OUR HEART

Mosaic House Ministries exists to create spaces of belonging and becoming — places where people encounter God, grow together, and join His work in the world.

We believe transformation happens best in community: around tables, in shared gardens, in living rooms, during prayer, through mentoring, and in rhythms of life together.

Our Mission

We joyfully join Jesus in:

  • Our world needs healthy Christian leaders who operate from their true selves in Christ—leaders who are grounded in Scripture, formed in community, and shaped by rhythms of prayer. We create spaces where this kind of formation can take root.

  • Churches need supportive networks where pastors and ministry leaders can be encouraged, renewed, and equipped. We help churches deepen discipleship and move together toward collective formation and collective impact.

  • Our communities long for places of belonging, hope, and practical expressions of God’s love—especially in a time marked by isolation, fragmentation, and increasing pressures on families and youth. We join God’s work of transformation by creating spaces and partnerships where neighbors can thrive.

Our Foundation: A Fellowship of Churches

Everything flows from a covenantal fellowship of pastors who pray together, discern together, and co-shepherd our city.

This unity is the root system that nourishes every branch of our ministry.

Our Approach

We cultivate a whole ecosystem of formation, hospitality, and mission:

  • Mosaic Houses

  • Mosaic Hub

  • Healing Gardens

  • Refined (Leadership Cohort)

  • Youth & Young Adults

  • Pastors Fellowship

  • #4Waukegan Podcast

Our Values

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Prayer - Praying always

As a discipleship community on God’s mission together, we practice prayer, hospitality, fellowship, and discipleship with a missional focus.

Prayer is our first practice because communion with God is the end toward which we labor. The Scriptures tell us that eternal life is knowing God (John 17:3). As we know God more deeply, our lives may more closely align with His Kingdom priorities.

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Hospitality - Creating space

Through Mosaic House Ministries, we desire to live with our hearts open to every person, and to create spaces where people encounter God. As God has welcomed us in Christ, so we practice hospitality to others. This type of hospitality serves as another context for prayer and discipleship.

“You cannot make your young people grow; that’s the Holy Spirit’s job. But you can create a space in which they can grow; that’s your job” Dann Spader

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Discipleship - Following Jesus

At our core, we are a discipleship community on God's mission together. We desire to see Christians who pray always, create spaces of belonging and becoming, and love deeper. Our way of life together endeavors to both embody and advance this goal for the sake of God's Kingdom.

“The call to discipleship is a commitment solely to the person of Jesus Christ” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Relationships - loving deeper

In Ephesians 2, Paul describes how part of Jesus’ purpose was to create one new humanity, freed from divisions and united in God through the finished work of Christ’s death & resurrection. We desire to enjoy this mosaic reality regularly as a way of life. Brenda Salter-McNeil said, “For Jesus, genuine Christian unity is the supreme demonstration of the power and the truth of the gospel for a watching world.” The Psalmist put it this way, “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people dwell together unity!”

Our Staff

The Mosaic team is a community shaped by shared life, prayer, and deep connection to the local Church. Rooted in a network of congregations, many of us also serve in church leadership, keeping our work grounded in real relationships and lived faith. Whether full- or part-time, we’re united by a shared calling to love our neighbors, create spaces of belonging, and walk with others in following Jesus. We believe lasting transformation grows through prayer, presence, and faithful collaboration.

  • Evan Park

    Administrative Coordinator

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    Pastor Eugene Edwards

    Youth Leaders Coordinator

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    Linda Cannell

    Ministry and Research Design

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    Melissa Hall

    Partnerships and Prayer

  • A woman with short dark hair and a warm smile, wearing a teal floral dress, standing indoors in front of a textured wall and a colorful abstract painting.

    Sonja Dewey

    Mosaic Houses Spiritual Formation

  • A man wearing glasses and a dark polo shirt, sitting at a table with his hands clasped, smiling, with other people in the background at a social gathering or restaurant.

    Pastor Carlos Herrera

    Pastors Fellowship and Refined

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    Raul Ochoa

    Community Outreach Coordinator

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    Meghan McFadden

    Communications Lead

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    Adi Camacho

    Youth Engagement and Communications

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    Camila Aponte Freeman

    Gardens and Events

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    Daniel Hartman

    Executive Director

Our Board

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    Paula Carballido

  • A woman with curly black hair and brown eyes, smiling, wearing a blue top, standing against a plain light-colored background.

    Genice Daniels

  • A smiling man wearing a suit and tie with short brown hair, a beard, and light blue eyes.

    Daniel Hartman

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    Ike Hong

  • Woman with dark braided hair, smiling, wearing large hoop earrings, a necklace, a denim jacket over a dark top, and standing against a plain background.

    Alexandria Mccrory

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    Paul Sagendorph

  • Karina Smith

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    Robert Smith

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    Harry Stackhouse (in loving memory)

Covenant Churches

A city-based collaborative of intergenerational, missional churches—Co-shepherding the community and nurturing an ecosystem where young people grow in their sense of identity, belonging, and purpose.

Our church partners are committed to journeying together to develop new ministries with and for youth and young adults.

“I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.” John 17:23

Place-Based Covenant Churches:

  • Church414 S. Lewis Ave.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 222 N. County St. Unit C
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 228 N. County St.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 1300 W. 10th St.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 12085 Yorkhouse Rd.
    Waukegan, IL 60087

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  • 715 S. Genesee St.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 122 N. Martin Luther King Jr Ave.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 424 10th St.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 1016 Grand Ave.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 24 N. Chapel St.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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Church Partners:

  • 200 Lake Cook Rd
    Deerfield, IL 60015

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  • 12735 W Graves Ave.
    Beach Park, IL 60087

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  • 219 W Maple Ave
    Libertyville, IL 60048

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  • 1500 Sunset Ave
    Waukegan, IL 60087

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  • 122 N Martin Luther King Jr Ave.
    Waukegan, IL 60085

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  • 201 Riverwoods Rd
    Lake Forest, IL 60045

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We Believe

The only true God, the almighty Creator of all things, existing eternally in three persons Father, Son, and Holy Spirit full of love and glory.

The unique divine inspiration, entire trustworthiness and authority of the Bible. The value and dignity of all people: created in God’s image to live in love and holiness, but alienated from God and each other because of our sin and guilt, and justly subject to God’s wrath. Jesus Christ, fully human and fully divine, who lived as a perfect example, who assumed the judgment due sinners by dying in our place, and who was bodily raised from the dead and ascended as Savior and Lord.

Justification by God’s grace to all who repent and put their faith in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. The indwelling presence and transforming power of the Holy Spirit, who gives to all believers a new life and a new calling to obedient service. The unity of all believers in Jesus Christ, manifest in worshiping and witnessing churches making disciples throughout the world.

The victorious reign and future personal return of Jesus Christ, who will judge all people with justice and mercy, giving over the unrepentant to eternal condemnation but receiving the redeemed into eternal life.

As adopted by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship