Sermon: Part 1 "Worship Pillar" by Rev Von Matthews is a retired Senior Vice President and Global Head of Fraud Risk for The Northern Trust Company and was appointed as a member and Vice-Chairman of the Cook County Board of Ethics for 2 terms. He has also served on the boards of TLN, Breakthrough Urban Ministries, and Sheltered 91. He received his B.S. in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University, and his MBA from St. Xavier University. He was ordained into ministry in 1995, and attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with a focus in the Urban Ministries program. Von Is currently a member and Community Care Elder at Faith Church in Munster Indiana. He is a part of the teaching team at Faith, and a facilitator for the “Men of Faith” bible study group. He also is actively involved in music ministry at the church, as well as with his praise and worship team ministry, “Proclaim.” Rev Von has been married to his wife Vilma for 41 years and they have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.

Interim Teaching Pastor Benjamin Crook

Interim Teahing Pastor | Benjamin Crook | October 20, 2024

Reverend Jyrekis B. Collins is a proud graduate from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, having earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Religion. Rev. Collins has an earned Master of Divinity Degree from the prestigious

Yale University Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. At Yale, he served as the Yale Black Seminarians Historian, Vice-President and President- helping the organization to flourish in a pandemic. At Yale, Rev. Collins worked as a religious consultant, helping The Community Baptist Church of New Haven, re-imagine church post-pandemic. Rev. Collins was reared, licensed and ordained in the Gospel Ministry at The Miracle House Church International, located in Bogart. Rev Collins currently serves as a consultant for churches and academic institutions, he’s a professor at Yale divinity school and he is most importantly, a child of God. He will be preaching from Ezekiel 37:1-12

Interim Teaching Pastor Benjamin Crook

Youth Sunday Benjamin Crook featuring: Olivia Taylor & Xazavier Pitchford

At the Edge of the Inside; new series

Pastor Jonathan Hancock who currently serves at First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, IL will be bringing the message . Pastor Hancock loves seeing people flourish in the gifts God has given them, using those gifts to serve and engage with others. Prior to joining the First Presbyterian team in 2014, Pastor Hancock has been an Associate Pastor and Executive Director of the LaSalle Senior Center, both at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago and most recently was the Executive Director of Emmaus Ministries, a long-time mission partner of First Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Beverly live in Chicago and have two daughters, Abigail, Elizabeth, son in law Marty and grandson Franklin.