Service Learning & Leadership

Service learning is an integral part of your college experience at Concordia-Chicago. Textbooks and classroom discussions quickly translate into hands-on opportunities to serve within local and national communities where you can change and improve the lives of others.

Current students serve by:

• Volunteering at a local women's shelter
• Leading youth retreats
• Teaching Sunday school
• Participating in CUC's annual alternative spring break service trip to places like New Orleans and Charleston, SC
• Rebuilding homes in storm-stricken areas
• Volunteering with Habitat for Humanity
• Working with youth through an after school program with the River Forest and River Grove Public Libraries
• Serving meals at St. Malachy Church’s soup kitchen
• Assisting with the Boys and Girls Club of West Cook County
• Participating in the “Read to Me” literacy enhancement program at St. Eulalia Parish

Campus Growth and Spiritual Activities

At CUC, you can participate in:

• Fish Out of Water – Christian theater troupe
• National and international service – mission trips and Christian response to global issues of injustice and human rights
• Lock-ins, retreats and concerts for high school students through Concordia Youth Ministry