Lake Street Church of Evanston
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Spiritual seekers of all ages, races, genders, sexual orientations, and religious identities are enthusiastically embraced and affirmed throughout the congregation and in leadership. https://www.lakestreet.org
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
ICE Nativity scenes: Churches reimagine Christmas story amid deportations
(RNS) — 'We know that Jesus was born into a Roman imperial occupation, and pretty much immediately becomes a refugee in Egypt, has to flee and faces political violence,' the Rev. Michael Woolf said.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In Chicago, a Nativity scene features a zip-tied baby Jesus and Roman centurions in "ICE" vests.
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Near Boston, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are absent from a Nativity scene, replaced with a sign reading "ICE was here."
It's all part of growing religious blowback to ICE. religionnews.com/2025/12/05/i...
Join us on the church lawn at 6:15 pm on Weds., December 10 for a prayer vigil.
December 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join us on the church lawn at 6:15 pm on Weds., December 10 for a prayer vigil.
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Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
Evanston church’s Nativity depicts baby Jesus zip-tied by ICE agents
Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Lake Street Church of Evanston depicted baby Jesus’ hands zip-tied, Mary with a gas mask and ICE as centurions in its Nativity scene.
The children and youth Advent Market is back this Sunday! Our young people have been working hard on their handicrafts, which will be for sale during coffee hour.
It’s also our Fifth Sunday Potluck, so bring a dish to share if you can, or just stay and eat. All are welcome!
It’s also our Fifth Sunday Potluck, so bring a dish to share if you can, or just stay and eat. All are welcome!
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The children and youth Advent Market is back this Sunday! Our young people have been working hard on their handicrafts, which will be for sale during coffee hour.
It’s also our Fifth Sunday Potluck, so bring a dish to share if you can, or just stay and eat. All are welcome!
It’s also our Fifth Sunday Potluck, so bring a dish to share if you can, or just stay and eat. All are welcome!
By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in his footsteps.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
By witnessing this familiar story through the reality faced by migrants today, we hope to restore its radical edge, and to ask what it means to celebrate the birth of a refugee child while turning away those who follow in his footsteps.
The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described in the stories our tradition has told and retold for millenia.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Holy Family were refugees. This is not political interpretation, this is the reality described in the stories our tradition has told and retold for millenia.
This installation isn’t subtle because the crisis it addresses isn’t abstract. We hope viewers will ask what sanctuary means when families are met with dehumanization. We further hope to move people to action, regardless of faith or philosophical background.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This installation isn’t subtle because the crisis it addresses isn’t abstract. We hope viewers will ask what sanctuary means when families are met with dehumanization. We further hope to move people to action, regardless of faith or philosophical background.
The gas masks worn by Mary and Joseph reference the documented use of tear gas and other chemical weapons deployed by ICE agents against peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform and bearing witness to human rights abuses within the system.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The gas masks worn by Mary and Joseph reference the documented use of tear gas and other chemical weapons deployed by ICE agents against peaceful protesters, journalists, and community members advocating for immigration reform and bearing witness to human rights abuses within the system.
The zip ties on the infant's wrists directly reference the children who were zip-tied by agents during a raid on a Chicago apartment building earlier this year, where most residents were U.S. citizens: a stark reminder that enforcement terror does not discriminate by documentation status.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The zip ties on the infant's wrists directly reference the children who were zip-tied by agents during a raid on a Chicago apartment building earlier this year, where most residents were U.S. citizens: a stark reminder that enforcement terror does not discriminate by documentation status.
Thanks to Loretta, Kelli, Jack, and Miller for their help setting up our nativity this morning.
This installation reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family's refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices.
This installation reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family's refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices.
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Thanks to Loretta, Kelli, Jack, and Miller for their help setting up our nativity this morning.
This installation reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family's refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices.
This installation reimagines the nativity as a scene of forced family separation, drawing direct parallels between the Holy Family's refugee experience and contemporary immigration detention practices.
Friday morning, ABC of Metro Chicago is sponsoring the weekly Faithful Friday action at Broadview processing center. Join us for a faithful, expectant gathering to “proclaim the release of the captives” in Broadview and beyond.
11/21 at 9am, at Beach and Lexington in Broadview.
11/21 at 9am, at Beach and Lexington in Broadview.
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Friday morning, ABC of Metro Chicago is sponsoring the weekly Faithful Friday action at Broadview processing center. Join us for a faithful, expectant gathering to “proclaim the release of the captives” in Broadview and beyond.
11/21 at 9am, at Beach and Lexington in Broadview.
11/21 at 9am, at Beach and Lexington in Broadview.
