🌱 Patch AM: How Steve Carter’s desert season is shaping ministry in Oak Brook

Good morning to you Oak Brook! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Steve Carter’s desert season is shaping ministry in Oak Brook

Also on today's calendar: Parkinson's Roundtable: Solutions to Living Your Best Life and 8 more events.

📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Oak Brook? Post it to Oak Brook photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️

Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Freezing fog in the morning, with a high of 36 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: Windy with rain, then cooler, temps: high: 46, low: 14. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Colder; breezy in the morning, with a high of 28 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Interview: What Steve Carter Learned in the Desert (outreachmagazine.com) — Oak Brook residents may be interested to know that Steve Carter, now lead pastor at Christ Church of Oak Brook, is reflecting publicly on how he rebuilt his faith and leadership after leaving Willow Creek. In this interview, he discusses grief, healing in the Arizona desert, and lessons that shaped his new ministry, which now directly serves the Oak Brook community.
   

📸 Around Oak Brook

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Oak Brook

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Thursday December 18

• Business Roundtable - December 18, 2025
  The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection Hotel , 2301 York Rd , Oak Brook
  9:30 am
• Business Roundtable
  The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection Hotel , 2301 York Rd , Oak Brook
  9:30 am
• Economic Development Partnership Council
  The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection Hotel , 2301 York Rd , Oak Brook
  10:30 am
• Economic Development Partnership Council Meeting - December 18, 2025
  The Drake Oak Brook, Autograph Collection Hotel , 2301 York Rd , Oak Brook
  10:30 am
• CUSD 200 Mobile Market at Villagebrook Apartments Sponsored by the Student Excellence Foundation
  Wheaton North High School , 278 E St Charles Rd , Carol Stream
  4:30 pm
• Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
  Playhouse Theatre McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage , 425 Fawell Boulevard , Glen Ellyn
  7:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Holiday Luncheon hosted by Holiday Inn & Suites Carol Stream
  Holiday Inn & Suites Carol Stream , 150 S. Gary Avenue , Carol Stream
  11:30 am
• Parkinson's Roundtable: Solutions to Living Your Best Life
  York Twp Senior Citizen Bus , 1502 S Meyers Rd , Lombard
  1:00 pm
• This week, holiday food events delivered to you from Bittersweet, Manny's Deli, Urbanbelly, & more!
  3:00 pm
• Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
  Playhouse Theatre McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage , 425 Fawell Boulevard , Glen Ellyn
  7:30 pm

Sunday December 28

• Charles Dickens Begrudgingly Performs 'A Christmas Carol' Again
  Theater Wit , 1229 W Belmont Ave , Chicago
  7:00 pm

📣 Oak Brook Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Battle of the Books- Library
  Monroe Elem School Hinsdale, IL 60521
  7:50 am
• Morning Chair Yoga
  Downers Grove Township , 4341 Saratoga Ave , Downers Grove
  9:30 am
• Preschool Storytime
  Hinsdale Public Library - Storytime Room
  9:30 am
• Gingerbread Friends! - Hinsdale, IL 2025
  The Community House , 415 W 8th St , Hinsdale
  11:00 am

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Oak Brook PatchAM possible:

• Jubilee Resale — (630) 613-8795
  Quality used Furniture & Clothing
• Crazy Bins
  New Bin Outlet Store in Downers Grove!

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Happy Hanukkah!
  May the light of the candles bring warmth to your home and heart. . . #Hanukkah #oakbrookillinois #luxuryhomes #MoveInReady #elainezannis … (Nextdoor Briarwood Lakes)
• New Westmont Fire Facility Update
  - https://westmont.illinois.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/2281 (Nextdoor )

• Lewis Bakeries posted a job opening for Part Time Store Merchandiser in Oak Brook. Apply here.
• Evereve posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist Stores Full Time-Oak Brook Center-Oakbrook, IL in Oak Brook. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Oak Brook here.

🗞 Nearby News

Hinsdale

• Hinsdale Suspect Faces Felony Theft Charge (patch.com)

Westmont

• Lota Onwuameze wants to do more than just score points or grab rebounds for IMSA. ‘Bring our team together.' (bnd.com)

Elmhurst

Ok Oak Brook! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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