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Join Us for a Journey to Ancient Babylon
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We're counting down the days until this year's Vacation Bible School journey--and to the VBS registration deadline!
Parents, be sure to
sign up by this coming Tuesday, July 31 so your child doesn't miss the fun of singing, crafts, games, and learning that will fill the mornings of August 6-10, when we'll learn from the prophets in ancient Babylon about God's love and what it means to follow God.
Youth and adult volunteers are
also needed from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. that week to help lead small groups of grade-school children through their daily schedule of singing, crafts, games, and lessons. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Matt Helms.
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A Free Program by Chicago Lights
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For the past five weeks, the Gratz Center has been alive with 125 first through ninth graders learning and engaging in academic classes and arts instruction as part of our Chicago Lights Summer Day program.
To celebrate and showcase all that they have learned and done this summer, the students are concluding their sixth and final week with a dynamic, multicultural arts performance on August 2--to which you are invited!
Come show support for our youth on Thursday afternoon by attending their free performance in Buchanan Chapel.
Time:
Thursday, August 2
1:30 p.m.
Place:
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| New Manse Purchased |
Continuing the Legacy of Senior Pastor Housing
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At a congregational meeting this past May 6, the congregation authorized Fourth Church to acquire a new manse for the use of its current and future Senior Pastors.
We are pleased to report that the Senior Pastor Housing Committee identified a wonderful property on East Walton that fit well within the parameters of the approved budget and proximity guidelines. An offer was made and accepted, and closing has been completed, with the Kershners planning to move into the new manse in late August.
We are grateful to all who took part in making this investment in a new manse a reality and are delighted that we are able to continue our legacy of providing housing for the senior pastor of Fourth Church now and into the future!
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Learning and Serving in Urban Ministry
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Please join us in welcoming the youth of First Presbyterian Church Stillwater, Minnesota, and First Presbyterian Church, Statesville, North Carolina, who will be joining us on Sunday afternoon for our last week of the Urban Youth Mission (UYM) summer program of 2018.
The youth will be staying overnight at the church and spending their days engaging in both learning and hands-on outreach experiences at the church and in the city.
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Joining with Youth from across the U.S.
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Ten of our Fourth Church youth and their adult leaders are headed to the mountains of western North Carolina this Saturday to take part in a weeklong national youth conference that begins Sunday at the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Montreat Conference Center. There they will have opportunity to share in a time of worship, recreation, community building, and spiritual reflection involving hundreds of Presbyterian youth from across the U.S.
In the days ahead, please keep in your prayers these travelers and all the youth and leaders gathered with them.
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| Needed: School Supplies |
Filling Backpacks for Chicago Lights Students
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Next week we will be distributing backpacks filled with school supplies to youth taking part in Chicago Lights Summer Day and Urban Farm programming, to ensure the students start the school year prepared with all of the supplies they need to focus on learning!
We also need help receiving, sorting, and distributing backpacks and supplies. A list of volunteer opportunities is also posted online, as is a list of supplies needed by Sunday, August 12, supplies that will be used in the Chicago Lights Tutoring program this fall.
Thank you for your help!
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Worship This Week
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 29, 2018
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Judith L. Watt,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
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Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
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Our free Friday Noonday Concert series returns to the Michigan Avenue courtyard next Friday, with Matthew Coley on marimba. Bring a lunch and enjoy summer with some fun music outdoors.
Friday, August 3
Matthew Coley, marimba
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 10
Laura Freeman, jazz
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 17
Elaine Dame, jazz
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 24
Terry Sullivan, jazz
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
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
Ushers for the 8:00 a.m. and the 11:00 a.m. usher teams
Jazz at Four greeters for the 4:00 p.m. worship service
Current Donation Needs
Individually packaged snacks--especially chips and pretzels--for guests of the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Meals Ministry Bag Lunch program
T-shirts, especially sizes XL and larger, for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
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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