Abundant Hospitality: How One Church Meets the Community Where They Are

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• Post published:April 16, 2025
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What if hospitality wasn’t just about opening your doors but about stepping outside to meet people where they are, reflecting love and grace through every action? Abundant hospitality is far…

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From Despair to Hope: A Journey of Transformation

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• Post published:March 6, 2025
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Life is often unpredictable, filled with moments that can leave us questioning our strength and direction. For many like Barb, life’s challenges can compound, making it feel like the world…

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It’s Been a Revival Inside of Me

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• Post published:January 31, 2025
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“It's been like this revival inside of me!” This was part of one participant’s testimony as we celebrated our Fall 2024 graduates. Over the course of twelve weeks last fall,…

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What can the Book of Nehemiah teach us?

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• Post published:December 18, 2024
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From the desk of Executive Director, Gary Garland:“So I sent messengers to them with this reply: I am carrying on a great project and cannot go down. Why should the…

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Spreading Hope and Help: Celebrating Church Serve Days

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• Post published:August 16, 2024
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We have a BIG GOD, so we love to SERVE BIG too! One fantastic way we live out our mission “to mobilize local churches to transform lives and communities, In…

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Celebrating New Hope Ministry

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• Post published:June 24, 2024
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Let’s celebrate! This past May, our New Hope Ministry life skills classes gathered for our Spring graduation at First Presbyterian of Waukegan. We fellowshipped with 31 graduates, 40 volunteers from…

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Tips to Beating the “Winter Blues”

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• Post published:January 26, 2024
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January and February can be a challenging time of year. We’ve just come out of the holiday season (which could have been fantastic or challenging or both!) and the skies…

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Holiday Blessings from our Churches

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• Post published:December 15, 2023
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Thanksgiving and Christmas are times for sharing our blessings – of “things” and of our time. This year, our churches continued to meet the tangible needs of our neighbors as…

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A Heartful Harvest: 30 Years of Gathering Love!

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• Post published:October 16, 2023
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Enjoy Executive Director Gary Garland’s keynote address from this year’s dinner & auction! Our theme, “A Heartful Harvest”, drawn from Jesus’ promise in the parable of the sower: “Blessed are…

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Marking the 60th Anniversary: 3 Pastors Reflect on MLK’s “Dream”

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• Post published:August 30, 2023
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This month marks the 60th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Reverend King delivered the transformative speech at the March on Washington on…

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