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Bishop Frank Beard communication on Judicial Council decision 1341 (sent 4/30/2017 at 4:45 p.m.)

direct email communication =

I am proud and thankful to be a Methodist.  The term, "Methodist" was assigned to our founder, John Wesley, and the members of his "holy club." The term was meant to be critical and condemning because the members of Wesley's small band were "methodical" in the way that they attended to the practice of ministry and soul care. 

Today I take great pleasure in knowing that the denomination that I love has a process and a plan designed to hold its members accountable while doing its best to assure a fair process when addressing a variety of issues. Our process seems, at times, long and complex when it comes to rendering a final decision. I am reminded that Jesus, though often pressed and pushed, never rushed to a decision. Jesus was not reactionary; he was responsive.

The Judicial Council released its decision on a request for a declaratory decision from the South-Central Jurisdiction (SCJ) in response to the Western Jurisdiction's (WJ) nomination, election, consecration and assignment of Reverend Karen Oliveto as a Bishop of the United Methodist Church. 

In its decision, the Judicial Council ruled that the consecration of a gay bishop violates church law. The Judicial Council went on to say that Bishop Oliveto "remains in good standing, until an administrative or judicial process is completed." [All UM pastors are deemed to be in "good standing" until they are found guilty, through due process, of violating the Book of Discipline.]

The decision of the Judicial Council rightly recognizes that their initial decision is only one step in our judicial process. The ruling by the Judicial Council is not the final step!

So, what does this mean for the people called "Methodist" and what does this mean for the IGRC? 

• First and foremost, it means that our process is ongoing.  I say to the Superintendents when we face difficult challenges as a Cabinet, "trust the process because the process does work!"
• Secondly, it means that Bishop Oliveto will continue to serve as a Bishop while the process continues. 
• Finally, it means that we all must continue to exercise patience, grace, and fervency in prayer as we seek "a way forward" as a denomination attempting to address complex issues during difficult times.

The ruling of the Judicial Council does not alter or change our Book of Discipline. Only the General Conference has the legislative power to change our denomination wide polity and discipline. The mission of the IGRC and of the United Methodist Church has not changed. Our mission is "to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world."

Please join me in praying for unity during our search for common ground around diverse views, for our denomination and its process, for the General Church's "Way Forward Commission," for revival and renewal to happen in the IGRC, and for lost sheep to be found.

Please also remember to pray for me as I do my best to listen and discern the direction the Lord would have us go as an Episcopal Area. The peace of the resurrected Lord be with each of us as we walk together in the love of Jesus Christ.

Area office emal [ bishop@igrc.org }

Flood Warning (April 30: 12:48 - 9 a.m.): Shelby County, IL

Posted at Weather Channel online (www.weather.com) by National Weather service:

12:48am CDT, Sun Apr 30

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR... COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS... CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 945 AM CDT SUNDAY * AT 1241 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA FOR THE TIME. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF EFFINGHAM NORTHEAST TO NEAR MARSHALL IN CLARK COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE WATER HAS RECEDED IN MANY OF THE AREAS EARLY THIS MORNING, THE ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS EXPECTED THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS ON AREA ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY SECONDARY ROADS.

Severe thunderstorm warning (Western Shelby County, IL) April 29, 2017 evening

4/29//2017 -- 5 p.m. Central Time Zone

National.Weather.Service

... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR CHRISTIAN... WESTERN SHELBY AND SOUTHWESTERN MACON COUNTIES... AT 502 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PAWNEE TO NEAR WITT TO NEAR RENO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. HAZARD... 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE... TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT... HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.

Arbor Day is April 28 annually (Friday, 4/28/2017)

ARBOR DAY -  - State Celebrations

Arbor Day events are happening across the country throughout the month of April.

http://www.celebratearborday.com/

Cowden Fire Protection District and Emerg. Med. service (April 29 fundraiser)

Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 6:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. at Cowden Community Building;
Menu: Pancakes, Sausage, Biscuits & Gravy, your choice of Milk, Coffee, Orange Juice

All donations will go towards the purchase of a new drop tank for the local Fire Deparment this year.  Thanks for continued support!

