Serve Tour - Chicago, IL

WB9 - Party Back to School Bash (Sat)

8/5/2023 — 8/5/2023

In partnership with churches, associations, your state convention, and SEND Relief, the Serve Tour seeks to inspire you to engage in compassion ministry through participation in ministry projects in Chicago, IL. Our plan is to find ways to meet needs and bless churches, schools, local governments, and compassion ministry non-profits. In addition, we want to strategically help revitalized local churches and bless bi-vocational pastors by providing assistance.

We want to make it easy to bring people together in Jesus’ name to make a difference.

Our goal is for the Serve Tour to become a unifying opportunity for Southern Baptists to demonstrate to a watching city who we are and, more importantly, who our Savior is. As believers swarm the city, we will provide pre-trip training guides and a 30-day prayer guide to help you take your next step on missions.

What will you do?

You will begin each day of Serve Tour at the Ministry Center hub. The address is 5916 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60644. Your project leader will give you instructions each morning of the Serve Tour.

Project details:

Empowerment Community Church is a new Send Network church plant in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. The Austin community is one that is often forgotten and overlooked. It is a placed filled with poverty, broken homes, drug addiction and spiritual darkness. Pastor Maurice Gaiter of Empowerment Community Church grew up in the Austin Neighborhood and was a prominent drug dealer in the area for several years before becoming a follower of Jesus.

Now Pastor Maurice is seeking to lead his church to make disciples and shine the light of Jesus in his childhood community.

Volunteers will assist Empowerment Community Church in loving their neighbors through serving at their neighborhood back to school bash distributing school supplies, serving meals, and praying with residents in the neighborhood.

*Registration closes on August 2nd or when the event reaches capacity*

Next steps: 

1.      Register yourself and your group 

2.      Pray for the city of Chicago

Once you are registered, you will receive a series of emails with details regarding your event. We will equip you with the information you need to make your experience meaningful. 

Helpful Links (click below):

1.    Frequently Asked Questions

2.    Sample Daily Schedule

3.    What to Bring