Calendar of District Events

January

1 - New Year’s Day
6 - Epiphany
15-24 - DE attending CODE Meeting
18-25 - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
20 - Martin Luther King Day

February

1 - District Leadership Team Meeting
2 - Service Sunday
10 - Healthy Boundary and Ethics, Cerro Gordo
12 - IL Conference of Churches LT meeting, Springfield
14 - Valentine’s Day
15 - Gifts Discern. and Call Comm., Mt. Morris
17 - President's Day
22 - MLDT Meeting, Peru

March

1 - Healthy Boundary and Ethics Trng, Mt. Morris
2 - Transfiguration Sunday
5 - Ash Wednesday
7 - World Day of Prayer
9 - First Sunday of Lent
9 - Daylight Savings Time
14-17 - Mission and Ministry Board, Elgin
14-16 - Spring District Youth Retreat @ Naperville COB
15 - Church Revitalization and Dev. Team, Peru
16 - One Great Hour of Sharing
22 - MLDT Meeting, Peru
25-27 - DE attends Midwest DE Mtg., Camp Mack
27-28 - IL Conference of Churches Tri-Annual Statewide Gathering, Bloomington

April

Child Abuse Prevention Month
4-5 - Bethany Seminary Presidential Forum
5 - Camp Emmanuel Opening
6-12 - Camp Emmanuel Work Week
12 - District Leadership Team Meeting
13 - Palm Sunday
17 - Maundy Thursday
18 - Good Friday
20 - Easter Sunday
22 - Earth Day
23 - Administrative Professionals Day

May

Older Adult Month
1 - National Day of Prayer
4 - National Youth Sunday
7 - Property and Asset Mgt. Team Meeting
10 - Bethany Theological Sem. Commencement
11 - Mother’s Day
15-17 - Church Planting Conf. - Bethany Seminary
23 - Young Adult Conf, Camp Brethren Woods
23-26 - Memorial Day Family Camp - Camp Emmaus
26 - Memorial Day
29 - Ascension Day
30 - Ministry Summer Service Orientation, Elgin
30-June 1 - Women’s Camp - Camp Emmanuel

June

5 - World Environment Day
7 - District Leadership Team Meeting
8 - Pentecost
8-14 - Youth Camp, Camp Emmanuel
15 - Trinity Sunday Father’s Day
15-21 - Junior High Camp - Camp Emmanuel
21 - First Day of Summer
22-28 - Junior Camp, Camp Emmanuel
26-28 - Pre-Junior Camp, Camp Emmanuel
30 - CODE Meeting, Columbus, Ohio

July

1 - Mission and Ministry board, Columbus, Ohio
1-2 - Minister's Assoc. Continuing Edu. Event
2-6 - Annual Conference, Columbus, Ohio
4 - Independence Day
6-12 - Senior High Camp - Camp Emmaus
6-12 - Song and Story Fest, Camp Inspiration Hills
7 - District Executive Sabbatical Begins
13-16 - Elementary II Camp - Camp Emmaus
18-19 - Elementary I Camp - Camp Emmaus
19-24 - National Youth Conference, Fort Collins, CO
20-25 - Elementary III Camp - Camp Emmaus
27-August 2 - Junior High Camp - Camp Emmaus

August

1-3 - Men’s Camp, Camp Emmanuel
2 - District Leadership Team Meeting
8-10 - Women's Camp, Camp Emmaus
15-17 - Camp Emmaus Time Capsule Weekend
29-September 1 - Family Camp, Camp Emmanuel
29-September 1 - Family Camp, Camp Emmaus

September

1 - Labor Day
7 - Grandparent’s Day
8 - District Executive Sabbatical Ends
20 - 10th Annual Fish Fry, Camp Emmanuel21 - Bethany Sunday, Int’l Day of Peace, Mission Offering Emphasis
23 - First Day of Autumn

October

Domestic Violence Awareness Month
5 - World Communion Sunday
6 - Child Health Day
11- District Leadership Team Meeting
12 - Laity Sunday
16 - World Food Day
16-24 - Peace with Justice Week
17-19 - Children's Sabbaths Observance
17-20 - Mission and Ministry Board, Elgin
24 - World Disarmament Day
25 - Camp Closing, Camp Emmanuel
26 - Reformation Sunday

November

1 - All Saints Day
2 - National Jr. High Sunday
2 - Daylight Time Ends
7-8 - District Conference, Highland Ave., Elgin
9 - Stewardship Sunday
23 - Christ the King Sunday
27 - Thanksgiving
30 - First Sunday of Advent

December

1 - Aids Awareness Day
7 - Second Sunday of Advent
10 - Human Rights Day
14 - Third Sunday of Advent
21 - Fourth Sunday of Advent - First Day of Winter
24 - Christmas Eve
25 - Christmas Day
31 - New Year’s Eve