Relationship building through my dog
One of the advantages of being part of a church that also plants other churches is that you’re rarely allowed to rest on your laurels. We’re in the process of relaunching our Wicker Park site as we go from evenings to mornings there while also getting...Spending the day at Barrington UMC learning about generosity. (Taken with...
Doing evangelism in an established church
We sometimes get asked about how established churches can utilize some of the things that we’ve tried at Urban Village. Here are a few thoughts on evangelism (with a major hat tip to my colleague Trey Hall who is the mastermind behind a lot of this): 1. Get out...Read moreSome people see churches like they see independent bookstores. It’s nice to know they’re there, but they don’t frequent them as much as they should.