Many Journeys. One Community.
A Progressive, Open & Affirming UCC/UMC Church in Old Town, Chicago.
Welcome to Church of the Three Crosses
We're a small progressive church in Old Town with a big front door. For sixty years, we've been a place where people of every background, belief, orientation, and stage of the journey can come together to worship, ask hard questions, serve our city, and figure out what faith looks like in our real lives.
Whether you've been part of a church forever, walked away from one, or have never set foot in one before — there's a seat for you here.
New here? Start with a Sunday.
Worship is at 11 a.m., the dress code ranges from casual to whatever you wore to brunch, and the coffee after is genuinely good. Whether it's your first time in a church or your thousandth, we'll save you a seat.
Two traditions, one Old Town church.
We're one of a small handful of congregations in the country affiliated with both the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church — two streams of Protestant Christianity converging in one Old Town congregation since 1966.
Open and Affirming, in practice.
LGBTQ+ inclusion and affirmation isn't an afterthought here, it's part of how we read scripture, who leads worship, who gets married at this altar, and who marches with us each summer in the Chicago Pride Parade.
Visiting
Your first Sunday at Church of the Three Crosses
It's an hour-long service with music (sometimes hymns, sometimes a guest musician, often an unexpected instrument). There's a sermon, a few minutes for the kids, scripture, prayer, and a chance to share what's on your heart. Communion is offered monthly, and wonderful fellowship is offered every Sunday.
You don't need to know when to stand or sit. You don't need to recite anything. If you'd rather just listen, that's completely fine.
Afterward, there's always coffee in the back. Stay as long as you'd like.
