Announcements

2024 Annual Congregational Meeting

Nominating Committee Report, 2025-2027

On Sunday, December 8, we will have our annual congregational meeting.  This will take place at 11:50 am in the Sanctuary.  Every year in early December we vote as a congregation to approve both the Nominating Committee’s report as well as the proposed operating budget for the coming year.  These will be our agenda items at the 12/8 meeting.  

Copies of the proposed budget can be found in the Welcome Center and on the back table in the Great Hall.  According to our congregation’s by-laws, we are to publish the Nominating Committee’s report two weeks prior to the meeting.  What follows is that report – the proposed list of trustees, elders, and deacons with terms of service beginning in 2025.

Nominating Committee

2025 Nominees - Final

President

Keith Backes

Vice Presidents

Gretchen Kirby

Susie Turner

Treasurer

Steve Swarthout

Secretary

Sandy Garver

Trustee

Ron Ingram

Elders

Jeannie Backes

Gretchen Kirby

Kim Miller

Keela Neumann

Shirley Swarthout

David York

Deacons

Larry Bafford

Charlotte Ballance

Scott Bicknell

Beth Calvert

Peggy Carpunky

Ellen Damery

Dianne Devore

Gregg Foltz

Linda Foltz

Dale Ford

Gene Garver

Sandy Garver

Kaitlin Glause

Mark Glause

Nancy Hanover

Luke Kirby

Mary Jane Linton

Carolyn McCall

Kim Miller

Carolyn Pistorius

Tim Pistorius

Gail Prince

Andrea Shartzer

Cole Shartzer

Carolyn Sunderlik

Denise Swarthout

Matthew Swarthout

Deb Trei

David Wagner

Linda Zinn

Cheryl Zollinger

David Zollinger

Elder Emeritus

Bruce Campbell

Liz Campbell

Deacon Emeritus

Darla Otis

Northeast Pantry Donations - December 2024

Macon County has one of the 10 highest rates of food insecurity in Illinois.  Families and individuals in our community are struggling with high food prices and looking to local food pantries for help.  Let’s join together and help by supporting Northeast Community Food Pantry on December 1, 2024.  Please place your food donation in the shopping cart in the Connection Café.  Let’s fill the cart!

Thank you Central for last month’s donations that totaled 120 pounds of nonperishable food items.  Here are some suggestions for December: canned soup, canned chili, pancake mix that only requires water, syrup, peanut butter, canned chicken and tuna, pasta, canned spaghetti sauce, cereal, canned fruit, dried noodles, broth, boxed mashed potatoes, and rice.  Please, be sure to check the expiration date.  It is also a good idea not to donate items in glass packaging.  

Thanksgiving Offering 2024

Higher education has been an important focus for Disciples since the very beginning of our movement. Throughout our history, we have worked to form leaders who will make a difference in the world. The Thanksgiving offering, to be collected Nov. 17 and 24, helps supports thousands of students at our 15 colleges and universities and our seven seminaries and divinity houses. Please consider giving generously by placing your gift in the brass bowl in the Narthex, giving online, or taking it to the church office.

Member in Search of Ride to Services

We have a member who has moved to the Mt. Zion area who is in need of a ride to church.  If you would be willing to give this member a ride to church, please call the church office, and we will connect you with them.