Ministries

"Sowers" is the name given our team that has oversight for outreach efforts (historically called "mission;" we've reclaimed the ministry of being present to others in need, offering outreach that helps to make the world a more just and equitable place).

We meet throughout the year to consider other hands -- on projects (food drives, 5K walks for a purpose, etc.) as well as to determine the "Mission Minutes" of the calendar year -- a way that we give financially to projects beyond the walls of Broadway and even Chicago, as we hope to make a small contribution to justice nationally and globally.

We’ve discovered that, once we have been changed by God’s love for us, we want to learn more about who God is and how we are invited to be a part of God’s plan for justice in the world. We believe that process of learning is spiritual formation (some might call it Christian education, but we’ve found that learning is paired with living, so it goes beyond simply gaining knowledge). Because our believing affects our living, we are constantly on the journey of examining what we believe. Our community life is made up of discussion where we find that truth, confessing where we doubt, and affirming how we feel part of the story of God’s liberating love.