Willow Creek Community Church

I have chosen to write about the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. The place in question is a large, modern building. Its exterior has a looming presence, as though it were a stadium or a shopping mall rather than a church. The abundance of entrances and sections make the church a difficult place to navigate. Each entrance has its own parking lot, leading to a separate wing of the structure. Surrounding the building is a beautiful landscape, with lawns, pathways, and miscellaneous plants meticulously placed across thousands of square feet of land. At the side facing the main road, there is a grand sign denoting the establishment placed in front of a large pond. The building’s exterior is dotted with an an ample number…

The Key issues that faced Willow Creek church in the beginning Was to be the kind of church that God wanted them to be. And to find out why people did not attend church The key issues troubling the founder of Willow Creek Community Church before they started was to know why people were not interested in attending church? Moreover, the people, in general, gave five main reasons for not attending church. 1. Churches asked for funds, yet they could not see anything personally important that…

million people)”(LeClaire). There are many reasons why numerous people have left the church. For one, not all families attend church every single weekend. Several people from the church community only attend service for certain holidays, like Christmas and Easter, causing the attendance status to increase and decrease. Those who attend on certain occasions think that holidays are the only days they have to go to church and think that they do not need to go to church for the rest of the year.…

Throughout my high school career there has been many opportunities to give back to our community through all the organizations it presents us as high school students. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and as a young women in my church we are encouraged to do eight, ten hour projects that demonstrate community service and help you as an individual expand your knowledge. During the summer of my sophomore and junior year I had the opportunity to collect school…

(Anzaldúa, 27). She also describes the struggle of her people to hold on to their native culture in the face of Christianity and colonization: “our faith is rooted in indigenous attributes, images, symbols, magic and myth … The Indian, despite extreme despair, suffering and near genocide, has survived” (Anzaldúa, 30). She believes that the spiritual world of the native religion is a concrete reality and that those who have been ostracized from their tribe have a more immediate connection to it.…

This series enlightens the Willow church community to act come together and support outreaching in Cambodia against human trafficking, aid in establishing schools in Zambia, helping refuges that fled ISIS in the Middle East and drilling wells for water in Africa to training pastors in South America. Media serves as a powerful tool to bring emotion and grace to show the beauty, grit, goodness and grace in our world. This series allows members to listen, learn and dirty their hands by packing seed…

subclasses is good. But, I believe that she did provide “overwhelming” evidence of a true social caste division. We now see the world of the poor through a lens of moralistic tones and social dominance/subservice. We are treated with hardships and resiliency – a good historical mix. I can see this text along with the “Many Headed Hydra” and “Revolutionary Mothers” as a continuance in a Women’s Studies Program. There would need to be a third and fourth text cover post World War I and World…

We were assigned to read the book Case for Christ for this class and write a five page paper about it. I wasn’t very enthusiastic about reading as I don’t read books at all even books I might be interested in. This book however got me rethinking a few books. This book makes you think and grabs your attention with a few major points. The book also gets you to think more about Christ and makes you want to connect more with Him. This book was written by Lee Strobel. Strobel is an ex-investigative…

Puzzle of Church Administration by Derrick M. Hammond Derrick M. Hammond is an ordained Minister and the Church Business Administrator of First Mount Zion Baptist Church in Dumfries, VA. Over time, the concept of church administration has evolved greatly. Biblically, church administration begins with concepts depicted in passages such as Exodus 18 (Moses and Jethro) and Acts 6 (Apostles and Deacons), where church leaders chose godly believers who were able to give their attention to other…

The Simpson family lives in a town called Springfield, a town that is emblematic of many American towns. Although the show has made countless jokes about the unclear location of Springfield, Matt Groening the creator finally revealed that the town of Springfield, Oregon was the creative inspiration for the sitcom’s setting. The animated town of Springfield consists of a nuclear plant, an elementary school, a church, several watering holes, and a local convenient store known as the Kwik-E-Mart,…