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The Lectionary Psalm for this week is Psalm 23, and what a fitting reminder for us all in times likes these. #ChicagoTemple #UMC #Lectionary #Psalm #Psalm23

FUMC Covid-19 Response: In-Person Worship at the Chicago Temple has been temporarily canceled through March. Check back here for updates.

The world is watching as the Coronavirus spreads. Resource UMC shares these reasonable precautions to help prevent the spread of the disease. Click to read more: umcdiscipleship.org/articles/stop-…

In this coronavirus world, I would encourage our churches to go ahead and worship on Sunday and use good judgment in handling communion ~ Bishop Sally Dyck umcnic.org/news/we-live-i… #coronavirus #communionSunday

If you're in the Chicago Loop next Wednesday, Mar. 4, be sure to catch CTS Visiting Professor of Religious Education Heesung Hwang as she preaches the noon service at @ChicagoTemple. More details here: qoo.ly/34mqaz

The season of #Lent is an invitation to reflect and repent. This leads us to the work of resisting racism. We have curated a collection of resources for individuals and groups to use throughout this Lenten season as we deepen our commitment to this work. gcorr.org/lent-and-easte…

We in the #UMC wish you blessed Ash Wednesday and start to the Lenten season.

Let there be light!!! #ChicagoTemple #StainedGlass

The commission that plans General Conference has named a think tank to look at how delegates can process legislation “the best way possible.” Some delegates are pushing for the protocol to take priority. ow.ly/HD7J50yqWES #UMCGC #GC2020

United Methodist Women in Liberia has launched a program to make reusable sanitary pads so that girls don’t have to miss school during their menstrual cycles. ow.ly/28h550yjRUy @UMWomen @umcmission

Conferences to vote on forwarding protocol legislation | United Methodist News Service umnews.org/en/news/confer… #GC2020

An art installation in Chicago honors gun violence victims with a cluster of four glass houses. Each has 700 glass brick openings — a stark, physical reminder of the average number of people killed by guns each week in the U.S. trib.al/7Ceb8XT

Here's your NIC Weekly eNews for Jan. 30, 2020 conta.cc/37GE2d4

Join the Chicago Temple Contemporary Worship Team We are looking for congregants who play a variety of instruments (piano, guitar, bass guitar, & drums) as well as vocalists. Email Piers (piers@chicagotemple.org) if you are interested in joining this team. #WorshipTeam

The North Central Jurisdiction (NCJ) Committee on the Episcopacy is recommending electing only one bishop instead of two at the NCJ Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana that will be held July 15-18. Read more on the proposal and what it may mean for the NIC. conta.cc/3aNwTJT

New Gallery Opening 2/2/20 Chicago Temple Gallery Presents: LIVING WITH ART Selected works from the Collection of Patric McCoy Opening Reception: February 2, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. #AllAreWelcome

The majority of United Methodist congregations in the U.S. continues to be predominantly Anglo-centric despite the fact that our society is becoming increasingly multicultural.

Annual Soul Food Luncheon 2020 Sunday Feb. 9th, 2020 | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM James Parlor/Dixon Chapel Suggested donation is $10 per person #AllAreWelcome