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It is interesting to see how the Lord is working to bring His Church together in various parts of the Chicago metro area:

• ILLINOIS Christian.com -- connecting site for Illinois Christians.
• Fox Valley (Aurora, Tri-CIties, Elgin, Valley North) are banding together for "Let's Go!" as part of Loving Our Communities to Christ
• Lake County is coming together as never before as Catalyst
• The Alpha Invitation is running in Lake County (see below)
• Young Adult Alpha Course starting Sept 25, 7-9PM @ Austin's Saloon in Libertyville. Seven young adult ministeries are working together to be a part of this exciting course aimed at reaching the "lost" young adults in Lake County. For more information please contact: Eric Lerew eric@fusionchurch.com
• Bless Your Block endeavors to motivate city congregations to get out of their seats into the streets.
• 1chicago.net The seeds of a city-wide starting point for Christians in Chicago. For now, the emphasis is on youth ministries, and there is a lik to a somewhat dated calendar. If you are interested in helping, please contact JP Paulus at jp(at)1chicago.net
• Urban Youth Network Urban Youth Workers -- this is the place to connect. E-mail Brian Dye of Vision Nehemiah for the latest updates.
• Exodus 20:13 A coalition of churches in the city, focusing on stopping the violence, especially murders.
• Vision 360 Network
• Reload Chicago - part of the "Road" 1 day training conferences for urban youth workers. Sponsored nationally by the Urban Youth Workers Institute. Chicago's Reload is Saturday, April 5, 2008, at North Park University.
• (From Neil: Hopefully we can find some good CCDA-related links here in Chicagoland, since it was founded in Chicago in the Lawndale area. Help anyone?)

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Coffee with Luis Palau * Focus on Serving Our City

Come Enjoy Coffee with Luis Palau

Join local pastors for an informal time with world evangelist Luis Palau and his son Kevin. Hear about how one of the least-churched cities in America, Portland, Oregon, is now in its second Season of Service, a long-term effort involving city officials, businesses, 500 churches, and thousands of individuals. The unique collaboration seeks to serve the city in word and deed.

This will be an open, relaxed time of sharing together. Come and be encouraged!

Friday * August 7, 2009 * 10:00 a.m.

Calvary Church

SR-59 & 83rd St., Naperville, IL 60564

Kindly RSVP to Michael Escamilla mescamilla@calvarynaperville.org

by August 3 or call 630.851.7000

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Chicagoland's World-Class Worship & Arts Conference

Karitos Worship & Arts Conference

An open letter to leaders on the significance of the arts in today’s church:

For many of us in the church, the way we do ministry has changed dramatically in recent years. This is due to new technology, new methods of communication, and in many ways, a new type of listener in the pew. Allow me to elaborate on this last point. I’ll begin by quoting from a position paper issued in 2004 by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization:

“At a time when communication has abandoned the age of the orator,
we now find ourselves, culturally speaking, in the age of the artist.”

Karitos grew out of a desire, voiced on a talk show on a Chicago Christian radio station in the fall of 1994, to know what God was doing in the arts. What we’ve found in our 15-year existence is simply this: God is doing exciting things, powerful things. Global Christian leaders have also recognized this as evidenced by the above quote.

More and more pastors in the local church are recognizing it, too. Across the country, growing churches are tapping into the effectiveness of the arts to capture peoples’ hearts and to open those hearts to the timeless message of Christ.

We would like to invite you to consider Karitos 2009. It’s a great place to experience for yourself what God is doing in the arts, and to learn how you can incorporate the arts into your ministry. It’s also an excellent place to send your key people for hands-on, reasonably priced training in all areas of the arts. If you want more information you can call us at 847/925-8018.

Serving Christ and His Church,

Rev. Bob Hay, Director

P.S. If you are a Senior Pastor, we invite to come as our guest.

This letter in PDF format

This letter in Word format

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An Ignored Secret to Reaching Our City for Christ

Phil Miglioratti Had a fun 30 minutes being interviewed on city impact and community transformation!

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• What does Acts 8:8 reveal about the goal of collaborating for city impact?
• What is "appreciative inquiry" and how can it propel cityreaching?
  
• How can we get a movement of city-minded believers activated in our region?
  
• What will it take for the various streams or styles in a city to actually work together?
  

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Chicago Leaders Serve National "Children's Day"

10 Ways to Pray on “Children’s Day”


• National Prayer Leader Offers Special Ideas
Batavia, Ill., June 5, 2009 (The Religion Wire™) —




America’s church played a vital role in the birth of both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. So it should be no surprise that the revival of “Children’s Day” on the second Sunday in June (this year June 14, 2009) also embraces a spiritual component.

