Community planting

ChicaGO

By Meredith Flynn

C h i c a g o | It’s unseasonably cool on this Monday morning in July, as a group of teenagers assembles in the courtyard of a north side school

They cross their jacketed arms to stay warm, and pull on work gloves while church planter Dave Andreson lays out the plan for the day. The team will clear out the flowerbeds and raise the tree canopy drooping down over the cars parked in front of Carl Von Linne Elementary

The volunteers are here for IBSA’s first-ever ChicaGO Week a chance for junior high and high school students to see up-close what church planting really looks like Today, it looks like landscaping

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The statewide mission offering and prayer emphasis is coming soon in September:

– Look for the kit in your church’s mailbox

– Download materials at IBSA org/MIO

– Preview stories, videos and mission study planning tips in our special section on pages 7-10