delegates to General and Jurisdictional Conferences and in other matters, if so
provided by the Discipline of The United Methodist Church. Voting shall be in person only by
members at membership sessions.
Section 3. Terms of Membership:
(a) Lay Members elected by the Charge Conferences of this Conference shall be elected
for a term of four (4) years or until a successor is duly elected and qualified as a member.
Vacancies occurring, from time to time, by reason of death or resignation of a member shall be
filled at any Charge Conference of the Charge wherein such vacancy occurs.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in the Discipline of The United Methodist Church, a
Clergy Member shall serve as a member of the corporation.
Article III Sessions of Members
Section 1. Annual Session: The annual session of the members shall be held at such time as the
Bishop having residential and presidential supervision over the Northern Illinois Annual
Conference shall designate for the purpose of electing trustees and for the transaction of such
other business as may come before the session. The place of the session shall be designated by the
Annual Conference but may be changed when necessary by a majority of the district
superintendents, with the consent of the Bishop. The order of business shall be, from time to time,
as prescribed in the Discipline and Standing Rules of the conference.
Section 2. Special Sessions of the Annual Conference: Special sessions of the Annual Conference
may be set at any annual session of the corporation or may be called by the Bishop with a
concurrence of three-quarters (3/4) of the district superintendents of the conference. A special
session of the Annual Conference shall have only such powers as are stated in the call for such
special session.
Section 3. Notice of Sessions: Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of any
session of members shall be delivered, either personally or in an efficient and economical way, to
each member entitled to vote at such session, not less than five (5) days before the date of such
session, by or at the direction of the Bishop or other persons involved in calling the session. In
case of a special session, or when required by statute or by these by-laws, the purpose or purposes
for which the session is called shall be stated in the notice. If mailed, the notice of a session shall
be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at
his/her address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid.
Section 4. Quorum: The members of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference present and voting
at any duly announced session shall constitute a quorum.
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Section 1. Officers: The officers of the corporation shall be a president, a vice president, an
assistant vice president, a secretary, a treasurer/director of administrative services, a statistician
and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of this Article. The
Annual Conference may elect or appoint such other officers, including one or more assistant
secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers, as it shall deem desirable. The officers are to
have the authority and perform the duties usually pertaining to their offices, and such other
duties prescribed, from time to time, by the Annual Conference. No individual shall hold more
than one office except the treasurer/director of administrative services may also serve as
statistician, if so elected, and shall also serve as an assistant secretary with duties limited to
matters related to the Board of Trustees, but only as authorized and directed by the secretary.
Section 2. President: The president of the corporation shall be the Bishop having residential and
presidential supervision over the Northern Illinois Annual Conference. The president shall be the
principal executive officer of the corporation and shall in general supervise all of the business and
affairs of the corporation. The president may sign, with the secretary, assistant secretary or any
other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Trustees, any deeds,
mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments which the Board of Trustees has authorized to
be executed, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated
by the Board of Trustees, by these by-laws, by statute or by the Discipline of The United
Methodist Church, to some other officer or agent of the corporation; and in general shall perform
all duties incident to the office of president.
Section 3. Vice Presidents:
(a)
The President of the Conference Board of Trustees shall serve ex officio as vice
president of the Conference Corporation. In the absence of the president or in event of the
president's inability or refusal to act, the vice president shall perform the duties of the president
and, when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the
president; provided, however, the vice president shall perform no duties of an Episcopal nature,
which under the Discipline, are performable only by the Bishop. The vice president shall perform
such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the president or by the Annual
Conference.
(b)
The Vice President of the Conference Board of Trustees shall serve as assistant
vice president of the Conference Corporation. The assistant vice president shall perform the
duties as outlined in article IV, Section 3 (a) in the absence of the vice president.
Section 4. Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services. The position of Treasurer/Director of
Administrative Services shall be as detailed in the Discipline and as may from time to time be
defined and established by this Conference and the Conference Council on Finance and Administration. The functions of this position shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
Conference Treasurer functions (which include cash management, financial reporting, record
keeping, central treasury functions, internal control, oversight of accounting functions,
interpretation of the conference budget and finances, administrator of the policies of the
Conference Council on Finance and Administration, pension and insurance matters related to the
Conference Board of Pensions, support of the office of Statistician).
Administrative Services functions (which include serving as the office manager and personnel
director, purchasing agent, information systems, property and liability insurance under the
direction of and in consultation with the Conference Board of Trustees, and as the administrator
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of the policies of the Conference Board of Trustees, the Conference Board of Pensions, the
Conference Committee on Personnel and the Conference Administrative Committee).
The Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services shall give bond for the faithful discharge of
official duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Annual Conference shall
determine. The Treasurer/Director of Administrative Services shall have charge and custody of
and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for
moneys due and payable to the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories
as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of these by-laws; and in
general perform all the duties incident to the office of treasurer.
Section 5. Secretary: The secretary shall keep the minutes of the sessions of the members and the
Board of Trustees in one or more books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly
given in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws or as required by law; be custodian of
the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation and see that the seal of the corporation is
affixed to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the corporation under its seal is duly
authorized in accordance with the provisions of these by-laws; keep a register of the post office
address of each member which shall be furnished to the secretary by such member, and in general
perform all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time
may be assigned by the president or by the Annual Conference.
Section 6. Statistician: The statistician shall compile all data pertaining to membership, finances
and other information concerning the local Charges and prepare reports on such data for the
Conference Journal. The statistician shall also compile such other information as the Annual
Conference shall, from time to time, assign.
Section 7. Assistant Treasurers and Assistant Secretaries: If required by the Annual Conference,
the assistant treasurer shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such sums and
with such sureties as the Annual Conference shall determine. The assistant treasurers and
assistant secretaries, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the
treasurer/director of administrative services or the secretary or by the Annual Conference.
Section 8. Election and Term of Office: The vice president and assistant vice president shall be
elected annually by the Board of Trustees. The secretary, treasurer/director of administrative
services and statistician shall be elected by the Annual Conference for a term of four years or
until their successors in office are duly elected and qualified. The terms of any additional officers
elected by the Annual Conference shall be set by the Annual Conference at the time of their
election. New offices may be created and filled at any regular or duly called special session of the
Annual Conference.
Section 9. Vacancies and Removal: In the event a vacancy shall occur in the interim of the
annual sessions, the office shall be filled as follows: (1) The Board of Trustees shall elect a new
vice president (president of the Trustees) or assistant vice president (vice president of the
Trustees). (2) The Bishop, after consultation with the district superintendents, shall appoint a
person as secretary or statistician to serve until the next session of the Conference. (3) If a
vacancy shall occur in the office of treasurer/director of administrative services, the Council on
Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Bishop, shall fill the vacancy until the next
session of the Conference. Vacancies filled at the session of the Conference shall be for the
unexpired term of the Conference officers.
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Article V Board of Trustees
Section 1. General Powers: The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its
Board of Trustees in the interim period between sessions of the members. Trustees need not be
members of the corporation.
Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications: The number of trustees shall be twelve (12),
and it is recommended that one third be clergy, one third lay men and one third lay women,
provided that each district shall have at least one representative, with care being taken to
ensure representative inclusiveness (Paragraphs 2512 and 610.5). Trustees shall be elected in
classes at the annual session of the conference for a term of four (4) years (or until their
successors are elected).
Section 3. Ex-Officio Members: The secretary and the treasurer/director of Administrative
services of the Annual Conference shall serve ex officio, without a right to vote, as secretary and
treasurer of the Board of Trustees; provided, however, nothing herein shall preclude the election
of these officers as voting members of the Board of Trustees, pursuant to Section 2 of this Article.
The Director of Connectional Ministries shall likewise serve ex officio on the Board of Trustees
without the right to vote.
Section 4. Regular Meetings: Within four weeks of the close of each Annual Conference, the
Board shall hold its regular annual meeting to elect officers. The District Superintendent
assigned to the Board of Trustees shall convene the meeting.
Section 5. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be called by or at the
request of the Bishop, the president of the Board of Trustees or any three trustees. The person or
persons authorized to call special meetings of the board may fix any place as the place for holding
any special meeting of the board called by them.
Section 6. Notice: Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be given at least
five (5) days previous thereto by written notice delivered personally or sent by mail or telegram to
each trustee at the address of such trustee as shown by the records of the corporation. If mailed,
such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail in a sealed
envelope as addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If notice be given by telegram, such notice
shall be deemed to be delivered when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. Any
trustee may waive notice of any meeting. The attendance of a trustee at any meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a trustee attends a meeting for the
express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully
called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or
duly called special meeting of the board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such
meeting, unless specifically required by law or by these by-laws.
Section 7. Quorum: The members of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference Board of Trustees
present and voting at any duly announced meeting shall constitute a quorum, providing that at
least 5 trustees be present as a quorum at a trustee meeting.
Section 8. Manner of Acting: The act of a majority of the trustees present at a meeting at which
a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Trustees, unless that act of a greater number
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is required by law or by these by-laws.
Section 9. Vacancies: Vacancies occurring between sessions of an annual conference shall be
filled as follows: Upon nomination by the conference committee on nominations, the district
superintendents shall, by majority vote, elect a trustee to serve until the next annual meeting of
the trustees. Vacancies shall be filled by the annual conference for the unexpired term.
(Paragraph 2512.2)
Section 10. Informal Action by Trustees: Any action required by law to be taken at a meeting of
trustees, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of trustees, may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the
trustees.
Section 11. Officers of the Board of Trustees:
(a) At the annual meeting, the Board of Trustees shall elect a president and a vice
president, whose duties shall be those normally associated with such positions and with such
additional duties as, from time to time, are assigned by the trustees. These officers shall serve
until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The president shall preside at all meetings of
the Board of Trustees, and the vice president shall preside in the absence of the president. Any
vacancies occurring in these offices shall be filled by the Board of Trustees at a duly called special
meeting or annual meeting.
(b) The secretary and the treasurer/director of administrative services of the
corporation shall serve ex officio as secretary and treasurer of the Board of Trustees as provided
in Article B, Section 3, provided, however, should either of these persons be serving as elected
members of the Board of Trustees, they shall be ineligible for the office of president or vice
president.
Article VI Governmental Landmarking of Church-Owned Property
Section 1. The Annual Conference Board of Trustees is the official body that must be notified by
any designating agency of intent to designate as an historical landmark any property of entities
for which the Northern Illinois Conference is the successor in interest.
Section 2. The Annual Conference Board of Trustees shall assist other Boards of Trustees, and if
necessary intervene, in opposing any governmental effort to involuntarily designate any churchowned property as a Cultural, Historical or Architectural Landmark.
Section 3. The Annual Conference Board of Trustees, or the Board of Trustees of any agency,
organization or local church which voluntarily wishes to cooperate with a governmental body in
having any property landmarked which said Board of Trustees holds in trust for The United
Methodist Church, must do the following:
(a) Comply with the provisions of The Discipline in regard to the encumbrance of
church property; and either
(1) Obtain the consent of the Conference Board of Trustees, the presiding
bishop and of a majority of the cabinet; or
(2) Obtain the consent of the Annual Conference.
Article VII Discontinued or Abandoned Church Re-Incorporation
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Section 1. When in accordance with the then current Book of Discipline of The United Methodist
Church (the “Discipline”), a local church is discontinued or abandoned and the property of said
local church becomes the property of the Annual Conference, such local church shall be
incorporated under the provisions of Sections 46a to 46k of the Illinois Religious Corporation Act
[805 ILCS 110/46a-46k] with the Annual Conference Board of Trustees as the trustees of the
newly formed corporation.
Section 2. Said newly formed corporation shall exist for the sole purposes of being the legal entity
to dispose of its existing property, and any other property to which its predecessor religious
corporation may become entitled, as the rightful successor to any gift and/or bequest or other
transfer made to such discontinued church.
Section 3. All proceeds of property sales and all gifts and/or bequests received by a corporation
established under the provisions of this Article shall remain the property of the Annual
Conference in accordance with the Discipline.
Article VIII Contracts, Checks, Deposits and Funds
Section 1. Contracts: The Board of Trustees may authorize any officer or officers, agent or
agents of the corporation, in addition to the officers so authorized by these by-laws, to enter into
any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the
corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.
Section 2. Checks, Drafts, etc.: All checks, drafts or orders for the payment of money, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the corporation, shall be signed by such
officer or officers, agent or agents of the corporation and in such manner as shall from time to
time be determined by resolution of the Annual Conference in session or acting through its
Council on Finance and Administration.
Section 3. Deposits: All funds of the corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the
credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as the Annual
Conference in session or its Council on Finance and Administration may select.
Section 4. Gifts: The Board of Trustees may accept on behalf of the corporation any
contribution, gift, bequest, trust or devise for the general purposes or for any special purpose of
the corporation.
Article IX Books and Records
The corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of account and shall also keep
minutes of the proceedings of its meetings, those of the Board of Trustees and agencies having any
of the authority of the Board of Trustees and shall keep at the registered or principal office a
record giving the names and addresses of the members entitled to vote. All books and records of
the corporation may be inspected by any member or the member's agent or attorney for any
proper purpose at any reasonable time.
Article X Fiscal Year
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The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin on the first day of January and end on the last day
of December in each year.
Article XI Seal
The Conference shall provide a corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall
have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation and the words "Corporate Seal."
Article XII Waiver of Notice
Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of the Illinois General Not-forProfit Corporation Act or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or the by-laws of
the corporation, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such
notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of
such notice.
Article XIII Amendments to By-Laws
These by-laws may be altered, amended or repealed and new by-laws may be adopted by a
majority of the members present at any regular or duly called special session of the Annual
Conference.
Article XIV Compliance with Constitution and Discipline
Section 1. Corporate Term: The term "Annual Conference" as used in these by-laws and in the
Constitution and Discipline of The United Methodist Church and the term "corporation" as used
in these by-laws shall be synonymous and understood to refer to the Northern Illinois Annual
Conference, a general not-for-profit corporation of the State of Illinois.
Section 2. Limitation on By-Laws: In the event any provision of these by-laws shall not be in
compliance with the Constitution and Discipline of The United Methodist Church, the provisions
of the Discipline shall prevail, to the extent consistent with the law of Illinois, and this document
shall be considered as amended from time to time where necessary for compliance with the
Discipline.
Article XV Corporate Limitations
This corporation shall be responsible for the authorized acts of the corporate officers and agents
and the authorized activities of conference agencies shall be deemed to be the acts of the
corporation. Nothing herein shall be construed to permit any local Charge, or any board,
committee, council or agency affiliated with a local Charge, or any separate related religious or
non-profit institution, or any trustee, officer or agent thereof, to contract for or in any way bind
the corporation or render it liable for any act or omission of such Charge, board, committee,
council, agency or institution
Article XVI Incorporated Conference-Related and Affiliated Institutions
A number of religious, educational and non-profit incorporated institutions participate directly or
indirectly in the work and service of The United Methodist Church within the boundaries of the
Annual Conference and are related in varying degrees to the Annual Conference, some being
under the control thereof and others being autonomous while in close consultative and
connectional relation. Their respective relationships to the Northern Illinois Annual Conference
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shall be as set forth in their articles of incorporation, by-laws and applicable provisions of the
Discipline. All such incorporated institutions shall be solely responsible for their own acts,
omissions, contracts and undertakings.
The nomination and election of the directors or trustees of said incorporated related and affiliated
institutions shall be as provided in their respective articles of incorporation and by-laws as well as
by the Discipline.
Article XVII Standing Rules
The Standing Rules of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference, as from time to time amended,
shall have the status and constitute a part of the by-laws of the conference; provided, however,
such standing Rules shall be consistent with the Constitution and Discipline of The United
Methodist Church and the laws of Illinois.
Article XVIII Indemnification of Officers, Directors, Trustees and Key Staff
The corporation shall indemnify any and all persons who may serve or who have served at any
time as officers, directors, trustees or staff (excluding general office, clerical or stenographic
employees) of (1) the Corporation, Northern Illinois Annual Conference of The United Methodist
Church; (2) the District Superintendents of said Conference; (3) The Methodist Ministers'
Pension Fund; (4) the United Methodist Foundation; (5) the Chicago Home Missionary and
Church Extension Society; (6) the Board of Global Ministries; (7) the Council on Finance and
Administration; and the respective heirs, executors and administrators of such indemnified
persons against any and all expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred by them in connection
with the defense or settlement of any action, suit or proceeding in which they, or any of them, are
made parties, or a party, by reason of being or having been directors, officers, trustees or staff
members of the corporation or the other associated entities described above. The corporation also
shall indemnify any of the foregoing for damages, fines, judgments, and amounts paid in
settlement in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, and appeals therefrom, except in
relation to matters as to which any such officer, director, trustee or key staff member shall be
adjudged in any action, suit or proceeding to be liable for willful misconduct in the performance
of duties, such officer, director, trustee or staff member shall reimburse the corporation for all
attorney's fees and costs expended by it, or which it has been obligated to spend, as a part of the
defense of such officer, director, trustee, or key staff member.
