1. Why
I go
to church
Christ Lutheran Church
of Clarendon Hills
A Place for Support and
Encouragement.
When life throws you a curve
ball and you don’t know where
to turn, you can find support and
encouragement. to get through
the tough times.
A place to belong.
You’re never alone when you’re
a part of a church family. The
young and not so young, single
or married, can find a place
where they feel welcome and
loved.
A place to grow closer to
God.
Get closer to Christ and see all
that God can do in your life. and
what blessings he has given oth-
ers in our church family.
Are you looking for...
Step inside and meet 3 generations
of real life, Christ Lutheran Church
individuals who have found what
you may be looking for.
Worship 8:30 am Contemporary
10:15 am Traditional
Summer Sunday Worship Memorial Day
through Labor Day 9am
Take a look at these opportunities:
 KidSpark Children’s Program Sundays at
9:00 a.m. during the school year.
 Middle School Ministries/Confirmation
 Adult Small Group Ministries
 Celebration Pre-School, the premiere pre-
school for the area.
 AMI - American Music Institute classes.
 Men’s and Women’s Ministries
 Mission Outreach to PADS, HCS Family Ser-
vices, People’s Resource Center and others.
 Fun activities that bring together people of all
generations.
Why participate in a church,
when I could worship
in the comfort
of my own home?
Christ Lutheran Church of Clarendon Hills
60 55th Street Clarendon Hills, IL 60514
Near the corner of 55th Street and Route 83,
just off of Holmes Avenue.
Call (630) 325-2220 or log onto: YourChrist.org

2. I found the support I needed.
Meet John, a recent widower:
When my wife died suddenly I thought
my world had ended. The love and
companionship I
had for over twenty
years was gone.
I received a call
that night from
Jim, a friend from
church. He came
over and just sat
with me. When I
felt like talking, we
talked. When I
needed time to absorb my grief, he just
sat with me, quietly.
As the days passed, often I would open
up my front door to find a plate of
homemade cookies, a warm casserole
or a loaf of fresh baked bread, all with
notes of quiet encouragement from
people I knew from church - some old
friends, and some just guys and their
wives I had met at the church get-
togethers.
One thing that they all had in common
was the desire to help me through my
grief. They weren’t experienced grief
counselors - just caring friends who
wanted to help.
I often wonder how different this expe-
rience would have been if I did not
have my friends at church. The one
thing that you can’t find from worship-
ping God in your own home, is the com-
panionship of other believers.
We found family and a place to belong.
Mark and Emily were retired and spent their time vol-
unteering for church and their community. Without
children of their own, they felt that tug on their hearts
whenever they sat next to families at church.
Maria, going through a tough divorce, wanted to give
her young girls a foundation of faith that Sunday
School could give, but her late-night waitress job kept
her from attending church on Sunday mornings.
Happily married for ten years, Megan and Rick were
close with their families but their parents and rela-
tives lived several states away. With a new baby on
the way, they missed the closeness of their families.
What is it about church that brought these
three families together?
Mark and Emily met Ma-
ria at the church game
night. Once they found
out about Maria’s work
schedule, they began
taking her girls to church
whenever they could.
Maria’s girls gave them
the “family” they had
longed for.
Meeting for the first time
at the annual food drive,
Mark, Emily, Megan and
Rick found that they had a lot in common: their love
of sports, their faith, and their love of family.
These days you can see all three families picnicking
at the local park, or carpooling together to Bull’s
games. Holidays are a lot more fun too, with 3 gener-
ations brought together in faith, celebrating together.
I found a place
to grow closer to God.Three Generations Form a Family
Meet Nicole: Cancer Survivor:
The test results sent me into an immediate
panic. I had taken such good care of myself,
eating healthy and exercising regularly. Can-
cer was the last thing I had expected.
How could God desert me?
The day before I began treatment, I received
a call from my girlfriends at church. They
had created a “Chemo Shuttle Schedule”
for me, so I would not have to find transpor-
tation to the hospital. When I became
weaker from the chemo, they cleaned,
cooked and ran errands for me. Sometimes
I would receive a call just to see how I was.
Other times when I was not feeling well, a
pal would stop by and just sit with me,
giving me words of encouragement.
Now, several months later, sitting with my
cup of coffee, and a full head of beautiful
hair, I wonder how I could have thought that
God would desert me.
When in reality, he
“called in the troops”
to help me through
my treatment and
time of healing.
Before my ordeal, I
looked at the church
as a building. Now I
see it as a people of
nurturing, an oppor-
tunity of growth, and a
place where through the witness of my
church family, I have grown closer to God.