Serve Outside The Church / Missions

Be Part of the Mission

We want to equip you and provide opportunities for you to serve outside the church walls and help others. Helping others is at the core of who we are. In fact, it’s so important that it’s part of our church mission – helping people experience Life Change, Life Growth, and Life Purpose! Life Purpose is all about doing what God created us to do, which is to serve others!

Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share.

We want to be an exceedingly generous church giving BIG to help people in need locally, regionally, and globally. Check out Reclaim3d, which exists to reclaim bad circumstances into something beautiful locally, regionally, and globally.

Here Are Ways We’re Helping Others

Local and Regional Missions

But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk, but in deed and truth.

Global Missions

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    Events and Updates

    Dance The Night Away on May 1

    Friday, May 1 we will be hosting one of the most fun events – Dance The Night Away. We will be treating about 160 guests with special needs to a night of dancing, singing, limo rides, red carpet walk, food and most of all fun!

    You can help make our special guests night!

    Ways to serve: serve the meal, style hair, shine shoes, paparazzi, be a part of the security team, personal care assistant, guest sign in, or you can be a buddy for the night!

    Sign up to serve at Dance The Night Away

    2026 Fueling Local Change: A Banquet for Action

    The event goal was to raise $125,000 for Reclaim3d locally, regionally and globally. These funds will be used to fill in the gaps where people are in need. All of the ministries we serve and partner with are listed on this page.

    We are only about $5k away from reaching the goal. You can help us reach the goal.

    Donate Today

    2025 Make An Impact Locally, Regionally and Globally

    Our goal was to Make an Impact this Christmas locally, regionally and globally, partnering with Reclaimed. Thank you to everyone who participated, donated and volunteered. Here’s how God showed up:

    • Angel Trees: 210 kids across the Minooka, Seneca, Coal City and Shorewood campuses were sponsored with presents for Christmas.

    • Ms. Pearl’s Christmas Store: $11,465 worth of items were purchased for the Good News Coffee House and Day Care in Roseland, Illinois. 

    • Heart for Africa Ornaments: $12,000 worth of ornaments have been sold and the money will be used to care for orphaned children in Eswatini, Africa.

    2025 Meal Pack For Hungry Families Around The World

    We are so THANKFUL for the 650 people who helped pack almost 102,000 meals for Lifeline Christian Mission to be sent to hungry families around the world.

    The Big Give For Kids Grows in 2025

    This year 126 families visited the Minooka Campus during the event and someone with connection to a ministry in Nigeria came and received a generous amount of clothes to send to help families in that country as well!

    The Seneca Campus was also able to participate in The Big Give For Kids for the first time and 100 families visited the church to receive gently used clothes for their kids.

    We give all the glory to God and we thank everyone who donated and volunteered their time to help make this event such a big success!!

    2026 Mobile Food Pantries

    Minooka Mobile Food Pantries @ Minooka Campus:

    Monday, March 30 @ 5 PM
    Monday, June 8 @ 5 PM
    Monday, July 6 @ 5 PM
    Monday, August 31 @ 5 PM
    Monday, October 12 @ 5 PM


    Seneca Mobile Food Pantry @ Seneca Elementary South, 410 South Main St, Seneca:

    Monday, April 6 @ 5 PM
    Monday, June 15 @ 5 PM
    Monday, August 5 @ 5 PM
    Monday, September 28 @ 5 PM
    Monday, October 26 @ 5 PM


    Braidwood Mobile Food Pantry @ Reed Custer Middle School, 407 Comet Dr, Braidwood. (West Parking Lot)

    Monday, April 13 @ 5 PM
    Monday, June 29 @ 5 PM
    Monday, August 17 @ 5 PM
    Monday, October 5 @ 5 PM


    Shorewood Mobile Food Pantry @ Trinity Christian School, 901 Shorewood Drive, Shorewood.

    Monday, May 4 @ 5 PM

    Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up Dates

    The Village Christian Church has partnered with the Village of Minooka to help keep our community clean. Volunteers meet at the Minooka Campus at 8 am. Safety equipment is provided by the Village of Minooka (gloves, safety vests). Safety guidelines will be reviewed before clean-up begins. Volunteers contact Shannon.

    2026 Clean Up Dates
    Saturday, May 16
    Saturday, July 11
    Saturday, August 22
    Saturday, October 24