Any indemnification hereunder shall be made only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that the person has met the applicable standard of conduct and that
indemnification is otherwise lawful and proper. Such determination shall be made by the Board
of Trustees of the Northern Illinois Annual Conference (hereinafter called "the Board") by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of members not parties to such claim, action, suit or
proceedings, or, if such a quorum cannot be convened, or even if convened, cannot or does not act
for any reason, by special independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
The Board may authorize and direct that insurance be purchased and maintained on behalf of
any person who is, was, or may be entitled to be indemnified hereunder against any liability
asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of status as
such, whether or not the institution would provide indemnity against such liability under the
provisions hereof.
(Edited 8/1/11)
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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
THE BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The Minutes of the
Northern Illinois.................................................................... Annual Conference
Held in St. Charles, Illinois .....................................................................................................................
From (date) Wednesday, June 8, 2011 ...................., through Saturday, June 11, 2011.....................
Bishop Hee-Soo Jung ................................................................................................................ Presiding
Date When Organized 1840 .................................... Number of This Session 172nd .......................
PART I ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL BUSINESS
1. Who are elected for the quadrennium (¶¶603.7, 618):
Secretary? Rev. Lora Zink
Mailing Address: 18441 Aberdeen Ave., Homewood, Ill 60430
Telephone: 708-799-5231
Statistician? Lonnie Chafin
Mailing Address: 77 West Washington St., Suite 1820, Chicago, IL
Telephone: 312-346-9766
Treasurer? Lonnie Chafin
Mailing Address: as above
Telephone: as above
2. Is the Annual Conference incorporated (¶603.1)? yes
3. Bonding and auditing:
What officers handling funds of the conference have been bonded, and in what amounts (¶¶618,
2511)? All Officers of the Annual Conference and all local churches are bonded at $25,000 per
occurrence.
Have the books of said officers or persons been audited (¶¶617, 2511)? (See report in Journal.) Yes
4. What agencies have been appointed or elected?
a) Answer Yes or No for each of the councils, boards, commissions, or committees listed:
(1) Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635)? Yes
(2) Board of Pensions (¶639)? Yes
(3) Board of Trustees of the Annual Conference (¶2512)? Yes
(4) Committee on Episcopacy (¶637)? Yes
(5) Committees on Investigation (¶2703.2, .3)? Yes
(6) Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? Yes
b) Indicate the name of the agency (or agencies) in your annual conference which is (are)
responsible for the
functions related to each of the following general church agencies
(¶610.1):
(1) General Council on Finance and Administration? Same
(2) General Board of Church and Society? Same
(3) General Board of Discipleship? Same
(4) General Board of Global Ministries? Same
(5) Higher Education and Campus Ministry? Same
(6) General Commission on Archives and History? Same
(7) General Commission on Christian Unity and Inter-religious Concerns? Same
(8) General Commission on Religion and Race? Same
(9) General Commission on the Status and Role of Women? Same
(10) United Methodist Communications?
c) Indicate the conference agencies which have responsibilities for the following functions:
(1) Criminal Justice and Mercy Ministries (¶655)? Conf. Brd of Church and Socirty
(2) Disability Concerns (¶653)? Committee on Disability Concerns
(3) Equitable Compensation (¶625)? Conf. Equitable Compensation Committee
(4) Laity (¶631)? Brd. Of Laity
(5) Native American Ministry (¶654)? Committee on Native American Ministry
(6) Small Membership Church (¶645)? Conf. Brd. Of Discipleship
d) Answer Yes or No for each of the following conference or district organizations:
(1) Conference United Methodist Women (¶647)? Yes
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(2) Conference United Methodist Men (¶648)?Yes
(3) Conference Council on Youth Ministry (¶649)? Yes
(4) Conference Council on Young Adult Ministry (¶650)? Yes
(5) District Boards of Church Location & Building (¶2518)? Yes
(6) Committees on District Superintendency (¶668)? Yes
(7) District Committees on Ordained Ministry (¶665)? Yes
e) What other councils, boards, commissions, or committees have been appointed or elected in the
annual conference? Annual Conference Committee; Council on Children’s Ministries; Church
Builders; Episcopacy Committee; Fellowship of Asian Americans; Credentials Committee;
Latino American Hispanic Caucus; National Hispanic Plan; Committee on Nominations; Older
Adults Ministry; Board of Outdoor and Retreat Ministries; Committee on Personnel; AntiGambling Task Force; Disaster Response; VIM; BMCR; Congregational Development and
Redevelopment; Program Council; Harvest 2020.
5. Have the secretaries, treasurers, and statisticians kept their respective records according to the
prescribed forms (¶606.8)? Yes
6. What is the report of the statistician?
(See report in Journal.)
7. What is the report of the treasurer?
(See report in Journal.)
8. What are the reports of the district superintendents as to the status of the work within their districts?
(See report in Journal.)
9. What is the schedule of minimum base compensation for pastors for the ensuing year (¶¶342, 625.3)?
$32,153.00
10. What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for the
support of the district superintendents for the ensuing year (¶614.1a)? $636,431
11. a) What amount has been apportioned to the pastoral charges within the conference to be raised for
the support of the pension and benefit programs of the conference for the ensuing year (¶¶614.1d,
1507)? $150,000
b) What are the apportionments to this conference for the ensuing year:
(1) For the World Service Fund?
$1,076,037
(2) For the Ministerial Education Fund?
$357,009
(3) For the Black College Fund?
$142,395
(4) For the Africa University Fund?
$31,869
(5) For the Episcopal Fund?
$327,765
(6) For the General Administration Fund?
$122,895
(7) For the Interdenominational Cooperation Fund?
$122,895
12. If the annual conference apportions to the local church a fund that combines two or more general
apportioned funds with one another, or that combines one or more general apportioned funds with
funds other than a general apportioned fund, list below for each combined fund: a) the name and
amount of each general fund included in the apportionment; b) the percentage of the combined fund
total that corresponds to each general fund apportionment (¶¶614.3d, 615.4). for ordained leadership:
Ministerial education fund 21%; Reconnecting the Connection: Episcopal fund 14%;
Interdenominational Cooperation fund 1%; General Administration 6%; Mission and Evangelism:
World Service fund 38%; Black Colleges fund 5%; Africa University 1%.Support
13. Conference and district lay leaders (¶¶603.9, 659):
a) Conference lay leader: Name: Arnold Rivera
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 410852, Chicago, IL. 60641
b) Associate conference lay leaders:
c) District and associate district lay leaders: Aurora---Greg Chapman; DeKalb---Charla Antrobus; Rockford--TBA; CNW---Gerald Hayes; CSD---Donald Linder; Elgin---Judy Pohlman
14. What local churches have been (Indicate district):
a) Organized or Chartered?
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(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,.3)
(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)
(3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5) (List only churches chartered this year.)
Chicago: Transformacion UMC—CNW District
b) Merged (¶¶2545, 2546)?
(1) United Methodist with United Methodist
Name of 1st church
Name of 2nd church
Name of merged church
Dakota UMC
Rock Grove UMC
Dakota Rock Grove UMC
(2) Other mergers
Name of 1st church
Name of 2nd church
Name of merged church
c) Discontinued or abandoned (¶¶229, 341.2, 2548)? (State which for each church listed. Indicate
district)
(1) New Church Start (¶259.2,.3)
(2) Mission Congregation (¶259.1a)
(3) Chartered Local Church (¶259.5)
d) Relocated and to what address?
e) Changed name of church? (Example: "First" to "Trinity")
Former Name
New Name
Address
f) Transferred this year into this conference from other United Methodist conference(s) and with
what membership (¶¶41, 260)?
Name
Membership
Conference from which transferred
g) What other changes have taken place in the list of churches?
15. Are there Ecumenical Shared Ministries in the conference? (¶208)
a) Federated church
Name of church
District
Other Denomination(s) Name of church
United Church of Hyde Park
Southern
UMC,PCUSA,UCC
Wilton Center: Federated
Aurora
Grayslake: Federated
Elgin
UCC
Church of the Three Crosses
CNW
UMC,UCC
Amboy: United
Dekalb
UCC
Wauconda: Federated
Elgin
American Baptist
Sandwich United
Aurora
Union Church
Name of church
Melrose Park Cosmopolitan
Park Forest: Grace United Protestant
University Park: Pilgrimage
DistrictOther Denomination(s) United Church of Rogers Park
CNW
UMC,PCUSA
CSD
CSD
UMC,PCUSA,UCC,Disciples of Christ
c)
Merged Church
Name of church
District
d) Yoked Parish
Name of church
District
16. What changes have been made in district and charge lines?
Waterman/Cortland—2pt charge---Dekalb District
Sterling First/Sterling Trinity---2pt charge---Dekalb District
Other Denomination(s)
Other Denomination(s)
PART II PERTAINING TO ORDAINED MINISTERS AND LOCAL PASTORS
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(Note: A (v) notation following a question in this section signifies that the action or election requires
a majority vote of the clergy session of the annual conference. If an action requires more than a simple
majority, the notation (v 2/3) or (v 3/4) signifies that a two-thirds or three-fourths majority vote is
required. Indicate credential of persons in Part II: FD, FE, PD, PE, and AM when requested.)
17. Are all the clergy members of the conference blameless in their life and official administration
(¶¶604.4, 605.6)? Yes
18. Who constitute:
a)
The Committee on Investigation (¶2703.2)? (v) Joe Bankhead (2009),David Braden (2009)
Mary English (2009) Michelle Taylor-Sanders (2009)Alka Lyall (2009),David Lagos-Fonseca (2009),Wesley Dorr (2009)
Alternates:Kathy Dickerson (2009),Gerald Hayes (2009),Judy Pemberton (2009),Lisl Heymans (2009),Dean Francis (2009)
Dawn Chesser (2009)
b) The Administrative Review Committee (¶636)? (v) Elizabeth Bowes; Jay Carr; Young Min Paik;
Alternates---Cerna Rand; Larry Thompson
19. Who are the certified candidates (¶¶311, 312)
a)
Who have been certified as candidates for ordained or licensed ministry since the last session of
the annual conference? (List the names of all those who have been certified, including those who are also listed in
questions 20 and 21.) Timothy Biel, Sr., Ricky Casebolt, Stephanie Escher, Thomas Hay, Sandra Smith
b) Who are continued as certified candidates for ordained or licensed ministry? (Do not list as continued
those licensed as local pastors in Question 21 or those listed as provisional members in question 28.)
c) Who have had their candidacy for ordained or licensed ministry accepted by a District Committee
on Ordained Ministry in another annual conference? (Include name of accepting conference.)
d) Who have been discontinued as certified candidates for licensed or ordained ministry?
Ben Rocke
20. Who have completed the studies for the license as a local pastor, are approved, but are not now
appointed? (¶315 —Indicate for each person the year the license was approved.):
21. Who are approved and appointed as: (Indicate for each person the first year the license was awarded.
Indicate what progress each has made in the course of study or the name of the seminary in which
they are enrolled. Indicate with an asterisk those who have completed the five year course of study or
the M.Div. (¶319.4)? (v)
a) Full-time local pastors? (¶318.1) Lorna Bee, Santiago Espada, Richard Fassig, Kenneth Foster,
Dwayne Grant, Karen Hundreiser, Paul Judd, David Jungnickel, Teresa Lafferty, Deanna Mede,
Alan Meyer, Sang Myung Park, Shirley Pulgar-Hughes, Charles Straight
b) Part-time local pastors? (¶318.2) (fraction of full-time in one-quarter increments) Timothy Biel,
Sr 1/2;Cheryl L. Carroll ½;Rickey D. Casebolt ½;Walter Coleman ½; Carlos E Elvir ½; Sharon Engert
¼;Stephanie Escher ½; Paul D. Fritz ½; William Green ¼;Roland C. Harkleroad ½; Thomas T. Hay ½;
Rolland B. Hayag ½; Jodeen D. Immer ¾; Sirchester W. Jackson ¼; Joseph D. Jamison ½; Esther Lee ¾;
Erick M. McNight ½; Auderine Molina ¼; Jesus Molina ¼; Cecelia Obert ½; Diane K. Otterbacher ½;
Joane Patton-Seaton 1/2; Montel M. Putney ¼; Leanne N. Rose ¼; Thad J. Rutter ¾; Kirk C. Scott ½;
Linda Thomas ½; Megan Smick ¾;Sandra J. Smith ¼; Cheri L. Stewart ½; Daniel Sturtevant ¼; Melody
Williams ¼; Jacklyn K. Wills ¼; Donald Wright ½;
c) Students from other annual conferences or denominations serving as local pastors and enrolled in
a school of theology listed by the University Senate (¶318.4)?
d) Persons serving as local pastors while seeking readmission to conference membership (¶¶365.4,
366, 368.3)? (If not in this conference indicate name of conference where serving.)
22. Who have been discontinued as local pastors (¶320.1)?
23. Who have been reinstated as local pastors (¶320.4)?
24. What ordained ministers or provisional members from other Annual Conferences or Methodist
denominations are approved for appointment in the Annual Conference while retaining their
conference or denominational membership (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate Annual
Conference or denomination where membership is held. Indicate credential.)
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a) Annual Conferences
Last Name
AHN
CHO
GILBERT
MAYER
PAISLEY
YUN
First Name
Sunny Sunwook
Myung Ji
Brian
Mario
Katherine T.
Kook Jin
Home Conference / Church
California / Pacific
West Ohio
Tennessee
Illinois Great Rivers
Tennessee
Illinois Great Rivers
Date
1/1/2011
9/1/2008
7/1/2010
7/1/2010
8/15/2008
7/1/2009
Dist
E
A 1/2
D
E
R
NW
Korean Methodist Church
African Methodist Episcopal
Meth Ch The Union of Burma
African Methodist Episcopal
Southern Philippines
7/1/2008
9/1/2007
7/1/2010
1990
7/1/2008
E
S1/2
NW
NW
NW
b)Other Methodist Denominations
CHO
KELLEY
MAWIA
MOSLEY
TALAPIAN
Gyuoh
Dale
Zothan
Richard
Reuel
25.
What clergy in good standing in other Christian denominations have been approved to
serve appointments or ecumenical ministries within the bounds of the Annual Conference while retaining
their denominational affiliation (¶¶331.8, 346.2)? (v) (Designate with an asterisk those who have been
accorded voting rights within the annual conference. Indicate credential.)
Last Name
First Name
DENOMINATION
Date
Dist
ALAGODI
Melwyn S.
Church of South India 7/1/2007
R
CALDWELL Rodney
Church of the Brethren 8/1/2003
R
FIUT
Kazimierz
Roman Catholic
8/15/2010
NW/E ¾
HOBBS
John
United Church of Christ 5/1/2004
NW
JANSSEN
Denise
American Baptist
7/1/2006
NW
MITCHELL Julie Windsor
United Church of Christ 7/1/1999
Ex-Min
RUSSELL
David R.
United Church of Christ 2/15/2004
E
SHAW
Nolan R.
Progressive Baptist
1/1/2001
S
TURPIN
Larry
Presbyterian Church USA
12/1/2000
S
26. Who are affiliate members: (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference or denomination where
membership is held.)
a) With vote (¶586.4 [v])?
b) Without vote (¶¶334.5, 344.4)? (v 2/3)
Last Name
First Name
Year
Home Conference
AMERSON
Philip A.
2007
California / Pacific
CASE
Ronna L.
1997
California / Nevada
COLLIER
Elizabeth
2005
South Carolina
DEAN
Jonathan
2010
British Methodist
FOWLER
Mark A.
2011
New England
NOTE: If your conference has admitted or ordained persons as a courtesy to another conference, list
these persons in Question 40 only. If persons have been admitted or ordained by another annual
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conference as a courtesy to your conference, list these persons in Questions 27-39, whichever are
appropriate, giving the date and name of the accommodating conference.
27. Who are elected as associate members? ¶322 (v) (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question
27):
Last Name
First Name
Date
LE BARON
Brian K.
