This is our church in Chicago. You take Lake Shore Drive to I-55 to the Wisconsin exit onto the Dan Ryan. After you are north of the downtown area, you take the Damen St. exit, turn left off of the ramp, go through the light and take the second right, called Charleston. It is in a charming little neighborhood called Lincoln Park.
I have never known another Protestant church quite like this one. The Presbyterian Church made this incredible acquisition for about $200,000, if I am remembering the story correctly, from an old Polish Catholic Parish that had finally died out.
It is so colorful and seems to be in its original glory. I sing on the worship team and it has wonderful acoustics! Paul Van der Bilj, the music pastor, is a gifted guitarist and song writer. Aside from his own annointed songs, he also draws on texts and melodies from different traditions and cultures.
Sometimes we get to sing from the balcony. For Christmas this past year, I sang a solo, Jesu Bambino, in the candle light service.
Covenant follows the liturgy and all of the church's historical calendar events, like Ascension Sunday, 6 weeks after Easter. It brings such a feeling of celebration and community.
Pastor Aaron Baker is so down to earth and more of a scholar and colleague than a stuffy minister. He has cast many a new light on well traversed passages...
We visited it before we got married because our friends, Karla and Jason Reed attend. We even briefly entertained the notion of having our wedding here, since we knew we were making it our church home once we moved to Chicago....I am going to miss it terribly and surely will not find its equal in Boston. I have so many meaningful memories in this place.
I have never known another Protestant church quite like this one. The Presbyterian Church made this incredible acquisition for about $200,000, if I am remembering the story correctly, from an old Polish Catholic Parish that had finally died out.
It is so colorful and seems to be in its original glory. I sing on the worship team and it has wonderful acoustics! Paul Van der Bilj, the music pastor, is a gifted guitarist and song writer. Aside from his own annointed songs, he also draws on texts and melodies from different traditions and cultures.
Sometimes we get to sing from the balcony. For Christmas this past year, I sang a solo, Jesu Bambino, in the candle light service.
Covenant follows the liturgy and all of the church's historical calendar events, like Ascension Sunday, 6 weeks after Easter. It brings such a feeling of celebration and community.
Pastor Aaron Baker is so down to earth and more of a scholar and colleague than a stuffy minister. He has cast many a new light on well traversed passages...
We visited it before we got married because our friends, Karla and Jason Reed attend. We even briefly entertained the notion of having our wedding here, since we knew we were making it our church home once we moved to Chicago....I am going to miss it terribly and surely will not find its equal in Boston. I have so many meaningful memories in this place.
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