Christ Community Church
Rachel Westman has over a decade of experience in outreach and care management roles. Currently serving as the Outreach Executive Admin and Community Impact Admin Assistant at Christ Community Church since September 2020, Rachel has created and coordinated service opportunities for church members while collaborating with ministry partners to support vulnerable populations in St. Rachel previously worked at Mooseheart Child City and School from October 2011 to September 2020 as a Family Teacher, engaging with teenage girls and successfully achieving certification as a Family Teacher multiple times. Earlier in 2011, Rachel was a Care Manager at Sunrise Senior Living, providing daily support to elderly residents with Dementia and Alzheimer's. Rachel holds a BA in Communications from Palm Beach Atlantic University, obtained in 2010, and attended Taylor University from 2006 to 2008.
Christ Community Church
Beginning with a group of six families in 1984, Christ Community Church has grown to over 5000 weekend attenders, including our DeKalb Campus in DeKalb County, our Aurora Campus in southern Kane County, and our Streamwood Campus in Cook County. A significant focus on reaching spiritually lost people has resulted in over 200 new believers being baptized each year. Christ Community had humble beginnings with services held in a rented movie theater. Weekly activities now take place in our 100,000 square foot St. Charles Campus with weekend celebration services held in our 2000 seat auditorium. Jim Nicodem has been the senior pastor of Christ Community Church since its birth in 1984. Born and raised in the Midwest, Jim received his BA from Wheaton College, and his MDiv and DMin from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Jim is passionate about prayer and is the author of Prayer Coach, For All Who Want to Get Off the Bench and Onto the Praying Field.