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Join us online!

Join us on Facebook or YouTube livestream or in the Zoom room.

Getting to know each other

We know meeting someone for the first time can be intimidating, and going to a new church for the first time can be nerve-racking. We want to help make your first experience at Greater Chicago Church a great one!
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Check out this video with more information about us and what to expect from our Senior Leaders, JD + Carrie Leman

https://www.greaterchicagochurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Welcome-Video.mp4

What can I expect?

How long is a GCC service?
The service begins at 10am and lasts for about an hour. The service begins with the GCC worship team leading the church in a time of worship. Then one of our speakers will come and share a powerful, encouraging and provoking message.
What's the culture like at GCC?
Sundays at GCC are exciting, casual, and relaxed. We are a house that champions freedom and simply ask that you extend the same freedom to others. Come as you are and expect to feel welcomed as our guest.
What about my kids?
All ages are welcome; however we will not be providing childcare. Parents, you are welcome to bring iPads and headphones or anything else for your child(ren) to engage with during the service as long as it's respectful of others in the service.

 

The One we follow. He's like no other. The One we follow. He's like no other.
We love this quote by NT Wright on lament and the We love this quote by NT Wright on lament and the redemptive hope found within it.
Acknowledge the hurt, allow yourself to feel all t Acknowledge the hurt, allow yourself to feel all the feels and remember that He is always with you - especially in the midst of pain and sorrow. 

Listen to JD's full message from Sunday on YouTube, our Facebook page or over on the podcast. Links in bio.
#MLKDay Today we honor this incredible man. We may #MLKDay Today we honor this incredible man. We may never understand the scope of his sacrifice or what he saw that spurred him to his final days but we pray that we would never forget and would lay hold of what he, and so many others, started and see our world become what he had envisioned. May we all be extremists for justice, love, goodness and truth.⠀
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“So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice? In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime - the crime of extremism. Two were extremists for immorality, and thus fell below their environment. The other, Jesus Christ, was an extremist for love, truth and goodness, and thereby rose above his environment. The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.”⠀
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let's be on the same page in 2021.⠀ ⠀ Two week Let's be on the same page in 2021.⠀
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Two weeks ago, JD asked during our post-service community time, what you all wanted to hear about and talk about in 2021. We've responded with our first series of the year on Lamentations. ⠀
We invite you to read along with us so we can go places...together. ⠀
Read through Lamentations this week and prepare for next week's message, part 2.
The book of Lamentations proves that God isn’t a The book of Lamentations proves that God isn’t afraid of our grief, sadness, anger, hurt or suffering (and we’ve all had some of that this last year 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏾) but He is right there with us sitting in the boat.

If you missed JD’s message from Sunday, be sure to head over to our Facebook or YouTube page and take a listen to the podcast.
This Sunday we invite you to gather around our tab This Sunday we invite you to gather around our table (or computer) and join us for worship.⠀
10am on Facebook, YouTube or in the Zoom room (https://buff.ly/2LeCq4j)
#WeLoveOakPark “Hate cannot drive out hate; on #WeLoveOakPark
“Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” – MLK

Today saw an outpouring of love and support at L!ve Café on Oak Park Ave after a brick with a racist note attached was found by their window Wednesday. As Rev Acree said at the press conference this morning, “What the enemy meant for evil, God will turn around for good.” Amen, we add our yes. Reesheda Graham Washington, we stand with you and all those who stand for Love and Justice in Oak Park, America, and around the world today.
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Greater Chicago Church | 705 Jackson Blvd. Oak Park, IL 60304 | 708.434.5701 | office@greaterchicagochurch.com