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Internationally known for their live productions of ‘Unshackled’ – the longest running radio drama in American history, Pacific Garden Mission is also the oldest continuing operating rescue mission, approaching 150 years of continuous service.

Started in 1877 by Colonel George Clarke and his wife, Sarah Dunn Clarke on Clark Street, the mission has been in a few different locations since it arrived on its present location on South Canal Street.

On a Saturday afternoon, you can get a tour (often led by a resident in the Bible program) of the “Old Lighthouse” and see the Billy Sunday Room – dedicated to the memory of the baseball player converted thru the Mission’s outreach, and the subject of the first Unshackled episode. Then they’ll take you to the auditorium for a live performance of Unshackled where you may be part of the “sound effects.”

Dinner is delicious, and on Thanksgiving the Chicago Bulls often help serve! But after dinner is the evening service with testimonies, rousing music, and great preaching from Pastor Phil Kwiatkowski.

 

Join us for a virtual trip to Chicago to see Billy Sunday’s Grave, the Oriental Institute, and Pacific Garden Mission

 

Featured Image Credit: Anders Sandberg from Oxford, UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, v

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Address: 1458 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Cook County
Illinois
United States

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