Summer News

In this email... Summer Small Group Starting June 8th Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page The Peer Ministers Are Off For The Summer! The Wesley Peer Ministers are off for the summer, but Jarod Spohrer, Hannah Nelson and Brooke McClure will be returning in the fall, ready to give you another great school year filled with spiritual growth and fellowship. Sharon Messmore will be joining the peer ministry team in the fall and we are still looking for one or two more students to join the team. If you feel called to be a peer minister, contact Dylan by replying to this e-mail.

Summer Small Group Starting! Are you in Champaign-Urbana this summer? Are you looking for a spiritual boost in the middle of the week? We might have just what you're looking for! Dylan is starting an 8-week summer small group on Wednesday evenings starting June 8th at 8:00pm. The basic structure of the group session will include: opening prayer, checking in, a scriptural reading related to the nightly topic, topical discussion, prayer requests and a closing prayer or blessing. Each session will be independent from the others so if you can only make half of the sessions (or less!) do not be discouraged from coming to the sessions you CAN make it to. Here are some of the topics that will be discussed: · Why we get together as Christians · Learning to Love · Pursuing God · Servanthood · Gandhi's Seven Deadly Social Sins · What the Bible Says About Justice Dylan will be hosting this small group at his apartment in Savoy. If you're interested, reply to this e-mail for more information, including Dylan's address and transportation options. Upcoming Events June 1-4 - Annual Conference 8 - Summer Small Group Begins 12 - 10:30am Sunday Worship Service at Crystal Lake Park July 1 - Pastor Rob Returns!! 27 - Summer Small Group Ends August 21 - Quad Day 21 - Bonfire and S'Mores 24 - BBQ and first Midweek of the semester 26 - First Hot Spot of the semester September 5 - Turkey Run State Park Canoe Trip

This Week at Wesley

In this week's email... Midweek during finals week Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern - Tuesday 1-3pm, Friday 10-noon Jarod Spohrer - Tuesday 9-11am, Friday 6-7pm Hannah Nelson - Sunday 7-8pm Brooke McClure - Monday 12-1pm, Thursday 11am-1pm John Powers - by request Renee Schroeder - Thursday 12-2pm Erin Heath - by request

Midweek still happening tomorrow! We will be having an abbreviated Midweek service tomorrow at 8:30 despite it being finals week. There will be food and games, including the infamous telephone pictionary! Feel free to come and go as you please if you have a final that night or studying to do. This is a great opportunity for a study break! Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events May 6-13 - Final Exams June 1-4 - Annual Conference

This Week at Wesley

In this week's email... Senior Banquet this Sunday Midweek during finals week Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern - Tuesday 1-3pm, Friday 10-noon Jarod Spohrer - Tuesday 9-11am, Friday 6-7pm Hannah Nelson - Sunday 7-8pm Brooke McClure - Monday 12-1pm, Thursday 11am-1pm John Powers - by request Renee Schroeder - Thursday 12-2pm Erin Heath - by request

Senior Banquet THIS Sunday! This Sunday we will be having our annual Senior Banquet to celebrate and say goodbye to the students that will be leaving at the end of this semester. We will be meeting in the Great hall at 6:30, with a meal around 6:45 or 7pm. We will be having Italian food for dinner. If you plan on eating with us, please bring $5 to help cover the cost of food. We hope to see you there! Midweek during finals week We will be having an abbreviated Midweek service on Wednesday, May 11 at 8:30 during finals week. There will be food and games, including the infamous telephone pictionary! Feel free to come and go as you please if you have a final that night or studying to do. Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events April 30 - Illinois Marathon May 1 - Senior Banquet 5 - Reading Day 6-13 - Final Exams June 1-4 - Annual Conference

This Week at Wesley

In this week's email... Easter Sunday Services Senior Banquet May 1st Love Gifts Student Forum registration deadline tomorrow Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern - Tuesday 1-3pm, Friday 10-noon Jarod Spohrer - Tuesday 9-11am, Friday 6-7pm Hannah Nelson - Sunday 7-8pm Brooke McClure - Monday 12-1pm, Thursday 11am-1pm John Powers - by request Renee Schroeder - Thursday 12-2pm Erin Heath - by request

