Lake Street Church of Evanston is a progressive faith community that values justice, curiosity, and the freedom to explore faith without rigid dogma, thereby creating space for big questions, open dialogue, and diverse spiritual paths. We are committed to justice through reparations, immigrant rights, and the empowerment of queer voices in our faith community.
JOIN US ON SUNDAY
All are welcome to attend our 10:30 worship service on this coming Sunday where we offer both an in-person and hybrid experience.
Please enter the sanctuary via the Chicago Avenue front doors. You can live stream our service at this link.
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Documentary American Doctor at Lake Street
Book Launch by Lake Street's Pastor Woolf and Second Baptist's Pastor Nabors
Saturday October 24, Noon in the Lake Street sanctuary.
In a time when people are once again reluctant to welcome the "other," Pastors Michael Nabors and Michael Woolf are forging a path forward through the cooperation of their churches - one Black and one White.
Race, Religion, and Reparations offers a direct confrontation of the racism embedded in the religious communities of the United States, and provides suggestions for connections between Black and White churches, acknowledging what is most effective for their congregations. They provide the text of the covenant they developed between their two churches, a "Joint Statement to End Racism."
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Copies available at the event. Also available today from Nurturing Faith Books.
"Yes, In God's Backyard" - A New Movement
Connections for the Homeless in inviting the Evanston community to attend a free upcoming webinar about YIGBY on October 29. Featured speakers Pastor Luke Harris-Ferree, state legislator Rep. Lindsay LaPointe, and national housing researcher Dr. Nadia Mian.
This webinar is the first in a series of four that have been designed for different audiences and explores a different housing-related topic:
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YIGBY (Yes, In God's Backyard)
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Senior Housing
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Equitable Rental Housing
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Race and Housing
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Stephen Ministry at Lake Street Church
The LSC Stephen Ministry commissioning ceremony occurred during the Sunday service on June 7.​
Stephen Ministry is a highly acclaimed, Christ-inspired ministry system designed to help congregations organize, train, and supervise a team of lay ministers to provide quality, one-to-one, emotional and spiritual care and understanding to people who are hurting.
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Lake Street Helping the Community
The Peace & Justice Committee continues to collect Jewel food cards and cash donations for their purchase for the immigrant/refugee population in the Chicago area,
On the third Monday of each monthr, Lake Street provides a dinner meal for those staying at the Margarita Inn, as many as 35 individuals.
Rev. Michael Woolf
God Isn't a Republican or a Democrat; God Is an Immigrant
If you want to understand who God is, then I think one of the foundational themes is the experience of migration. In election season, we sometime ask whether God is a Democrat or a Republican, but the truth is more obvious: God is an immigrant.
(Continued at Sojourner's Magazine)