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11:00 a.m. This Sunday, April 8
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This Sunday morning during the 11:00 a.m. service we will formally install Lucy Forster-Smith as our new Senior Associate Pastor for Leadership Development and Adult Education. Lucy joined us in January after previously serving at Harvard University as Sedgwick Chaplain to the University and former Senior Minister in the Memorial Church on the Harvard campus.
Following this Sunday's installation there will be a reception in Anderson Hall in Lucy's honor.
Please join us for this special moment in our shared ministry with Lucy!
Time:
Sunday, April 8
11:00 a.m. Installation
12:00 p.m. Reception
Place:
Sanctuary (Installation)
Anderson Hall (Reception)
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Support Summer Youth Mission Trips
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Next Sunday, April 15, a breakfast of all-you-can-eat pancakes, sides, coffee, and juice, along with gluten-free options--for a suggested donation of $12--will be prepared and served by the youth between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room.
Included in this year's fare, for an additional $5, will be Grandma's Barbacoa Breakfast Tacos by Scott Miller, winner of our 2018 Chili Cook-off.
Proceeds from the pancake breakfast support our youth as they travel this summer to participate in mission trips to Cuba, Detroit, and Missouri and the Montreat Youth Conference in North Carolina.
To ensure there will be pancakes waiting for you, stop by Coffee Hour this Sunday and get your breakfast tickets!
(If you miss out on getting them this weekend, there will also be tickets available at the door next Sunday.)
Time:
Sunday, April 15
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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A Workshop at Fourth Church May 24-26
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This May we will be hosting a two-and-a-half-day anti-racism workshop: "Analyzing and Understanding Systemic Racism."
The Thursday-to-Saturday, May 24-26 workshop will be presented by Chicago ROAR (Regional Organizing for Anti-Racism) and is designed to reveal how systemic racism plays a role in often unseen ways by creating barriers to true multicultural diversity and racial justice.
Early-bird registration rates are available through Thursday, April 26. To receive the Fourth Church discount and the registration link, please contact Vicky Curtiss.
Those who are interested in helping to raise funds to support our anti-racism training efforts are invited to take part in the Gospel Run 5K/10K (which includes a half-mile walk for children) on Saturday, June 2, whether as a walker, runner, or pledger. To register for the Gospel Run or make a pledge to it, sign up at the Interfaith Coalition Against Racism team page at www.raceroster.com/16612 by Sunday, May 15.
Time:
Workshop:
Thursday, May 24, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
through 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 26
Gospel Run:
Saturday, June 2
8:00 a.m. Kids | 8:30 a.m. Adults
Place:
Fourth Church (Workshop)
Oakwood Beach (Gospel Run)
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New Adult Education Class Begins Sunday
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In every century and country of church history, Christians have asked, "How do we follow Jesus in the context of imperial powers?"
Shaping the answers to that question have been New Testament responses to the Roman Empire.
With
Walter Hansen--Fourth Church member and professor emeritus of New Testament interpretation at Fuller Theological Seminary--leading us in our inquiry, we will spend the next four weeks seeking to follow the same guide as we ask the same question today.
Join us for "Church and Empire," a new Academy for Faith and Life course beginning on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
Time:
Sundays, April 8-29
11:00 a.m.
Place:
Room 5D
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Join Us at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
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It's almost time for an annual Fourth Church family favorite: Family Camp--a time when we head north to spend a weekend together sharing fun and fellowship.
Join us May 18-20 for camp classics, from hikes and campfires, to activities such as rock climbing and canoeing as well as Sunday morning worship out on the lakefront.
We stay in the camp's main lodge in rooms that are akin to hotel rooms while also having plenty of time to enjoy the outdoors.
Curious to learn more? Contact Matt Helms.
Ready to sign up? Register here.
Time:
Friday evening to Sunday
May 18-20
Place:
Covenant Harbor Camp
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
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Openings for Summer and Fall Preschool
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Including an Extended-Day Option
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Do you know someone with a young child? Perhaps you have a preschooler at home?
We'd love to have them come learn and play with us!
Our summer preschool programs the weeks of June 5-8 and June 11-14 still have some openings.
Our fall 2018 to spring 2019 tot-and-parent class, three-morning preschool class, and extended-day preschool class are also accepting applications.
Contact Day School Director Kathy Hager (312.640.2579) for details!
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Additions to Our Fourth Church Family
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Please join us in welcoming those who were received into Fourth Church membership in March:
Sally Becker
Susan Bennett
Curtis Dunbar
Jennifer Dunbar
Jennie Jarrett
Peter Jarrett
John Marr
Lori Martin Mitchell
Mike Mitchell
Justin Smith
George Spalek
Shane Swanson
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Worship This Week
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Second Sunday of Easter
April 8, 2018
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Rocky Supinger,
Associate Pastor
9:30 a.m.
Baptisms | Children in Worship
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
11:00 a.m.
Baptisms | Children in Worship
Installation of Lucy Forster-Smith
Shannon J. Kershner
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Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Service with Communion
Reflections on the Assassination of Dr. King
Abbi Heimach-Snipes,
Pastoral Resident
Worship bulletins
for this coming Sunday are available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/worship/this-week.html
"News and Opportunities"
is the weekly printed newsletter distributed with the Sunday bulletin and is available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/news/2018/040818no.pdf
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Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
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All concerts are free unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, April 5
7:00 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Rehearsals begin for the Fourth Church Choral Society
for their May concert of Baroque music from the Bolivian rain forest
All who are interested are invited to join us in singing!
Friday, April 6
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Sara Su Jones, violin
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Missouri Symphony Conservatory
with
Chicago Metamorphosis Orchestra Project
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Shmuel Ashkenasi and Camerata Chicago Orchestra
(use coupon code FPCC for a 40 percent discount)
Friday, April 13
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Artful Song Trio
(voice and piano)
Friday, April 20
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Ian Maksin, cello
A complete concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer at Fourth Church
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There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for details!
Current Volunteer Needs
Tutors to work with students of the Chicago Lights Tutoring program one evening a week at the church; a new tutor orientation will be held this coming Tuesday, April 10 at 6:00 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room
Greeters for Jazz at Four 4:00 p.m. worship service
Shower Ministry greeters
(men) for rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15-4:00 p.m.)
Current Donation Needs
Used bicycles, bicycle parts, helmets, and jerseys to contribute to the Bike Drive on Saturday, April 14 (9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.) at the church; bicycles will be repaired by Working Bikes and sent to those in need
Used tennis shoes for recycling into materials for playground surfaces (will be collected during Coffee Hour only on Earth Sunday, April 22)
Men's clothing
(all sizes)
for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
Large paper grocery bags for use in the Social Service Center Food Pantry (four grocery bags are needed for every guest who visits the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center Food Pantry)
Individually packaged snack items (5,000 a month) for distribution as part of the Meals Ministry Bag Lunches; particularly needed are fruit snacks, especially fruit cups or applesauce cups
Unless otherwise noted, to sign up for volunteer opportunities or to learn more about them--as well as additional volunteer opportunities--stop by Coffee Hour on Sunday morning or email Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry.
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