Saturday, April 01, 2023

IN OUR PRAYERS

A district prayer calendar has been created for your use in praying for our district and related programs through the year. We invite you to include the following in your prayers in coming weeks:

Week of April 17: Pray for the district’s Ministry Leadership Development Team, especially as it leads a retreat for clergy in Rockford this week. And pray for the district’s Potluck Experience Team, and for the special “Potluck” event taking place in Dixon on April 22 with leadership from Greg Davidson Laszakovits.

Week of April 24: Pray for the Milledgeville (Dutchtown) congregation, and for the youth Christian Citizenship Seminar being held this week in Washington, D.C.

Week of May 1: Pray for the York Center congregation, and for the denominational Young Adult Conference taking place May 5-7 at Camp Mack in Indiana, as well as for all the work of our denomination’s Youth/Young Adult Ministries office.

Week of May 8: Pray for the members of the Franklin Grove congregation as their long history of ministry in the town has come to a close, and for the continuing presence at the nearby historic Emmert Cemetery and its chapel.

Week of May 15: Pray for the Oakley Brick congregation this week, and for the “New and Renew” church planting and renewal conference occurring in Elgin, Ill., May 17-19.