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Archived Events and News Previously Posted on the CMA Website
in, for or through FEBRUARY 2006
The Three Sopranos and Guests in Concert at The Congregational
Church of Park Manor in Chicago on Sunday, February 26, 2006 at 3 pm.
Download Flyer
Edith Guffey, Associate General Minister of the United Church
of Christ, will be at Elmhurst College on Thursday, February 23,
at 7:30 P.M. addressing the Elmhurst community in a public lecture
entitled: After King, Now What? The lecture will be presented
in the Founders Lounge of the Frick Center at Elmhurst College and
is free and open to the public.
For information contact: JoAnne Kremske, Secretary, National Church
Associates of Elmhurst College in the college Chaplain's Office at
630-617-3462
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19: INSTALLATION OF REV STEPHEN LUCAS
Installation of Rev. Dr. Stephen Lucas as Senior Minister at First
Congregational Church, 100 South Sixth Avenue, LaGrange (708-352-0800)
will take place on Sunday, February 19, 2006 at 3:30 pm. All clergy
are invited and, if you wish to participate, you should arrive
at 3pm and wear white or red stoles.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13: ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL FOR CURRYANNE HOSTETLER
Cluster Four, on behalf of CMA, will convene an Ecclesiastical Council for
Curryanne Hostetler on Monday, February 13, 2006 at 7pm at First
Congregational Church of LaGrange, 100 S. Sixth Av, LaGrange (708-352-0800).
All CMA clergy and church delegates may attend and vote at the council,
and all are encouraged to attend.
You can read Curryanne's
Ordination Paper here.
ORDINATION of Lynn Rosiejka will be on Sunday, February 12,
2006 at 2pm at St Peter's UCC, 125 West Church St, Elmhurst (630-530-6000).
All CMA church members and clergy are invited to attend.
Special Meeting of Entire Illinois Conference
February 11, 2006
If you have not registered for this meeting, there is still time to Fax
in your registration. Download a form here and fax it to the Illinois
Conference Office at 708-344-4564. Pay the $25 at the door. If you need
scholarship help, call Naomi at the conference at 708-344-4470 or call CMA
at 312-939-5918.
Download Registration
Form & Directions as RTF/WORD File
Download Registration
Form & Directions as PDF File
Download Meeting Flyer
as PDF File
Please plan to join the CMA contingent to the Illinois Conference Special
Meeting in Morris, Illinois on Saturday, February 11, 2005, from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm.
This will be a very important meeting to discuss the future and structure of
both the Illinois Conference and of CMA, including the question of whether
open space technology is the best way to organize and operate both institutions
in the future, in the face of rising expenses and shrinking income.
The meeting will be held at Jennifer's Garden Banquet & Convention Center,
555 Gore Road, Morris, IL 60450; 815-941-2868
An information and registration packet was sent to each church in December.
We hope that each CMA church and institution will send at least all
of their CMA clergy (licensed and commissioned ministers included) and their
elected church delegates. Visitors, especially those persons who were
delegates to the 2005 Illinois Conference Annual Meeting in Peoria last
June, as well as all visionary church members, are urged to attend.
Distance to the meeting:
From the CMA office in the loop it is 60.3 miles (about 1 hour and 11 minutes)
to Jennifer's Garden.
Map:
CLICK HERE
Directions:
- Take I-294 or Lake Shore Drive to I-55
- Take I-55 South to I-80 West
- Go 14 miles west of I-55 on I-80 to exit 112 (IL-47) for Morris/Yorkville
- Bear right onto the ramp to Yorkville and then bear right at Division St;
go 0.1 mile
- Turn left at Gore Road; go 0.8 mile to Jennifer's Garden
Some clusters are organizing buses to get a good turnout for this
vital meeting on the future of CMA. Contact your Cluster Dean for more
information about car pools and buses.
If you have any questions about the meeting, please contact your Association
Co-Minister Rev Michael Denton at:
revdenton@yahoo.com
or Rev Edward Goode at:
edwardgoode@cmaucc.org
The continuing shortfall in OCWM support for the Illinois Conference
(and therefore for the UCC and CMA), make this special conference meeting
all the more critical as we discuss restructuring the conference and the
associations in light of diminishing resources.
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