For our communities

We believe in mobilizing the church to fight poverty and injustice so lives are transformed and Jesus is known. We come alongside God’s work to create sustainable, long-term, and holistic transformation that restores hope and dignity.

Compassion & Justice serving opportunities include:

  • Care Center: View all serving opportunities here (Located at the South Barrington Campus)
  • Community Resource Days: View all serving opportunities here (Located at the Crystal Lake Campus)
  • Serving groups: Join a group to serve alongside others for 10 weeks at a time. Click here to view all of the opportunities.
  • Ongoing serving opportunities with local partners: We are focused on making the greatest impact in food security, helping vulnerable families, and restoring justice in our community. View campus-specific opportunities to serve with a local partner year-round.
  • One-time acts of service! We want to complete 50,000 acts of service as we approach our 50th anniversary. View ideas and submit your act of service on the Unleashed serving map here!

Food Security

Hundreds of thousands of our neighbors have limited or unreliable access to nutritionally adequate food in the Chicagoland area. You can serve at the Care Center, volunteer to pack seeds for global partners to provide nourishment & income, or check out campus-specific food insecurity volunteer opportunities below.

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Restorative Justice

Transformation in our community requires radical hospitality and inclusion so that we can be part of the type of reconciliation that Jesus modeled for us. At Willow, we take part in restorative justice through countercultural, open-handed welcome, acceptance, and love.

Serve in our Prison & Jail ministry to provide hope to those who are incarcerated by joining a weekly or monthly visitation team or a one-time serving opportunity in December to pack Christmas gifts for every incarcerated person in the Illinois State prison system.

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Helping Vulnerable Families

Young people are the future leaders of our communities and churches. We want to help all young people thrive and use their gifts fully.

We serve where youth lack opportunities through schools, foster care systems, and youth programs. We hold annual school supply drives so students can succeed and we have ongoing serving opportunities to uplift young people.

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Serving with Partners

God has given each of us gifts and passions that we can use to serve our community! Our C&J ministry is in relationship with a wide range of organizations that are fighting poverty and injustice so that lives are transformed, and Jesus is made known. We would love for you to take a next step in serving with one of them. Check out the various organizations our campuses focus on and get plugged into serving opportunities by clicking the links below:

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Looking for more ideas?

These organizations are doing great work throughout Chicagoland!

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