2008
NIEVES
Miguel
2001
TRINKO
Donna Jean
2009
28. Who are elected as provisional members and what seminary are they attending, if in school? (under
¶¶322, 324, 325)
a) Provisional Deacons:
(1) Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, c? (v)
Kimberly Lynn Neace, Gladys King Lucas
(2) Under the provisions of ¶324.5? (v)
b) Provisional Elders:
(1)
Under the provisions of ¶¶ 324.4a, b? (v)
Laura Barkley, Robert Butler, Hyang Sook Choi, Carol LeCompte Griffith, Sun Hyung
Jo, Derek Rogers, Christopher P. Walters
(2) Under the provisions of ¶324.6? (v)
(3) Under the provisions of ¶322.4? (v 3/4)
29. Who are continued as provisional members, in what year were they admitted to provisional
membership, and what seminary are they attending, if in school (¶326)?
a) In preparation for ordination as a deacon? (PD) (¶326.1)
b) In preparation for ordination as an elder? (PE) (¶326.2)
c) Provisional deacons who became provisional elders? (Indicate year)
Last Name
First Name
From To
Start
MEDE
Deanna
Deacon Elder 7/1/2008
d)
Provisional elders who became provisional deacons? (Indicate year)
e) Provisional members who transferred from other conferences or denominations? (¶347)
30. Who have been received from other Christian denominations (¶347.3): (List alphabetically—see note
preceding Question 27):
a) As provisional members (¶347.3a,b)? (v) (date received)
Last Name
KIM
KIM
First Name
Joseph
Kwang Tae
Date Received
7/1/2009
7/1/2010
b) As local pastors (¶347.3a)? (v) (date received)
31.Who are elected as members in full connection? (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27.
Anyone appearing on this question must also be listed somewhere in questions 32-33 or 35, unless
the clergy’s orders from another denomination were recognized on question 39 in a previous year.):
a) Deacons
Gloria Grasse-Hendrix, Sharon E. Rice
b) Elders
Calvin Culpepper, Monty Fox, Carol Hill, Mark Meyers, Melissa Meyers, Orlando Moller,
Hyemin Na, CheonEui Oh, Karli Pidgeon, Kenneth Roh, Tedd Steele, Kathleen Voigt, Rebecca Williams,
Christopher Winkler
32. Who are elected for ordination as deacons in full connection and what seminary did they
attend: (List alphabetically-see note preceding Question 27)
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Gloria Grasse-Hendrix
2201 Maple Ave. #H2
Evanston, Il 60201
Bachelor-North Park University-1979
M.A..-G-ETS-1979
(Female, W, FD)
Sharon E. Rice
30W060 Hurlingham Dr.
Warrenville, Il 60555
Bachelor-North Central College – 2003
M.A.-G-ETS – 2005
(Female, W, FD)
a) After provisional membership (¶330)? (v 2/3)
b) Transfer from elder in full connection (¶309.3)? (v 2/3)
33. Who are elected for ordination as elders and what seminary did they attended
Calvin Culpepper
675 Bennet Drive
Elgin, Il 60120
Bachelor-Judson Univ.-2002
M.Div. – G-ETS-2008
(Male, AA, FE)
Melissa Ann Meyers
8549 W. 144th Pl.
Orland Park, Il 60462
Bachelor-Univ. of Dubuque-2003
M.Div.-United Theol. Sem. – 2006
(Female, W, FE)
Monty Wayne Fox
3911 Cutty Sark Rd.
Cherry Valley, Il 61016
Bachelor-Univ. of Dubuque-2005
M.Div. – Dubuque Theol. Sem. – 2009
(Male, W, FE)
Orlando E. Moller
3901 Richmond
Chicago, Il 60618
Bachelor-Normal Superior Ororo, Bolivia1991
M.Div.-Northern Baptist Theol. Sem. – 1998
(Male, Hispanic, FE)
Carol Louise Hill
403 Grant Place
Park Ridge, Il 60068
Bachelor-Vanderbilt Univ.-2003
M.Div.-G-ETS-2009
(Female, W, FE)
Hyemin Na
17342 68th Ct.
Tinley Park, Il 60477
Bachelor-Harvard Univ. – 2006
M.Div. – G-ETS-2009
(Female, A, FE)
Mark John Meyers
2015 Anjali Way #2
Machesney Park, Il 61115
Bachelor-Cornell College-2003
M.Div-G-ETS-2008
(Male, W, FE)
CheonEui Oh
109 S. East St.
Orangeville, Il 61060
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
M.Div. – Univ. of Chicago Div. School – 2008
(Male, W, FE)
Bachelor-Methodist Theol Sem, Seoul,
Korea-2004
M.Div.- G-ETS-2009
(Male, A, FE)
Kathleen Ruth Voigt
P.O. Box 61
Ohio, Il 61349
Bachelor-Ripon College-2000
M.Div.-G-ETS-2003
(Female, W, FE)
Karli Danett Pidgeon
270 N. Locus Street
Leland, Il 60531
Bachelor-Spelman College – 1999
M.Div. – G-ETS-2007
Rebecca Ruth Williams
245 S. Eastern Ave.
Manhattan, Il 60442
Bachelor-Knox College-2002
M.Div.-Univ. of Dubuque Theol. Sem. – 2008
(Female, W, FE)
(Female, AA, FE)
Kenneth Kyung Roh
2737 Virginia Pl.
Homewood, Il 60430
Bachelor-Univ. of Cincinnati-1997
M.Div. – G-ETS-2006
(Male, A, FE)
Christopher Winkler
65 E. Thorndale
Roselle, Il 60172
Bachelor-North Central College-2005
M.Div.-G-ETS-2009
(Male, W, FE)
Tedd Patrick Steele
349 Meadowview Lane
Aurora, Il 60502
Bachelor-Southern Nazarene Univ.-2003
a)After provisional membership? (¶335) (v 2/3)
b) Transfer from deacon in full connection? (¶309.3) (v 2/3)
34. What provisional members, previously discontinued, are readmitted (¶364)? (v)
35. Who are readmitted (¶¶365–367 [v], ¶368 [v 2/3]):
a) As associate members?
b) As members in full connection?
36. Who are returned to the effective relationship after voluntary retirement (¶358.7): (v)
a) As associate members?
b) As provisional members? (Indicate credential)
c) As members in full connection? (Indicate credential)
37. Who have been received by transfer from other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church
(¶¶347.1, 416.5, 635.2m)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.)
Last Name
ROOTS
WOO
First Name
Brian Paul
Min Hyuk
Transfer From Effective
Missouri
Michigan
7/1/2011
7/1/2011
38. Who are transferred in from other Methodist denominations (¶347.2)? (List alphabetically. Indicate
credential.)
Name
Denomination
Date
39. What clergy, coming from other Christian denominations, have had their orders recognized (¶348):
(v)
a) As deacons?
b) As elders?
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
Last Name
DOH
PARK
PARK
First Name
Eun Bae
Daniel
Kwan Woo
From
Date
Korean Methodist Church
Korean Methodist Church
Korean Methodist Church
7/1/2011
7/1/2011
7/1/2011
40. Who have been ordained as a courtesy to other conferences, after election by the other conference?
(See note preceding Question 27. Such courtesy elections or ordinations do not require transfer of
conference membership.)
a) Deacons in full connection?
b) Elders in full connection?
41. Who have been transferred out to other annual conferences of The United Methodist Church
(¶416.5)? (List alphabetically. Indicate credential. See note preceding Question 27.)
Name
Conference
Date
42. Who are discontinued as provisional members (¶327.6)? (Indicate credential) (v).
Last Name
First Name
PETERSON Vaughn
RENARDO, Jr. Thomas
43. Who are on location?
a) Who has been granted honorable location (¶359.1)? (Give date when this action became effective.
Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential and year of most recent
report.):
(1) This year? (v)
(2) Previously?
Last Name
First Name
Date
CHEN
David Y. C.
1988
COBB
Stephen J.
1975
DAVIES
Bonnie F.
2006
DORADO
George A.
06/01/2006
DUDE
Paul H.
1970
GERARDEN Sheldon
1971
GRUMLEY
Jeffery E.
1990
HARRIMAN Jay
1970
HATTON
Jerry
1977
LAMONT
Charles A.
1972
MC DOUGALL Mary Jo
2002
PEREZ
Edgard
1981
SCOTT
Donald D.
1991
WHITE
Phyllis L.
2007
WULFF
Robert J.
1975
b) Who on honorable location are appointed ad interim as local pastors? (¶359.2) (Indicate date and
appointment.)
c) Who has been placed on administrative location (¶363.1? (Give date when this action became
effective. Record Charge Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.):
(1) This year? (v)
(2) Previously?
44. Who have been granted the status of honorable location–retired (¶359.3)? (Record Charge
Conference where membership is held. Indicate credential.):
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
a) This year? (v)
b) Previously?
45. Who have had their status as honorably located and their orders terminated (¶359.2)? (v) (Give date
when this action became effective. Indicate credential.)
46. Who have had their conference membership terminated? (Give date when this action became
effective. Indicate credential.)
a) By withdrawal to unite with another denomination (¶360.1, .4)? (v)
b) By withdrawal from the ordained ministerial office (¶360.2, .4)? (v)
c) By withdrawal under complaints or charges (¶¶360.3, .4; 2719.2)? (v)
d) By termination of orders under recommendation of the Board of Ordained Ministry (¶635.2k(8)
)? (v)
e) By trial (¶2713)? (v) delete
47. Who have been suspended under the provisions of ¶361.1c, ¶2704.2c or ¶2711.3? (Give effective
dates. Indicate credential.)
48. Deceased (List alphabetically in the spaces provided)
a) What associate members have died during the year? Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
b) What provisional members have died during the year? (Indicate credential.)
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
c) What elders in full connection have died during the year?
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Billy Joe Shaw
July 9, 2010
Retired:
Name
Robert D. Kraft
Orville E. Cole
William E. Yandel
Gilbert A. Weisshaar
Charles Solomon
William T. Carter
Charles Edward Mixon
Bishop Edsel A. Ammons
Paul L. Ayers
Allison Pickett Weatherby, Jr.
Vera Jo Edington
William C. Henzlik
Victor Kant Suryakumar
Date of Birth
June 17, 1939
January 30, 1918
July 23, 1920
February 7, 1923
April 23, 1943
August 14, 1936
May 20, 1918
June 22, 1924
November 8, 1941
d) What deacons in full connection have died during the year?
Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
239
Date of Death
July 19, 2010
August 10, 2010
October 5, 2010
October 24, 2010
October 5, 2010
November 22, 2010
December 4, 2010
December 24, 2010
January 29, 2011
February 19, 2011
March 30, 2011
May 7, 2011
May 9, 2011
Date of Death
Date of Death
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
e) What local pastors have died during the year?
Active:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
49. What provisional or ordained members (elders and deacons) have received appointments in other
Annual Conferences of The United Methodist Church while retaining their membership in this
Annual Conference (¶¶331.8, 346.1)? (List alphabetically; indicate annual conference where
appointed. Indicate credential.)
(elders) Last Name
First Name
Conference
Year
CHESSER
Pamela Dawn
Tennessee
2010
CHOI
Young Eun
West Ohio
2002
* DIMEO-HAMMELL Donna C.
Eastern Pennsylvania 2009
GUEST
Donald F.
California / Nevada
2006
HONG-LEE
Hyesung
California / Nevada
2008
KWAK
Chung Nam
Wisconsin
2008
PICKENS
Larry D.
New York
2010
PIDGEON
Karli D.
Louisiana
2011
STARWALT
Joy E.
Illinois Great Rivers
2009
(deacons) Last Name
ELDERS
* HILL
WALKER
First Name
Mary Elizabeth
Jason E.
Mona J.
Conference
Missouri
Baltimore/Washington
Tennessee
Year
12/01/2010
11/08/2010
01/01/2011
50. Who are the provisional or ordained members on leave of absence and for what number of years
consecutively has each held this relation (¶354)? (Indicate credential. Record Charge Conference
where membership is held.)
Name
Number of Years Charge Conference
a) Voluntary? (v; v 2/3 after 5 years)
Last Name
PARKER
SHEARS
First
Wanda Y.
Albert
Date
7/01/2005
7/01/2005
(2) Family (¶354.2b)
Last Name
First
Date
*BERNHEISEL
Mary Beth
2006
BEST
Judith Early
2007
MEADOR
Maryann M.
2008
NAM - CHA
Heju
2009
RASMUSSEN Tanya N.
1/01/2007
(3)
Transitional (¶354.2c)
Last Name
First
RICE
Sharon E.
WISCHNACK Tammy L.
240
Date
4/01/2010
5/01/2010
08/31/2010
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
b) Involuntary? (v 2/3)
c) Who have been placed on leave of absence since the last session of the annual conference (ad
interim)?:
Name
Effective Date
Charge Conference
Voluntary? (v) (i) Personal
Last Name
First
Date
(ii) Family
Last Name
HARDEN
WILLIAMS
First
Wendy
Rebecca R.
Date
7/01/2011
5/01/2011
Last Name
* HILL
11/08/2010
RAINEY
KIM
First
Jason E.
Date
(iii) Transitional
7/1/2010
Virginia E.
Young Seon
1/14/2011
1/01/2011
(2) Involuntary? (v 2/3)
d) Who on leave of absence have had their leaves terminated since the last session of the annual
conference (ad interim)?
Name
Effective Date
51. Who are granted sabbatical leave (¶352)? (v) (Give date when this relation became effective; indicate
credential.)
52. What actions have been taken concerning disabled members (¶357)? (Indicate credential.)
a) Who were granted incapacity leave since the last annual conference session (¶357.2)? (Give
effective dates)
b) Who have had their incapacity leave terminated since the last conference session (¶357.3)? (Give
effective dates of terminations):
c) Who are granted incapacity leave at this session (¶357.1)? (v)
53. What members in full connection have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name—
first, middle, last—in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d),
indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under
¶358.3, v 2/3)
Deacons
a) This year?
b) Previously?
Elders
a)
This year?
Last Name
BAKER
First Name
Date
Donald A.
7/1
241
Years
43
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
CHIPMAN
Sally Lynn
7/1
10
COURSEY
Martha Adene
7/1
41
HARMON
Thomas Charles
7/1
42
HAWKINS
Tony Lynn
7/1
44
HILKEMANN
Larry L.
7/1
46
HOWLAND
Steven Greg
7/1
37
KELSEY-POWELL
Keith Anthony
7/1
27
LEE
Daniel Booduck
7/1
14
LEE
Keyong Hee
7/1
25
7/1
9
LING
Kathryn Wrolst
MC FARLANE
Tom James
6/1
37
MELTON
John Gordon
7/1
45
MILLER
Craig Robert
7/1
42
PETTY
Thomas Ramsey
10/1/2010
37.25
POTENZA
Thomas John
7/1
38
REED
William Kirk
7/1
39
SALTZMAN
James C.
7/1
32
SAMPSON
Albert Richard
7/1
33
SIMPSON
William Arthur
7/1
47
YOUNG
Richard L.
7/1
14
ZIEGLER
Steven Ray
1/1/2011
8.50
a)
b) Previously?
54. What associate members have been retired (¶358): (List alphabetically giving full name-first, middle,
last-in that order. If retiring in the interim between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the
effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v
2/3)
a) This year?
b) Previously?
55. What provisional members have been retired (¶358): (Indicate credential. If retiring in the interim
between conference sessions (¶358.2d), indicate the effective date of retirement.) (Under ¶358.1, no
vote required; under ¶358.2, v; under ¶358.3, v 2/3)
a) This year?
b) Previously?
56. Who have been recognized as retired local pastors (¶320.6):
a) This year?
242
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
Last Name
CURTIS
NEBLOCK, Sr.
First Name
Mark H.
Richard A.
Date
Years
7/1
7/1
7
4.90
b) Previously?
57. Changes in clergy membership: What is the number of ordained ministers: (NOTE: The numbers in
parenthesis following each category listing are the question numbers in this report form where
ministers in that category are listed. The number reported below should agree with the number of
names listed in the corresponding questions.)
a) Elected as associate members? (27) 3
b) Elected as provisional members? (28a, b) 9
c) Elected as deacons in full connection? (32a) 2
d) Elected as elders in full connection? (31b) 14
e) Readmitted? (34, 35a, b) 0
f) Retired made effective? (36a, b, c) 0
g) Transferred in? (30a, 37, 38) 2
h) Transferred out? (41) 0
i) Discontinued as provisional members? (42) 2
j) Honorably located this year? (43a1) 0
k) Administratively located this year? (43c1) 0
l) Withdrawn? (46a, b, c) 0
m) Termination of orders? (46d) 0
n) Terminated by trial? (46e) 0
o) Deceased? (48a, b, c, d) 14
58. What is the number of:
a) Pastoral charges? 344
b) Local churches? 385
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
59. What is the number of clergy members of the Annual Conference:
a) By appointment category and conference relationship?
(NOTES:
(1) Where applicable, the question numbers on this report form corresponding to each category
have been placed in parenthesis following the category title. Where these question numbers
appear, the number reported in that category should agree with the number of names listed
in the corresponding questions.
