UCM Annual Rpt 2016

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2016 Annual Report

University Christian Ministry

Director’s Message . . . Program Highlights for 2016 . . .

When I ask college students if they are Leadership Development
adults, I generally get a non-committal,“yes • Weekly Sunday dinner and informal worship
and no at the same time.” In fact, they have • Weekly Tuesday Bible study and discussion
created a verb — “adulting” — to describe • Weekly fellowship lunch
themselves when they are doing grown up • Quarterly retreats
things like having a job, paying rent,
cooking a meal, or anything else Social Justice
reminiscent of • Justice Talks: education, criminal justice reform, local
grown up
responsibility. Black history
• Anti-Hunger Initiatives: food pantry for needy students,
College students
are adulting in the cooking & bag lunches for Evanston homeless shelter
faith realm too. • Environmental Justice: prairie restoration
They are learning • Homelessness: volunteering with Family Promise
how to
understand the Campus Outreach and Evangelism
nuances of • “Embodied Solidarity” speaker: Dr. Larycia Hawkins
Christian
theology and from Wheaton College
practice, often discovering that their • “Interfaith Reflections on Study Abroad” presentation
presumptions about Christianity are at best • “Sexual Decision Making” workshop
incomplete or at worst even incorrect. They • “LGBT & Faith” workshop
are striving to marry their intellectual rigor • UCM student received Interfaith Leadership Award from
with a deep spiritual longing. These
amazing young adults are growing into NU’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life
discipleship on their own terms. • Ash Wednesday: “Ashes to Go” at the NU arch

At UCM, our mission is to empower
thoughtful Christian leaders for the global
church and the complex world. We provide
a welcoming, caring, and patient place for
students to “adult.” We hope that they leave
Northwestern further along in the journey.

Empowering thoughtful Christian leaders for the global church and the complex world

+ What your support accomplished this year . . .

Partnered with local Communicated: Achieved:
congregations to:
• Established social media • 23% of operating budget
• Unload hundreds of pumpkins presence: 33 Instagram contributed from individuals
for mission support fundraiser followers, 44 Facebook likes
• Excellent and cost-effective
• House homeless families • 41 Blog posts on website building maintenance for
• Repaint a church • Mailed more than 850 126- year-old house
• Feed homeless people hot
newsletters each quarter • Reduced reliance on
dinners and sack lunches • Featured in articles in The Daily resident contributions from
• Reach out to older folks in a 5 to 4 residents
Northwestern and the United
retirement community Methodist Reporter • Developed a new part-time
Program Associate position

+ Stewardship Expenses - $144,767 UCM Directors

Income - $162,335 Leadership Development - $73,831 Mr.Thomas Swann • President
Social Justice - $24,610 Trinity United Methodist,Wilmette
Denominational Support - $67,894 Campus Outreach/Evangelism - $22,292
Individual Gifts - $41,479 Administrative - $13,029 Mr. Paul Arntson • Professor
Residents’ Contributions - $36,384 Building - $11,005 Emeritus
Local Church Support - $12,934
Investment Income - $3,644 8% Mr. Bob Bobesink • Treasurer
9% First Presbyterian,Wilmette
8% 2%
Mr.William Hoover • Alumnus
22% 42% 15% 51%
Ms. Jan MacDermid
Northminster Presbyterian

Mr. Patrick May • Student

26% 17% Mr. Dennis Morre
First United Methodist, Evanston
+ Staff and Program Team
Ms. Kathy Ryan • Vice President
Central United Methodist, Skokie

Ms. Catherine Schur • Alumna

Full-time: Rev. Julie Windsor Mitchell, Executive Director and Campus Minister Note: This year’s annual report
Part-time (15 hrs/week): Nancy Faunce, Administrative Assistant has been reformatted and
Part-time (15 hrs/week): Lauren Rheingans, Program Associate streamlined to save money,
Seminary Interns: (unpaid) Laura Kraybill and Josh Larson from Garrett-Evangelical resources — and your time!
Stipend: Megan Behnke, NU student Peer Minister
Part-time (4 hrs/month): CPA Mike Jin (accounting, bookkeeping, and tax filing)

+ 2016 Donors UCM is an independent, 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization which is not
funded by Northwestern University. We are extremely thankful for all of
our funders who support young Christian leadership development.

