Ignite—Promiseland’s volunteer kick off

“We really wanted to do something special to cast vision” said Kerri Mahla, Promiseland’s Programming Director.  And that they did! “We were igniting the ministry season by responding to God. We wanted our volunteer leaders to respond to God and who he is, because that’s what we’re really driving home with our kids this year…that we…

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South Barrington Launches New Promiseland Check-In

On March 2 and 3, Willow’s South Barrington campus launched a new Promiseland check-in system that allows parents to check multiple children in at one location on an iPad. This new process is more convenient for parents and takes a significantly shorter amount of time. While this iPad check-in process is new to South Barrington,…

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Annie Jr.: Their Big Break

Last Thursday marked the Opening Night of Annie, Jr. as students from Willow Creek performed in our very first Penguin Project! Excitement and energy was through the roof for all three performances with more than 4,700 people in attendance! This project has been unforgettable and has demonstrated the truth that we have amazing kids here…

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Converge

Parents & Children Experiencing Spiritual Conversations Together Converge is an annual experience for Promiseland’s 2nd – 5th grade kids and their parents to engage in catalytic spiritual conversations. This event focuses on what it means to be a Follower of Jesus and/or Communion. This year the focus was teaching all about communion. Kids received a…

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Ice Cream Sundae in Promiseland

What do over 8,000 toppings, 58 containers of whip cream, 4,300 vanilla ice-cream cups and dancing have in common? They were the key elements at South Barrington Promiseland’s Biggest Ice-Cream Sundae party! Through out the summer, Promiseland kids were challenged to do two things – pray for and ask their friends who don’t attend a…

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