Our Advent journey ends this week with our arrival at the manger, where we behold the Word made flesh, the light that shines in the darkness.

We hope you will join us online as we gather around the telling of the birth of Emmanuel, God with us, and sing again the joyous songs of Christmas!

Our online Christmas services will be available as our Sunday morning services are, via

For those who do not have Internet access, the Christmas services will be available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service.

If these worship times do not fit with your schedule, the services will also be available to watch via our worship channel, Facebook, and our YouTube channel at any time afterwards.

As we prepare to receive the gift in the manger, we in turn seek to share Christmas joy with those in need this winter.

Our “Light Up a Life” offering helps shine God’s light of love on those who need it most this season, including those in need of the warmth, clothing, and nourishment provided by our Fourth Church Meals Ministry and Chicago Lights Social Service Center programs.

Gifts can be made to this offering online at www.fourthchurch.org/give-online (type “Light Up a Life” in the comments).

Gifts can also be made by writing “Light Up a Life” on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church (and mailed to the church at 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611.2014).

At the turning of the year we will come together online for our annual New Year’s Eve service in the style of Taizé.

This quiet 7:30 p.m. service offers moving music, time for prayer, and meditative pause for reflecting on the year past and looking ahead to the year to come.

7:30 p.m. online

at www.bit.ly/FPCworship

as well as via Facebook Live and our YouTube channel (www.bit.ly/fpcvideos)

Lucy Forster-Smith preaching

Livestreamed from the Sanctuary at www.bit.ly/FPCworship

Our online worship services are available live at 11:00 a.m. (Central) via

For those who do not have Internet access, we also make our worship services available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service.

The Sunday service is available for viewing throughout the week at www.bit.ly/FPCworship.

Worship and sermon podcasts are available via iTunes and Spotify, and you can sign up to receive the text of the weekly sermon by email.

This Sunday, December 27 we again have opportunity to connect online with one another and share in a time of fellowship following worship. We hope you will join us after the postlude for virtual Coffee Hour!

Following the postlude

Also accessible at www.bit.ly/fpcfellowship

(the link is posted on our website as well: www.fourthchurch.org)

Meeting ID: 963 5583 1751

Passcode: 631276

Phone: Call 1 312.626.6799

and enter Meeting ID 963 5583 1751#

Enjoy Christmas music from Fourth Church in the days ahead!

You can watch and listen to last week’s “Christmas with Tower Brass” concert and John Sherer’s organ concert of Christmas favorites online at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms as well as on our YouTube channel (www.bit.ly/fpcvideos).

If you know someone who would like to receive updates from us but currently is not, please encourage them to add their email address to our distribution list by signing up at www.bit.ly/newsfromfpc