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SUMMARY:CMA Spring Meeting
DESCRIPTION:"And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds\, not neglecting to meet together\, as is the habit of some\, but encouraging one another..." - Romans 10:24-25 NRSVUE\n\nChicago Metropolitan Association Clergy and Lay members - join us for the 2026 Spring Meeting!  Our theme is: We All Need Each Other!\nSaturday\, May 16th\n Abundant Grace UCC in Homewood\n 8:30 am to 12:30 pm\nThe cost is $30 per person and includes a hot breakfast. Please note any dietary restrictions/needs during registration.\n\nA virtual option is in the works\, but details have not been finalized. Once those are known that information will be added to the registration form.\n\nThe full agenda and workshop information can be found here.\n\nThe CMA Spring Meeting After-Party\n\n\tPizza with the Pope! We are inviting meeting participants to gather at nearby Aurelio’s Pizza for lunch. According to the Chicago Tribune\, Pope Leo XIV has been known to enjoy their thin crust pepperoni pizza! A mainstay of the Homewood restaurant scene since 1959\, Aurelio’s in Homewood just might have the photos and heavenly pizza as evidence of the Pope’s presence. This optional\, pay-your-own way social gathering is intended to strengthen personal relationships and provide the opportunity for continued conversations.\n\tThe fun continues when you bring your walking shoes! After lunch\, meeting organizers are planning a spring hike in Homewood’s Izaak Walton Preserve\, described as a “193-acre open space filled with woodland\, lakes\, and diverse wildlife carved out from an ancient glacial lake and sandy shoreline.” The Preserve has nearly four miles of gravel walking paths.\n\nYou can pay online directly when registering by choosing "Pay Now" or you can pay by check one of two ways by choosing the "Pay In Person" option during checkout:\n\n\tPlease make checks payable to "Illinois Conference UCC" and include "CMA Spring Meeting" in the memo line.\n\tPay when you arrive for the meeting on May 16th.\n\nThe deadline to register is Sunday\, May 10th. Register online here.\n\nThere will be an option to register at the door\, but advance registration is strongly encouraged.\n\nIf you need assistance registering\, please contact the Conference Office (708-344-4470) and talk to Sarah or Naomi.
URL:https://cma.ilucc.org/event/cma-spring-meeting-3/
LOCATION:18200 Dixie Hwy\, Homewood\, IL\, 60430\, United States
CATEGORIES:Chicago Metropolitan Association,Illinois Conference
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SUMMARY:Conference HR Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Illinois Conference HR Committee will meet at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom. Information for accessing the Zoom meeting will be sent directly to committee members along with other documents needed for the meeting.
URL:https://cma.ilucc.org/event/conference-hr-meeting-4/
LOCATION:IL
CATEGORIES:all
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