Associate Conference Minister Michael Jones will leave his post at the end of January to become senior pastor of First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois. Conference Minister Franz Rigert announced the news in an email to the Conference. “Michael has served us faithfully, diligently, and joyfully,” Franz wrote. “Over the past three years he has endeared himself to the Conference staff and to pastors and lay leaders across the Northern Region.” For the past eight months, Michael also has served as part-time pastor of Plymouth UCC in Eau Claire. A search for the next Northern Region ACM will begin immediately.
