Illinois Great Rivers Conference 2025 Journal-Yearbook
granted by the presiding Bishop, a majority of the district superintendents, and the district board of church location and building and all proper Disciplinary requirements have been complied with. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Herrick United Methodist Church be closed and that the Conference Trustees be authorized and directed to transfer, sell, or otherwise dispose of said property as said Trustees shall deem appropriate, but in accordance with the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church and the Standing Rules of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church. Legislative Item 306: Church Closure: Trinity Chapel UMC Subject : Property Matter-Resolution for Closure of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church Submitted by : Rev. Angie Lee, District Superintendent Financial Impact: None WHEREAS, the Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church located in Fayette County was founded in 1887, and has had a long and proud history; and WHEREAS, the Church Conference of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church voted on August 4, 2024, to recommend closure; and WHEREAS, the district superintendent has recommended the closure of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church, and WHEREAS, the district superintendent has recommended that the property of Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church be sold with the sale proceeds to the Illinois Rivers Conference pursuant to Article VII.D.1. of the Standing Rules of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church; and WHEREAS, the consent to close the Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church has been granted by the presiding Bishop, a majority of the district superintendents, and the district board of church location and building, and all proper Disciplinary requirements have been complied with. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Trinity Chapel United Methodist Church be closed and that the Conference Trustees be authorized and directed to transfer, sell, or otherwise dispose of said property as said Trustees shall deem appropriate, but in accordance with the Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church and the Standing Rules of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference of the United Methodist Church. Legislative Item 307: Church Closure: Wellington UMC Subject : Property Matter-Resolution for Closure of Wellington United Methodist Church Submitted by : Rev. Angie Lee, District Superintendent
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