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Northern Illinois Conference

 Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Men

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Men of the Northern Illinois Conference

On behalf of the Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Men I want to welcome you to visit the Men’s website. It is our hope that you will find this helpful and informative to the needs of your Men’s Unit.

Steve Nailor, UMM Conference President.
sdnailor@comcast.net

Who Is Your Neighbor?

I bring you greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In preparation for the upcoming Spiritual Congress in September, I have been thinking about Luke 10:25-37. The parable is about the Good Samaritan. We know this guy. The Lawyer stands up to test Jesus by asking him what he must do to inherit eternal life. Right away we have an explosion. Jesus knew he was being tested. Jesus answers him with this question, “What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” Vs 27 “you should love your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” God said, you have answered correctly. The lawyer wishing to justify himself to Jesus, “and who is my neighbor?”

 

It is my hope that by joining us at Spiritual Congress September 14th-16th that we can find some answers to questions like this as we learn about our own Spiritual Formation. We have several speakers that will share their faith and growth in Christ and will then lead workshops to help us to begin to search and listen for what might be moving in our own hearts and souls. This is to be a time of renewal, growth at our own pace, and yes, meet some of our new neighbors in Christ.

 

Please click on the Spiritual Congress button, down load the brochure and registration forms and join other men who are struggling with the same issues that you and I face every day of our lives. Learn about your neighbor, from your neighbor, and be a neighbor to someone else. Bring a friend and listen to what God may be saying to you. Build a relationship(s) that you can trust and always know it will be there for you.

 

The Northern Illinois Conference UMM wants to; assist men to know Christ, to serve him, to grow spiritually and to seek to do his daily will. IF you have any questions as always you can contact me

 (Steve Nailor) and I will help in any way that I can.

 

By Faith

 

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. Hebrews 11:1-3

On behalf of the Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Men I want to welcome you to the Men’s new webpage. It is our hope that you will find this helpful and informative to the needs of your Men’s Unit.

We will be linked to the  Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Men, our districts as they come on line and the General Commission on United Methodist Men. Our District Presidents and their executive committees want to disciple men of our church and the un-churched.

 

 

The purpose of UM Men is to help men to grow in Christ, so others can know Christ.

United Methodist Men is a creative, supportive fellowship of men who seek to know Jesus Christ, to grow spirituality, and to seek daily His will.

 

 

    

 

2011 Spiritual Congress

Conference Point

Williams Bay,WI.

 

 

Northern Illinois Conference

United Methodist Men

2012 Calendar  

                                   

February 18th              Chicago Southern Districrt to Host

                                     Conference Quadrennial Meeting / Breakfast

                                              9:00am to 2:00pm

 

March 1st - 4th             NACP & Prayer Advocate Annual Meeting

                                      Nashville Tenn.

 

June 6th - 9th               Annual Conference

                                      Pheasant Run

 

August 3rd - 5th         Scouting Meth - O - Ree   Friday to Sunday

                                    Reynolds, Dixon   ILL.

 

Sept. 14th - 16th        Spiritual Congress           Friday to Sunday

                                    Williams Bay, WI.

               Speaker for this event         

     Rev. Larry Hilkemann

 

 

Helping men to grow in Christ so others can know Christ.

Purpose: United Methodist Men shall be a creative, supportive fellowship of men who seek to know Jesus Christ, to grow spirituality and to seek daily his will.

 

Ministry to Men: The General Commission on Men exists to declare the centrality of Christ in every man's life. Men's ministry leads to the spiritual growth of men and effective discipleship. This purpose is served as men are called to model the servant leadership of Jesus Christ.

 

Scouting: The General Commission provides resources and support for civic youth-serving agencies and scouting ministries.

 

Strength for Service: This powerful daily devotional has provided words of comfort and of encouragement for the men and women of the armed forces, civil service and public servants since 1942. Learn more about how this book has touched lives and how you can participate in the effort to underwrite the publication and distribution of one million copies of this book.

 

Steve Nailor

2202 Churchview Dr.
-E

Rockford, IL 61107

              815-262-2667 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            815-262-2667      end_of_the_skype_highlighting         815-262-2667 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            815-262-2667      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

sdnailor@comcast.net

 

Missions

The following Missions are endorsed by the Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Men.  We invite all the men of the Conference to join us in support of these missions.  Check back in the coming weeks and months for updates, including Missions supported by specific districts.

Society of St. Andrew

The Society of St. Andrew is a grassroots, faith-based, hunger relief nonprofit working with all denominations to bridge the hunger gap between 96 billion pounds of food wasted every year in this country and the nearly 40 million Americans who live in poverty. We rely on support from donors, volunteers and farmers as we glean nutritious excess produce from farmers' fields and orchards after harvest and deliver it to people in need across the United States.

Society of St. Andrew Website

The Northern Illinois Conference Ranks 2nd in Giving to Meals for Millions

Haiti Tool Project

This project is sponsored by the North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Men (NCJUMM).

This project is time sensitive. Our best result can be achieved while this tragedy is still on the hearts of our people. The tools will not ship until the appropriate time. They need food, water and medical supplies first. However, as we all struggle trying to find ways to help, now is the time to collect them.

Tool Relief Project Page

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New Project Video Launched
We are pleased to share that our website now includes a short, compelling video about Strength for Service and its impact. This video was developed because we have received many requests from churches that wanted to show a video about the project during their services to help them raise funds in support of it.
 
The video includes Evan Hunsberger, the Eagle Scout who successfully got the book republished in 2002 and many moving images of the military men and women we serve. It can be viewed online or downloaded to share at a fundraising event, such as a Strength for Service Sunday.
 
We are very excited about this new resource. Please email us and let us know what you think of it.
 
Blessings,
Larry Coppock
SFS Director
 

Photos Needed
We are so thankful for the opportunity to provide books to our military free of charge, thanks to the financial contributions from individuals and organizations.
 
When we include photos in our fundraising efforts, we find that people seem more inspired to give. However, while we distribute thousands of books each month, we receive very few photos.
 
Would you be willing to send us some photos of you or someone you know receiving or reading Strength for Service? Please email them to Larry at lcoppock@gcumm.org.
 
Also, if you are a military chaplain, consider sharing a story of how Strength for Service has made an impact on you with author Nancy B. Kennedy. Ms. Kennedy is working on a book of chaplain stories called Miracles and Moments of Grace. You can email her at kennedy5961@aol.com for more information.
 
Thank you!
 

Miracles and Moments of Grace
Recent Feedback About Strength for Service

“I am a new chaplain assistant and I am glad to hear we can pass devotionals out to our soldiers. It is comforting to them when we show how much we support and care for them.”
Pamela Chappel, chaplain assistant
Fort Knox, Ky.
 
“Thank you for your dedication in supporting the chaplain mission to bring soldiers to God and God to soldiers.”
Lieutenant Demetrius Walton, chaplain
Scranton, Pa.
 
“Please send 200 books for the Navy and Army guards serving Guantanamo Bay. These are a big encouragement to them.”
Lieutenant Anthony Carr, chaplain
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

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