We will seek out the 60% unchurched in our community, believing there is a sense of urgency to reaching those who do not yet know Jesus Christ.-We will intentionally reach out to the family of each person attending our congregation and to our friends and neighbors in the community.
Alden Nursing Home – We have volunteers each week host a worship service at Alden Nursing Home
We will offer relevant family issues seminars to our community in non-threatening environments.
We will offer other outreach events such as Bible studies, music presentations, youth retreats and events, and children’s programs such as Vacation Bible School.
We will support missionaries and missions organizations with prayer, action, and our finances to spread the good news of Jesus Christ to the world.
Summer Camp scholarships to less fortunate children and families from Chicago, Gary, and other areas.
Mission Trips
We had over 70 people volunteer a week of their summer to serve Louisana after Huricane Katrina in a church-wide mission trip.
We have 74 people participating in a mission trip this summer in Chicago (The Windy City Project 2011). They will be doing construction at Oakdale Covenant Church; Jesus People USA (Leland House); Tapestry Fellowship; and Bridge Communities in Naperville. We will also be giving every child we meet during the week of July 21-26 a new Bible.
How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need yet refuses to help? Little children, let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and action.
1 John 3:17-18