Easter Sunday Services Easter is this weekend! If you aren't going home to visit with family and friends, Wesley has a day full of activities. 7:30 am - Sonrise Service put on by the youth 8:45 am - Easter breakfast in the Great Hall 9:30 am - Traditional Worship 11:15 am - Contemporary Worship Senior Banquet May 1st On Sunday, May 1st we will be having our annual Senior Banquet to celebrate and say goodbye to the students that will be leaving at the end of this semester. We will be meeting in the Great hall at 6:30, with food around 6:45 or 7pm. We will be having Italian food for dinner. If you plan on eating with us, please bring $5 to help cover the cost of food. We hope to see you there! Love Gifts This summer, Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern, and Nate Luzwick, Contemporary Worship Director and Youth Director, will be leaving their staff positions at Wesley. Dylan's internship ends with Pastor Rob's return and Nate will be going to California to join his wife who is stationed on the West Coast. Here is an opportunity to show them how much we appreciate all of the great work that they have done in the Foundation and Church. You can write "Love Gift" checks; for Dylan, make it payable to the Wesley Foundation, for Nate, make it payable to Wesley UMC. Please note "Dylan Love Gift" and/or "Nate Love Gift" on the memo line. You can also place cash in an offering envelope on Sunday morning marked with the same memo. Thank you for showing your appreciation to two people who have definitely added to the Wesley ministries. --Your Staff-Parish/Personnel Relations Committee Student Forum Registration Deadline Tomorrow Student Forum this year will be held at the University of Evansville in southern Indiana from May 26th to the 29th. Student Forum is the national leadership conference of the United Methodist Student Movement, including leadership training, spiritual formation, and networking. Registration is open to all young adult college and university students. The registration fee is $75 per person, which includes all conference materials, lodging, and meals. For more information or to register, click here. If you have any questions or are interested in going, reply to this email or talk to Dylan. Wesley may be able to cover part of the registration fee. The registration deadline is April 22 at midnight. Late registration will be open until the 29th with an extra $25 late fee. Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events April 24 - Easter 30 - Illinois Marathon May 1 - Senior Banquet 5 - Reading Day 6-13 - Final Exams June 1-4 - Annual Conference

Sign-Up for Daily Lenten Devotionals!

Lay and clergy members of the Illinois Great Rivers Conference are contributing Lenten Devotions for an e-mail devotional guide entitled, On the Journey With Jesus. This original devotional will be available to all members and friends of Wesley Church via email, on the IGRC website and the IGRC Facebook page each morning from Ash Wednesday, March 9^th through Easter, April 24th.


Each day's devotional reading will include a scripture, a brief and original reflection and a prayer. A variety of writers, witnesses, ideas and experiences will be shared as inspiration, as we "feed" one another's spirits, day by day.

Ways to join the journey

Wesley members and friends may subscribe to the daily devotional by visiting the IGRC E-Newsletter subscription page. " You will be prompted to enter your email address. Make sure that "On the Journey with Jesus 2011 Lenten Devotional" is checked in order to receive it.



Persons who want to read the Daily Devotional online, may do so by visiting: www.igrc.org/lentendevotional beginning March 9th. The day's devotional will always be at the top. A link will also be provided on a new Facebook group, " On the Journey with Jesus Lenten Devotional" Members of the group will be automatically notified when the new devotional is posted.



We hope you will put your feet on Jesus's road this Lent, and join us on the journey.

