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).

For highlights of some of the opportunities you will find on the calendar, keep reading!

Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 14.

Be sure to set your clocks ahead an hour as we “spring forward.” We don’t want to begin worship without you!

Shannon J. Kershner preaching

The worship bulletin will be available to download and print on Friday

Streamed 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.

The work of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Hunger, and Self-Development of People Programs.

Chicago Lights Tutoring and Elam Davies Social Service Center.

All of these programs are supported by your gifts to the One Great Hour of Sharing offering that we are receiving throughout Lent.

Gifts to this offering can be made by

•   giving online

•   writing “Lenten Offering” on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church and mailed to Resource Development, Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL 60611.2014.

You can remember loved ones and recognize those who are special in your life by making a contribution toward the purchase of flowers to decorate the Sanctuary for our online Easter service.

A list of those remembered will be printed in the Easter Sunday bulletin. (For names to be included in the bulletin, contributions must be received by Sunday, March 28.)

11:00 a.m. online

Join us online on Sunday, March 28 when an introit by children as well as images of them waving palms will usher us into our Palm Sunday singing of loud hosannas. Our focus will then turn to the Passion story that leads us into Holy Week.

To join in the spirit of this day that is both festive and somber, we encourage you to download and print a palm (www.bit.ly/palmcolor) to have on hand as we together sing “all glory, laud, and honor.”

Take a photo of your palm, or of you and your palm, and share it on social media, tagging @FourthChurch. Together we can create a virtual crowd welcoming Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem!

11:00 a.m. online

We hope you and your loved ones near and far will join us online on Easter Sunday, April 4 as we gather in festive celebration of the resurrection of the Lord!

The service will include the stirring music of brass and organ, the joyous hymns of Easter, and also this year Communion.

We invite you to have bread and juice on hand as we share in the Lord’s Supper from our homes.

Please join us in welcoming the new members received into membership by the Session on Sunday, February 21 and welcomed during worship this past Sunday, March 7:

Angela Giles

Rachel Michaels

Theresa Mintle

Claire Troller

If you are interested in learning about becoming a member of Fourth Church, we invite you to join us online for a one-session Inquirers’ Class on Sunday, April 11 at 9:00 a.m.

To register for this class (required for membership) and discover more about Fourth Church history, mission, and congregational life and the Presbyterian Church (USA), sign up at www.bit.ly/inquirer0421 to receive Zoom details.

Three of our programs are currently looking for volunteers to assist them with their work. Might you be able to help?

Fourth Church Youth Ministry, a welcoming and inclusive Christian community where sixth- through twelfth-grade youth are accepted, known, and loved for who they are, relies heavily on the generosity of adult volunteer leaders. Applications are currently being received for leaders to serve in one of three volunteer roles during the 2021–2022 program year: Sunday Morning Leader, Zoom Small Group Leader, and Committee Member.

Interested church members are asked to sign up here for one of three informational sessions that will be held online in April. For more information email Katie Patterson, Youth Ministry Program Manager.

Our Meals Ministry Sunday Night Supper is in need of cooks, servers, and meal runners to assist with these weekly “grab and go” meals.

Those interested in helping are asked to email Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry. Safety and health standards are strictly followed.

Fourth Church’s Employment Network, which works in partnership with the St. Sabina Employment Resource Center on the South Side, is looking for volunteers interested in supporting job-preparedness workshops on interviewing, entrepreneurship, or credit repair.

The skills of those volunteering for SCORE or CARE Chicago are especially needed as are individuals with organizations that can provide internship and job opportunities in the fields of health care, security, manufacturing, IT, retail, administrative, and commercial driving.

If you can help or would like to learn more, please email employmentnetwork@fourthchurch.org

If you know someone who would like to receive email 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