Spring Book Sale -- Carterville, IL (Southern IL public library)

Book Sales by Friends of the Anne West Lindsey District Library

The “Friends” will hold a spring and a fall book sale this year. Proceeds from these book sales benefit the Summer Reading Program and other library initiatives.

Spring Book Sale – Saturday, April 29, 2017

9am – 12noon:  Special hours for “Friends” members. (Membership may be purchased at the door.)
12noon – 4pm:  Open to the public.
Books are $5 per bag. Bags are provided by the library.
Cash and credit cards accepted.
http://awlindsey.com/booksales/

LOCATION 600 N. Division Street
Carterville, IL 62918
Phone: 618-985-3298
Fax: 618-985-9474

HOURS
Mon & Wed 10a-7p
Tue, Thur & Fri 10a-5p
Sat 10a-4p
Sunday-Closed

Flash Flooding at Shelby County, IL (Friday 4/28 - MON. 5/1)

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS, EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS, CHRISTIAN, DE WITT, LOGAN, MACON, MCLEAN, MENARD, PIATT, SANGAMON, AND SHELBY. IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, CHAMPAIGN, CLARK, COLES, CUMBERLAND, DOUGLAS, EDGAR, MOULTRIE, AND VERMILION. IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS, CLAY, CRAWFORD, EFFINGHAM, JASPER, LAWRENCE, AND RICHLAND. * FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND. BY MONDAY MORNING BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN AN AREA NEAR I-55 SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN I-55 AND I-57. AT THE CURRENT TIME THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT SATURDAY.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Effingham County, IL

Announced at 4:50 p.m.by National Weather Service until 7 p.m. Central Time; heavy rain, severe winds, hail

April 26, 2017

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 163 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS:
CLARK, CUMBERLAND,

FOR SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS:
CLAY, CRAWFORD, EFFINGHAM, JASPER, LAWRENCE, RICHLAND.

THIS INCLUDES  EFFINGHAM.

Farmer's Market begins in four weeks (May 2017)

Area Farmer's Markets

Shelbyville

4:30 to 6:30 pm

Johmstowne Mall

Tuesdays May 24th thru August 30th

Celebration of Abraham Lincoln - April 27, 7 p.m.

Event at Effingham, IL County courthouse museum -

3rd Annual Celebration of Lincoln and His Times
"Images of Lincoln"  - Thurs. April 27, 2017

Doors open at 6:00 pm and special music begins at 6:45 pm

Location:

Effingham County Courthouse Museum

Address:

110 E. Jefferson Ave.

County:

Effingham

http://eastcentralillinoisevents.com/

Mushroom Hunting Festival (Windsor, IL April 21)

Friday, April 21st, 2017
5:30 pm -	Kick-Off Reception and Mushroom Soup Dinner at American Legion Building, downtown Windsor, IL. Dinner includes rich Mushroom Soup, Spaghetti, Baked Potatoes, Hot dogs, and desserts. Speaker is TBA. Donations accepted. Winners of Mushroom Competition will be announced at 6 p.m. - "Spores 'n More" - morel mushrooms
Saturday, April 22nd
6:30-9:30 am	Junior Auxiliary American Legion Breakfast, 1300 Maine, Windsor, IL
10 am - ?	Youth plant sale: will be selling Perennial Plants on Maine Street.
7 am - 4 pm	Community Flea Market on Maine St. There will be vendors indoors and out with crafts, food, and more!
10 am - ?	Mapping Group W.H.A.T. will be selling Portabello Mushroom sandwiches and shish kabobs on Maine Street. http://www.lakeshelbyville.com/events/sporesnmore.htm

Earth Day is Saturday 4/22/2017

Earth Day 2017’s Campaign is Environmental & Climate Literacy

Education is the foundation for progress. We need to build a global citizenry fluent in the concepts of climate change and aware of its unprecedented threat to our planet. We need to empower everyone with the knowledge to inspire action in defense of environmental protection.

Environmental and climate literacy is the engine not only for creating green voters and advancing environmental and climate laws and policies but also for accelerating green technologies and jobs.

