Welcome to the Crystal Lake Central Neighborhood Life page!  I would love to help you get connected in our area and help you discover how you can belong, grow, and serve with others! Here are a few ideas to get you started:

1. Sign up for our monthly e-news.  This will keep you up to date on what is happening in our community.  
2. The hub of our neighborhood life ministry is the Table.  The Table is a monthly gathering of neighbors who share a meal and share their lives together. The Table is open to all, young and old, singles and married.  Send me an email with your name, address, and phone number and I’ll get you connected to the closest Table.
3. At the bottom of this page are various links with opportunities to serve and get connected.  Feel free to browse and check them out.  If you have any questions, please let me know and I’d be glad to help answer them.

Fun Facts
•  The town of Crystal Lake was first known as Crystal Ville. It was changed to
Crystal Lake sometime before 1840.
• Crystal Lake was named by Ziba S. Beardsley who came to the shores of the lake in 1835 and commented that the “waters were as clear as crystal.”
• In the 1860s, Charles Dole, an early member of the Chicago Board of Trade, built the Dole Mansion, a three-story mansion that cost over $100,000.