"Are You Listening?" will be presented at St. John United Church of Christ on Sunday     Send a link to a friend

[SEP. 21, 2005]   “Are You Listening?” will be presented at St. John United Church of Christ on Sunday

Lois Leonard, lay delegate to The United Church of Christ General Synod, to speak at St. John United Church of Christ in Lincoln Sunday, September 24.  Ms. Leonard, from the Western Association, was one of 51 delegates from Illinois attending the General Synod of the United Church of Christ when they met in Atlanta, Georgia July 1-5, 2005. Also attending as a youth delegate was Heather Goetsch, now attending the University of Illinois.

Among the church leaders in attendance were The Rev. John H. Thomas, General Minister and President of the U.C.C., and The Rev. Ron Bufford, coordinator of the U.C.C. theme. Coretta Scott King was scheduled to speak, but her recent illness prevented her from attending.

Ms. Leonard will share her experiences from some of the 27 sessions at which the proclamations, resolutions and humanitarian concerns were addressed with her message “Are You Listening?” Her reflections will be on the theme of the Synod, ‘God is Still Speaking,’ taken from one of the church’s messages “Never place a period where God has placed a comma,” a quote from Gracie Allen. Ms Leonard is available to share the General Synod news with any group interested, as are all of the representatives throughout their associations.

 

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