(2) For the three categories of Appointments to Extension Ministries, report as follows:
¶344.1a, c): the number of clergy members appointed within United Methodist
connectional structures, including district superintendents, or to an ecumenical agency.
¶344.1b, c): the number of clergy members appointed to extension ministries, under
endorsement by the Division of Chaplains and Related Ministries of the General Board of
Higher Education and Ministry.
¶344.1d): the number of clergy members appointed to other valid ministries, confirmed by
a two-thirds vote of the Annual Conference.
See the Discipline paragraphs indicated for more detailed description of these appointment
categories.)
(Licensed Local Pastors not currently under appointment should not be counted as clergy
members of the conference)
Categories
Pastors and deacons whose
primary appointment is to a Local
Church (¶¶331.1c, 339)
Deacons (in full connection
and provisional) serving Beyond
the Local Church (¶331.1a, b)
(81a,b)
Appointments to
Extension Ministries
(¶316.1; 344.1a, c) (80a)
Appointments to
Extension Ministries
(¶316.1; 344.1b, c) (80b)
Appointments to
Extension Ministries
(¶316.1; 344.1d) (80c)
Appointments to
Attend School (82)
Appointed to Other
Annual Conferences (49)
50b)
On Leave of Absence (50a,
Deacon
s
in Full
Connection
12
236
19
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
0
2
0
On Family Leave
(50a2, c2)
0
On Sabbatical Leave
(51)
0
On Incapacity Leave
(52c)
On Transitional Leave (50a3,
Elders
in Full
Connection
0
Provisi
onal Deacons
7
6.50
43
6.50
7
1
21
5
1
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
0
3
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
xxxxx
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
13
0
244
Provisi
onal Elders
Associ
ate
Memb
ers &
Affiliate
Memb
ers With
Vote
0
0
F
ull–
time
L
ocal
P
astors
P
art–
time
L
ocal
P
astors
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
x
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
50c1iii)
Retired
(53, 54, 55)
Total Number,
Clergy Members
Grand Total,
All Conference
Clergy Members
2
1
36
0
287
608
245
0
3
0
4
22
12
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
x
xxxx
DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
b) By gender and racial/ethnic identification? (NOTE: See the instruction for item 59 for guidelines
to assist in the racial/ethnic identification count.)
Female Clergy Members
Categories
Asian
African
American/Black
Hispanic
Native
American
Pacific
Islander
White
Multi-Racial
Total
Number,
Female
Clergy Members*
Grand Total,
All
Conference
Female
Clergy Members*
Deacons in
Full Connection
0
2
1
Elders in
Full Connection
32
33
Provisio
nal Deacons
1
6
0
Provisi
onal Elders
3
0
0
25
28
109
0
180
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
10
3
0
3
Male Clergy Members
Categories
Asian
African
American/Black
Hispanic
Native
American
Pacific
Islander
White
Multi-Racial
Total
Number,
Male Clergy
Members*
Grand Total,
All
Conference
Male Clergy
Members*
Deacons in
Full Connection
2
Elders in
Full Connection
66
30
Provisio
nal Deacons
11
6
0
6
8
315
0
428
1
1
Ass
ociate
Me
mbers &
Affil
iate
Me
mbers
with
Vote
0
0
Provisi
onal Elders
4
3
Ass
ociate
Me
mbers &
Affil
iate
Me
mbers
with
Vote
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
5
0
12
7
0
9
Ful
l–time
Lo
cal
Pastors
Part–
time Local
Pastors
Ful
l–time
Lo
cal
Pastors
Part–
time Local
Pastors
*The sums entered in these spaces should agree with the comparable totals in the bottom two lines of
question 59).
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PART III CERTIFICATION IN SPECIALIZED AND CERTIFIED LAY MINISTRY
(¶635.2u, v, The Book of Discipline)
Note: Indicate credential of persons in Part III: FD, FE, PD, PE, AM, FL, PL, and LM.
60. Who are the candidates in process for certification in specialized ministry?
61. Who is certified in specialized ministry? (List the areas of specialized ministry. Indicate by an
asterisk those certified this year.)
Wesley Dorr---Christian Education*
Bonnie Stalmaker Roth----Spiritual Formation*
62. Who are transferred in as a certified person in specialized ministry?
63. Who are transferred out as a certified person in specialized ministry?
64. Who have been removed as a certified person in specialized ministry?
65. Who are certified as lay ministers (¶ 271, 635.2v, and 665.10)? (List alphabetically giving full
name—first, middle, last—in that order, by district)
PART IV DIACONAL MINISTERS
(Paragraph numbers in questions 67-75 refer to The 1992 Book of Discipline)
66. Who constitute the Committee on Investigation (¶2703.3)? (v) none
67. Who are reinstated as diaconal ministers (¶313.3c)? (v) none
68. Who are transferred in as diaconal ministers (¶312)? none
Name
Conference
Date
69. Who are transferred out as diaconal ministers (¶312)? none
Name
Conference
Date
70. Who have had their conference relationship as diaconal ministers terminated by Annual Conference
action (¶313.3)? (Under ¶313.3a, no vote; under ¶313.3b, v 2/3) none
71. What diaconal ministers have died during the year? none
a) Effective:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
b) Retired:
Name
Date of Birth
Date of Death
72. What diaconal ministers have been granted leaves of absence under ¶313.1a, c, d) (disability,
study/sabbatical, or personal leave): (v) none
a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):
b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 72a, if
their leaves of absence are continuing):
73. What diaconal ministers have been granted an extended leave (¶313.1e):
a) Since the last session of the Annual Conference? (Give effective date of each):
b) At this session of the Annual Conference? (Include names of persons listed in Question 73a, if
their leaves of absence are continuing):
74. Who have returned to active status:
a) From disability, study/sabbatical, or personal leave of absence (¶313.1a, c, d)?
b) From extended leave (¶313.1e)? (v)
75. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2):
(Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)
a) This year?
b) Previously?
PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS
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75. Who have taken the retired relationship to the Annual Conference as diaconal ministers (¶313.2):
(Under ¶313.2b, v 2/3)
a) This year?
DISCIPLINARY
QUESTIONS
b) Previously?
PART V APPOINTMENTS AND CONCLUDING BUSINESS
76. Who are approved for less than full-time service?
a)
What associate members and elders are approved for appointment to less than
full-time service, what is the total number of years for which such approval has been granted to each, and
for what fraction of full-time service (in one-quarter increments) is approval granted (for purposes of
equitable compensation claim and pension credit) ¶¶338.2, 342.2, 1506.4b)? (v ¾):
Last Name
First Name
Year
%
BULLMER
Sharon
2008
1/2
CONWAY
Jacques
2009
3/4
*GRIFFITH
Carol
2011
3/4
LE BARON
Brian
1/01/2009
3/4
MORGAN
Barbara J.
1/0/2009
1/2
TURNER
C. Kay
8/01/2009
1/2
VAN
Christian Tung 2009
3/4
b) What deacons in full connection and provisional deacons are approved for appointment to less
than full-time service (¶331.7)?
77.
Who have been appointed as interim pastors under the provisions of ¶338.3 since the last
session of the annual conference, and for what period of time?
Mendota: Zion – Glen Stewart, 6/20/2010 to 11/1/2010
Ravenswood – Preston Price, 7/1/2010 to 9/30/2010
Schaumburg: Our Redeemer, Ronald Graham, 8/1/2010 to 11/1/2010
Schaumburg: Our Redeemer, Patricia Allan Stewart, 11/1/2010 to 1/1/2011
Lockport: First – David Kaller, 11/14/2010-6/30/2011
Morrison – David Decker, 8/7/2010 – 9/30/2010
Galena/Scales Mound – David Decker, 10/1/2010 to 12/31/2010
Waterman – Glen Stewart, January, 2011 to June 30, 2011
Hanover Park – Jeff Baer – 7/1/2010 to 9/30/2010
78. What changes have been made in appointments since the last annual conference session? (Attach list.
Include and identify Appointments Beyond the Local Church (Deacons) and Appointments to
Extension Ministries (Elders). Give effective dates of all changes.) NV
MALONE, Tracy Smith (1); Superintendent, Chicago Southern District, Northern Illinois Conference
WISDOM, Richard Carl (1); Superintendent, De Kalb District, Northern Illinois Conference.
79. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to
ministry to the local church and where are they appointed for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.)
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80. What elders (full connection and provisional), associate members, and local pastors are appointed to
extension ministries for the ensuing year? (Attach a list)
AHN, Ilsup (8); Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, North Park College, Chicago.
ALPHONSE, Martin (9); Associate Professor of Missions, Multnomah University, Portland, OR.
BRITTON, Barry W.(26); Chaplain & CPE Supervisor, Rockford Memorial Hospital, Rockford, IL.
BYRNE, Brenda (5); Spiritual Counselor, Northern Illinois Hospice and Grief Center, Rockford, IL.
CAMPANANO, Digna S. (6); Chaplain/CPE Educator, Good Shepherd Advocate Hospital, Barrington,.
CAMPBELL, Robert B. (6); Co-Director, Willow Wellness Center, Park Ridge, IL.
CARRASCO, Oscar (5); Superintendent, Elgin District, Northern Illinois Conference.
CHONG, Kwan, (3); Telos Holistic Healing Center, Wheeling.
CHRISTOPHERSON, Arlene W. (5); Clergy Assistant to the Bishop, Chicago Area Episcopal Office.
COUTURE, Pamela D. (2); Professor of Church and Community, Emmanuel College, Victoria
University, University of Toronto, Canada.
DAHL, Stephen A. (27); President & Chief Executive Officer, Bethany Methodist Corporation, Chicago.
DUNLAP-BERG, Larry E. (21); Coordinator of Exhibit Experiences, Cumberland Science Museum,
Cumberland, TN.
EATON, Gregory J. (7); Executive Director, Arbor Falls Foundation, Glenview, IL.
FACEMYER, Diana (4); Superintendent, Aurora District, Northern Illinois Conference.
FLINN-PORTEE, Susan L. (14); Staff Chaplain, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL.
GONZALEZ, Annie J. (13); Chief Operations Officer, St. Leonard’s Ministries, Chicago, IL.
HAIGHT, Emily S. (8); Pastoral Psychotherapist, Still Waters Counseling Ministries, Solon, Iowa.
HARBOUR, Sandra E. (5); Chaplain, Gulfside Regional Hospice, New Port Richey, FL.
HAWKING, Carol J (4); [3/4] Executive Director, Chicago Interfaith Committee on Worker Issues,
Chicago.
HOFFMEYER, Christine (2); Chaplain (on call) Advocate Lutheran General Hospital and North Shore
University Health System, Evanston
ISAACS, Barbara R. (3); Team Leader for Program Ministries, General Commission on Religion and
Race, Washington, DC.
JACQUES, Susan C. (7); Staff Chaplain, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN.
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
JONES, Amy Jo (5); Hospice Chaplain, Providence Health and Home Service, Portland, Oregon.
JUENG, Ouk-Yean Kim (6); Superintendent, Rockford District, Northern Illinois Conference.
JUN, Nam-Jin (14); Executive Secretary, Asian American and Pacific Islander Ministries, General Board
of Global Ministries, New York, NY.
LACOCK, Michelle O. (3); Interim CPE Supervisor, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
LEE, Jongmin Martin (12); Director of Congregational Development & Redevelopment, Northern Illinois
Conference, Chicago, IL.
LENTERS, William R. (12); Chaplain, Rosecrance Health Network, Rockford;
LIGHTSEY, Pamela R. (6); Dean of Students, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL
MC COY, Myron F. (9); President, St. Paul’s School of Theology, Kansas City, MO.
MANN, Michael D. (2); Associate Director of Mission and Advocacy, Northern Illinois Conference.
MOORE, Jeffrey P. (3); Chaplain, United States Navy, Camp Pendleton, CA.
MUELLER, William A. (6); [½] Professor, Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work. CC:
Skokie: Central.
NICOL, Harold L. (9); President, United Methodist Foundation, Northern Illinois Conference, Chicago.
NOREN, Carol (26); Wesley Nelson Professor of Homiletics, North Park Theological Seminary,
Chicago.
OGIE-KRISTIANSON, Bonnie (4); Director of Fund Raising Services, Florida United Methodist
Foundation, Lakeland, Florida.
PELUSO-VERDEND, Gary E. (3); President, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
PEREIRA, Peter (21); Northern Illinois Conference Approved Evangelist, Hope for Today.
PIERSON, Christopher L. (5); Director of Connectional Ministries, Northern Illinois Conference.
PRESTON, James C. (6); Superintendent, Chicago Northwestern District, Northern Illinois Conference.
PRIES, Lynn L. (18); Chaplain, North Central College, Naperville, IL.
ROUGH, James H. (9); Coordinator, Clinical Pastoral Education, Havenwood-Heritage Heights
Retirement Village, Concord, New Hampshire
RUBIETTA, Richard R. (12); Northern Illinois Conference Evangelist, Abounding Ministries, Grayslake
SCHILLING, Karen L. (5); Chaplain [3/4], St. Clare Hospital, Baraboo, WI.
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
SEYMOUR, Jack L. (13); Professor of Religious Education, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary,
Evanston, IL.
STEWART, Dwight A. (9); Patient Advocate, West Suburban Hospital (Resurrection Health), Oak Park.
WICKERSHAM, Ruth C. (9); Visiting Assistant Professor, Purdue University-Calumet, Hammond, IN.
WOOD, Richard R. (11); Executive Director, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Chicago, IL.
a) Within the connectional structures of United Methodism (¶344.1a, c)?
b) To ministries endorsed by the Board of Higher Education and Ministry (¶344.1b, c)?
c) To other valid ministries under the provisions of ¶344.1d? (v 2/3)
81. Who are appointed as deacons (full connection and provisional) for the ensuing year? (Attach a list.)
BLAKE, Rosalee T. (3); Hospice Chaplain, Agape Healthcare, Denver, CO.
CASTRO-RODRIGUEZ, Miriam R. (4); Community Assessment Coordinator / Prevention Case
Manager, Total Health Awareness Team, Rockford, IL.
DAVIS-BRIDGES, Regina (11); Principal, Madison School, School District 151, South Holland.
GALBREATH, Beth L. (6); Galbreath Digital Culture Ministries, Woodridge.
GOOD, Raney K. (5); Teacher, Harter Middle School, Kaneland School District (#302), Sugar Grove.
GRASSE-HENDRIX, Gloria (3); Pastoral Counselor, Chicago Uptown Ministry.
GROSS, Gregory D. (4); Clinical Manager of the HIV Testing & Prevention Program, The Center on
Halsted, Chicago.
HAGE, Denise Ann (15); Teacher, Westmont Junior High School, Westmont.
HAMPSON, Anne C. (3); Pastoral Psychotherapist, Samaritan Counseling Center, Winnetka.
ILSEMAN, Adrienne Ann (4); Minister of Healing Arts, Healing Flow Yoga and Retreat Ministries,
Naperville.
LOEPPKE, Teran E. (4); Community Organizer, Bickerdike Redevelopment Corporation, Chicago.
MADALIN, Carol (2); Chaplain, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, Des Plaines; Chaplain on-call,
Edward Hospital, Naperville.
MARICH, Claire M. (3); Resource Pool Chaplain, Vitas Innovative Hospice Care, Lombard.
MYLENSKI, Erin W. (3); Social Worker, Senior Behavioral Health Center, St. John Hospital,
Leavenworth, Kansas.
SMOKE, John E. (4); Teacher, Hillcrest Elementary School, Downers Grove, IL.
a) Through non-United Methodist agencies and settings beyond the local church (¶331.1a)?
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DISCIPLINARY QUESTIONS
b) Through United Methodist Church-related agencies and schools within the connectional
structures of The United Methodist Church (¶331.1b)?
CRAIN, Margaret Ann (13); Professor of Christian Education, Garrett-Evangelical, Evanston.
c) Within a local congregation, charge, or cooperative parish (¶331.1c)?
82. Who are appointed to attend school (¶416.6)? (List alphabetically all those whose prime appointment
is to attend school.)
Associate Members:
Provisional Members
Members in Full Connection:
Last Name
First Name
Status
School
Date
BOWERS
Sally Ann
FE
Meriter Hospital, CPE, Madison, WI
3/1/2010
HEYMANS
Lisl M.
FE
Garrett-Evangelical Seminary [½], Evanston, IL
7/1/2008
ISAAC
Monica D.
FD
NE IL University, Pastoral Counseling
8/1/2010
SHIN
Daniel D.
FE
University of Chicago Seminary Chicago, IL
2000
TAKAHASHI Yoshiya
FE
Duke University Hospital, CPE, Durham, NC
5/15/211
PARK
Young Ok
FE
New Hanover Regional MC, CPE, Wilmington, NC
7/1/201 83.
