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.
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 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.
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.”
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.
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.
Throw, batter, batter, throw! With an 87 year legacy of Lutheran fellowship, the Lutheran Dart League is gearing up for another season of vibrant competition.
St. Paul Melrose Park’s Resale Shop keeps with their vision “to intentionally meet the needs of our community”.
“They’re like sponges to the Word of God!” For three years, members of St. Peter’s, Morrison have met twice per week with inmates at AUSP Thomson federal penitentiary. Now, Bible study members are lights of Christ as they serve their fellow inmates.
Celebrating 125 years of ministry, St. John’s, Lombard has begun its year long festivities which include a brunch, a historic “Night at the Museum,” and a Gala Banquet.