This Earth Day, gather with your community for an Environmental & Climate Literacy Teach-In or another project focused on education. We are launching Earth Day and Teach-In toolkits that will lay out the steps for holding a successful event. Register your event with us and we will support you with promotion and advice.

http://www.earthday.org/earthday/

Blood Drive Student Council - Monday April 24 : 1 - 6 p.m.

BCHS Hosting Blood Drive
Monday, April 24, 2017
Beecher City High School Student Council (benefits health career scholarships) is hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Monday, April 24 from 1-6 p.m. at Beecher City High School. 438 East State Highway Drive -- Beecher City, IL -- 62414

Lincoln's last public address (April 11, 1865) - on Reconstruction and black suffrage

from "Abraham Lincoln Online" dot-com:
Two days after the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's army, virtually ending the Civil War, a jubilant crowd gathered outside the White House, calling for President Lincoln. Reporter Noah Brooks wrote, "Outside was a vast sea of faces, illuminated by the lights that burned in the festal array of the White House, and stretching far out into the misty darkness. It was a silent, intent, and perhaps surprised, multitude."
"Within stood the tall, gaunt figure of the President, deeply thoughtful, intent upon the elucidation of the generous policy which should be pursued toward the South. That this was not the sort of speech which the multitude had expected is tolerably certain."
Lincoln stood at the window over the building's main north door, a place where presidents customarily gave speeches. Brooks held a light so Lincoln could read his speech, while young Tad Lincoln grasped the pages as they fluttered to his feet. The speech introduced the complex topic of reconstruction, especially as it related to the state of Louisiana. For the first time in a public setting, Lincoln expressed his support for black suffrage. This statement incensed John Wilkes Booth, a member of the audience, who vowed, "That is the last speech he will make." A white supremacist and Confederate activist, Booth made good on his threat three days later.
We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart. The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He from whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated. Nor must those whose harder part gives us the cause of rejoicing, be overlooked. Their honors must not be parcelled out with others. I myself was near the front, and had the high pleasure of transmitting much of the good news to you; but no part of the honor, for plan or execution, is mine. To Gen. Grant, his skilful officers, and brave men, all belongs. The gallant Navy stood ready, but was not in reach to take active part.
By these recent successes the re-inauguration of the national authority -- reconstruction -- which has had a large share of thought from the first, is pressed much more closely upon our attention. It is fraught with great difficulty. Unlike a case of a war between independent nations, there is no authorized organ for us to treat with. No one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man. We simply must begin with, and mould from, disorganized and discordant elements. Nor is it a small additional embarrassment that we, the loyal people, differ among ourselves as to the mode, manner, and means of reconstruction.
As a general rule, I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I can not properly offer an answer. In spite of this precaution, however, it comes to my knowledge that I am much censured for some supposed agency in setting up, and seeking to sustain, the new State government of Louisiana. In this I have done just so much as, and no more than, the public knows. In the Annual Message of Dec. 1863 and accompanying Proclamation, I presented a plan of re-construction (as the phrase goes) which, I promised, if adopted by any State, should be acceptable to, and sustained by, the Executive government of the nation. I distinctly stated that this was not the only plan which might possibly be acceptable; and I also distinctly protested that the Executive claimed no right to say when, or whether members should be admitted to seats in Congress from such States. This plan was, in advance, submitted to the then Cabinet, and distinctly approved by every member of it. One of them suggested that I should then, and in that connection, apply the Emancipation Proclamation to the theretofore excepted parts of Virginia and Louisiana; that I should drop the suggestion about apprenticeship for freed-people, and that I should omit the protest against my own power, in regard to the admission of members to Congress; but even he approved every part and parcel of the