The website, www.nationalchildrensday.us, and its mirror www.childrensday.us, are offering 10 ways to pray on “Children’s Day” as complied by the Rev. Phil
Miglioratti, national facilitator of city and community ministries for Mission America. He also leads the National Pastors’ Prayer Network and writes a prayer column for Pray Magazine.

“10 Ways to Pray on Children’s Day”
1. Sit on your porch or patio and pray for children in your neighborhood.
2. Take your family (including children!) or a few friends and pray at a nearby school.

• At the flagpole
• Around the perimeter
• In each parking slot (for the faculty, administration, called-in parents...)

3. Picnic in the park ... and pray for:

• Children and parents in the playground
• Teens on the field or the courts
• Gangs that may be in your community

4. Alert your pastor and ask that a special prayer for children take place on Children's Day (invite parents to bring their children to the front for a prayer of blessing).
5. Hand deliver "I/We prayed for your kids" cards (homemade is fine) to family acquaintances.
6. Call a grandchild, niece, or nephew, and ask if you can pray for them over the phone.
7. Secure a yearbook from a nearby school and pray for several of the students each day for the next month (or longer).
8. Become a secret chaplain of a child's sport team - Use the team roster as a daily prayer list.
9. As you peruse the daily newspaper, stop each time a child is included in a story and pray.
10....and when you pray, ask the Lord to bless them, body (health), soul (hope) and spirit (heaven).

Children’s Day observations in the United States date from the 1860s and earlier.

The Methodist Episcopal Church at the Methodist Conference of 1868 recommended
that the second Sunday in June be observed annually as Children’s Day. The
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in 1883 designated the “the second
Sabbath in June as Children’s Day.”

The Children’s Day website offers help and challenges parents, individuals,
churches/houses of worship, schools/places of education, government/community and
businesses to sign commitment cards directed at affirming America’s children. They
pledge to “commit myself(ourself), in the coming year, to love, cherish, nurture
(physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual needs), and affirm...” They can also make a
commitment beyond America to the world’s children.

In 2007 and 2008, Illinois proclaimed the second Sunday in June as Children’s
Day. Several Illinois towns also issued proclamations.

Currently Chase’s Calendar of Events cites Children’s Sunday and notes that The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts issues an annual proclamation for the second
Sunday in June.

Numerous churches and denominations, including the African Methodist Episcopal
Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the Church of the Nazarene, now
observe the second Sunday in June as Children’s Day.

Contact: John Ross
(630) 879-8828 (office)
(630) 879-2583 (home)
http://www.nationalchildrensday.us/

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Live Interview with Phil Miglioratti on Community Transformation

Austin Arise! Radio. Transforming Revival Radio with Benjamin & Barbara

Austin Arise! Radio Interviews Phil Miglioratti this Sunday @ 8PM CST (9 eastern, 7 mountain, 6 pacific) on FM 99.3 & 98.5 Tune in this Sunday, June 21 at 8:00PM as we interview Phil Miglioratti, pastor, city-reacher, and prayer facilitator, on Austin Arise! Transforming Revival Radio with Benjamin Anyacho & Barbara Bucklin, The Word, FM 99.3 and 98.5, Teaching and Talk for Austin and central Texas. Theme: So there was great joy in that city. Is "joy" the secret to city impact and community transformation? Acts 8:8 Listen on line: www.kixl.com or www.Austinarise.org Time: Sundays at 8:00PM CST (9 eastern, 7 mountain, 6 pacific) Call in: 512-637-WORD (9673) What is Austin Arise! Transforming Revival Radio & TV? We hear a sound of abundance of rain! Austin Arise! is chronicling signs of spiritual awakening and transforming revival in Austin area. Blessing the city through the media gate. Sharing stories of genuine kingdom collaborations and strategic partnerships in Austin area. Attending to prayer requests, raising awareness of prayer needs in our communities since July 1, 2007. Watch out for upcoming interviews in the coming weeks with Dr. J. Doug Stringer, Francis Frangipane, and others . Simply put: We are at a tipping point of a transforming revival in Austin area! Best regards, Benjamin Anyacho & Barbara Bucklin (co-hosts) 512-538-4544 512-261-3091 contact@austinarise.org www.AustinArise.org Sunday June 21: Austin Arise Radio! Special guest: Phil Miglioratti Phil serves nationally as a National Facilitator with the Cities and Communities ministry of the Mission America Coalition, coordinates the 17 Loving Our Communities to Christ partner cities and has been national convener for the City Impact Roundtable (http://www.cityreaching.com). In his hometown, he networks community transformation ministries at One Great City) National Pastors' Prayer Network (http://www.nppn.org) Church Prayer Leaders Network (http://www.prayerleader.com) Praying Pastor (http:// www.prayingpastor.com)

