Learn how a community of home-school families from several congregations worship together twice per school-year month
Children’s and Youth Ministry: Family Matins
Children’s and Youth Ministry: Pastor Chats
One unique after-school ministry welcomes children into the Church, prepares them for confirmation, and teaches them the Church is just as much theirs as it is their parents and grandparents
Essential Family Life Ministry
Is the current American family structure more like a pole bean or a bush bean?
Yesterday and Today: St. John, Darien Annual Cemetery Walk
St. John, Darien celebrates the Joyfully Lutheran lives of congregation members who lived in the 1800s during their annual cemetery walk. Watch our short video to see and hear for yourself.
Dwelling in the Light of God’s Grace: Stateville
For 32 years, Deaconess Lori Wilbert has served in a chaplaincy role at Stateville Correctional Center. As she teaches classes and builds community there she continues to see God’s grace and hope permeate the environment. Prison is a place in which God’s spirit dwells and is found in the mundane, obscene, and obscure.
Each of Us: Chosen, Equipped, Sent
The heart of the word “enviando” and its like-named initiative is to equip, encourage, and send Hispanic missionaries to serve the Lord in northern Illinois. Many congregations have begun or will be beginning ministries to share God’s precious message of salvation with Spanish speaking members of our community.
It begins with “Hello”
It is estimated that a majority of the deaf community in the United States do not know Jesus. A group of individuals in the Northern Illinois District are on a mission to change that.
“Love Thy Neighbor”
Salam Christian Fellowship serves an ever-changing community with many asylum seekers. They are neighbors and friends with genuine relationships, forming their own family and home in northern Illinois as they come together as the “tribe of Christ.”
All for One
Functioning as a community of believers, when one student was in need, his home church and school, another church and school in the community, and a registered service organization moved to help. Together, they ensured that his education would continue uninterrupted and that his food, clothing, and medical needs were all well-cared for.
The Family of Christ
When one Zion, Grant Park family learned of an opportunity to open their home for children whose parents were in need of short-term assistance, the Lord moved their hearts. Over the past four years, eleven children have found a second-home with them. We are on body–one family–in Christ.