plan which has since been employed or touched by the action of Louisiana. The new constitution of Louisiana, declaring emancipation for the whole State, practically applies the Proclamation to the part previously excepted. It does not adopt apprenticeship for freed-people; and it is silent, as it could not well be otherwise, about the admission of members to Congress. So that, as it applies to Louisiana, every member of the Cabinet fully approved the plan. The message went to Congress, and I received many commendations of the plan, written and verbal; and not a single objection to it, from any professed emancipationist, came to my knowledge, until after the news reached Washington that the people of Louisiana had begun to move in accordance with it. From about July 1862, I had corresponded with different persons, supposed to be interested, seeking a reconstruction of a State government for Louisiana. When the message of 1863, with the plan before mentioned, reached New-Orleans, Gen. Banks wrote me that he was confident the people, with his military co-operation, would reconstruct, substantially on that plan. I wrote him, and some of them to try it; they tried it, and the result is known. Such only has been my agency in getting up the Louisiana government. As to sustaining it, my promise is out, as before stated. But, as bad promises are better broken than kept, I shall treat this as a bad promise, and break it, whenever I shall be convinced that keeping it is adverse to the public interest. But I have not yet been so convinced.
I have been shown a letter on this subject, supposed to be an able one, in which the writer expresses regret that my mind has not seemed to be definitely fixed on the question whether the seceding States, so called, are in the Union or out of it. It would perhaps, add astonishment to his regret, were he to learn that since I have found professed Union men endeavoring to make that question, I have purposely forborne any public expression upon it. As appears to me that question has not been, nor yet is, a practically material one, and that any discussion of it, while it thus remains practically immaterial, could have no effect other than the mischievous one of dividing our friends. As yet, whatever it may hereafter become, that question is bad, as the basis of a controversy, and good for nothing at all--a merely pernicious abstraction.
We all agree that the seceded States, so called, are out of their proper relation with the Union; and that the sole object of the government, civil and military, in regard to those States is to again get them into that proper practical relation. I believe it is not only possible, but in fact, easier to do this, without deciding, or even considering, whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it. Finding themselves safely at home, it would be utterly immaterial whether they had ever been abroad. Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between these States and the Union; and each forever after, innocently indulge his own opinion whether, in doing the acts, he brought the States from without, into the Union, or only gave them proper assistance, they never having been out of it.
The amount of constituency, so to speak, on which the new Louisiana government rests, would be more satisfactory to all, if it contained fifty, thirty, or even twenty thousand, instead of only about twelve thousand, as it does. It is also unsatisfactory to some that the elective franchise is not given to the colored man. I would myself prefer that it were now conferred on the very intelligent, and on those who serve our cause as soldiers. Still the question is not whether the Louisiana government, as it stands, is quite all that is desirable. The question is, "Will it be wiser to take it as it is, and help to improve it; or to reject, and disperse it?" "Can Louisiana be brought into proper practical relation with the Union sooner by sustaining, or by discarding her new State government?"
Some twelve thousand voters in the heretofore slave-state of Louisiana have sworn allegiance to the Union, assumed to be the rightful political power of the State, held elections, organized a State government, adopted a free-state constitution, giving the benefit of public schools equally to black and white, and empowering the Legislature to confer the elective franchise upon the colored man. Their Legislature has already voted to ratify the constitutional amendment recently passed by Congress, abolishing slavery throughout the nation. These twelve thousand persons are thus fully committed to the Union, and to perpetual freedom in the state--committed to the very things, and nearly all the things the nation wants--and they ask the nations recognition and it's assistance to make good their committal.

