Park Community Church

have never been to this church but i am a big part of park church’s i go to one on north west side of chicago. i do know the pastor tho not personaly but he comes to our church a lot and gives some of the best sermins i have ever heard.

I just attended Park Community church for the first time and loved it. I am going to try to get my kids to go there with me some time. They can’t stand the traditional Catholic services that I drag them to. This church has a young crowd and delivers the message in modern terms. It was a long service but so enjoyable. Young ministers that make it very interesting and the music and songs were beautiful. I felt an amazing energy there. Kind of emotional.

I can only comment on the Saturday service. It’s a beautiful venue and everyone that works here or volunteers here is super friendly. Since it was my first time I was pretty lost, but there was always someone there to show me in the right direction. I imagine this service was smaller and more intimate than Sundays services. It was held in a decent sized room with a small stage. The music and messages were modern and relatable to a young adult. The crowd was friendly and I liked the vibe. I’d like to come back for a Sunday service sometime soon.

I’ve been to Park a few times and it’s a very nice church. Its a very new church (or has that new Church smell) which is very nice. The people are very pleasant and the sermon is good. It’s a little small for me as I like the Mega church style with 1000’s of people but it’s a good church size with maybe 300+ people. I have only attended the Sat late service but I’m glad they offer it.

I feel I need to give back to the
community since I found Park on Unilocal almost 2 years ago. I was trying to find a church with a little more «life» than the others I had been trying all around the city. I had been to at least 15 others before finding Park… and I never left.
They have a lot of cool ways to get plugged in — since its always intimidating to go to a new place (if you just moved, just started going back to church, or have never stepped foot in a church) they have people greeting at all doors so you know which way to go in. There is a Café with tables and a coffeeshop on the 2^nd floor, third floor is where service is. Since I didn’t know anyone, I went to a real quick session after service (they do it every week, every service) called Park 101 for about 10 minutes to learn a bit more and meet a few newbies. I think I love most is the endless ways to get involved. There is group called Alpha which is a great way to brush up on the basics + is a safe place to ask all the crazy questions I wanted to ask about Christianity. They also have tons of volunteer activities so you can meet people.
The services are about 1 ½ hours long and are very energetic which I like. They have different bands and singing groups that sing a lot of contemporary songs.
And last but not least… since I am gluten free… they have gf communion

I love this church — pastors rotate, each have their own way of carrying out Christian message. Also, lots of services to accomodate any schedule!

Park Community Church just added a Saturday night service at 5 pm to give people more choice. There is more information at
. I like that they have about 100 free parking spots — makes going to church just a little easier.

Food for the soul imo. gtfi if you’ve not already.

Since my last review of Park, we have moved into the Crosby location for the 9am, 11am, and 530pm services. The Lincoln Park campus is still at Francis Parker at 10am.
The new building is amazingly beautiful but the pastors will be the first to tell you «the building is not the ‘church’ the people who attend are the ‘church’» which I really appreciate-​a building shouldn’t define you.
There has been some turnover of Worship leaders, but other than that, it’s still the same Park I wrote about before.
Also…if you have decided to turn your life over to God I recommend checking out Park’s baptism class. They do a great job of explaining the process and hold a beautiful mass-​baptism ceremony every summer at sunrise on the lake.

I have gone to a couple of different churches around the city and found that this is one that I am going to try and settle at for a bit. I really enjoy the energy that it brings forth without being TOO much in your face. I am not a happy camper in the mornings… so too much «RISE AND SHINE» will get you a stern look. However, I can say to help combat that urge, they do have a Coffee shop so that I can get some of God’s Gift of Caffeine. There are fellowship areas and good vibe all around.
The are beginning to offer some additional classes and small groups which I intend on exploring further. But unfortunately, the scheduling for them has prevented me from attending.

Yeah, lot of 20-​something singles at Park, but Park is exploding with 30-​somethings+, and families, as well. I’ve been attending Park since I was a singleton, met my husband there and now have transitioned into the family crowd.
I’ve been amazed at the growth and change in Park — it is tough to serve the needs of everyone and while not perfect, I have sensed that Park truly has a heart for people. I know it is easy to get lost in the crowd (I felt that way at first) but if a newbie is able to reach out even once, I think they will find that it isn’t that tough to get engaged and involved. And as someone else mentioned, the Pastors preach from a very Biblical basis — it is a balance of caring for people, but speaking the truth in love, as well.
Park has been an «itinerant» church for almost 20 years now, which is tough to do with the weekly attendance at over 1,000 now, I think. But in the next month or two, Park will be moving into their new building on Crosby. Yeah!

