About Us
Growing Together in Love and Grace
At Becoming, our mission is to create a safe and welcoming community that celebrates love, faith, and diversity. We believe that everyone is entitled to respect and kindness, and so our doors are always open to anyone who wishes to join us. Our community is committed to the radical pursuit of love and inclusivity, and we invite you to come and experience it for yourself.
Our Story
We know our why and we are excited to have you join our why.
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Our why:
To be an affirming, authentic expression of faith.
To be multicultural, multi-generational, and multi-dimensional.
To show that a church can have modern worship and strong programs AND have strong roots, rituals and traditions AND have progressive, love-with-no-exceptions theology.
To build a blueprint of what the church out to be
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Why Oswego?
Lots of research was done before establishing Becoming.
The population in Kendall County is growing rapidly.
The population specifically is growing in Oswego - as showcased by major developments happening on Wolf Road and Orchard Crossing.
Thus, we chose Oswego because we want to be proactive and build with the community. We want to be necessary and needed by community members. Rather than come in after people have settled, we want to welcome newcomers and be a bridge to the rest of the Oswego community.
Additionally, Oswego doesn't have an ELCA presence. Nor does it have an openly affirming church. We strategically chose Oswego to offer a safe space and refuge for our LGBTQIA+ siblings a place to here God loves them and created them in God's imagine.
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Our how?
We don't want to be a weekend Church.
We want to be a mission center for the community. One thing we will offer will be worship. However, even our worship will be non-traditional. We plan to offer modern, multicultural music. We plan to have participation throughout the worship. We plan to create a family-friendly environment where children aren't just tolerated, they are celebrated and affirmed. Throughout the week, we want to be helping people get involved within the community. We want to help people grow deeper in their spirituality and faith. We want to create spaces and places for people to build life-long friendships.
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Our what?
Gatherings/Worship lead us into our what.
Our what is Becoming House
House as model for how live out our faith as a community, how we grow deeper as individuals, and how we support one another
We aren’t a building. We house all God’s people - no exceptions. Together, we are a home - a place to make memories. A safe place to find out who we are (identify). A refuge from the storms of society. A place where we all support one another and help in any way we are able.
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Right now we meet in a conference room so that the money we get in grants, offering, donations, etc can be put back out into the community, rather than into a mortgage. As we grow, our location may change but our philosophy will not - our goals as a church are to be a resource to those who need it in our community and beyond.
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