Where are the diaconal ministers appointed for the ensuing year (¶310) [1992
Discipline]? (Attach list)
CHENEY-EGAN, Kathryn (10); Director of Development & Communications, Metropolitan Tenants
Organization, Chicago. CC: Chicago Holy Covenant.
JABIN, Peter Philip (11) Development Director, Gay City Health Project, Seattle, WA. CC: Chicago:
Epworth.
JOHANSEN-WERNER, Bonnie (5); Freelance Composer, Performer, Teacher.
Naperville.
CC: Grace UMC,
LONG, Cecelia M. (7); Executive Director, Mercy Manor, Inc., Dayton, Ohio. CC: Evanston: Sherman.
84. What other personal notations should be made? (Include such matters as changes in pension credit
(¶1506.6), corrections or additions to matters reported in the "Business of the Annual Conference"
form in previous years, and legal name changes of clergy members and diaconal ministers.)
85. Where and when shall the next Conference Session be held (¶603.2, 3)?
June 6-9, 2012 at Pheasant Run, St. Charles, IL
2009-2012 December 6, 2010
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ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE LAY MEMBERS--2011
ELGIN DISTRICT
Charge
Church
Lay Member
Alternate Lay Member
50001 Addison: Good Samaritan
5002 Alden
Karen Jeschke
Margo VanDan
Joel deGuzman
Margaret Behles
Dan Gutschow
50003 Algonquin: Christ
50004 Antioch
Peggy Literski
Betsy Houghton
Mabel Lou Weber
50005 Arlington Heights: Church of
the Incarnation
Frank Lee
Mike DeBenedetto
Tom Rutenber
Ann Tani
50006 Arlington Heights: First
50007
50008
50072
50009
50067
50010
50011
50012
50013
50014
50016
50017
50073
50018
50051
Nancy Duel
John Hall
Ron Reed
Mary Stitt
Barrington
Steve Mountsier
Sam Oliver
Curtis Verschoor
Sydney Whitley
Barrington: Salem
Sara Rosellini
Barrington: Yang Moon
Si Woo Lee
Bartlett: Good Shepherd
Carol Bayer
Beach Park: York House
Chuck Perkins
Bensenville: First
Nory Liz Reyes
Buffalo Grove: Kingswood
Beth Jayapalan
Janet Kyte
Robb Micek
John Stryker
Burlington
Jan Stout
Carpentersville: Trinity
Ron Fraser
Cary
Nancy Petriak
Tom Prather
Crystal Lake: First
Diane Meier
Bob Riepl
Judy Riepl
Des Plaines: First
Jim Blue
Des Plaines: Nuevo Amanecer Jesse Villarreal
Dundee: First
Tom Miller
Elgin: Cornerstone
Linda Lowery
Paula Schwarzwalder
253
Lou Schairer
Marie Verschoor
Lois Larson
Maracia Switzer
Chris Smith
Jason D. Bettilyon
Doug Roby
Susan Anderson
Janice Prunier-King
Mary Louise Shakespeare
Lino Aragon
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
50019 Elgin: El Mesias
50020 Elgin: Epworth
50022 Elgin: First
50024 Elgin: Wesley
50025 Elk Grove Village: Prince of
Peace
50026 Elmhurst: Christ
50027 Elmhurst: Faith Evangelical
50028 Elmhurst: Faith
50029 Fox River Grove: Community
50030 Grayslake: United Protestant
50032 Hampshire: First
50033 Hampshire: Zion
50034 Harvard: First
50035
50036
50037
50038
50039
50040
Hebron
Ingleside
Itasca: Bethany
Lake Bluff: Grace
Lake Villa
Libertyville
50041
50042
50043
50044
50192
Lindenhurst: Trinity
Marengo
McHenry: First
McHenry: Mount Hope
Mt. Prospect: Sam Mool
Korean
50045 Mt. Prospect: Trinity
50074 Mundelein: Vision
50050 Palatine: First
Vivian Acexedo
Steve Mink
Bob Brooks
Carleton Rogers, Jr.
John Juergensmeyer
Betsy Evans Ingstrup
Frank Diegl
Al Emmering
Connie Baker
Steve Provancal
Pat Barker
Donna Obrecht
Dale Dopkins
Douglas Tamms
Judy Eames
Linnea Kooistra
Kathy Dickerson
Estelle Beaumont
Eddy Lal
Lynette Rice
Robert Churchill
Jennifer Johnson
June McCoy
Cathy O’Brien
Joyce Heide
Clara Piper
Carol Tarsitano
Genevieve Alvord
Marlne Stratton
Chuck Rath
Steve Johnson
Katie Debus
Don Pierson
Gaye Anderson
Ted Dass
Joyce Sjostrom
Karen Yun
Brian Hendricks
April Patek
Lottie Sneed-McCall
Han Kyu Cho
Charlie Myers
Keith Snyder
Sherrill Snyder
50070 Prospect Heights: Korean
Central
50054 Ringwood
50055 Roselle
Joong Don Lee
Ida Mae Adams
Linda Priest
Carol Thorsen
50056 Schaumburg: Our Redeemer’s JoAnne Gregorash
John Machonis
Jill Wood-Naatz
50057 Schaumburg: Our Saviour’s
Peggy Burtt
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Linda Abbott
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
50069
50058
50060
50061
50063
Schaumburg: Salem Korean
South Elgin: Community
Villa Park: Calvary
Wauconda: Federated
Waukegan: First
50062 Waukegan: Living Faith
50076 Waukegan: San Pablo
50049 Winthrop Harbor: North
Prairie
50064 Winthrop Harbor: Winthrop
Harbor
50065 Wood Dale: Community
50066 Woodstock: First
50068 Zion: Memorial
Mel Griffin
Jack Lucas
Sook Hee Cha
Sue Thelen
Emma Jean Pritchett
Lisa Knight
Shirley Hill
Dexter Miller
Tony Sciacca
Rene Schreiner
Karel Schaffter
Lisa Morrison
Mary Maxwell
Don Bennett
John Robinson
Barbara Sandstrom
Jayne Weber
Darrell Rader
George Swanson
Donald Noren
Charlotte Johnson
AURORA DISTRICT
Charge
Church
10001 Aurora: Bethany of
Fox Valley
10004 Aurora: Fourth St.
10005 Aurora: Wesley
10006 Batavia
10072 Bolingbrook: Crossroads
of Faith
10007 Bolingbrook: Friendship
10009 Carol Stream: St. Andrew
10010 Channahon
10011 Downers Grove: Faith
10012 Downers Grove: First
10014
Frankfort
Lay Member
Doris Bell
Jean Rhoades
Kathy Breazeale
Joanne Mendicino
Debra Mengler
Rodney Sisco
Lynne Loewe
Amania Drane
Barb Farley
Beth Couch
Don Hayward
Verla Boyle
Terry McDorman
Don Safford
Marshall Schmitt
Julie Stone
Laura Temple
Ginny Griffin
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Alternate Lay Member
Laurel Gilbert
Ralph Breazeale
Dan Henry
Paul Seidlitz
Elena Warren
Bill Wagner
Judy Koptik
Vern Sanborn
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
10015
Geneva
10016
Glen Ellyn: First
10017
10018
10019
Glen Ellyn: St. Thomas
Green Garden
Hinsdale
10021
Joliet: Grace
10022
Joliet: Ingalls Park
10023
10026
10027
10028
10029
10030
10031
10032
10033
Joliet: Hope
Joliet: Trinity
Kaneville
Lemont
Lisle: Faith
Lockport: Christ
Lockport: First
Lombard: Faith
Lombard: First
10034
10035
10036
10037
Manhattan
Millington
Millbrok
Minooka
10038 Mokena
10040 Morris: First
10042 Naperville: Community
10043 Naperville: Grace
10044 Naperville: Wesley
10061 Naperville: Wheatland Salem
Dan Edwards
Bob VanNest
Nancy Weckler
Bob Anderson
E. Maurlea Babb
Ward Larson
Rick Bryant
David B. Wenzelman
Lennox Iton
Ellie McKee
Jason Meister
Dorothy Spurgeon
Donna Davis
E.J. Krohn
John Wietlispach
Jeanne Gray
Sandy Gould
GleeAnn Kehr
James Rendel
Cindy Nelson
Jean Jackson
Richard Knapp
Teddie Knapp
Timothy Good
Van Mathre
Kristin Ehteshami-Afshar
Jerry Loch
Lisa Blocker
Bill Zeitz
Caitlyn Butler
Charles Butts
Sue Halls
Sandy Wols
Carl Gilmore
Mary Markwell
Dotie Van Marter
John Bodine
Mariam Lehman
Harriet McCabe
Harold Workman
LuRay Workman
Marjorie McIntosh
Lynn krygstad
Trevor Litherland
Patti Van Dorn
Ted Van Dorn
256
Richard Dunn
Mike Petrushka
Nancy S. Leguizamon
Clyde Dralle
Hazel Zimner
Clarice Boswell
Boomer Crotty
Jana Stelter
Richard Rowe
Harold Wagner
Pearl Lindley
Laura Price
Russetta Rauch
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
10045 New Lenox
10046 Orland Park: Faith
10070 Orland Park: First Korean
10047 Oswego: Good Shepherd
10049 Palos Heights: Palos
10050 Peotone
10051 Plainfield
10052
10053
10054
10055
Plainfield: Sharon
Plano
Plattville
St Charles: Baker Memorial
10057 Sandwich: United Church
10058 Sugar Grove
10059 West Chicago: First
10060 Westmont: First
10062 Wheaton: Aldersgate
10063 Wheaton: Gary
10064 Wilmington
10065 Wilton Center Federated
10066 Winfield: Community
10071 Winfield: South Asian
10067 Woodridge
10068 Worth
10069 Yorkville: Trinity
Cheryl Bruozas
Robert Bruozas
Clyde Blanke
Allison Petersen
Soon N. Kim
Jim Simmons
Alice Haben
Ken Timmons
Lori Barker
Estalee DeCou
Sharon Kinley
Martha Wassenaar
Steve Wyland
Scott Cheffer
Ina Munar
Hope Tait
Deborah Conterato
Betty Erickson
Kim Starr
David Seymour
Clif Gray
Isie Brindley
Tom Roderick
Doug Ruth
Sylvia Seymour
Steve Cunningham
David L Seraphin
Michael Horsley
Paul Heckert
Bill Rotz
Bonnie Cady
Mary Beemer
Ken Jeppsen
Cindy Keck
Ken Wise
Bill Steen
Marie Chezem
Pam Keller
Catherin Charan
Raymond Dhan
Bob Copeland
Monica Copeland
Kristina Gaughan
Dan Fapp
Kathy Mills
257
Morrie Teal
Gil Fox
Jennifer Calaway
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
NORTHWEST DISTRICT LAY MEMBER & ALTERNATE LAY MEMBERS
MEMBER
20003
20004
20005
20007
20009
CHURCH
LAY MEMBER
ALTERNATE LAY
Berry Memorial
Bethany/El Buen
Pastor
Emanuel
Broadway
Karen Syverson
Jose Rivera
Felix Gonzales
Violeta Mejia
Diana Davis
M. J. Grimshaw
Anne-Marie Douglas
20033
Church of the Three
Crosses
Edison Park
Rudy Figueroa
El Redentor del
Elizabeth Loredo-Rivera
Calvario/The Redeemer of
Calvary
Elston Avenue
Janice Burgeson
Epworth
John Sansone
First Korean
Joanne Lee
Gwang H. Kwon
Resurrection
Rita L. Smith
Audrey Singleton
Grace of Logan Square Gretchen Henninger
Granville
Humboldt Park
Delia Ramierz
Irving Park
Katherine Verschoor
Ellen Star
Mandell
Gregory Jones
New Hope
Elizabeth Okayama
Olivet
Yvonne Frazier
Chester Lacey
Parish of the Holy
David Braden
Covenant
Brittany Isaac
Ravenswood
Anne Warnecke
20034
St. Matthew
20035
20038
20039
United Church of
West Ridge
Deerfield: Christ
20040
20042
20043
Elmwood Park
Emmanuel
Evanston: First
20044
Evanston: Hemenway
20010
20013
20014
20016
20017
20018
20019
20020
20022
20023
20026
20029
20030
20032
Gary Dozier
Curtis Redmond
Northa Johnson
Kathy Murray
Bill Lundquist
Lila Leverick
Thomas Greco
Savita Macwan
Beth Swanick
Joanna Gwinn
Vivian McWilliams
258
George Vinluan
Israel Labao
Patricia Caples
Beverly Neil
Julie Bruno
Suresh Kumar Bhonsley
Jino Park
Linda Hendelman
Lorraine Johnson
Charles Macwan
Richard Locke
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
20045
Evanston: Sherman
20048
20049
20050
Franklin Park: First
Glencoe: North Shore
Glenview
20051
20052
20053
Galilee Korean
Highland Park: Bethany
Maywood:
Valerie Davis
Neighborhood
Elizabeth C. Watkins
Northbrook:
Alice Lonoff
Northbrook
Northbrook: North
Carolyn Mohr
Northfield
Northbrook: Glenbrook Dr. Chyung S. Cook
Korean
Oak Park: Euclid
Jayne Anderson
Joyce Taylor
Oak Park: Cornerstone Joyce Nosal
Oak Park: First
Linda Edwards
Oak Park: St. John’s
Edwin Mencias
Eric Reniva
Park Ridge: First
Catherine Petersen
Kathy Hansen
River Forest
Cindy Belle
Skokie: Central
Jeanne Parker
Wilmette: Trinity
William Jeffers
Mary Olsson
Russ Olsson
Melrose Park:
Helen Requilman
Michael Villanueva
Adalberto Memorial
Emma Lozano
Irma Romero
First Vietnamese
Hon Tran
African Community
Stephen Somuah
Indo Pak
Urban Village
Skokie: Jesus Love Korean
Transformacion
Ruth Maratinez-Medina
Stone Park Mission
20056
20057
20059
20061
20062
20063
20065
20066
20068
20069
20071
20073
20075
20077
20079
20080
20101
20105
20106
20195
Vidttte Mixon
Morris Robinson III
Mary Lou Stefanski
Mary Figuerado
Don Brackey
Linda Duback
Ethel Doyle
259
Virginia Sanders
Harnand Singh
Kathryn Harr
Gerald Hayes
Michael Gail
Jennifer Soule
Ray Nosal
Aida Linzaga
Frank Rodriguez
Darlene Rodriguez
Dick Roberts
Chris Majkrzak
Cindy Barron
Paul Heidrich
Ergeline Williams
Hung Nguyen
Lynn Quao
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
DEKALB DISTRICT
Charge
Church
Lay Member
Alternate Lay Member
40001
Carolyn Kramer
Gerald Kramer
40002
40003
40004
40005
40006
40007
40008
40009
40010
Albany UMC
Amboy United First
Church
Ashton UMC
Brookville UMC
Chana UMC
Coleta UMC
Compton UMC
Cortland UMC
Creston UMC
DeKalb First UMC
Celeste Lyles
Linda Martz
Seth Gelander
Terry Niemann
Jim Lyles
Scott Roberts
Bernita Jones
Morgan Shuman
40012
Dixon First UMC
40013
Dixon Grace UMC
40014
40015
40016
40017
40018
40019
Earlville UMC
East Jordan UMC
Elkhorn UMC
Erie UMC
Esmond UMC
Fenton UMC
40020
40021
40022
40023
40024
40025
40026
40027
Franklin Grove UMC
Genoa Faith UMC
Harding UMC
Harmon UMC
Herbert Davis UMC
Hinckley First UMC
Kingston UMC
Kirkland First UMC
Nancy Burnett
Becky Vail
Linda Frana
Larry Hummel
Brenda Boseneiler
Ann Hecathorn
Leonard Sheaffer
Linda Poole
Lu Ann Tague
Diane Johnson
Robert Slaymaker
Larry Dye
Gary Cater