Park is a church that is totally welcoming and non-​threatening — a place to spend an hour or so on Sunday hearing some good music and a great message, but also a place where your life can be changed in wonderful, powerful ways — where you can experience real hope and become part of a movement that is impacting the city and the world.
One reviewer said it’s a church for those in their 20’s, but while that’s a strong part of the demographic, it’s really only true at the 5:30 PM Sunday service — the morning services draw a diverse crowd that skews towards those in their 20’s and 30’s but includes all ages (a thriving children’s ministry with a nursery and Sunday School classes is provided for the many families that attend). However, there’s no doubt that Park has a youthful, energetic vibe — art, music, drama, dance, and multimedia are embraced as ways to express the mystery of God’s goodness and the powerful messages of hope, love, and grace found in the Bible. Yes, this is a Bible-​based, Christian church, but it’s a place where you are encouraged to be yourself and ask the tough questions — not to fall in line with a fundamentalist lifestyle or be forced to present your political affiliations at the door. You might be challenged by some of the messages, but they’re intended to be both spiritually and intellectually challenging to stimulate thought and growth, with the hope of leading you to a rich and life-​affirming relationship with a God that knows you better, and loves you more, than you have ever thought possible.
When I started coming (read: being dragged) to Park I was certainly not a Christian, and hearing about anything that was «Bible-​based» made me want to shudder. But I slowly learned that Park is what Christianity is supposed to be about — it’s not at all about condemnation, intolerance, or a legalistic view of morality. It’s a place where everyone knows they are just as broken, imperfect, and loaded with spritiual and emotional baggage as the person next to them. And as we sit there together, we are pointed toward the Grace that (when we allow God and others to walk with us through the process), can and will transorm us into the people that we never imagined we could be.
Park has been a «church on the move» meeting at various rented/​borrowed locations on the North Side for 20 years, but has an aweome new church building opening this spring! It’s located in a huge, completely overhauled storage warehouse at the corner of Oak & Crosby streets — at the crossroads of the rapidly changing and economically, socially, and culturally diverse «Parkside» neighborhood (formerly known as Cabrini-​Green). Meanwhile, they plan to continue to hold a «satellite service» at one of their former locations, Francis Parker H.S. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, where a lot of the membership resides.
The growth (and actually having a building to call their own) has been an incredible blessing, but I still don’t think it feels like a «megachurch», or ever will. I like that the size (maybe a little more than 1,000 people total, spread across 3 services each Sunday) allows you to sit in the back and stay anonymous if that’s all your up for, but also accomodates a wonderfully diverse array of volunteer opportunities, educational classes, Bible study groups, and social events so that you can get plugged into the area that fits you best as soon as you’re ready.
Hope to see you there soon… :)

I love Park. After exploring a few Churches around Chicago, I’ve made my home back at Park Community Church. They have so many wonderful programs, small groups, volunteering opportunities. A young crowd for the most part… have been involved in some amazing things since attending Park… a small group, a mission trip down to New Orleans and I look forward growing in my faith and to serving in other ways at Park! If you’re at all interested, check it out… I can’t stress how comfortable and welcoming you will find Park Community Church to be!

I can’t believe churches are on Unilocal.It seems sacrilegious.
Since I don’t really go in for hyper-​organised religion these days, I’m not into churches and things like the Evangelical Association of America (shudder). People like Ted Haggard need to wake the bible thumpers up, is all I’m saying.
Attended Park for awhile and liked the music, the pastor. Discouraged by how easy it was to get lost in a sea of hyperconsumerist yuppies. Birds of a feather flock together, and if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. So I did. But it’s not a bad place, not at all.

Amazing church if you are looking for a place to worship among 20 somethings. Everyone at this church is very young and they gear all activities for that age group. The music is amazing and the pastor gives a great message each week.