Sunday June 28: Austin Arise Radio! Special guest: Dr. J. Doug Stinger. Dr. J. Doug Stringer is founder and president of Turning Point Ministries International, which birthed an international movement known as Somebody Cares, a network of organizations impacting their communities through unified grassroots efforts. Doug began identifying community needs through his work in the inner-city of Houston, Texas in 1981. The collaborative network has grown rapidly and now impacts cities around the world. Sunday July: Austin Arise Radio! Special guest: Francis Frangipane. Pastor Francis Frangipane is one of my all-time favorite Christian writers. He rightly divides the Word and his wisdom abounds; his humble spirit is found in the essence of his writings. Terrific author of 16 books "I know of few prophetic voices to the body of Christ that match the consistency of wisdom and balance of truth that Francis Frangipane represents. His pastor's heart and biblical solidity flavor his writing and nourish souls unto health while calling us all to God's purposes in this present hour. " Jack W. Hayford, President, International Foursquare Church, Chancellor, The King's College and Seminary Pastor Francis' new book: When the Many are One

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Praying Towards 2016

Sent to us by Mark Anderson -

Chicago now holds the best chance of winning the 2016 Olympics, a new analysis said Monday. 

The Around the Rings Olympic Power Bid Index ranked Chicago on top following the International Olympic Committee trips to the city and the other three candidate cities - Tokyo, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro. 

But the analysis said Madrid is gaining ground.

The analysis considers several factors, including accommodation and ambience, financial handling, security, transportation, venues, public support, marketing, cost, and Olympic legacy, among a few others. 

Chicago is on the top for marketing size and impact, with $2.5 billion forecast in revenue. The analysis also said Chicago "seems to have the clearest idea among the four on how to leverage the Olympics for the benefit of youth sport." 

But the analysis pointed out a sustained criticism that Chicago is the only city without any promise by the government to cover costs. 
"Some even say the Chicago bid should be eliminated from the field because of the guarantee issue," the analysis said. 

Yet, the analysis said, "Chicagoan and U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to leave little room to doubt that his administration is ready to do all it can to support the Olympics in Chicago." 

As for security, the analysis said, "Chicago has long shed its grim image as a city ruled by gun-toting gangsters, but instead security concerns would revolve around crowd safety with a downtown that promises to be packed." 

The International Olympic Committee will pick a host city on Oct. 2. 

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Invitation to Collaboration from Pastor James MacDonald

>>>Note: The haunting question "What could we do better together than separate?" should not go unanswered in our time in our city ...

I trust you are flourishing in the grace of God and experiencing His abiding presence in your life and family!

I am writing to you to invite you to a unique gathering of pastors from around the Chicagoland area. The purpose of this gathering is to prayerfully consider supporting together a three night outreach in September 2010 with Evangelist Greg Laurie who serves as Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California.

Greg will be speaking at our gathering which is a luncheon at Maggiano’s downtown. We strongly desire your attendance and prayer support of this opportunity. We are not sure if the Lord is leading us in this direction, but trust that we will know when we have heard the collective response of pastors we are inviting. I want you to be there as we seek the Lord’s desire together. How wonderful if, in God’s providence, we could do something together to reach the people of Chicago for the Gospel.

This luncheon will be held on Friday, June 19 and will be provided free of charge. Maggiano’s is located at 516 North Clark Street in Chicago.

Please contact my office directly to RSVP or with any questions you may have at 847-398-7005, Ext. 1102 or via e-mail at jmacdonald@harvestbiblechapel.org. Also, you are welcome to invite any fellow pastors from the area that you feel could be helpful in this process—simply mention their names when you RSVP.

For the Gospel of Jesus Christ,

P.S. If you would like to confirm your attendance quickly via texting, please text your name and “yes” to 847-650-7632.

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Foundational Principle of Transformation

...at the June Meeting of the

Saturday, June 20, 2009

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

June Host:
Ron Juran
Kingdom Life House of Prayer
2720 Kirchoff Rd
Rolling Meadows 60008

Meeting Notes

This month we look at one of the foundational principles of transformation.

Spread The Word

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For information & directions:
www.TransformChicago.org
Pastor Joe Manahan 847-977-7655
Pastor Ron Juran 847-506-1511

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Free Webinar! The Power of Collaboration

Free Webinar!

The Power of Collaboration
June 10, 2009

Join Ken Blanchard and discover why idea sharing is the key to innovation and performance in today's competitive business environment. Learn new strategies to benefit you, your team, and your organization. REGISTER NOW

Special Government-focused Presentati

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