Huh. Look at that.
four days after violently arresting 21 people for walking in the street, broadview “unified command” announces it’s expanding the “free speech” zone outside the ice jail to include part of beach street.
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Huh. Look at that.
“The Christian clergy at Broadview and elsewhere who are protesting the government’s dehumanization and unlawful detention of people seeking asylum within our country are doing the job they were ordained to do.”
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What Kristi Noem and DHS won't admit about clergy-led protests – Baptist News Global
Painting clergy leading the protest as violent imbecilic morons ushers in a whole new level of cognitive dissonance
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November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“The Christian clergy at Broadview and elsewhere who are protesting the government’s dehumanization and unlawful detention of people seeking asylum within our country are doing the job they were ordained to do.”
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Join us Sunday, December 21 at 10:30AM for a free concert! Our choir, along with guest orchestra and other musicians, will perform Handel's Messiah. This event is open to the public, with a light brunch to follow.
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Join us Sunday, December 21 at 10:30AM for a free concert! Our choir, along with guest orchestra and other musicians, will perform Handel's Messiah. This event is open to the public, with a light brunch to follow.
Proud to see Lake Streeters like Jill showing up for our neighbors during a crises that never needed to happen blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/h...
How Chicagoans Helped Their Neighbors Through The SNAP Freeze
From turning their porches into food pantries to baking birthday cakes, neighbors found creative ways to help those going without food assistance during the government shutdown.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Proud to see Lake Streeters like Jill showing up for our neighbors during a crises that never needed to happen blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/h...
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If you think that pastors were out there throwing hands at #Broadview, you are gullible. We were peaceful and I’m confident some of the police injured themselves striking protesters with unprofessional and unsafe practices. Watch me push back on @newsnation.bsky.social 👇👇
November 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If you think that pastors were out there throwing hands at #Broadview, you are gullible. We were peaceful and I’m confident some of the police injured themselves striking protesters with unprofessional and unsafe practices. Watch me push back on @newsnation.bsky.social 👇👇
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While I've got your attention, people seem to want to hear me talk about my arrest, and interviews are cool, but you can feel free to come to @lakestreetchurch.bsky.social at 10:30AM Central to hear a HOPE-FILLED sermon about yesterday's events. Livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Qi...
Worship Service November 16, 2025, Lake Street Church
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November 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
While I've got your attention, people seem to want to hear me talk about my arrest, and interviews are cool, but you can feel free to come to @lakestreetchurch.bsky.social at 10:30AM Central to hear a HOPE-FILLED sermon about yesterday's events. Livestreamed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1Qi...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
New time!!!!! This event now starts 30 minutes later, at 6:30PM
April 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
New time!!!!! This event now starts 30 minutes later, at 6:30PM
We are doing something different for Maundy Thursday this year: a party. Let us love one another as we have been loved through sharing food, music, and friendship with all our neighbors. Everyone is invited. Join us starting at 6PM.
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We are doing something different for Maundy Thursday this year: a party. Let us love one another as we have been loved through sharing food, music, and friendship with all our neighbors. Everyone is invited. Join us starting at 6PM.
A space for joy in tough times: our annual Ecumenical Palm Sunday Procession with live donkeys Tinkerbelle and Iris. Meet at the corner of Lake St. and Chicago Ave. in Evanston at 9AM on April 13 to join in the fun.
April 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
A space for joy in tough times: our annual Ecumenical Palm Sunday Procession with live donkeys Tinkerbelle and Iris. Meet at the corner of Lake St. and Chicago Ave. in Evanston at 9AM on April 13 to join in the fun.
Thursday night!
Join us for a screening of Holy Redemption, followed by a powerful discussion with panelists Eli Newell and Sawsan Abubaker.
🗓 Thursday, March 20, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🍽 In-person only | Light refreshments will be served
Register here: bit.ly/March20HolyR...
#HolyRedemption
🗓 Thursday, March 20, 2025
⏰ 7:00 PM
🍽 In-person only | Light refreshments will be served
Register here: bit.ly/March20HolyR...
#HolyRedemption
March 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Thursday night!
Rev Dr Woolf and Rev Dr Piela were proud to represent Lake Street Church at the Villa Park Islamic Foundation’s interfaith Iftar last night.
March 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Rev Dr Woolf and Rev Dr Piela were proud to represent Lake Street Church at the Villa Park Islamic Foundation’s interfaith Iftar last night.
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access - transequality.org/news/freedom....
"The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three crucial passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to these harmful changes before it's too late."
"The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three crucial passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to these harmful changes before it's too late."
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access - transequality.org/news/freedom....
"The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three crucial passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to these harmful changes before it's too late."
"The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three crucial passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to these harmful changes before it's too late."