Brenda Merritt
Glenn Long
Grace Willstead
Sherry Walker
Charles Rea
Kayleen Anderson
Ronald Johnson
40028
40029
LaMoille Community
UMC
LaSalle Grace UMC
40030
40031
40032
40033
40034
40035
Leland UMC
Leon UMC
Lighthouse UMC
Lyndon UMC
Malden UMC
Malta UMC
40036
Malta Northwest UMC
Christian Riddle
Ronald Janota
Jane Hapeman
Ralph Schwirian
Lois Merwin
James Kallembach
Ellen Engstrom
John Stauter
Phyllis Davis
Carolyn Thomas
Nancy Heal
June Yates
Jean Cornell
Linda Johnson
Lori Finkle
Dennis Becker
Toni Lucas
Elizabeth Schuetz
Charles Miller
Eureath Bollivar
Alice Conrad
Betty Frank
Milton Rapp
Mary Lynn McArtor
Florence Butler
Marcia Hueber
Marilyn Berg
260
Sally Toms
Bonnie Miles
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
40037
40038
40039
Maple Park Grace UMC
Marseilles UMC
Mendota First UMC
40040
40041
Mendota Zion UMC
Morrison UMC
40042
Mt Morris Disciples UMC
40043
Norway UMC
40045
Oregon UMC
40046
40047
Ottawa Epworth UMC
Ottawa Evangelical UMC
40048
Ottawa First UMC
40049
40051
40052
40053
Paw Paw UMC
Polo Emmanuel UMC
Polo First UMC
Princeton First UMC
40054
40055
40056
40057
Prophetstown UMC
Red Oak UMC
Reynolds UMC
Rochelle UMC
40058
40059
40061
Rock Falls UMC
Seneca First UMC
Serena UMC
40062
40063
Sheridan UMC
Sterling First UMC
40064
Sterling Trinity UMC
40065
Sterling Wesley UCM
40066
40067
40068
Steward UMC
Suydam UMC
Sycamore UMC
40069
40070
40071
40072
40073
Tampico UMC
Triumph UMC
Walnut UMC
Waterman UMC
Wedron UMC
40074
Wyanet UMC
Jane Ann Olstrom
Mike Crawshaw
Jeri Atherton
Beverly Moore
Shirlene Lowe
Karen Huber
William Huber
Constance Augsburger
Mary Gardner
Wayne Borchsenius
Mary Jorgensen
Virgil Rocke
Linda Mindak
Kevin Mason
Viki Olsen
Carol Pearse
Sandra Hummel
Phil Frey
John Damon
James Miller
Vivian McMaster
Caryl Behrens
Ellen Clark
Sally Misciasci
Dale Montgomery
Julie Carrion
Ann Bruce
Betty Jansen
Dale Jansen
Susan Johnson
Carrie Halverson
Angie Lobdell
Jean Ebert
Cheryle Colmark
Joe Gatz
Elisa Gatz
Jason Johnson
Abigail Lawrence
Mary Lou Eubanks
David Leifheit
Jean Fitzpatrick
Brian Wetzell
Jay Allen
Gwen Troxell
Deborah Johnson
261
Nancy Olsen
Roger Kallenbach
Jon Murray
Rob Borchsenius
Richard Brooke
Lori French
Judy Norris
Jan Bates
Anna Roadhouse
Patricia Crump
John Wanner
Linda Floyd
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
ROCKFORD DISTRICT
Charge
60001
60002
60003
60004
60005
60006
60007
60008
60075
60010
60053
60012
60014
60013
60015
Church
Afolkey Bethel UMC
Apple River UMC
Argo Fay UMC
Belvidere First UMC
Blaine Umc
Burritt UMC
Capron UMC
Cedarville UMC
Chemung UMC
Cherry Valley UMC
Rockford:Christ the
Carpenter UMC
Dakota Rock Grove UMC
Davis Junction UMC
Davis Calvary Umc
Durand Umc
60016
60017
60018
60019
Elizabeth UMC
Fair Haven UMC
Florence UMC
Forreston UMC
60020
Freeport Embury UMC
60021
60022
60023
Freeport Faith UMC
Freeport First UMC
Freeport Trinity UMC
60024
60025
60026
Galena UMC
German Valley UMC
Hanover UMC
60027
60009
Hickory Grove UMC
Hope UMC
60028
60029
60030
60031
60032
Hunter
Kent UMC
Lanark UMC
Leaf River UMC
Lena UMC
60033
60034
McConnell UMC
Milledgeville UMC
60035
60036
Mount Carroll UMC
New Milford UMC
Lay Member
Janice Myelle
Dina Durward
Norman Yarger
Frankie Hage
Suzanne Crandall
Curtis Kasten
Robert Oorlog
Andy Spitson
Ronald Wilson
Alternate Lay member
Carl Swanson
Doris Franklin
Tom Cleland
Patricia Oorlog
Lee Turner
Donna Layng
Gene Nott
Georgia Gray
Rebecca Greene
Bert Schweinler
Brenda Morris
Jack Janssen
Joyce Janssen
Jerry Daws
Kristine Daws
Mark Kleckler
Naomi Lewis
Sharon Koch
Jack Harris
Janice hammond
Betty Brubaker
Darcy Muehleip
Robert Plock
Maurine Sheppard
John McKinley
Patricia Garman
Swenson
Barbara Luke
Virginia Sichta
Sandy Theden
David Gruendler
Lavonne Gabel
Roger Bronkema
June Slick
Nancy Sweitzer
Kthryn Boyd
Michael Peters
262
Marcone Kleckler
Darla Van Buskirk
Dottie Emo
Donna Plock
Robert Garner
Paula Svendsen
Joanne Gruendler
Susan Coomber
Jazmyn Boyd
Ruth Baxter-Blunck
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
60037
Orangeville UMC
60038
60039
60041
60042
Owen Center UMC
Pearl City First UMC
Pecatonica UMC
Poplar Grove UMC
Rockford Aldersgate
UMC
Rockford Beth Eden UMC
60046
60048
60047
60050
Rockford Bethany UMC
Rockford Brooke Road
UMC
60051
60052
Rockford Centennial
Multicultural UMC
Rockford Christ UMC
60054
Rockford Court Street
UMC
60056
60057
60043
60045
60058
60061
60062
Rockford Evans UMC
Rockford Grace UMC
Red Oak UMC
Rock City UMC
Rockford Harlem UMC
Rockton UMC
Roscoe UMC
60063
Savanna First UMC
60064
60065
60066
60067
60068
60069
60070
60071
60072
60073
Scales Mound UMC
Shannon Bethel UMC
Shirland UMC
Stockton Calvary UMC
Stockton Wesley UMC
Thomson UMC
Van Brocklin UMC
Warrem I<C
Willow UMC
Winnebago UMC
Richard Briggs
Gene Lehman
Parker Moyer
Brian Phillips
Jaynellen Holloway
Kathe Keithley
Lee Schreiner
Dianne Young
Siegfried Schwirblat
Joella Warner
Calvin Barklow
Laurie Kleparski
Linda Geishert
Teresa Hoffman
Roberta Gambrel
Judith Parks
Carol Scribner
Ellen Dean
Wilma Porter
Donna Copeland
George English
Carol Risenhoover
Ron Janecek
Irene Janecek
Shirley Holley
Kathryn Welk
Brad Drake
Fran Grenert
Bernice Hopkins
Karen Fysh
Jeffrey Brace
Dottie Dexheimer
Sylvia Reuterfors
Kathy Prins
Burt Prins
Sharon Webster
Michele Horner
Nancy Holme
Sandra Kampmeier
Claire Timpe
Merrie Jo Pauley
Todd Stone
Lila Heath
John Briani-Burden
Jennifer Vail
Marjorie Morhardt
Laurrel Vanderheyden
Judy Decker
Sue Stone
Rose Briani-Burden
SOUTHERN DISTRICT LAY MEMBERS & ALTERNATE LAY MEMBERS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
MEMBER
30001
30003
CHURCH
LAY MEMBERS
Alsip: Christ
Blue Island: Grace
Derick Hughes
Earl Luchene
263
ALTERNATE LAY
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
30005
30006
30008
30010
Brookfield
Chicago:
Ashburn
Chicago Lawn
Clair Christian
Linda Francis
Nancy Lisowski
Annette Jones
Rozalyn Shelton
Shirley Witt
Nura Zaki
Rosalynn Anderson
Willie Reed
Doris Reed
Charles Edward Evans
30013
East Side
30015
30016
Englewood
Faith
30018
30019
Fernwood
First (Chicago Temple)
Nancy Renick
Yoland Frontany
Marites Richardson
Matt McMunn
Barbara Pierce
Darryl D. Harris
Walton Davis, Jr.
Shirley Hayes
Barbara Green
30020
Gorham
30021
Burch
30022
Grace Calvary
Hartzell Memorial
30024
Ingleside-Whitfield
30025
30027
Amor de Dios
Kelly/Woodlawn
30028
Lincoln
30029
Maple Park
30031
30033
30034
30035
30037
Morgan Park
New Gresham
Greenstone
Rust Memorial
St. Mark
30039
30040
Southlawn
South Shore
30041
Trinity
Sandra Jones
Phyllis Donaldson
Sylvia Jo Oglesby
Taisha Smith
Francisco Rubio
Lois R. Travillion
Willie Woods
Barbara Kolar
Blanca Rivera
Bonnie Porch
Rochelle Omosheyin
Carolyn McPherson
Mae Williams
Christian Stacker
Annette Elmore
Blanche Foster
Rose Faulkner
Stephen Readus
John Burns
Scarlette Jones
Eugene Williams
Inez Brown
Linda Horras-Flynn
Joe Bankhead
Leroy Whiting
30042
30043
Chicago:
Union Avenue
United Church of Hyde Park
Sharlene Lira
Joan McLaughlin
Jacquelyn Courtell-Washington
264
Venetta Perkins
Rose Haywood
Mildred Cross
Marie Weathersby-
Joyce Bowles
Oscar Thomas
Claudia Segura
Marquis Hudson
Lucious Moore
Theresa Doughty
Robert Rockymore
Pearl Day
William Harris
Patricia Phillips
Judge Everett Braden
Beatrice Smith
John Baily
ROLE OF LAY AND ALTERNATE MEMBERS
30047
30048
Wesley
West Englewood
30051
30052
Cicero: Wesley
Crete
30053
Dolton: Faith
30054
30055
Evergreen Park: First
Homewood: South Suburban
Korean
Hazel Crest: Community
Homewood: St. Andrew
LaGrange: First
30059
30060
30061
30062
30066
30067
30068
30069
30070
30071
30072
30073
30074
30076
30079
Lansing: First
Oak Lawn: First
Olympia Fields
Park Forest: Grace United
Protestant
Riverdale: Ivanhoe
Riverside
Thornton
Tinley Park
University Park: Pilgrimage
Western Springs
Chicago: Hyde Park Korean
Harvey: First Wesley Academy
30080
30101
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Urban Village
Vickie Bass
Lois Murphy
Linda Johnson
Connie Beth Chilton
Lois Conover
Cindy Prince
Genice Gage
Ernestine Golden
Marilyn Steenwyk
Chinsoo Kim
Jim LaBeau
Connie M. Miller
Rodney Osborne
Jim Barry
Alice Erskine
Gregory Greiman
Helen Hardman
Maureen Cribbs
Debra Hawkins
Jean Harrison
Rachel Tuohy
Lerone Daniel
Wayne Bailey
Jangwon Yi
Stan Clauson
Katherine Turner
Jessica P. Houston
265
Irene Nance
Waneta Martin
Heidi Grieder
Robert Fosbert
Dorothy Jones
Linda Prohaska
Basil Booton
Duane Larson
Esi Sibyl Mendenhall
Mitchell Harrington
LAY LEADERS
LAY LEADERS
CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT
DISTRICT LAY LEADER
Gerald Hayes
20003
20004
20005
20007
20009
20010
20013
Berry Memorial
Bethany Riverview Park/
Jesus Elbuen Pastor
Chicago: Emmanuel
Broadway
20014
Church of the Three Crosses
Edison Park
El Redentor Del Calvario/
The Redeemer of Calvary
Elston Avenue
20016
20017
20018
20019
20020
20022
20023
Epworth
First Korean
Resurrection
Grace of Logan Square
Granville Avenue
Humboldt Park
Irving Park
20026
Mandell
20027
20030
20032
New Hope
Olivet
Parish of the Holy Covenant
20033
20034
Ravenswood Fellowship
St. Matthew
20036
20038
20039
20040
20042
20043
20044
United Church of Rogers Park
West Ridge
Deerfield: Christ
Elmwood Park
Evanston: Emmanuel
Evanston: First
Evanston: Hemenway
266
Karen Syverson
Jose Rivera
Elda Morales
Peter Godard
Sheila Schultz
Ann Marie Douglas
Carolyn Gunnell
Hector Rodriguez
Girlie Fajardol
Ligaya Labao
John Sansone
Joseph Mang
Rita Smith
Patricia Malstrom
Sandy Eddy
Elvira Ramirez
Ellen Star
David Foster
Vivian Matthews
Gregory Jones
Elizabeth Okayama
Yvonne Frazier
Brittany Isaac
Kristin Kumpf
Donna Sagami
Gary Dozier
Curtis Redmond
Rachel Jacobs
Nancy Harrison
Linda Floren
Lorraine Johnson
Olive Parmar
Bob Roth
James Palmgren
LAY LEADERS
20045
Evanston: Sherman
20048
20049
20050
20051
20052
20053
20056
20057
20059
20061
Franklin Park: First
Glencoe: North Shore
Glenview
Galilee Korean: Glenview
Highland Park: Bethany
Maywood: Neighborhood
Northbrook
Northbrook: North Northfield
Northbrook: Glenbrook Korean
Oak Park: Euclid Avenue
20062
20063
20065
20066
20068
20069
20071
20073
Oak Park: Cornerstone
Oak Park: First
Oak Park: St. John’s
Park Ridge: First
River Forest
Skokie: Central
Wilmette: Trinity
Melrose Park: Cosmopolitan
20075
20077
20079
20080
20105
20192
20195
20196
Aldalberto Memorial
First Vietnamese
African Community
Indo Pak
Skokie: Jesus Love
Grace Korean
Stone Park Mission
Liberty Mission
267
Rose Phillips
Shirley Weller
Morris Robinson III
Lona Guyer
Amme Dierbeck
Maurice Thomas, Jr.
Richard Davidson
Thad Aycock
Douglas Dixon
Jean Maloney
Joyce Nosal
Linda Edwards
Val de Leon
Alice Crawford
Cindy Belle
William Jeffers
Steve Latour
Aquilino Javier, Jr.
Helen Requilman
Jacobito Alonso
Stephen Somuah
Daulet Masih
Doris Kim
Floyd Yonkap Ku
George Ferrer
Fern Winter
LAY LEADERS
CHICAGO SOUTHERN DISTRICT
DISTRICT LAY LEADER
Donald Linder
30001
30003
30005
30006
30008
30010
Alsip: Christ
Blue Island: Grace
Brookfield
Chicago: Ashburn
Chicago Lawn
Chicago: Clair Christian
Martha Schusler
Don Eskra
Peggy Kissick
30013
30015
30016
30018
30019
30020
30021
Chicago: East Side
Chicago: Englewood
Chicago: Faith
Chicago: Fernwood
Chicago: First (Temple)
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Grace Calvary
David Gomez
Rosalyn Anderson
Michael Comer
30022
Chicago: Hartzell Memorial
30024
Chicago: Ingleside-Whitfield
30025
30027
30028
30029
Chicago: Amor de Dios
Chicago: Kelly/Woodlawn
Chicago: Lincoln
Chicago: Maple Park
30031
Chicago: Morgan Park
30033
30034
30035
30036
30037
30039
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: Rust Memorial
Chicago: St. James
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: Southlawn
Marcelle Wilkins
Charles Evans
Leoda Thomas
Brenda Russell
Walton Davis, Jr.
Michelle Shelton
Shirley Hayes
Joe Bankhead
Sandra Jones
Donald Linder
Mary Long
Sylvia Oglesby
Miguel Alvarez
Lois R. Travillion
Roxane Joachin
Ira Chappell, Jr.
Charmaine Cothran
Irene Harvey
Tommy Taylor, Jr.
