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Annual Meeting of the Congregation
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This Sunday, February 11 at 12:00 p.m.
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The Annual Meeting of the Congregation will be held this Sunday, February 11 following the 11:00 a.m. service. Part of the meeting will include the congregation electing new officers.
All members are encouraged to attend the annual meeting in order to take part in this important activity in the life of Fourth Church!
Afterwards the Congregational Life Committee is hosting a luncheon in Borwell Dining Room--and you're invited! Tickets for this intergenerational lunch are still available and can be purchased at the door.
As we celebrate this Sunday all that we were able to do and be in 2017, we hope you will also take a moment to view the 2017 Impact Report.
Time:
Sunday, February 11
12:00 p.m. meeting
12:45 p.m. lunch
Place:
Sanctuary for the meeting
Borwell Dining Room for the lunch
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With Lucy Forster-Smith and Vicky Curtiss
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Lucy Forster-Smith is the newest member of our pastoral staff, and this Sunday you will have opportunity to get to know more about her as she and Vicky Curtiss are the discussion partners at the "
Conversations on Ministry" class.
Come engage in informal dialogue with them about their call to ministry and Christian discipleship.
Time:
Sundays, through February 25
11:00 a.m.
(except on Feb. 18, when it will be 12:10 p.m.)
Place:
Room 5G
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This Coming Wednesday, February 14
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| The season of Lent begins this Wednesday.
Ash Wednesday services will be held in the Sanctuary on February 14 and will include Communion as well as opportunity for the imposition of ashes.
Preceding the Ash Wednesday 7:30 p.m. service, a hosted labyrinth walk will take place from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel. Walking the labyrinth in the chapel takes about fifteen minutes and offers opportunity to begin your Lenten spiritual practice with prayer and reflection.
All are invited to join with us as we embark together on this season of reflection and renewal!
Time:
Ash Wednesday, February 14
12:10 p.m. Worship
6:00 to 7:15 p.m. Labyrinth walk
7:30 p.m. Worship
Place:
Sanctuary for both worship services
Buchanan Chapel for the labyrinth walk
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During Worship and throughout the Day
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Part of our Ash Wednesday practice is the imposition of ashes.
Ashes serve as a sign of human mortality and penitence and as a reminder that only by God's grace are we given eternal life.
Ashes are imposed with the words of Genesis 3:19: "Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return."
This year in addition to making the imposition of ashes available as part of the 12:10 and 7:30 p.m. services, they will also be available as part of 9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer in Buchanan Chapel and, for those unable to be with us for any of those services, throughout the day for those stopping by the Sanctuary.
Time:
Ash Wednesday, February 14
9:30 a.m. Morning Prayer
12:10 p.m. Worship
7:30 p.m. Worship
Throughout the day
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Lenten Devotions
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A Resource for Reflection This Season
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| The season of Lent calls Christians to embrace the faith journey by reflecting upon and deepening their relationship with God and by acting upon their Christian beliefs. During this season, we are invited to thoughtfully take up the gifts of faith--worship, study, prayer, and service--in preparation for Holy Week and Christ's journey to the cross.
As a resource for such Lenten reflections and personal prayer, we will be making available daily Lenten devotions, written by Fourth Church members and staff, beginning Ash Wednesday, February 14.
This year the Lenten devotions will take us on a journey through the Gospel of Mark, from beginning to end.
To receive them by email (if you are not already receiving our devotions), sign up at www.bit.ly/fpcdevotions (send email addresses to devotions@fourthchurch.org).
Devotions will be posted online as well and will be available in printed booklets in the church literature racks.
Another resource for Lenten spiritual disciplines is the "Path of Discipleship" series being offered on Tuesday evenings, beginning February 20. Registration for that weekly spiritual formation series closes this Sunday, February 11.
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Three Weeks to Gala of Hope
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On Friday, March 2 we will gather for a festive evening of dinner, dancing, and fabulous auctions as part of the 2018 Gala of Hope, a benefit to support the life-changing outreach work of Chicago Lights--and its programs of Tutoring, Summer Day, Urban Farm, Dance Academy, and Elam Davies Social Service Center--and the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being.
You can still get a ticket (or sponsor a table!) to attend the Gala----which will be held at the Radisson Blu Aqua.
And, if you can't attend, you can get drawing tickets for the "Windy City Escapade" drawing (the winner need not be present at the Gala) or make a contribution to support our outreach programs.
Learn more online or by stopping by Coffee Hour on Sunday!
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Christian Spirituality
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A New Adult Education Course
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Spiritual, but not religious? In response to the growing interest in spirituality and skepticism about traditional religion, Carol Allen, former Associate Pastor for Congregational Life at Fourth Church, will lead us in a a survey of the history, interpretations, and traditions of spirituality in its Christian forms.
There will be time for participants, with the aid of particular questions and practices, to reflect personally upon their own spiritual formation and the religious traditions in which they were raised and how their hearts and minds may have changed over the years as their spirituality has grown and deepened.
Time:
Sundays, February 11-25
9:30 a.m.
Place:
Room 5D
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Worship This Week
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Transfiguration of Christ
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Sunday, February 11
8:00 a.m.
Communion
Victoria G. Curtiss,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Baptisms at 9:30
Fourth Church Youth leading
4:00 p.m.
Jazz at Four | Communion
Abbi Heimach-Snipes,
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Passages
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Death
We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.
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Concerts and Musical Events at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Friday, February 16
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Silver-Rose Flute and Guitar Duo
Kim Fleuchaus, flute
Julie Goldberg, guitar
Friday, February 23
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, organist
A complete Fourth Church concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer and Donation Needs
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There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for just some of the details!
Current Volunteer Needs
Volunteer to help an older member
(who lives near the church) get to and from Sunday morning worship services
Social Service Center volunteers
(orientation this Thursday, February 15 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 4E)
Tutors to work one-to-one with Chicago Lights Tutoring students one evening a week at Fourth Church; more tutors are needed so we can partner with additional students from the South Side
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
Individually packaged snack items for distribution as part of the Meals Ministry Bag Lunches
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)
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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