At Crossroads, we believe that serving our community – neighbors both near and far – is a natural way of following our Savior and reflecting his love. Crossroads volunteers regularly through quarterly Service Events, and participates in international service events.
Service Events
Courtenay Fest
Help the school children, parents and staff of Courtenay School celebrate the end of the school year. This is a fun event with games, meals and music, and it is also a great outreach event for Crossroads. Be sure to wear your Crossroads T-shirt. The volunteer duties could include setup, food prep, distribution of food and soda, ticket collecting, signing in children, or running the games at various locations. We would love to get a group of 10 or more from Crossroads to help with this event! More information will follow.
Date: Saturday, June 10th
Location: Courtenay School
Time: TBD
Sign up by emailing service@crossroadschicago.org
Chicago Cares ($10 Registration Fee through organization)
Come represent Crossroads at the “Chicago Cares Serve-a-Thon,” the city’s largest volunteer event. We will meet at Daley Plaza wearing our Crossroads T-shirt and register under the Crossroads’ Team. Each team is then bussed to a location. Our team will be assigned to paint, clean, or plant at a Chicago public school, city garden, or non-profit organization.
Date: Saturday, June 24th from 8am to 3:30pm
Cost: $10 registration fee includes lunch and round-trip
transportation
For more information about the event and how to sign up, contact our Crossroads Service Committee at service@crossroadschicago.org.
Past Service Events
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May 2015 – Tutoring Chicago
7 volunteers from Crossroads and Local WELS churches teamed up with Tutoring Chicago at their annual picnic. They showed off their mad face-painting skills, got sporty, and lead games. To see more photos check them out here.
March 2014 – Inspiration Cafe
7 Crossroads volunteers again cooked and served a delicious meal to participants of the Inspiration Corporation Programs. Located in Uptown, Inspiration Corporation helps people who are affected by homelessness and poverty to improve their lives and increase self-sufficiency through the provision of social services, employment training and placement, and housing. To learn more, visit Inspiration Corporation’s website.
September 2014 – Inspiration Corporation
6 Crossroads’ representatives volunteered serving dinner last night to participants of the Inspiration Corporation Program in a restaurant style manner. To learn more about the Inspiration Corporation: Provider of Homeless Programs, please visit Inspiration Corporation
Thanks Gary for leading the team!
July 2014 – Ravenswood Food Pantry
Crossroads volunteered again with Ravenswood Community Services to distribute food to families in need.
Dec. 2013 – Ravenswood Food Pantry
We joined a group with the Greater Chicago Food Depository to stock and staff the December edition of the monthly food panty in the Ravenswood neighborhood. It was a cold, snowy morning but there was a lot of food to distribute and plenty of people who needed it!
Nov. 2013 – Peterson Garden Project
It may have been a little rainy on this Saturday morning, but members of Crossroads and other volunteer groups spent time moving the Peterson Garden. We stopped for a picture – and used some props that were handy!
April – Sarah’s Circle