Our first Evangelism Breakfast of 2013 was a roaring success! Young & old came out to be part of it. Steve Carter shared the Evangelism Vision for the year. So often people think that one needs to have the ‘evangelism’ gift to be on a team like this but friends this is not the case!…
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Taken from a blog post by Liz Abfall, Impact Staff. “We first met to discuss plans for Blast 2013 in the middle of the fall. The weather was still warm and Blast seemed centuries away…As we prayed and listened, God united our hearts behind a vision that only he could create…A camp that caused students,…
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Do you have a special administrative project that could use some horsepower in getting accomplished? Our mail project team is made up of 40 seniors who absolutely love to serve. They meet on Wednesdays in the afternoon and tell us that no project is too small or too large. Please contact them if you have a need. They are looking for…
Read MoreWe just received our December electric bill and have confirmed a reduction in overall facility electrical consumption for the fourth straight year. Due to the record setting summer heat, the reduction this year was not as significant as others, but together we have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by being ever attentive to implementing…
Read MoreGabe has been attending Willow for over ten year and regularly for two years, but he just got connected to a community four months ago. It all began with him and his family finding their way to a section event. There he connected with others from the section and signed up to receive weekly section…
Read MoreThis Christmas, Willow’s Volunteer Central served more than 4,000 volunteers. Serving in various capacities, from directing traffic to serving lattes in Dr. B’s, volunteers helped create a welcoming experience for every guest who came to one of the 12 Christmas Eve services. The goal of Volunteer Central was to give back to the volunteers who…
Read MoreStaff Team, It has been a couple weeks since the whole church joined together to “Stock the Store” and it’s been incredible to see the generosity of Willow attenders. Over the course of the two weekends, nineteen gaylords of onesies, pajamas, undergarments, and socks were collected! Since then teams from the WCA and Compassion &…
Read MoreI wanted to thank each of you for your role in our recycling efforts. It was a little over a year ago that we began our recycling program in earnest and it seemed appropriate to mark our progress as we finish the year. We have made great gains and have not lost ground in our…
Read MoreWillow’s third Alpha Course at the South Barrington campus finished a few weeks ago, so we thought we’d share the final numbers that Alpha achieved over 2012. 450 people attended, 340 completed the course 141 people invited the Holy Spirit, made first time decisions, recommitments 96% of all guests would recommend Alpha to non-Christians they know…
Read MoreOn the weekend of November 17/18, 180 people were baptized at Willow South Barrington. At the 11:15 a.m. service, as friends and family members went on stage to celebrate with those who had just made their faith public, the stage became crowded to the point that friends and family members were asked to wait on…
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