thanks and a plea to all of CLC

The prayer vigil at the makeshift memorial to the five victims of the Tinley Park shootings yesterday was a great response - kudos to Pastor Doug Neal for organizing and coordinating this effort, which drew dozens of CLCers and a number of people from the community in a display of compassionate concern and support for the victims. If 'proud' can be a good word, I was proud to be your pastor yesterday!

That leads me to a plea for your cooperation and support next Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3:00pm, when the churches of Tinley Park and our mayor's office coordinate a special community-wide prayer event for the victims here at CLC. This is a real opportunity for us to 'step up' and serve our community, and I'm calling on all CLCers to help us in any way possible - with your participation and service, as we'll need ushers, parking lot attendants, musicians, singers, hospitality people - you name it.

Preliminary reports indicate a capacity crowd will attend, and they're coming to our house, so we truly want to demonstrate Christ's love and minister hope and healing to our community and it's leaders. Pastors Doug & Shanna will coordinate this event in my absence, so please contact them or respond to the request for volunteers. I know that you will, and I thank God for you!