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by / on March 19, 2013 at 1:53 pm / in Community Life, JPUSA, JPUSA Stories, Rebecca Hill, Regular People, Relationships, Uncategorized

Float (Rebecca Hill)

Eden and I are doing homework. He does a lot of it out loud because he has the family trait that he is brilliant verbally but writing things down is almost impossible. Sage has the same thing. I think I did, too. We are highly verbal, abstract, creative and terribly [...]

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by / on December 25, 2012 at 10:54 pm / in Chicago, Community Life, JPUSA, JPUSA Stories, Rebecca Hill, Regular People, Relationships, Uncategorized

Stay (Rebecca Hill)

It is Christmas. Jude and I are not eating with family and friends, because it is a little too noisy and a little too bright. Someone is saving me a plate, they always do, because I spend many holiday meals with Jude. I don’t mind that much. Jude wanted to [...]

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by / on October 20, 2012 at 10:47 pm / in Jesus People USA Community, JPUSA, JPUSA Stories, Rebecca Hill, Regular People, Relationships

The Underpass

Jude is excited as we move along the sidewalk, towards the underpass and the lakefront. I am glad we live near the lake. Trails and trees, beaches and sailboats right there whenever we want them. It’s a blessing. I have been counting the blessings lately, cataloging them, sorting through them [...]

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by / on September 5, 2012 at 3:05 pm / in Jesus People USA Community, JPUSA

Updated: Jesus People USA & Friends Memorial Page for Jhan Moskowitz

Below are some of the memories and reflections from folks here at Jesus People USA (JPUSA) regarding Jews for Jesus’ Jhan Moskowitz. Before recently moving to New York to serve as J for J’s North American Director, he directed the Chicago branch of J for J for twenty five years. [...]

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by / on August 18, 2012 at 4:15 pm / in Cornerstone Community Outreach (CCO), Jesus People USA Community, JPUSA, JPUSA History

German Documentary “Jesus People of Chicago”: A Whole Lot Different, A Whole Lot the Same

Jesus People of Chicago, a German documentary from 1991, is a fascinating visual diary of what our lives 21 years ago looked like.

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by / on July 23, 2012 at 2:07 pm / in Community Life, JPUSA, JPUSA Stories, Neil Taylor, Rebecca Hill, Regular People

Neil Says

I am looking at Neil, my pastor, and my husband like they are crazy. They are trying to tell me that God is in the midst of Jude’s suffering. Also, Don points out, he is not suffering all the time. “What, so only eighty percent of the time? I am [...]

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by / on May 14, 2012 at 10:26 am / in Faith Works, JPUSA

Covenant Affirmations (#4): “The Church as a Fellowship of Believers”

We of Jesus People USA are members of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), a dynamic and open part of the Body of Christ providing to us a sense of homecoming. The below video is the fourth in a series the ECC just

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by / on May 14, 2012 at 9:55 am / in Chicago, JPUSA, Music

The Kyrgyzstani Group at Jesus People USA

The wonderfully eclectic blog, One Pilgrim’s Progress, carries a lengthy article about the writer’s visit to JPUSA and encounter with a concert the Kyrgyzstani Group gave us JPUSAns and friends. The post is complete with a number of video clips from the concert, and a whole lot of fun.

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by / on May 5, 2012 at 11:58 pm / in Faith Works, JPUSA

Covenant Affirmations (#3): “A commitment to the whole mission of the Church”

We of Jesus People USA are members of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC), a dynamic and open part of the Body of Christ providing to us a sense of homecoming. The below video is the third of a series the ECC just completed on their six “Covenant Affirmations.”

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by / on December 15, 2011 at 9:28 am / in JPUSA, JPUSA Stories, Uptown Christian School

The Hallelujah Chorus, with students from JPUSA’s Uptown Christian School

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