Local Churches Brian and Wendy Cavanaugh Ann Rest
Ardis D. Coninx Paul and Pamela Rolfes
• Central United Methodist, Skokie Andrew Rowberg
• First Presbyterian, Lake Forest in honor of Kathy Ryan
• First Presbyterian,Wilmette Carol L. Cory Richard E. Rowberg and Nancy Lee Jones
• First United Methodist, Evanston Bishop Sally Dyck and Kenneth Ehrman in honor of Andrew Rowberg
• Glencoe Union Church Jane S. Eesley
• Northminster Presbyterian, Dianna Hunter English Daniel W. and Kathryn Meier Ryan
Kenneth and Helen Fawcett Sarah Sanders
Evanston Beth Flory Diann Santschi
• Our Savior’s United Methodist Henry and Rachel E. Fowler Andrew J. and Lilamani Schleicher
Kalen Fraser Donald D. and Victoria H. Scott
Church, Schaumburg Jane R. Friesema Megan Seaholm
• Trinity United Methodist, Tom and Mara Gallagher in honor of Ellen Cantrell
Jack L. Seymour and Margaret Ann Crain
Wilmette in honor of Lauren Rheingans
Michael Gandlmayr Philip and Mary M. Shaul
Denominations Charles Richard and Cathleen Beall Garfield in honor of Katherine Shaul-Smith
William A. Gifford and Carolyn
• Northern Illinois Conference John L. and Elizabeth S. Sherrill
• Presbytery of Chicago DeSwarte Gifford David and Kathy Shine
• Synod of Lincoln Trails Charles Frank and Jill Heaton Gross Peter G. and Andrea W. Slot
• United Methodist Foundation Eric Hess and Caroline Tripp-Hess Barbara M. Smith
Roland J. Hinz and Catherine E.Whitcomb Clifford A. and Dorine T. Sobers
Individuals, William Hoover Thomas W. and Elizabeth F. Swann
Parents, and Brinton and Kathy Hopkins Dennis H. and Lois Calian Trautvetter
Alumni Victor R. and Virginia Trautwein, Jr.
in honor of Michael Hopkins
(as of January 13, 2017) TJ Houk Betty G. Treiber
Sara M. and Andrew T. Alderman Charles A. and Caroline A. Huston Robert and Megan Tschannen-Moran
Danny J. and Susan K. Allbritton Alexander Jablonski Casey and Beau Underwood
Anonymous Lois Jablonski Spencer T. and Abigail B. Utley
Jennifer M. Arneson Dave Vanko and Carol Appleby-Vanko
Frederick L. Ash in honor of Alex Jablonski
Frank C. Baldwin and Barbara E. Ellson Charles Jameson and Anne T. Coughlan in honor of Fisherfolk
Alice S. Basoms Stuart and Brenda Barnes Jamieson Mary E.Wadleigh
Marc and Pat Behnke David Jarrard Jeff and Cheryl Wallem
Phyllis A. Bird
Thomas Board and Carol Meynen in honor of Madeline Jarrard in honor of Lauren Rheingans
Bob Bobesink and Linda Haven William T. Johnson Paul Wallem
William D. and Beverly J. Bolsen Jr.
George and Ethelyn Bond in honor of Collin Johnson in honor of Lauren Rheingans
Gregory Bork, Jr. Abdo and Sally Kadifa Gayle M. and Nancy E.Webber
Andrew Bowen Jerry W. and Linda M. Kielsmeier Shirley H.Weller
Christopher W. and Ellen L. Bowen James M. and Susan J. Lawlis
Paul E. and Leslie Lehner in honor of her years at UCM
in honor of Andrew Bowen Jacqueline Leipold Henry and Carole Williams
Erik and Laurel Britt-Webb Patrick Luckow
Jane P. Brumitt James S. and Laura C. Lyman in honor of David Williams
Richard J. and Patricia A. Bruns Jan MacDermid Mary Lynn Windsor
Robert G. and Shirley J. Burkhart Ruth E. Mack Kenneth M. and Sarah H.Wylie, Jr.
Donna L. Campbell James and Karen Young
Ellen Cantrell in honor of Julie Windsor Mitchell
Jonathan and Lauren Parnell Marino
John and Karen May
Jay E. Miller and Aspasia M. Apostolakis
Kenneth C. and Bertha E. Monahan
Dennis Moore and Helen Damon-Moore
Jon P. and Helen J. Naleid
Jeff and Ginger Newlin
Alexander Pegg and April Peidelstein

in honor of their marriage
Mitchell and Beverly Petersen
Robert Pfutzenreuter
Jon D. and Ann A. Pickerill
Donald M. and Claire S. Prince

Robert and Jenny Ray

Student Voices . . .

“Going through this part of my faith
journey with my likeminded and
equally-curious friends has helped me
learn so much about what it means to
be a Christian in today’s society.”

"UCM brings people together who
come from different faiths to give
thanks and highlight what they have
in common.”

“I have learned to lead by "UCM is a ministry where
encouraging others to Christ is present. Here students
themselves take on leadership.” have a real passion to use their
faith and God given abilities to
change the world."

Join us! Make a tax-deductible donation to UCM by mail, or on our website at:

www.ucmnorthwestern.org and help empower thoughtful Christian leaders for the
global church and complex world.

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