Football season has officially kicked off! From Friday Night Lights, College Football, and the start of the NFL season people all around the country are gathering around to watch and participate in football. As someone who grew up in the…
One of our Ignite youth leaders shares stories and reflections about how God has been moving in his life and the life of the youth through ordinary community settings. Earlier this year, at Ignite we had discussions about spiritual gifts.…
This an interview with our ESL Director, Hannah McMahan, about our English as a second language classes: This year our ESL classes were a bit different from past years. What was it like to help teach ESL this school year?…
In God’s sovereign and good plan, He ordained for the planting of a community center (Family Empowerment Centers) in Rogers Park for the purpose of being a beacon of God’s love and hope for the neighborhood. All the while, with…
After seven months of working at the Food Pantry what word would I use to describe it? Incarnational, Redemptive, Community? While these things are true, and may sound good in a theological essay, none of those words could be used…
The noises of fifty people enjoying a meal together ricocheted throughout the building on Family Friday, as laughter and conversation flourished. As Kristen (my wife) came upstairs to begin preparing for the next activity, she was surprised to find Leticia…
I sat at the Lakefront in our community Sunday morning and looked out and thought to myself how overwhelmingly large Lake Michigan is. Have you ever been in a large body of water, looked around and could not see any…
Tengo hambre, ¿puedo comer algo? Mi bebé necesita pañales, ¿tienes alguno? ¿Tienes ropa y zapatos ¿Tienes trabajo para mí? This is what I hear every day as we continue to serve new arrivals in Chicago. I am hungry, can I have…
Chicago Alive Youth Camp 2023 was a blessed experience of seeing God’s faithfulness to produce spiritual fruit through the consistent years of ministry from Pastor Jim Larkin. In the pictures you see two students (Jed - Philippine descent) and Salima…