This Week at Wesley

In this week's email... Green service project this Saturday Relay for Life this weekend Save the date for our Senior banquet Student Forum registration deadline approaching Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern - Tuesday 1-3pm, Friday 10-noon Jarod Spohrer - Tuesday 9-11am, Friday 6-7pm Hannah Nelson - Sunday 7-8pm Brooke McClure - Monday 12-1pm, Thursday 11am-1pm John Powers - by request Renee Schroeder - Thursday 12-2pm Erin Heath - by request

Green Service Project this Saturday! As it turns to spring, we will be doing a green service project through Faith in Place on Saturday, April 16th from 1-2:30 in the afternoon. We will be moving dirt into planters and potentially planting some plants at the Center for Women in Transition. Come get dirty! Bring gloves, shovels, and garden tools if you have them. We will be meeting at Wesley at 1pm. Relay for Life is this weekend Relay for Life will be this Saturday night at 7 to 7 o'clock Sunday morning. You still have time to sign up here. Even if you don't sign up, you can still walk and hang out with us! There will be pizza at midnight. The event will be held at the outdoor track or in the Armory if the weather is bad. If you are interested in stopping by, email the team captain, Hannah Nelson, at nelson10@illinois.edu and she can give you more information about the event and the final location. Senior Banquet--Save the Date! On May 1st we will be having our annual Senior Banquet to celebrate and say goodbye to the students that will be leaving at the end of this semester. Save the Date! Student Forum Registration Deadline Approaching Student Forum this year will be held at the University of Evansville in southern Indiana from May 26th to the 29th. Student Forum is the national leadership conference of the United Methodist Student Movement, including leadership training, spiritual formation, and networking. Registration is open to all young adult college and university students. The registration fee is $75 per person, which includes all conference materials, lodging, and meals. For more information or to register, click here. If you have any questions or are interested in going, reply to this email or talk to Dylan. Wesley may be able to cover part of the registration fee. The registration deadline is April 22 at midnight. Late registration will be open until the 29th with an extra $25 late fee. Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events April 16 - Green Service Project 16-17 - Relay for Life 24 - Easter 30 - Illinois Marathon May 1 - Senior Banquet 5 - Reading Day 6-13 - Final Exams June 1-4 - Annual Conference

This Week at Wesley

In this week's email... Mexican-flavored Worship This Saturday! Green service project Save the Date for our Senior banquet Relay for Life sign-ups Upcoming Events Join our mailing list! Join our Facebook group Like our Facebook page Peer Minister Office Hours The Wesley Peer Ministers will do their best to hold these office hours every week in the Etc. Coffeehouse or in the PM Office: Dylan Boot, Campus Ministry Intern - Tuesday 1-3pm, Friday 10-noon Jarod Spohrer - Tuesday 9-11am, Friday 6-7pm Hannah Nelson - Sunday 7-8pm Brooke McClure - Monday 12-1pm, Thursday 11am-1pm John Powers - by request Renee Schroeder - Thursday 12-2pm Erin Heath - by request

Mexican-flavored Worship This Saturday at 6:30 pm, we will be having Mexican-flavored worship! What is Mexican-flavored worship, you ask? Well, we will be taking over the Great Hall kitchen to make and eat tacos for dinner. We will also be making sopapillas to snack on throughout the night. After our fun in the kitchen, we will have a time of worship with singing and prayer. Come join us for a time of fun and fellowship! Bring your friends, and moms are welcome, too! Green Service Project As it turns to spring, we will be doing a green service project through Faith in Place on Saturday, April 16th from 1-2:30 in the afternoon. We will be moving dirt into planters and potentially planting some plants at the Center for Women in Transition. Come get dirty! Bring gloves if you have them. Senior Banquet--Save the Date! On May 1st we will be having our annual Senior Banquet to celebrate and say goodbye to the students that will be leaving at the end of this semester. Save the Date! Relay for Life sign-ups Wesley has officially registered a team for this year's University of Illinois Relay for Life April 16-17. Click here to join the team. Even if you can't make the actual event, you can still help us raise money for cancer research! If you have any questions or would like more information about the event, email the team captain, Hannah Nelson, at nelson10@illinois.edu. Weekly Services Sundays 9:30 am -- Traditional Worship Service 11:15 am -- Contemporary Worship Service Wednesdays 8:30 pm -- Midweek, student led service, in Watseka Lounge Upcoming Events April 9 - Mexican-flavored Worship 10 - Corporation Sunday 16-17 - Relay for Life 30 - Illinois Marathon May 1 - Senior Banquet 5 - Reading Day 6-13 - Final Exams June 1-4 - Annual Conference