TCP Weekly → Jun 8
Does Your Church Offer Pastoral Residencies? • Songwriting Retreat • Interview with Larry Perez • Breakthrough Opens The Residences • The Brook Parades Down Fullerton
Does Your Church Offer Pastoral Residencies?
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Local Events
By The Hand Celebrates 25 Years!
By The Hand Club For Kids is celebrating their 25th anniversary of ministry at a special, free worship concert with Big Daddy Weave on Thursday, June 11, 2026 at The Moody Church. RSVP here.
Songwriting Retreat
Cornerstone Anglican is hosting a day-long songwriting retreat followed by a song share with United Adoration on Saturday, June 13, from 9am-4pm. Songwriters of all ages and experience levels are invited to come engage your creativity in an atmosphere of worship, prayer, and collaboration. Bring your instrument (if you can carry it), Bible, notebook, and pen. Info here.
Vocation, Faith, and Flourishing
Work Matters, C.S. Lewis Institute, Renew Chicago, and Faith & Work Chicago are hosting Healthy Calling: A Conversation on Vocation, Faith, and Flourishing with Dr. Arianna Molloy on Thursday, June 25, 7-8:30 PM at Park Near North. This fireside conversation will help participants think more deeply about vocation, identity, spiritual rhythms, and the gospel’s role in shaping how and why we work. Learn more here.
Looking Ahead
Mark your calendars for these upcoming events later this year.
Jul 12-16 C.S. Lewis Institute Academy
Aug 22 Legacy Conference Chicago
Sep 13 El Grito 6K with New Life Centers
Oct 14-16 TENx10 Summit 2026
Oct 19-21 Pastor Theologians Conference
Nov 10-12 Exponential Central Conference
Jan 27-29 Charles Simeon Workshop
Local Resources
Podcast Interview with Larry Perez
How do you trust God when He watched your heart break? Nobody expects to lose a wife and a child before they turn 30. There's no grief map or sermon that makes accounts for that. Hear Brian Dye and Larry Perez discuss on the latest episode of the Legacy Disciple podcast. If you've been wrestling with grief. If you've been searching for God's goodness in a season that just won't let up, this one was made for you.
TCP Job Board
Looking for your next role, or trying to fill one? TCP hosts a local job board on our website with open positions at churches and nonprofits, plus pastoral residencies and internships. Visit our site to see the full list and submit your own openings. Here are a few of the latest!
Executive Director at The Hope Center
Student Pastor at Avenue Christian Church
Lead Pastor at Boulevard Presbyterian
Multiple Open Positions at Soul City Church
Weekly Spotlights
The Brook
This past weekend, a group from The Brook walked in a parade for peace and prayer down Fullerton with many different churches, law enforcement, and community leaders. We’re grateful for their display of unity in the body of Christ and make our presence known in the city of Chicago — making Jesus visible!
Breakthrough Urban Ministries
Breakthrough Urban Ministries just cut the ribbon on The Residences, their new Family Housing building at 3340 W. Carroll Avenue in East Garfield Park! The building features 14 two- and three-bedroom units of affordable housing, along with welcoming shared and gathering spaces designed to foster connection, comfort, and a real sense of community. Congratulations to our partners at Breakthrough on a milestone that means stability and belonging for 14 Chicago families.
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