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Camping to launch Mission Illinois

Looking for a Mission Trip where all the planning  is already done for you? Mission Illinois is designed for you!   IGRC Camping and Retreat Ministries has announced plans for the first Mission Illinois experience July 22 to 27, 2012 at Little Grassy Camp.   The week will be spent working on mission projects in southern Illinois. All of the planning is done. Youth leaders need only provide transportation to and from the mission sites and chaperones for their...

Shirley appointed Interim Coordinator of Camping, Retreat and Youth Ministries

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop Gregory V. Palmer, in consultation with the IGRC Cabinet, the Director of Connectional Ministries and leadership  in both the Camping Commission and the Conference Personnel Committee, has announced the appointment of the Rev. Alice Shirley as Interim Coordinator of Camping, Retreat and Youth Ministries effective June 15. Shirley is no stranger to camping both as a pastor and as a youth. From 1980 to 1991, she served as co-director of the conference camps in the...