Things are beginning to look a little different around the District office, but the joy is just as great as LeeAnn Acosta, Ann Ciaccio, and Sarah Chew take on new roles.
New Faces Welcomed to the Northern Illinois District Office
Painting Shoes for Witness, Invitation
Girls (not so much a guy thing) in the junior high youth group at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Freeport, Illinois, have been using their shoes this summer to start conversations.
Fall Conference for NID Parish Nurses Held in October
Ministering to an Aging Congregation” will include presentations on estate and health planning, addressing pain, maximizing the ability to stay healthy, accessing community resources, organ and tissue donation, and medication-related concerns.
NID Retired Church Workers Luncheon
NID Retired Workers Luncheon for retired commissioned and ordained church workers will be held Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Your Invitation to New Starts Dinner
This year’s New Starts…New Believers benefit dinner is on Sunday, November 12, at the Marriott Hotel, 1200 Burr Ridge Parkway, in Burr Ridge, Illinois, and you are invited.
Reformation at 500: An Interdenominational Conversation
Monday, October 30, Concordia University Chicago is hosting a rare public conversation between denominational leaders on the divergence and convergence of three historic church bodies that emerged after the Reformation. The gathering is on campus in River Forest, Illinois.
Lutheran Families, Schools, Congregations Will Join in Historic Gathering
Hundreds of children’s voices singing praise to God; little kids interacting with 16th-century characters; parents and pastors learning and discussing timeless truths; trumpets blasting stirring hymns; falconry, armor and puppet shows on display; and 500 year-old documents to be viewed with awe and wonder…
The Northern Illinois District Responds to Devastation of Hurricane Harvey
In response to the massive destruction, the church and school families, as well as individual members of the LCMS Northern Illinois District, are coordinating equally proportional responses to provide mercy and compassion for those effected by the devastation.
Service Trip Eye Opener for 8th Graders
This Lutheran school eighth grade trip takes students out of the world they live in and helps them experience and serve in a completely new context.
Church Finds Its Joy: ‘We Do Feet’
On shoe distribution day at Friends in Christ Lutheran Church, Morris, Illinois, a 7-year-old girl is admiring the sneakers she’s just put on her feet. The volunteer working with her asks how they feel, and the little girl smiles but then hesitates, looking up at the volunteer with wide eyes and a dubious expression.