Imagine a college student sitting at the end of their dorm bed. It’s the end of a brutal week. The days felt like a conveyor belt of essays, endless reading, and assignments forgotten just before the due date. Now it's Friday, and a choice looms: do you attend church tomorrow?​ 

The Illinois Conference Executive Committee has voted to call a Special Constituency Session for March 29. The session will begin at 10:30 a.m. at a location to be announced. Delegates who served at the 2022 Constituency Session will also serve as delegates for this special session.

The Illinois Conference administration proposed relocating the Conference office to a joint meeting of the Illinois Conference Executive and Association Committees (EACOM) on January 27, 2026, where the measure was overwhelmingly approved.