Sandra Gulledge
Modest Booker
Annette Elmore
John Burns
Donald Bradley
268
LAY LEADERS
30040
30041
30042
30043
30047
Chicago: South Shore
Willie Inez Brown
Chicago: Trinity
Amy Dattner
Chicago: Union
Sharlene Lira
Chicago: United Church of Hyde Park
Chicago: Wesley
Vickie Powell-Bass
George Wormsby
30048
30051
30052
30053
30054
30055
30059
30060
30061
Chicago: West Englewood
Cicero: Wesley
Irene Nance
Crete
Arlette Royhl
Dolton: Faith
Evergreen Park: First
Jean Budding
Korean UMC of South Suburban Chicago Joshua Euina Kim
Hazel Crest: Community
Barbara Gbur
Homewood: St. Andrew
Jessie Cunningham
LaGrange: First
Jim Barry
Jean Harrison
30062
30066
30067
30068
30069
30070
30071
30072
Lansing: First
Oak Lawn: First
Olympia Fields
Grace United Protestant
Riverdale: Ivanhoe
Riverside
Thornton
Tinley Park
30073
University Park: Pilgrimage
30074
30076
Western Springs
Hyde Park Korean
30079
30080
Harvey: First Wesley Academy
Alma Pride
Chicago: Greater Englewood Parish Jessica Houston
Grant Oppenhuis
Maggie O’Bradovic
Jan Moore
Esi Sibyl Mendenhall
Jean Harrison
Roland Carlson
Bill Busby
Lisa Edge
Sara Henry
Hyung Min Joo
DEKALB DISTRICT LAY LEADER
Charla Antrobus
40001
40002
40003
40004
40005
40006
Albany
Amboy
Ashton
Brookville: Grace
Chana
Coleta
Linda Herche
Colleen Robison
Warren Seebach
Leighton Martz
Bernita Jones
Terry Niemann
269
LAY LEADERS
40007
40008
40009
40010
40012
40013
40014
40015
40016
40017
40018
40019
40020
40021
40022
40023
40024
40025
40026
40027
40028
40029
40030
40031
40032
40033
40034
40035
40036
40037
40038
40039
40040
40041
40042
40043
40045
40046
40047
40048
40049
40051
40052
40053
40054
Compton
Cortland
Creston
DeKalb:First
Dixon: First
Dixon: Grace
Earlville
East Jordan
Elkhorn: Brick
Erie
Esmond
Fenton
Franklin Grove
Genoa: Faith
Harding
Harmon
Herbert: Davis
Hinckley: First
Kingston
Kirkland: First
LaMoille: Comm.
LaSalle: Grace
Leland
Leon
Lighthouse
Lyndon
Malden
Malta
Northwest: Malta
Maple Park: Grace
Marseilles
Mendota: First
Mendota: Zion
Morrison
William Welch
Mike Velez
Ron Janota
Ralph Schwirian
Herbert Youngren
Dave Waldron
Cheri Book
David Poole
David Blair
Michael Goelitz
Doug Meyer
Dawn Summers
Brenda Merritt
Glenn Long
Keith Willstead
Steve Van Buren
Robert Pritchard
Kayleen Anderson
Wayne Way
Milton Rapp
Charles Miller
Chad Abell
Bonnie Miles
Mary Lynn McArtor
Marcia Hueber
Nancy Olsen
Mike Crawshaw
Jeri Atherton
Sandi Crouse
Ed Vandermeulen
Mt Morris: Disciple Mary Gardner
Norway
Joyce Titzell
Oregon
Steve Pemberton
Ottawa: Epworth Jeffery Nugent
Ottawa: Evangelical Sue Ninnes
Ottawa: First
Colleen Spurling
Paw Paw
Dana Richardson
Polo: Emmanuel
Sandra Hummel
Polo: First
Phil Frey
Princeton: First
John Damon
Prophetstown
Gloria Verhulst
270
LAY LEADERS
40055
40056
40057
40058
40059
40061
40061
40062
40063
40064
40065
40066
40067
40068
Red Oak
Reynolds
Rochelle
Rock Falls
Seneca: First
Serena
Serena
Sheridan
Sterling: First
Sterling: Trinity
Sterling: Wesley
Steward
Suydam
Sycamore
40069
40070
40071
40072
40073
40074
Tampico: First
Triumph
Walnut
Waterman
Wedron
Wyanet
Harry Ioder
Gary Brown
Donald Horner
Jim Brotheridge
Mary Anderson
Steve Shelly
Joe Temple
Virl Hallett
Mary Jane Hill
Terry Williams
Elisa Gatz
Rebecca Fraley
Branson Lawrence
Vicki Eggers
Rod McQueen
Henry Sobottka
Jay Allen
Randy Holaway
Jeff Campbell
Deborah Johnson
ROCKFORD DISTRICT LAY LEADERS
TBA - District Lay Leader
60001
60002
60003
60004
60005
60006
60007
60008
60009
60010
60012
Afolkey: Bethel
Apple River
Argo Fay
Belvidere: First
Blaine
Burritt
Capron
Cedarville
Chadwick: Hope
Cherry Valley
Dakota Rock Grove
60013
60014
60015
Davis: Calvary
Davis Junction
Durand
60016
60017
60018
Elizabeth
Fair Haven
Florence
Doug Scheider
Sharon Cox
Leigh Ann Houzenga
Frankie Hage
Martha Gale
Curtis Kasten
Jeremy Monigold
Randy Peterson
Susan Layng
Joe Buckner
James Yeoman
Georgia Gray
Gayle Bennett
Delight Bernath
Jill Dannhorn
Jack Janssen
Edward Lott
271
LAY LEADERS
60019
60020
60021
60022
60023
60024
60025
60026
60027
60028
60029
60030
60031
60032
60033
60034
60035
60036
60037
60038
60039
60039
60041
60042
60043
60045
60046
60047
60048
60050
60051
60052
60053
60054
Forreston
Kevin Duitsman
Freeport: Embury
Erin Steinhauser
Freeport: Faith
Sharon Koch
Freeport: First
Jim Aten
Freeport: Trinity
Robert Garvens
Galena
German Valley
Robert Plock
Hanover
John McKinley
Hickory Grove
Hunter
Kent
Judy Schubert
Lanark
Curt Merchant
Leaf River
Linda Newcomer
Lena
Gary Rich
McConnell
Ernest Stabenow
Milledgeville
Nancy Sweitzer
Mount Carroll
Ed Olds
New Milford
Pauline Kolesky
Orangeville
Don Hoyle
Owen Center
Parker Moyer
Pearl City: First
Calvin Barklow
Pearl City: First
Brian Phillips
Pecatonica
Deanna Williams
Poplar Grove
Phillip Keithley
Red Oak
William Paxton
Rock City
Robert Otterstein
Rockford: Aldersgate
Jon Boettner
Rockford: Bethany
William Penn
Rockford: Beth Eden
Rockford: Brooke Road
Rockford: Centennial
Dave Holland
Rockford: Christ
Jeff Wallem
Rockford: Christ the Carpenter
Rockford: Court Street
Georgalee George
Ken Whitmore
60056
60057
60058
60061
60062
60063
60064
60065
60066
60067
Rockford: Evans
Rockford: Grace
Rockford: Harlem
Rockton
Roscoe
Savanna: First
Scales Mound
Shannon: Bethel
Shirland
Stockton: Calvary
Steven Pearce
Steven Nailor
Gary Holmes
Mary Green
Jeffrey Brace
Mary Ann Ohms
Deb Foust
Nancy Holme
Dan Rhyner
272
LAY LEADERS
60068
60069
60070
60071
60072
60073
60075
Stockton: Wesley
Thomson
Van Brocklin
Warren
Willow
Winnebago
Chemung
Merrie Jo Pauley
Todd Stone
Karl Lawfer
John Briani-Burden
Dale Sinderson
AURORA DISTRICT LAY LEADER:
GREG CHAPMAN
10001
10003
10004
10005
10006
10071
10007
10009
10010
10011
10012
10014
10015
10016
10017
10018
10019
10021
10022
10023
10026
10027
10028
10029
10030
10031
10032
10033
10034
10035
Aurora: Bethany of Fox Valley
Aurora: Nueva Vida
Aurora: Fourth St.
Aurora: Wesley
Batavia
Bolingbrook: Crossroads of Faith
Bolingbrook Friendship
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Channahon
Downers Grove: Faith
Downers Grove: First
Frankfort
Geneva
Glen Ellyn: First
Glen Ellyn: St. Thomas
Green Garden
Hinsdale
Joliet: Grace
Joliet: Ingalls Park
Joliet: Hope
Joliet: Trinity
Kaneville
Lemont
Lisle: Faith
Lockport: Christ
Lockport: First
Lombard: Faith
Lombard: First
Manhattan
Millington
273
Mark Markham
Aida Lopez-Rivera
Laurel Gilbert
J.T. Connell
Rodney Sisco
Charles Rayburn
Peggy Hansen
Gordon Vong
George Karpiesiuk
Julie Stone
Mike Elgin
Jason Tews
Thomas Brown
Leonard Jellema
Paul Eident
Al Ray
Jerrie Ellenberger
Pat Michalik
Bette Thomas
Jim O’Connell
Roland Tasker
Jim Rendel
John George
Paul Galuszka
Tom Price
Timothy Good
LAY LEADERS
10036
10037
10038
10040
10073
10042
10043
10044
10045
10046
Millbrook
Minooka
Mokena
Morris: First
Naperville Korean
Naperville: Community
Naperville: Grace
Naperville: Wesley
New Lenox
Orland Park: Faith
10047
10049
10050
10051
10052
10053
10054
10055
10057
10058
10059
10060
10061
10061
10062
10063
Oswego: Good Shepherd
Palos Heights
Peotone
Plainfield: First
Plainfield: Sharon
Plano
Plattville
St. Charles: Baker Memorial
Sandwich: United
Sugar Grove
West Chicago: First
Westmont
Wheatland Salem
Wheatland Salem – Oswego Campus
Wheaton: Aldersgate
Wheaton: Gary Church
Wheaton: Gary Church
Wilmington
Wilmington
Wilton Center Federated
Winfield: Community
Woodridge
Worth
Trinity Church - UM
Orland Park First Korean
South Asian
10064
10065
10066
10067
10068
10069
10070
10071
Paul Eichelberger
Kim Nave
274
Charles Butts
Thomas Park
Oliver J. Taylor
Bill Abe
Lynn Trygstad
Michael Johnston
Jill Damrow
Cliff Eade
Alice Haben
Beverly Bayless
Thomas Ivanoff
Phil Glotfelty
Scott Cheffer
Julie Jeffries
David Smith
Doug Ruth
Sarah Stevens
William T. King, Jr.
Brian Hendricks
Robert Klein
Cliff Hill
Elaine McCluskey
Bill Locke
Ken Wise
Diane Meeker
Christina Messersmith
Soon N. Kim
James William
LAY LEADERS
ELGIN DISTRICT LAY LEADER
JUDY POHLMAN
50001
50002
50003
50004
50005
50006
50007
50008
50072
50009
50067
50010
50011
50012
50013
50014
50016
50017
50073
50018
50051
50019
50020
50022
50024
50025
50026
50027
50028
50029
50030
50032
Addison: Good Samaritan
Alden
Algonquin: Christ
Antioch
Arlington Heights: Church of the
Incarnation
Arlington Heights: First
Barrington: Barrington
Barrington: Salem
Barrington: YangMoon Korean
Bartlett: Good Shepherd
Bartlett: Good Shepherd
Beach Park: York House
Bensenville
Buffalo Grove: Kingwood
Burlington
Carpentersville: Trinity
Cary
Cary
Cary
Crystal Lake
Des Plaines: First
Des Plaines: Nuevo Amanecer
Dundee: First
Elgin: Cornerstone
Elgin: El Mesias
Elgin: Epworth
Elgin: Epworth
Elgin: First
Elgin: Wesley
Elk Grove: Prince of Peace
Elk Grove: Prince of Peace
Elmhurst: Christ
Elmhurst: Faith Evangelical
Elmhurst: First
Fox River Grove: Community
Grayslake: United Protestant
Hampshire: First
275
Karen Jeschke
Evan Bottlemy
Maridene Akin
Nancy Bavisotto
Stuart Jones
Dave Hartley
Doo Young Lee
Jel Reneva
Todd Switzer
Shirley Reuss
Jay Jayapalan
Gene Reuter
Wayne Schule
Gail Burks
Brian McCarthy
Phil Moody
Kevin Williams
Mary Louise Shakespeare
Lino Aragon
James Fu
Tish Calhamer
Peter Floyd
Julissa Rivera
Carol Phillips
Rich Dancey
Clark Miller
Tammy Miller
Frank Deigl
Rod Kingzette
Steve Provancal
Keith Lang
Steve Rarick
Dale Dopkins
LAY LEADERS
50033
50034
50035
50036
50037
50038
50039
50040
50041
50042
50043
50044
50045
50074
50050
50070
50054
50055
50056
50057
50069
50058
50060
50061
50063
50062
50076
50049
50064
50065
50066
50068
Hampshire: Zion
Harvard: First
Hebron
Ingleside
Itasca: Bethany
Lake Bluff: Grace
Lake Villa
Libertyville
Lindenhurst: Trinity
Marengo
McHenry: First
Mount Hope
Mount Prospect: Trinity
Mundelein: Vision Church
Palatine: First
Prospect Heights: Central Korean
Ringwood
Roselle
Schaumburg: Our Redeemer’s
Schaumburg: Our Saviour’s
Schaumburg: Salem Korean
South Elgin: Community
Villa Park: Calvary
Wauconda: Federated
Waukegan: First
Waukegan: First
Waukegan: Living Faith
Waukegan: San Pablo
Winthrop Harbor North Prairie
Winthrop Harbor
Wood Dale: Community
Woodstock: First
Zion: Memorial
276
Chuck Rath
Kris Beach
Steve Johnson
Dean R. Marshall
Eddy Lal
Sharon Moes
Dewey Meinders
Linda Christiansen
Genevieve Alvord
Wendi Thourson
Sung Keum Hong
Sam Ferguson
Yon Sik Chong
Steve Bundy
Carol Thorsen
JoAnne Gregorash
Mel Griffin
Yon Suk Smith
Mark Heyse
Jim Fisher
Greg Whiteside
Tony Sciacca
Eduardo Negron
Larry Bloxsom
Lisa Franz
Charlene Sebert
Darrell Rader
Ryan Friederichs
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Aurora District
Armstrong, Mark
Bein, David
Blocker, Kevin
Carlson, Rick
Carter, Thomas
Cartwright, Carole
Chapman, Greg
Charan, Catherine
Cheffer, Scott
Crotty, Boomer
Cunningham, Steve
Curless, Benjamin
Curless, Roger L.
Dhan, Raymond Edward
Dralle, Clyde
Drew, Darold
Dunham, Don
Eddy, Eddie, Sr.
Eggert, Paul
Eichelberger, Paul
Eichelberger, Sherry
Eident, Paul
Elbe, Nancy
Farr, Robert Paul
Galati, Michael
Galuszka, Paul
Gilbert, Laurel
Good, Timothy
Halligan, Lori
Hammel, Donald
Hansen, Peggy
Harris, Jeffrey
Hartzell, Linny
Henry, Dan
Hoffman, Faye
Immer, Mark
10055
10062
10061
10055
10004
10019
10023
10071
10052
10023
10058
10052
10005
10071
10018
10019
10012
10037
10004
10036
10036
10019
10067
10031
10028
10032
10004
10034
10019
10049
10009
10040
10069
10007
10067
10004
277
St. Charles: Baker Memorial
Wheaton: Aldersgate
Oswego: Wheatland Salem
St. Charles: Baker Memorial
Aurora: Fourth Street
Hinsdale
Joliet: Hope
South Asian
Plainfield: Sharon
Joliet: Hope
Sugar Grove
Plainfield: Sharon
Aurora: Wesley
South Asian
Green Garden
Hinsdale
Downers Grove: First
Minooka
Aurora: Fourth Street
Millbrook
Millbrook
Hinsdale
Woodridge
Lockport: First
Lemont
Lombard: Faith
Aurora: Fourth Street
Manhattan
Hinsdale
Palos
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Morris: First
Yorkville: Trinity Church
Bolingbrook: Friendship
Woodridge
Aurora: Fourth Street
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Janssen, Paul
John, Emmy Lou
Keske, Marty
King, William T, Jr.
Kipper, Rae
Knapp, Richard A.
Knapp, Teddie
Kurtz, Joseph
Larimer, Paula
Leguizamon, Nancy
Lindley, Pearl M.
Littlefield, George
Ludwig, Tom
Lyman, Suvarna
McGuire, Denna
Manzi, Mark
Marinellie, Gary
Mecker, Mary
Mecker, Steve
Mendicino, Joanne
Michalik, Pat
Morris, Diane
Newton, Larry
Newton, Susan
Novy, Steve
O’Connell, Jim
Orr, Jill
Osanka, Linda
Person, Bruce
Pittsford, Cindy
Priddy, Dottie
Rendel, James
Rhoades, Jean
Richmond, Mike
Rodriguez, Rob
Rowe, Richard
Sanders, B. Zink
Seraphin, David L.
Shaulis, Jan
Shinn, James K.
