What Are You Looking For? A Quality Survey
Since Pastor Beckonchrist has announced her retirement effective June 30, 2013, the FUMCAH Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) believes it is important to collect and hear the congregation’s sense of skills and traits needed to lead our ministry team as Senior Pastor and provide the congregation with the leadership to continue our growth and deepening our outreach. A survey has been created with this function in mind and can be accessed anonymously by clicking the link below. The SPRC will be providing input to the Northern Illinois Annual Conference of the UMC in support of the...
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We Need Your Input! Since Pastor Beckonchrist has announced her retirement effective June 30. 2013, the Staff Parish Relations Committee (SPRC) believes it is important to hear the congregation’s sense of skills and traits needed to lead our ministry team as Senior Pastor, and provide the congregation with the leadership to continue our growth and deepening our outreach. Two LISTENING sessions are planned: Sundays, December 30th and January 6th, at 10:45am in the lower level Wesley Room. We seek feedback from church members on those essential skills, traits and characteristics of a...
Read MoreA Message from Bonnie Beckonchrist
December 3, 2012 Dear Friends and Family of the First United Methodist Church Community, After several months of prayer and discernment, I have informed Bishop Sally Dyck and District Superintendent Rev. Oscar Carrasco that I plan to retire on June 30, 2013. Of course I write this letter to you with mixed emotions. The opportunity to serve as your pastor for a decade has been a blessing and joy. Together, we have renewed the congregation and completed phase 1 of the renovation. I have baptized your children and buried your loved ones. I have celebrated your marriages and grieved your...
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