Electronics Recycling Day (April 15) - Shelbyville, IL

 April 15, 2017 
Time:    8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Shelbyville Forest Park Baseball and Softball Parking Lot
A GREAT opportunity for residents of Shelby County to recycle electronics!
ITEMS THAT CAN BE RECYCLED: - microwaves  - printers  - cell phones  -
speakers - computers - typewriters •
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 Back up date: Saturday, April 22 (in case of inclement weather)
Visit www.lakeshelbyville.com for a complete list of items accepted.

$10 donation for each TV, Monitor and larger items requested 

Severe Thunderstorm Watch (7:15 - 10 p.m. Central Time) Shelby County, IL

from www.weather.com Weather Channel Online:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 138 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS SHELBY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS COLES CUMBERLAND DOUGLAS EDGAR MOULTRIE IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS EFFINGHAM THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHARLESTON, EFFINGHAM, GREENUP, MATTOON, PARIS, SHELBYVILLE, SULLIVAN, AND TUSCOLA.

Farm to Fork Dinner (April 18, 2017):

Farm to Fork Dinner

The 2017 Farm to Fork Dinner will take place on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. in Grinnell Commons, SIU - Carbondale, IL  on the upper level. Participants will enjoy locally grown food prepared by two chefs from University Housing Culinary & Nutrition Services. We are proud to partner with the SIU Sustainability Office; SIU Department of Animal Science, Food & Nutrition; and SIU Fermentation Science Institute on this event.

Menu

Enjoy a four-course dinner with optional beer and wine pairings. The menu includes:

• Salad Course: Mixed greens with goat cheese, toasted pecans and cranberry viniagrette
• Soup Course: Caramelized onion & mushroom soup
• Main Course: Hand-carved fresh ham with green herbs and encrusted grass fed beef, mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus and spring carrots, and sweet potato rolls with honey butter. The vegetarian entree is roasted mushrooms with sherry and creamy polenta. This vegetarian entree is a substitution for the carving station and may be selected during registration.
• Dessert Course: Panna cotta with strawberries

Registration

To register, click here.

Costs

• $10 - SIU students
• $30 - Faculty, staff and community
• $10 - Optional wine and beer pairings (for attendees age 21 and older)

Featured Farms & Contributors

• All Seasons Farm (salad mix, butter crunch, fresh herbs)
• Miller Farms (sweet potatoes, baker potatoes, asparagus)
• Lick Creek Beef & Pork (fresh hams & grass fed beef)
• Flyway Family Farms (mushrooms)
• La Colina Linda Farms (onions, shallots, garlic)
• SIU Farms (carrots)
• Windcrest Dairy (vanilla greek yogurt)
• Don Kuhnert (honey)
• Prairie Fruit Farms & Creamery (goat cheese)
• Flamm Orchards (peaches and strawberries)
• Local beer and wine producers
• The Maschhoffs (event donation)

Directions

Grinnell Commons street address is 275 East Park Street, Carbondale, IL 62901. This building is located on East Campus, behind the Charlotte West Stadium (softball field).

http://housing.siu.edu/dining/f2f

Family-focussed Passover Seder (April 10 - 17, 2017)

from CHABAD dot-org :

The Seders

The highlight of Passover is the Seder, observed on each of the first two nights of the holiday. The Seder is a fifteen-step family-oriented tradition and ritual-packed feast.
The focal points of the Seder are:

• Eating matzah.
• Eating bitter herbs—to commemorate the bitter slavery endured by the Israelites.
• Drinking four cups of wine or grape juice—a royal drink to celebrate our newfound freedom.
• The recitation of the Haggadah, a liturgy that describes in detail the story of the Exodus from Egypt. The Haggadah is the fulfillment of the biblical obligation to recount to our children the story of the Exodus on the night of Passover. It begins with a child asking the traditional “Four Questions."

Thanks

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"An American Conscience: Reinhold Niebuhr"(PBS Frontline special)

6 p.m. Eastern on April 10, 2017 -- DeBartolo Hall, University of Notre Dame, IN

co-sponsored by departments of History and of American Studies

A moral voice in a nation's time of need and the most celebrated public theologian of the 20th century

www.pbs.org/frontline

$25 discount (only until April 15) - IL Great Rivers Camping

Early Bird Discount Deadline Approaching

April 15th is the final day to register for summer camp

and receive the $25 Early Bird Discount for those that are eligible.

Don't miss out and register soon before your favorite camp fills up.

Check out www.igrc.org/camping/  for dates and to register online.

Fundraiser -- involves Zach Sarver, local police officer

"Duct Tape Fundraiser" (4/9/2017 at 10:00 a.m.)
Senior High Youth (First Christian Church of Cowden, IL 62422) announce in

LAMPLIGHTER publication -- Each donation of $5 will buy a 3-foot piece of duct tape which

will then be used to duct tape Police Officer Zach Sarver to front wall of the Church building.

Goal is $700 which benefits trip expenses to "Move" Youth annual convention - Summer 2017.