TCP Weekly → May 30
Help Shape Lead the City 2027 • Pastoring While Young • Does Your Church Offer Pastoral Residencies? • Celebrating Accessibility with Covenant Presbyterian
Did You Attend a Lead the City Conversations 2026 Gathering?
This year marked a new chapter for us as we shifted from our traditional two-day Lead the City conference format to monthly gatherings hosted by local churches throughout Chicago, and we loved it! We were so encouraged by the conversations around the tables, in the hallways, and over lunch—old friends reconnecting, new relationships forming, and leaders discovering they are not alone in the work God has called them to in our city. Together, we explored:
How Do We Lead Through Grief? with John Onwuchekwa and Dr. Deb Gorton
Empire or Kingdom? with Sho Baraka and Malcolm Foley
Who Is Shaping Us? with Caleb Campbell
Are We Leading from Wholeness? with Drew Hyun
And as we begin planning for 2027, we’d love your input on the format, topics, and what was meaningful to you. If you attended any of the events this year, you’re invited to take our brief feedback survey and be entered to win a $150 gift card. *You must have attended at least one event to be eligible. Entries will be verified against event registrations to confirm.
→ Take the Event Feedback Survey
Does Your Church Offer Pastoral Residencies?
Does your church currently have an in-house pastoral residency program, or are you looking to build one? We’d like to know how to promote and support your efforts. Fill out a quick survey to let us know what stage your church is at and what kinds of support you are looking for.
→ Take the Pastoral Residencies Survey
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.
Healthy Calling Fireside Chat
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 | Pastoring While Young
TCP board member Dexter Harris recently joined the Legacy Disciple podcast for a conversation about calling, discipleship, and building a church rooted in its community. He shares his story of coming to faith through neighborhood relationships, the vision behind the church he planted in Gary, Indiana, and what it means to see the local church as an embassy in the community. Watch here!
Free Report from AACC
The Asian American Christian Collaborative (AACC) has released the first report in its new four-part research series, A Portrait of Asian American Christianity. This free report explores key demographic trends shaping Asian American Christianity today, including age, ethnicity, immigration generations, education, income, and geographic distribution. Access the report and learn more here.
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 Spotlight
Covenant Presbyterian Church in Bucktown is doing something worth celebrating! After a two-year journey that included a structural assessment of their historic building, they’ve been working on a major accessibility project, and services have officially returned to the sanctuary after a few months of worshipping in their gym and Fellowship Hall during construction. This major construction project is a committed effort to make their space welcoming to all.
In the sanctuary, they’re adding accessible restrooms, a street-level entrance, elevator access to both the sanctuary and basement, an expanded narthex, and a ramp to the chancel. The education building is getting an accessible entrance and ramp to the main floor along with updated restrooms.
Covenant is making sure their doors are open to everyone God might send their way, and we're glad to see it taking shape on the North Side!
For the body does not consist of one member but of many. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
- 1 Corinthians 12:14, 22-26
Thanks for being a part of the TCP Community!
We’d love to hear from you! Email us your life/ministry updates, job openings, church residencies, community needs, news, and more.