WILLIS FAMILY FAREWELL
After twelve wonderful years at Redeemer, including seven years as our Youth and 20/30s Minister, Mike Willis has just taken a…
PRISON MINISTRY ON TOUR
For several weeks in April in May, I will be traveling to prisons throughout the state to participate in Re-entry Summits. These events are for inmates with an expected date of release in the next six months. Vendors from around Illinois are invited to present information about the programs and…
FAITH IN ACTION OPPORTUNITIES IN PORTAGE PARK
In the first few months of our work planting a new tree (our third church campus) in Portage Park, we’ve faced the challenge of how to involve the gifted people of Redeemer. When we were starting Redeemer Chicago, we had a building and some large events to serve as rallying…
TRAINING WITH THE EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH
From March 9–14, Pastor Fred and Peter Schwich, our Redeemer Portage Park church planter, attended the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Church Planter Training Intensive in Chaska, Minnesota. Peter and Fred were invited to attend as guests. This five-day training was a wonderful…
ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING SET FOR JUNE 4
Once a year, all voting members of Redeemer gather to make decisions for our congregation. This year’s Annual…
TCI RESULTS FOLLOW-UP
by Matt Stuhlmuller
Amidst all the great and wonderful new things that God is doing at Redeemer right now, our Vision and Strategy Team (VST) decided that it would be good for our church to pause for a moment and assess how we’re doing in a number of different areas of church…
Christians and Politics
by Peter Schwich
I imagine that I’m not alone in questioning whether the supposed great blessing of living…
