Breaking Down Walls / Building Relationships

03/23/2021

Evanston Vineyard member Alec Childress grew up in the Jim Crow South and moved to Evanston as a teenager. He later made a career for himself in the construction industry. As part of our series In My Shoes, he tells us about what it was like being a black man in the front office.

03/22/2021

Evanston Vineyard member Alec Childress moved from Mississippi to Evanston in 1956. As part of our series In My Shoes, he told us what it was like to be the new kid in town.

10/05/2020

Hey, Vineyard,

What are you going to do to follow through on the energy of early summer, when we were all hyped up and outraged by the way people of color are mistreated by our political authorities?

Some of you may want to educate yourselves, some of you may want to figure out what you can do to make a difference.

Breaking Down Walls and Building Relationships has two small groups that you can still jump into this fall.

Clips & Conversations will feature talks and sermons on racial injustice and becoming anti-racist.

Acts & Conversations will help you take action steps to do something concrete.

Both meet Sunday nights. Sign up here:

We believe that following Jesus happens the best when we’re in community. Our groups are made up of diverse people that meet all over the Chicagoland area to grow spiritually, meet new friends, and have fun. They are made up of married couples, singles, and families with kids from all walks of lif...

08/26/2020

Someone once wrote, "We will be the same 10 years from now except for the books we read and the people we meet." I would add movies and the media to the list. Nonetheless, we have a responsibility to drop our preconceived notions & false narratives develop relationships with people who don't look , talk, or act like us. We need to listen more, talk less, and try to understand the plight of others. Consider this and decide today...What will be the steps I will take? Start Today!!!

06/09/2020

Evanston Vineyard and area churches co-sponsored the march of the faithful last night. Speakers preached on the importance of justice to Jesus and the Kingdom of God and prayed for us, our cities, and our country.

Evanston Vineyard and area churches co-sponsored this march for racial justice

06/08/2020

If you can't march tonight, consider checking out a FAN event such as the one this Friday.

In her 2018 New York Times bestselling book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, University of Washington education professor Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D. explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged. In he...

06/08/2020

Join Vineyard and many other churches in a peaceful march in Rogers Park tonight!

Reminder: We are marching in peaceful protest on Monday at 6:00pm starting at Willye B. White Park. Please join us! We’ll meet in front of L.A. Fitness in the Jewel Plaza on Howard and Clark a little before 6pm so we can walk together as a group.