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A new church congregation gathered for its first
worship service Sunday, driven by a simple mission: to give away all of
its good will offerings to people who need it.
Doing that, they said, would allow them to "love God and his people, well."
Waterfront Community Church held its service in the
Schaumburg High School auditorium, where they will continue to meet
every Sunday at 10 a.m.
Using the theater's state-of-the-art sound and lighting
system, the service opened with a contemporary praise band playing
before accompanying video.
Senior Pastor Jim Semradek welcomed the crowd of nearly
250 to the opening worship. It had been his dream, he said, to build a
church founded on simple messages while helping real people in need.
"I know it's crazy, but we're going to try and give all
of our offerings away, so that it won't get in the way of people coming
to church," said Semradek, most recently a pastor at Community
Christian Church, based in Naperville, and a former staff member at
Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington.
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