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On the church calendar are many opportunities to connect online with the Fourth Church community and one another. Included among them are—

For information about whom to contact for an event’s Zoom details, simply click on the down “arrow” to the right of the event name in the calendar (which is easily accessible from the “Calendar” button in the upper left corner of our website).

Shannon J. Kershner preaching

The worship bulletin is available to download and print in advance

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

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

For those who do not have Internet access, we also make our worship service 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.

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 1.

So before going to bed Saturday night, be sure to set your clocks back an hour as we “fall back” and get an extra hour of sleep before Sunday worship.

This Sunday we remember and give thanks for the faithful who have gone before us, honoring departed loved ones as we celebrate All Saints’ Day.

As part of that observance, the names of the following Fourth Church members, who entered the Church Triumphant in the past year, will be read during worship.

Whitney Wood Addington

Lois Charlotte Bromm Anderson

Juliette Fentress Bacon

John H. Fassnacht

Hugh Halverstadt*

Brian Matthew Hill

Eugene P. Holland

Sally Barton King

Wesley P. Kriebel

Elizabeth R. Kuhn

Carl Gardner Leigh

Leon T. LeRoy Jr.

Thomas H. Miner

Richard C. Moenning

Robert W. O’Brien

Beverly G. Pace

Priscilla Perry

William V. Porter

Gladys V. Russell

Linnea L. Schramm

Scott K. Shelton

Morrell M. Shoemaker

Aurelia Spann

Norma D. Stelle

Miriam Swanson

James Thompson

Shirley B. Tower

Doris A. Wilterding

On All Saints’ Day we also recall those who went before us who, in their planned giving, remembered the generations that would follow in ministry here at Fourth Church.

We give thanks for them and their generosity. In turn we also pause to reflect on our own legacy. In doing so, we are invited to join the Fourth Presbyterian Church Legacy Society by remembering this congregation in our will or estate plan.

To learn more about the Legacy Society or how to include Fourth Church in your estate plan or will, please contact Katy Frey Bever.

Another way in which we support the mission and ministry of Fourth Church is through our annual stewardship pledges.

Next Sunday, November 8 we will dedicate our 2021 pledges for Fourth Church and Chicago Lights and celebrate during worship all that we are able to do together through our generous response to God’s blessings in our lives.

In preparation for that Commitment Sunday, the Stewardship and Giving Council asks that you please make your “Putting Our Faith into Action” pledge by November 8.

We are grateful to all who have made gifts in support of our mission and ministry this year. Thank you! This monthly generosity report summarizes those contributions to Fourth Church as of September 30, 2020.

Fourth Church Youth Ministry is in need of adult volunteers to serve as high school youth leaders with the Senior High Youth Group.

The group meets via Zoom every Sunday following worship, at 12:00 p.m. During that time a team of dedicated adult leaders leads students in community-building, study, and discussion.

If you would enjoy joining that team and accompanying high school students in their faith journey, and if you are available Sundays from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m., please email Katie Patterson. (An application and background check are required.)

Fourth Church Meals Ministry is in need of volunteers to help prepare Sunday Night Suppers as well as individuals to help serve the grab-to-go meals outside.

If you are available to assist, please sign up here for a date(s) to cook or here for a date(s) to serve the meal.

If you have questions about volunteering or using VOMO, our volunteer sign-up app, please contact Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry.

6:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, email Anne Ellis

All women are invited to join in monthly Books by Women discussions whenever their schedules allow and the books are of interest.

November book: Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

7:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/firsttuesdaybooks

This book group hosted by the Adult Education Committee examines the ethical and social issues facing Christians today.

November and December book: The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone; Nanette Sawyer will lead our discussion.

5:30 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/cornerstones1120

In this November Zoom gathering for those fifty and older, Paul Hamann, President and CEO of the Night Ministry, will talk about the work he and the Night Ministry teams tackle daily, as well as the long-term impact this pandemic will likely have on our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

Following worship each Sunday we hope you will join us via Zoom for virtual Coffee Hour, an opportunity to connect online with one another and share in a time of fellowship.

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#

For those interested in becoming members of Fourth Church, our next online Inquirers’ Class will be held Sunday, November 15 at 9:00 a.m. via Zoom.

You can register here for this one-session class.

For additional information about Fourth Church membership, please contact Joe Morrow.

9:30 a.m.

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/womeninjudges

Join Dr. Steed Davidson, Dean of the Faculty and Vice President of Academic Affairs at McCormick Theological Seminary, for this study of “Women in the Book of Judges.”

12:30 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/fpcff20

This weekly Bible study, led by members of the pastoral staff, begins a new three-week focus this Sunday with Matt Helms guiding us in taking a closer look at “From Pentecost to Constantine: How the Early Church Grew.”

Men’s Bible Study

7:30 a.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, email Anne Ellis

This weekly Bible study for men uses the lectionary readings for the church year to guide conversation.

Horizons Bible Study for Women

12:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, email Anne Ellis

This Bible study for women uses the material presented in Horizons, the women’s magazine of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Although your schedule might not allow you to join us “live” for all of our online opportunities, many of them are available via video for you to watch when you choose.

Check out our YouTube channel—www.bit.ly/fpcvideos—for videos of Bible studies, classes on topics such as the impact of Black history on our faith traditions, highlights of what our various programs are doing in 2020, and the recent interfaith discussion cohosted by Fourth Church on the topic “Civic Duty in Relationship to Our Faith.”

On Facebook—www.facebook.com/fourthchurch—you can find the Facebook Live videos of worship and Friday Noonday Concerts.

You can also enjoy videos of past Friday Noonday Concerts on our programs channel—www.bit.ly/fpcprograms—and watch previous worship services on our worship channel—www.bit.ly/FPCworship

We encourage you to bookmark these pages and connect with our videos as your schedule allows!

And if you would like to listen to worship services or sermons, you can subscribe to our podcasts via iTunes or Spotify.

Stephen Ministry is a one-to-one ministry of care and supportive listening for those who are experiencing life’s challenges.

If you or someone you know could benefit from a such a connection, we invite you to learn more about being paired with a Stephen Minister.

We also welcome applications for our next Stephen Minister training course—a fifty-hour series that culminates in making a two-year commitment to serve as a Stephen Minister. That course will next be offered in the spring.