Throughout the month of March, Willow Crystal Lake has been running a Diaper Drive for a local partner of their Compassion & Justice ministry, Safe Families. The generosity of the congregation was astounding—over 5,000 diapers were collected! One fantastic story came out of the generosity: A woman in the CL congregation took the challenge to…
Read MoreAT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizion offer all Willow employees discounts on their cell phone service. To apply for this discount, please click the links below and follow the instructions. They will send a confirmation e-mail to your Willow e-mail account. This e-mail may get blocked by Postini (our junk mail filter). If this happens, you can retrieve the message…
Read MoreRead through these brief inspiring encounters that came out of the Bible Engagement Fair this past weekend… “On Saturday, a woman with two sons was looking at the children’s Bibles. As she started towards the cashier with one in her hand, the oldest boy, probably six or seven years old, started jumping up and down with a…
Read MoreThis weekend at S. Barrington the main lobby was packed with people seeking to dive in and dive deep with God and His Word. At our first ever “Bible Engagement Fair,” a team of volunteer “Bible Consultants” were on hand, along with a few members of the American Bible Society, to support four “Getting Started/Going…
Read MoreWe are called to fight poverty and injustice to help transform our community. The ability to fight injustice starts with awareness. Did you know Chicago land has a growing human trafficking and labor slavery trade? CALL+RESPONSE is a first of its kind feature documentary film that reveals the world’s 27 million dirtiest secrets: there are…
Read MoreWe have recently made some changes to the mail and loading dock areas of the church. First, we have moved the mailroom from B108 to F189 (lower dock). The reason for the move is we now have one person who is managing both deliveries at the dock and the incoming/outgoing US mail. His name is…
Read MoreEvery year the Greater Chicago Food Depository offers a limited number of scholarships for member agency representatives to attend the National Anti-Hunger Policy Conference in Washington, DC. GCFD features three guest bloggers from member agencies who will share their experiences at this year’s conference…and Tyler Grissom, The first is associate director at Willow’s Care Center is…
Read MoreYou’re probably aware that last Friday, March 9th, our church experienced a little “Mayhem”. Elevate hosted our 4th Pineapple Mayhem — and it was fantastic! We had spent the prior month in a series on Evangelism, called “SuperHuman”. We discussed the reality that Jesus was fully God, and fully man… and then talked about how…
Read MoreThis one-time, 60-minute training is mandatory for all Staff responsible for creating, providing, reviewing or evaluating teaching, curriculum, and/or resources at Willow Creek. It is specifically designed to equip Staff with an aligned approach to effectively providing biblically accurate and comprehensive teaching, curriculum and resources in a manner that is consistent with WCCC’s core beliefs…
Read MoreOne of the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s most significant partners is Willow Creek’s Care Center. As a result, when Fox News Chicago reached out to GCFD to do a story, they suggested the producer contact us…and they did. Two weeks ago, a crew from Fox News arrived at the Care Center to get an up-close-and-personal…
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