In my recent trip home, I took a few trips to Willow Creek. I had never really gone there for church, as I'm Catholic and have a home parish, but after including it in one of my recent essays, I grew an interest to go to a service. Senior Pastor Bill Hybels was scheduled to speak this weekend so I figured it was a perfect opportunity to see what makes him, and Willow Creek so special.
With their main auditorium holding seating for 7,000. A service there really is something to behold.
I got there a little early, so the picture does look a little empty, but by the time the service had started, it was almost completely full.
Hybels talked about a Christian "roadtrip" using different places along the trip as an opportunity to discuss different important aspects of the faith, involving things like a bar, a concert hall, a home, the white house, and then ending back up at Willow Creek. The "road trip" was an interesting concept and hit on a lot of cool aspects of faith, it made me understand how, sometimes unlike the Catholic Church, the message is usually very clear cut and easy to understand. It isn't really a deciphering process.
I'm definitely lucky to have a place like that close to home though. With over 150 new ministry initiatives, you can find almost anything you're looking for. I've had friends who have been involved since elementary school with programs for each age group.
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