Sermon slides for July 20: #YBUMC? Grace

This week Chris Vause and I are sharing our experiences from Annual Conference last month. Here are a few slides to set the context; how the UMC is organized.

What is Annual Conference?
— The annual conference is a regional body, an organizational unit, and a yearly meeting.
— Confusing!
— Ours is Northern Illinois Annual Conference

United Methodist Church is world wide

In USA, UMC is made up of 5 Jurisdictions

We are in the North Central Jurisdiction

The Northern Illinois Annual Conference is made up of 5 Districts. Ours is Prairie South

Now a few images that the NIC photographer caught at AC

There’s Chris:

Here’s a couple of me in conversation and, apparently, while everyone else was listening to the Bishop, I was mugging for the camera