Chris and I are attending the annual Global Advance pastor’s retreat in Branson, MO this week. We love Dr. David Shibley and last year we received some great ideas that we’ve already implemented successfully at CLC, so we’re expecting more of the same this year.
Tonight, Craig Smith led worship and shared a recent health scare [...]

OK…..I admit it. I’m a little frustrated today. As part of our recent series on finances, we offered a FREE seminar for first-time home-buyers - for several reasons: (a) I do believe owning your own home instead of pouring money down a rent-trap is one step toward building weath; (b) I’ve also been [...]

WOW….was this weekend fun! Folks here are still buzzing about Iraqi General Georges Sada and his visit to CLC yesterday with our missionary partner and friend, Dr. Terry Law. The General’s firsthand testimony of serving under Sadaam Hussein could only be compared to Daniel in Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom, and it was fascinating to hear [...]

I wrote in more detail about Black History month last year and why we don’t have any special observances at CLC (Feb, 2006 archives if you’re curious), but here’s something I highly recommend for all CLCers, not only for Black History month, but to be inspired by the true story of what one person can [...]

The BEST news of my year (personally) came early this morning via email: our son Brent received notification that his fiancee’ visa was approved yesterday! That means we’ve got a wedding to plan and that Miss Susana Soledad Pacheco (Sol to us) will soon become Mrs. Brent McQuay, right here at CLC!
Stay tuned for [...]

I’m excited about the opening Sunday at our second campus (www.clctoday.org) with the official reports that we ministered to a grand total of 1523 people last weekend (1160 in Tinley; 363 in Shorewood) and at Shorewood alone we had 22 commitments to Christ!
I know we’re walking in God’s favor and I’m beginning to wonder where [...]

For those of you living in Chicago, this is no joke - Chris and I picked the best possible time for our winter getaway, I guess - while ya’ll were dealing with blowing snow & whiteout conditions we were hanging by the pool in 80-degree sunshine in the Riveria Maya area of Mexico - and [...]

Our second campus is offically off-and-running! That may not seem like a big deal to some, but it’s huge for us. We first started planning this expansion about 2 years ago, and we began making serious preparation in November of 2005, so it feels like we’ve been pregnant a long time!
It was definitely worth the [...]

Well, it’s official….I’m now a TV preacher. Well, not quite. At least, you won’t find me on your big-screen in the living room. But for the last 2 weekends we were forced to use video for the teaching time in at least one of our services; last week because Chris and I were attending a [...]

It sure was fun while it lasted! Not just the first 14 seconds of thebig game, but the weekend celebrations here at CLC were more fun than I rememberin church in a long time. We encouraged everyone to wear their Bear’sgear; we decorated the lobby for the game; and we even used the “Bear Down,Chicago [...]