Siaba, Judy
Spring-Hodges, Patricia
Stafford, Lana
Stanton, Jean
Stevenson, Sharon
Stone, Julie
Thomas, Bette
Thomas, Linda
10028
10005
10063
10048
10029
10033
10033
10057
10009
10017
10037
10017
10028
10033
10001
10009
10031
10009
10009
10006
10023
10053
10051
10051
10062
10027
10004
10044
10046
10005
10010
10029
10004
10001
10047
10029
10042
10058
10046
10031
10009
10068
10010
10029
10036
10012
10026
10036
278
Lemont
Aurora: Wesley
Wheaton: Gary Memorial
Sugar Grove
Lisle: Faith
Lombard: First
Lombard: First
United Church of Sandwich
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Glen Ellyn: St. Thomas
Minooka
Glen Ellyn: St. Thomas
Lemont
Lombard: First
Aurora: Bethany of Fox Valley
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Lockport: First
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
Batavia
Joliet: Hope
Plano
Plainfield
Plainfeild
Wheaton: Aldersgate
Kaneville
Aurora: Fourth Street
Naperville:Wesley
Orland Park: Faith
Aurora: Wesley
Channahon
Lisle: Faith
Aurora: Fourth St.
Aurora: Bethany of Fox Valley
Oswego: Good Shepherd
Lisle: Faith
Naperville: Community
Sugar Grove
Orland Park: Faith
Lockport: First
Carol Stream: St. Andrew
UMC of Worth
Channahon
Lisle: Faith
Millbrook
Downers Grove: Faith
Joliet: Trinity
Millbrook
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Thorpe, Norma
Timmons, Kenneth
Trygstad, Ray
Walker, Linda
Webb, Arthur
Weckler, Nancy
Weir, Linda
Wendling, Russ
Wietlispach, John
10017
10047
10044
10072
10021
10015
10036
10027
10023
Glen Ellyn: St. Thomas
Oswego: Good Shepherd
Naperville: Wesley
Bolingbrook: Crossroads of Faith
Joliet: Grace
Geneva
Millbrook
Kaneville
Joliet: Hope
Elgin District
Amarteifio, Man
50005
Arlington Heights: Church of
the Incarnation
Anderson, Bruce
Aragon, Lino
Barber, Bonnie
Bedingfield, Bruce
Bloxsom, Larry
Booker, Barry
Brennan, Caron
Burtt, Peggy
Camaco, Eusebio
Church, Cynthia
Cotten, Marie
Crone, Dick
deGuzman, Joel
50007
50033
50009
50056
50049
50014
50060
50057
50076
50055
50045
50034
50001
Barrington: Barrington
Hampshire: Zion
Barrington: Salem
Schaumburg: Our Redeemer’s
Winthrop Harbor: North Prairie
Cary
Villa Park: Calvary
Schaumburg: Our Saviour’s
Waukegan: San Pablo
Roselle
Mount Prospect: Trinity
Harvard: First
Addison: Good Samaritan
Dickerson, Kathy
Falkner, Jonathan
Floress, Diana
Franz, Bill
Fu, James
Gardner, Natarsha
Garrett, Jay
Gieseler, Susan
Gregorash, JoAnne
Heyse, Mark
Holmberg, Anne
Inglis, Larry
Ingstrup, Betsy Evans
Jeschke, Karen
Jette, Al
Juergensmeyer, Betty
50035
50067
50016
50060
50018
50051
50041
50042
50056
50060
50017
60064
60025
50001
50054
50024
Hebron
Beach Park: York House
Crystal Lake: First
Villa Park: Calvary
Dundee: First
Elgin: Cornerstone
Lindenhurst: Trinity
Marengo
Schaumburg, Our Redeemer’s
Villa Park: Calvary
Des Plaines: First
Winthrop Harbor: Winthrop Harbor
Elk Grove: Prince of Peace
Addison: Good Samaritan
Ringwood
Elgin: Wesley
279
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Juergensmeyer, John
Klugg, Marilyn
Koppen, Keith
Lang, Keith
Lawrence, Randy
Lecce, Sonia
Lee, Frank
50024
50060
50033
50029
50007
50057
50005
Leon, Jim
Loeppert, Jim
Lucas, Jack
McClarey, Jim
Nearing, Julie
Nieves-Bosque, Ilza-Enid
Noren, Donald
Pearson, Laura
Pohlman, Judy
Pritchett, Emma Jean
Quisenberry, Claude
Rossow, Dennis
Schweitzer, Connie
Sersen, Karen
Shafer, Elva
Small, Jeffrey
Sutton, Terrence
Vijuk, Mike
50010
50057
50057
50066
50020
50076
50068
50036
50025
50060
50018
50007
50058
50016
50066
50022
50017
50014
Elgin: Wesley
Villa Park: Calvary
Hampshire: Zion
Fox River Grove: Community
Barrington: Barrington
Schaumburg,: Our Saviour’s
Arlington Heights: Church of
the Incarnation
Bensenville: First
Schaumburg: Our Saviour’s
Schaumburg: Our Saviour’s
Woodstock: First
Bensenville: First
Waukegan: San Pablo
Zion: Memorial
Ingleside
Elk Grove: Prince of Peace
Villa Park: Calvary
Dundee: First
Barrington: Barrington
South Elgin: Community
Crystal Lake: First
Woodstock: First
Elgin: First
Des Plaines: First
Cary
CHICAGO SOUTHERN DISTRICT
Alexander, Paul
Anderson, Belinda
Anderson, Rosalynn
Baker, Phillip
Banks, Doris
Barr, James
Branker, Nancy
Bell, Daisy
Bell, Thom
Boyd, Wardell
Britt, Esther
Donald J. Bradley
Bernard B. Brantley
30033
30039
30080
30020
30015
30061
30037
30040
30047
30059
30020
30039
30039
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Englewood
LaGrange: First
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: South Shore
Chicago: Wesley
Hazel Crest: Community
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Southlawn
280
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Brock, Kathy
Cannon, Bonnie
Christiel, Carolyn
Clark, Irma
Coleman, Avery
Coleman-Benion, Pattye Sue
Cross, Mildred
Cunningham, Jessie
Davis, Sonja
Davis, Jr. Walton
Denton, William
Dikes, Elmore
Doughty, Theresa
Elder, Ora Mae
Ellington, Monique
Elmore, Annette
Eskra, Don
Evans, Shirley
Faulkner, Rose
Fisher, Sylvester
Fulgham, George
Gbur, Barbara
Gillian, Audrey
Gilmore, Ida
Gray, Amanda
Hall, Mary
Hall, Willie
Harris, Darryl
Harrison, Darryl
Hawkins, Debra
Hawkins, Pat
Hayes, Shirley
Haywood, Rose
Henry, Bobbie
Hill, Barbara
Hines, Monica
Holt, Carrie
Houston, Jessica
Jackson, Clara
Jackson, Maggie
Jacobeit, Fred
Jacobs, Georgiana
Johnson, Linda
Jones, Sandra
Jones, Thomas
Jones-Lyles, Vanessa
King, Vanessa
Linder, Donald
30029
30034
30027
30036
30022
30080
30020
30060
30080
30020
30080
30047
30033
30037
30080
30035
30040
30029
30037
30080
30037
30059
30022
30048
30015
30029
30029
30020
30020
30069
30031
30021
30020
30029
30024
30029
30039
30080
30022
30015
30059
30034
30048
30022
30039
30022
30029
30022
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: Kelly
Chicago: St. James
Chicago: Hartzell Memorial
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Gorham
Homewood: St. Andrew
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Wesley
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Rust
Blue Island: Grace
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: St. Mark
Hazel Crest: Community
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: West Englewood
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Gorham
Riverdale: Ivanhoe
Chicago: Morgan Park
Chicago: Grace Calvary
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: Ingleside Whitfield
Chicago: Maple Park
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Englewood
Hazel Crest: Community
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: West Englewood
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Maple Park\
Chicago: Hartzell
281
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Lindsay, Stanita
Loney, Emily
Lovelace, Linda
McBride, Carolyn
McClendon, Susanna
McKissack, Perlina
Maggie O’Bradovic
Moore, Alice
Moore, Jucious
Perkins, Vernetta
Price, Denise
Rockymore, Robert
Scoggins, Maggie
Scott, Cueatrice
Scott, Lorraine
Shephard, Clestes
Simmons, Lonnie
Smith, Sam
Stacker, Christian
Stacker, Heloise
Sumner, Alyce
Travillion, Lois
Chris Walters
Williams, Eugene
Williams, Mae
Williams, Margaret
30033
30022
30039
30022
30037
30037
30066
30021
30031
30080
30022
30034
30022
30020
30020
30039
30039
30033
30034
30034
30037
30027
30031
30040
30033
30036
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: St. Mark
Oak Lawn: First
Chicago: Grace Calvary
Chicago: Morgan Park
Chicago: Greater Englewood
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: Hartzell
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Gorham
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: Southlawn
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: Greenstone
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: Kelly
Chicago: Morgan Park
Chicago: South Shore
Chicago: New Gresham
Chicago: St. James
Wilson, Dorothy
Wormsby, George
Wormsby, Yvonne
30037
30047
30047
Chicago: St. Mark
Chicago: Wesley
Chicago: Wesley
CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT
Carter, Martha V.
Casiano, Maria
Childs, Lillie
Crockett, Cornelius
Cotton: Regenia
DeLoney, Leon
DeOcampo, Floriano
Dozier, Gary
Feliciano, Ellen
20045
20022
20018
20018
20034
20034
20014
20034
20003
Evanston: Sherman
Chicago: Humboldt Park
Chicago: Resurrection
Chicago: Resurrection
Chicago: St. Matthew
Chicago: St. Matthew
Chicago: Elston Avenue
Chicago: St. Matthew
Chicago: Berry Memorial
282
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Green, Patricia
Gunnell, Carolyn
Guyer, Lona
Hendelman, Linda
Hoss, Don
Hudson, Susan
Jackson, Margaret
Jackson, Sonja
Jones, Gregory
Lafferty, Teri
Lane, James
Loredo-Rivera, Elizabeth
20003
20010
20048
20038
20020
20020
20048
20018
20026
20023
20027
20013
Macwan, Samson
Martin, Lois C.
Matthews, Vivian
Mathus, Norris
McEntee, Laura
Murphy, Helen
Palmgren, James
Parker, Jeanne
Phillips, Rose
Sansone, John
Singh, Harnand
Smith, Rita
Smith, Myrna
20005
20069
20026
20053
20034
20027
20044
20069
20044
20016
20048
20018
20034
Chicago: Berry Memorial
Chicago: Edison Park
Franklin Park: First
Chicago: West Ridge
Chicago: Granville Avenue
Chicago: Granville Avenue
Franklin Park: First
Chicago: Resurrection
Chicago: Mandell
Chicago: Irving Park
Chicago: New Hope
ElRendentor del Calvario/
The Redeemer of Calvary
Chicago: Emmanuel
Skokie: Central
Chicago: Mandell
Maywood: Neighborhood
Chicago: St. Matthew
Chicago: New Hope
Evanston: Hemenway
Skokie: Central
Evanston: Hemenway
Chicago: Epworth
Franklin Park: First
Chicago: Resurrection
Chicago: St. Matthews
DEKALB DISTRICT
Abell, Chad
Anderson, Kayleen
Antrobus, Charla
Balk, Jon
Balk, Lisa
Bartelt, Lois
Beck, Jerry
Benavidez, Rod
Brooke, Richard
Brooks, Scott
Burnett, Nancy
Cornell, Jean
Crump, Patricia
Davis, Tina
Day, Dennis
Deem, Craig
Denault, Ava
40031
40026
40068
40017
40017
40013
40005
40028
40046
40027
40012
40026
40054
40030
40048
40058
40039
Leon
Kingston
Sycamore
Erie
Erie
Dixon Grace
Chana
LaMoille
Ottawa Epworth
Kirkland First
Dixon First
Kingston
Prophetstown
Leland
Ottawa First
Rock Falls
Mendota First
283
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Douglas, Robert
Fields III, Arthur
Fornero, Margery
Frank, Betty
Frankfother, Joyce
Gray, Michael
Hill, Mary Jane
Holden, Dave
Hueber, Marcia
Johnson, Deborah
Johnston, Valerie
Kahl, Patricia
Kloepping, Jim
Kunkel, William
Kuntzi, Sherry
Larson, Christine
Lawrence, Branson
Long, Glenn
Lyon, Kevin
Mason, Kevin
McArtor, Mary Lynn
Miller, Charles
Miller, James
Morath, Dennis
Nelson, Shirley
Nugent, Jeffery
Norris, Anne
Nugent, Jeffery
Olsen, Viki
Parrish, Diane
Robbins, Scott
Roloff, Carl
Schaive, James
Smith, Suzanne
Sobottka, Henry
Stevens, Carolyn
Thorson, Allen
Vandermeulen, Ed
Waldron, Dave
Walker, Sherry
Welch, William
Whitacre, Scott
Willstead, Grace
Willstead, Keith
Youngren, Herbert
40001
40049
40064
40033
40006
40017
40063
40057
40036
40074
40049
40010
40005
40056
40039
40063
40067
40022
40027
40047
40035
40030
40053
40069
40048
40028
40028
40046
40048
40068
40053
40017
40047
40063
40069
40001
40008
40041
40014
40024
40007
40045
40023
40023
40013
Albany
Paw Paw
Sterling Trinity
Lyndon
Coleta
Erie
Sterling First
Rochelle
Malta Northwest
Wyanet
Paw Paw
DeKalb First
Chana
Reynolds
Mendota First
Sterling First
Suydam
Harding
Kirkland First
Ottawa Evangelical
Malta
Leland
Princeton First
Tampico
Ottawa First
LaMoille
LaMoille Community
Ottawa Epworth
Ottawa First
Sycamore
Princeton First
Erie
Ottawa Evangelical
Sterling First
Tampico First
Albany
Cortland
Morrison
Earlville
Herbert Davis
Compton
Oregon
Harmon
Harmon
Dixon Grace
284
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
ROCKFORD DISTRICT
Albee, Sharon
Allen, Rebecca
Bloomer, Shawn
Brace, Jeffrey
Butler, John C.
Crandall, Suzanne
Derwent, Charles
Eggleston, Julie
English, Mary
Erickson, Mary
Garman-Swenson, Pat
Garvens, Marianne
Garvens, Robert
Gordon Jr, Ronn
Gordon Sr, Ronald
Graves, Michael
Hess, Pamela
Hewitson, Karen A.
Hewitson, Stan
Hoffman, Teresa (Teri)
Holloway, Jaynellen J.
Holme, Nancy
Holmes, Gary
Irps, Patricia
Johnson, Ashley
Johnson, Lynda Gibson
Kampmeier, Sandra
Kasten, Curtis
Keithley, Phillip
Krominga, Lelah
Layng, Donna
Layng, Susan
Lee (Prudy), Donita
Logemann, Irene M.
Loveridge, Danice
Marshall, Brenda
Marshall, Jo
Morris, Brenda
Myles, Betsy
Myles, Sue
Nailor, Steven
Neblock Jr, Richard
Oorlog, Patricia
Parks, Judith M.
60050
60010
60057
60062
60019
60006
60015
60024
60052
60015
60028
60023
60023
60010
60010
60021
Rockford Brooke Road
Cherry Valley
Rockford Grace
Roscoe
Forreston
Burritt
Durand
Galena
Rockford Christ
Durand
Hunter
Freeport Trinity
Freeport Trinity
Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley
Freeport Faith
60067
Stockton Calvary
60057
60057
60048
60041
60066
60058
60010
60073
60066
60067
60007
60042
60057
60010
60010
60021
60067
60042
60062
60047
60015
60050
60050
60057
60015
60008
60050
Rockford Grace
Rockford Grace
Rockford Beth Eden
Pecatonica
Shirland
Rockford Harlem
Cherry Valley
Winnebago
Shirland
Stockton Calvary
Capron
Poplar Grove
Rockford Grace
Cherry Valley
Cherry Valley
Freeport Faith
Stockton Calvary
Poplar Grove
Roscoe
Rockford Bethany
Durand
Rockford Brooke Road
Rockford Brooke Road
Rockford Grace
Durand
Cedarville
Rockford Brooke Road
285
CERTIFIED LAY SPEAKERS
Pearce, Steven
Peters, Michael
Phillips, Brian
Plock, Donald
Pomering, Richard
Reuterfors, Sylvia,Kay Alden
Sattelberg, Norma
Searby, Diana
Shaw, Duane
Stone, Todd
Svendsen, Paula
Sweitzer, Nancy
Tucker, Sandy
Van Buskirk, Darla
Vanderheyden, Laurrel
Vehmeier, Paul
Waddell, James
Wallander, Gretchen
Welk, Kathryn
Williams, Deanna
60056
60036
60039
60025
60050
60063
60007
60068
60071
60071
60019
60034
60066
60021
60067
60030
60057
60030
60054
60041
Rockford Evans
New Milford
Pearl City First
German Valley
Rockford Brooke Road
Savanna First
Capron
Stockton Wesley
Warren
Warren
Forreston
Milledgeville
Shirland
Freeport Embury
Stockton Calvary
Lanark
Rockford Grace
Lanark
Rockford Court Street
Pecatonica
286