Urban Outreach in 2021

Urban Outreach offers service and volunteer opportunities for students, faculty, and staff in the city of Chicago. We work with you to find the best match for your interests and availability. There are both virtual and in-person options (following all current masking and social distancing requirements of North Park University and the CDC). Check out the service options below and then fill out the volunteer interest form. Or contact us directly by emailing Laura Kraybill, Co-Pastor and Outreach Chaplain, at lgkraybill@northpark.edu.

VOLUNTEER INTEREST FORM

“Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.”
(Jeremiah 29:7)

The purpose of Urban Outreach is to inspire, inform, and invite North Park University students, faculty, and staff to engage the city of Chicago living a life of significance and service to others.

Service Opportunities

Service Day

Stateville Letter Writing

Tutor Refugee Children

Adopt a Classroom

Visit with Seniors

New Life Food Pantry

Friday Night Street Ministry

Peterson Tutoring

Visit with a Refugee

FREE Initiative

Lakeview Food Pantry

Volunteer Across the United States

If you don’t live in Chicago, visit the Mutual Aid Hub created by the Town Hall Project to highlight volunteer opportunities all over the country.

Mutual Aid Hub

North Park has served five generations of students and continues to grow in diversity, academic relevance, and Christian commitment. Our Chicago location is a great asset that reflects the School’s global reach and outlook.

After 125 years, we’ve learned how to streamline the process of helping qualified applicants seek admission to North Park and find affordable ways to attend. If you don’t see what you’re looking for on our website, please contact us directly!

North Park offers more than 40 graduate and undergraduate programs in liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies. Classes average 17 students. 84% of our faculty have terminal degrees. Academics here are rigorous and results-oriented.

Building community is a team sport. Between our 15 men’s and women’s teams, popular intramurals, and club sports, Vikings are here to play.

North Park Theological Seminary prepares you to answer the call to service through theological study, spiritual development, and the formative experiences of living in a community with others on a similar life path.

North Park is a diverse and supportive community. On our campus, all are welcome.

North Park’s alumni community is a thriving, supportive network of individuals who live and work in Chicago and around the world. We look forward to keeping in touch with you!

Thanks to mentoring, internships, and a professional development program that begins the first day you arrive on campus, 88% of NPU grads are employed in the fields of their choice or pursuing higher degrees.

Urban Outreach

Urban Outreach in 2021

“Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.”
(Jeremiah 29:7)

Service Opportunities

Volunteer Across the United States

You've got questions. We've got answers.

Urban Outreach

Urban Outreach in 2021

“Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.” (Jeremiah 29:7)

Service Opportunities

Volunteer Across the United States

You've got questions. We've got answers.

“Work for the well-being of the city where I have sent you to and pray to the Lord for this. For if it is well with the city you live in, it will be well with you.”
(Jeremiah 29:7)