Outreach
The Community Church is known for the unique and impactful Outreach we’ve offered over the years.
The following programs that we have both created and supported in recent years provide a snapshot of our outreach ministry
The following programs that we have both created and supported in recent years provide a snapshot of our outreach ministry
Looking for Something Special
To Be Involved In This Summer?
How About This - Participating in
Summer Surge at Beacon Place!
Over the last several months, leadership at Beacon Place sensed a need to provide neighborhood kids with a summer learning experience that would offer a much needed boost coming out of the pandemic.
Then, a few weeks back during Sunday morning worship, Tom mentioned the generosity of a friend of the Community Church who provided for an $80,000 grant for new summer programming at Beacon Place. Now with this generous grant in place - along with an additional grant of $15,000 we secured for Beacon January 1 - it’s time for us to support our friends to the north with human resources to complement the financial resources needed to run first-rate programs.
Here are three ways you can make a real difference in the life of a child or teenager in Waukegan this summer (June 21-August 4):
The bottom line is that without the generous grants we helped provide, this program would still be in the “I Have a Dream” phase. Now, we are ready to move from dream to reality.
Interested? Questions?
Call or text Sean at 240.330.8297 or speak with him on a Sunday morning after worship. Or you can email volunteer@beacon-place.org or visit the website, www.beacon-place.org to sign up.
Let’s make it happen at Beacon Place this summer!
To Be Involved In This Summer?
How About This - Participating in
Summer Surge at Beacon Place!
Over the last several months, leadership at Beacon Place sensed a need to provide neighborhood kids with a summer learning experience that would offer a much needed boost coming out of the pandemic.
Then, a few weeks back during Sunday morning worship, Tom mentioned the generosity of a friend of the Community Church who provided for an $80,000 grant for new summer programming at Beacon Place. Now with this generous grant in place - along with an additional grant of $15,000 we secured for Beacon January 1 - it’s time for us to support our friends to the north with human resources to complement the financial resources needed to run first-rate programs.
Here are three ways you can make a real difference in the life of a child or teenager in Waukegan this summer (June 21-August 4):
- Serve as a teacher’s aid in a classroom of about 10 children, for a morning shift lasting 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
- Commit to working one-on-one with teens as a mentor/coach during one shift a week, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
- Be an extra set of hands as an at-large volunteer to pitch in where help is needed!
The bottom line is that without the generous grants we helped provide, this program would still be in the “I Have a Dream” phase. Now, we are ready to move from dream to reality.
Interested? Questions?
Call or text Sean at 240.330.8297 or speak with him on a Sunday morning after worship. Or you can email volunteer@beacon-place.org or visit the website, www.beacon-place.org to sign up.
Let’s make it happen at Beacon Place this summer!
The hours for our Food Truck have changed to 9 to 5. The truck is open for food donations daily; if the back door of the truck is closed, just open it and place your food / dry goods inside. Also, if you are leaving perishable items, please do so on Thursday only for Friday.
morning delivery.Thanks to the wonderfully generous folks who've made donations allowing us to achieve a match of $2000!
We have sent $6000+ checks to the Beacon Place and El Puente Latino Food Pantries!
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Friends, most children in the areas where we are donating food are not receiving daily meals at school.
Many of their parents have lost jobs or have been laid off due to the virus. Our neighbors are HUNGRY. Please help.
And if you prefer to write a check, please make it out to:
Community Church Charities.
Or you can give on our website in a variety of ways.
Both Beacon Place and El Puente Del Taco are able to purchase food in bulk at excellent prices
morning delivery.Thanks to the wonderfully generous folks who've made donations allowing us to achieve a match of $2000!
We have sent $6000+ checks to the Beacon Place and El Puente Latino Food Pantries!
•••
Friends, most children in the areas where we are donating food are not receiving daily meals at school.
Many of their parents have lost jobs or have been laid off due to the virus. Our neighbors are HUNGRY. Please help.
And if you prefer to write a check, please make it out to:
Community Church Charities.
Or you can give on our website in a variety of ways.
Both Beacon Place and El Puente Del Taco are able to purchase food in bulk at excellent prices
Market House & Community Church Announce Joint Program Benefiting Beacon Place Families
The Market House Restaurant in Lake Forest, which has re-opened serving carry out customers, has also quietly begun an extraordinary additional service. Since May 12 the Community Church has picked up and delivered 200 meals per week prepared by Market House chefs for the families of Beacon Place on the south side of Waukegan. The Community Church is honored to play a small role in supporting this fantastic Market House program benefiting Beacon Place families!
The Market House Restaurant in Lake Forest, which has re-opened serving carry out customers, has also quietly begun an extraordinary additional service. Since May 12 the Community Church has picked up and delivered 200 meals per week prepared by Market House chefs for the families of Beacon Place on the south side of Waukegan. The Community Church is honored to play a small role in supporting this fantastic Market House program benefiting Beacon Place families!
WORK TRIP – The Annual High School Work trip takes place each June. The last two years we’ve worked with Habitat for Humanity in Lake Delton, Wisconsin. In 2017, 26 students and 6 adults participated in the trip.
Our church is developing an ongoing partnership with the great folks at Farm Church in Durham, NC. Farm Church is a bold spiritual enterprise whose mission is to grow and provide healthy food for a hungry world. In a manner that teaches earth-tending, healthy eating and abundant sharing as spiritual practices, Farm Church seeks to make "thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
If you would like to support their mission, visit our Donate Page and use the pull down menu to select Farm Church. Donations by check can be made payable to Community Church Charities.
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KIDSUGANDA – A program started by the Community Church in 2005, KidsUganda is an independent not-for-profit organization that exists to serve children in Mityana, Uganda through providing education, food, shelter and love. Over the years, over 75 people have participated on short term mission trips (“Adventures in Service”), and KidsUganda has distributed over $1.5 million in aid.
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NET GAIN-- The Community Church serves as organizing sponsor of Net Gain, which has both raised funds in support of the Orr Academy High School basketball program and developed a partnership between Orr and Lake Forest High School. The two high schools played a game in June and demonstrated the height of brotherhood and sportsmanship. |
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BEACON PLACE – Serving the children and families on Waukegan’s south side, Beacon Place provides comprehensive services including tutoring, meals, swim lessons, summer gardening, and after school programs. We provide volunteers and financial support, and are particularly active in the after school, summer, and Christmas Boutique programs.
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WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF – The Community Church has created two innovative programs – Buffalo Babies and Buffalo Baptisms – in support of World Bicycle Relief’s efforts to provide robust, Buffalo Bicycles to people in developing countries. This program is expanding – stay tuned!
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COOL FOOD PANTRY – We have periodic Sundays when food and cash donations are collected at church for COOL, which serves throughout Lake County. In addition, Ken Hall and others from the church in the Annual Foodstock Concert in Lake Bluff, which raises food, money, and awareness for the malnourished.
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EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE – The church regularly works with individuals and families in need of emergency assistance.