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May 3, 5 & 6, 2025
Bacteria: A Curse or a Blessing
with Dr. Jerry Bergman
of Creation Ministries International
Have you ever wondered why God made the bacteria and viruses that attack us so frequently? Dr. Jerry Bergman delves into the functions of bacteria and viruses, showing that they are a critical part of our ecosystem, and that pathogenicity is very rare. He covers the true reasons for this problem, based on his new book (coauthored with James Hoff) Why Did God Create Viruses, Bacteria, and Other Pathogens? The Overwhelming Case Against Naturalistic Evolution and Methodological Naturalism .
Below each location are links to slides
advertising the location's meeting. If your church uses slides on screen for announcements, or printed
bulletins, would you ask your pastor to include one of these to advertise this meeting? (Thanks!)
(Please click the date below to open the times and location.)
Saturday, May 3
Family of Faith Church6645 West Steger Rd.
Monee, IL 60449
5:00 p.m.: Doors open
5:30 p.m.: Light refreshments
6:00 p.m.: Presentation
7:00 p.m.: Q&A
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Monday, May 5
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church1501 Deep Lake Road
Antioch, IL 60002
6:00 p.m.: Doors open
6:30 p.m.: Refreshments
7:00 p.m.: Presentation
8:00 p.m.: Q&A
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Tuesday, May 6
25W560 Geneva RoadCarol Stream, IL 60188
6:30 p.m.: Doors open
6:45 p.m.: Refreshments
7:00 p.m.: Presentation
8:00 p.m.: Q&A
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July 20-25, 2025
Reasons for Hope and Carl Kerby Present the Impact Retreat for Ages 11 to 20!
Got questions about the reality of the Bible's statements of history--the supernatural creation, the world-wide Flood, the age of the earth, Jesus' resurrection? Bring it on!
This retreat is designed to help you understand the evidence for the truth of the Bible.
We will have fun, games, and fellowship with other teens who are asking the same questions you are!
Every young Christian who thinks will have questions about Christianity, especially after seeing the attacks on television on the "historical Jesus" ... with K-college schools teaching that the universe and life happened by chance... Is the Bible's history really any more than a collection of just-so tales, first told by a fireside thousands of years ago? Or is there any evidence that the "tales" are true? [Spoiler: you BET there's evidence!]
An EQUIP retreat is an annual apologetics-based retreat held across the country at different locations. The speakers are ALL convinced that the Bible IS reporting real history, including in Genesis Chapter 1 (six days of creation). The retreat is designed to teach young people to own, share, and defend their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. While there will be lots of fun and games, the goal of EQUIP is to plant seeds that inspire a generation of teens to have eternal impact on the Kingdom of God by equipping them to better understand, articulate, and spread the Gospel.
NOTE: If this date doesn't work for you, there are SIX other similar retreats scheduled throughout summer 2025, at six different locations! One unique feature of the Judson University setting is -- no cabins! This is a college campus. For MCF'ers, it's the closest place to get great apologetics training.
Location:
Judson University1151 North State Street, Elgin, IL 60123
Accommodations:
No tents, no cabins -- just modern dorm rooms!This would be a preview of Judson for prospective students!
And the fun stuff?
- water games
- bike trip
- kayaking (the Elgin campus is on the Fox River)
- nature walk
- capture the flag
- night games
- relays
- scavenger hunt
- gaga ball
- volleyball
- basketball
- dodgeball
- kickball
- soccer
- pickleball
- disc golf
- lawn games (cornhole, giant Jenga, KanJam, etc.)
- team building games
- board games.
They can't likely put ALL of these in one retreat, but these are being considered!
Cost:
$395Sponsorships are available if there is a need! We don't want anyone to miss out because of the cost!
There will be a limit of 100 teens.
Registration: here
For more information call 1-800-552-4673, Dave Drake.
PAST Events are on YouTube, Here
Future Events
- 2025:
- May 3, 5 & 6: Dr. Jerry Bergman: Bacteria: A Curse or a Blessing?
- May 31, June 2 & 3: Dr. Randy Guliuzza: A Theory of Biological Design: Bringing an Overdue Revolution to Biology
- July 7, 8 & 12: Mr. Terry Mondy: The Enemy Within
- August 2, 4 & 5: Dr Joel Brown: The Greatest Show on Earth -OR- The Art of Creation
- September 6, 8 & 9: Dr. Robert Carter: (TBA)
- October 4, 6 & 7: Dr. Terry Mortenson: Millions of Years: The Idea's Unscientific Origin and Catastrophic Consequences
- November 1, 3 & 4: "Dino Dave" Woetzel: (TBA)
- December 6, 8 & 9: Mr. Duane Caldwell: The Tower of Babel: The End of the Beginning
- 2026:
- January 3, 4 & 6: Dr. Dave Finkbeiner: The Universal Flood Supports a Young Earth
Pastors! Often our MCF speaker is available to speak at your church on the Sunday during the MCF series of meetings! If interested, let us know at 847.223.4730. (This is the Sivertsen residence.)
Video: What the James Webb Space Telescope Has Revealed about the Universe
MCF's April 2025 meeting with Danny Faulkner
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is one incredible feat of engineering. Dr. Danny Faulkner will describe the design and purposes of the JWST for us. But more importantly, he will discuss how the early results coming from this telescope have disproven evolutionary theories about the origin and history of the universe, and perhaps what lies ahead for the JWST.
Click here for the video on our YouTube channel.
Click here for links to collections of our own meeting videos, plus great sources of other groups' FREE online videos!