Spiritual Help In Hard Times

The Sun Times just published an article where they asked some Chicago-area faith leaders what they have to say to people who have lost their jobs, homes, tuition and sense of security.   What do they say to congregants who feel as if God hasn’t provided and isn’t going to?  Check out what our own J.R. [...]

Willow To Eliminate Mid-Week Service

(Christianity Today.com) For three decades Willow has been focused on making the church appealing to seekers. But its detailed and thorough research (summarized in their new book REVEAL) shows that it’s the mature believers that drive everything in [...]

Easter Creativity – God is at Work!

It’s now a week after Easter and I am checking out the blogs and news to see how God used people this Easter weekend and what drew people in to hear the Word of God on Easter. Wow! There is lots of creativity out there and that affirms that God is working His [...]

Jesus Time on Earth: 0-33 A.D.

With Abby Jill Brauhn’s passing last week, I was reminded by someone about the story of the dash that separates your birth date and the date of your death on your gravestone and it really stuck with me as I reflected on Jesus’ time on earth –
so short but so impactful and world-changing.
The story was [...]

Convictions About Worship – What are Yours?

I recently came across this list of Saddleback Church’s 12 Convictions about Worship and have been thinking a lot about worship in the Park Community Church context as we get ready to move into a new building and begin to explore potential how multi-site locations might further the work that God is doing in our [...]

Join us for TRANSFORMED

This weekend we kick off a new series at Park called TRANSFORMED, that explores one of the most important books of the Bible for believers, the book of Romans. Through our study of the book of Romans, we’ll be answering some difficult questions and dealing with issues that are important to our Christian faith.

Romans [...]

Vision Sunday

Wow –what a great vision for a city center church!

On Sunday, Jackson Crum, lead pastor at our church, Park Community Church, gave an incredible message of what God has called us to and where Park is going as it marshalls its resources and people to effect change and renewal in the city of Chicago.  Check [...]

A Reminder: New Year, Same King

This Sunday, Park Community Church was honored to have Victor Rodriguez,
Senior Pastor of La Villita Community Church here in Chicago give the last message of the year. Victor is a differencemaker in Chicago and leads a congregation in the “Little Village ” area of Chicago located around 26th street and Kedzie.
Little Village is the [...]

Check out our First YouTube Video: Baptism 2007

Park is now officially a YouTube broadcaster! Check out the musical slideshow of the awesome baptisms of 71 people on the beaches of Lake Michigan in the shadow the the awesome Chicago skyline from Sunday, July 22nd.

Differencemakers: Golf to God

I love golf and am excited about a successful ministry founded by a professional golfer that is using golf to help others find Jesus on the fairways. This ministry is called “In His Grip” Golf Association, a ministry that teaches churches how to use golf as a way to share the Gospel. Founder [...]

Being Missional: Do Church and Bars Mix?

What do you think about churches reaching out to those who won’t come to a church and having their worship services in bars and pubs? Read the following stories and let me know your thoughts.
Hal and Mal’s in Jackson Mississippi is famous for a beer after work, but on Sunday nights at 6 — [...]

Only 20 Minutes to Live

On Sunday, Ron May spoke about his harrowing experience in the Crash of Flight 232 on July 19, 1989 in Sioux City Iowa. Click here for his audio message. Click here for the Wikipedia page. Click here for the Google video.

One of his statements which I have reflected on for the last few [...]

SUNDAY: Why Me? Why Did I Survive?

United Airlines Flight 232 was a scheduled flight operated by United Airlines between Denver and Philadelphia via Chicago. On July 19, 1989, the Douglas DC-10 operating this flight suffered an uncontained failure of its number 2 engine (mounted in the tail), which destroyed all three of the aircraft’s hydraulic systems. With no controls working except [...]

The Great Investment – Investing in Our Future

This week we talked about generosity from Matthew 6:19-24 and also provided an update on the building.

The Great Investment – God’s Investment in Us

As we continue our series, Jackson spoke about God’s investment in us, looking at four seasons in Jackson’s life — he turned 50 on Sunday — Happy Birthday Boss! God has shown us grace in spades and we need to reflect on that as we hurry through our day.

ACT ONE: Genesis

Yesterday we launched our new series “ACT ONE: Genesis” at Park Community Church and Ron May’s intro message on creation was fantastic. As you start this journey, you have to first wrestle with the question of whether God created everything. Ron did a great job of explaining creation and how God created everything. You [...]

Guest Feedback Surveys

At Park Community Church, we are a church that tries to understand relevant issues in our lives. A place where real people come, with their real problems, and their real questions. And while we know that coming to our church one Sunday won’t make everything perfect, we are a community of people on a similar journey - [...]