- Opportunity to participate in a labyrinth walk this Friday evening, March 22
- LGBTQIA Brunch this Sunday, March 24
- Knitting and Crocheting on Tuesday, March 26
- TwentiesThirties SpeakEasy fellowship on Thursday, March 28
- “Relationships 101” on Saturday, March 30
- Books by Women discussing Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover on Tuesday, April 9
The calendar, which is easily accessible from the home page of our website, includes opportunity to register online for any event for which registration is involved (along with an option to make online payment of any registration fees).
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Friday, March 22: Lenten
Taizé
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
This special candlelit Lenten Taizé service offers a contemplative time of meditative song, silent reflection, and prayer for peace, reconciliation, and unity.
Sunday, March 24: Third Sunday in Lent
8:00 a.m. Communion
Shannon J. Kershner preaching
9:30 a.m.
Shannon J. Kershner preaching
11:00 a.m.
Shannon J. Kershner preaching
4:00 p.m. Jazz Communion
Shawn Fiedler preaching
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From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, familiar faces and first-time visitors make the pilgrimage to Fourth Church to experience the passion and the joy of the Christian mystery.
During that holiest of weeks we need 100 ushers to extend hospitality and warmth in greeting, welcoming, and caring for all worshipers.
We are especially looking for first-time ushers to help on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, or Easter Sunday. Ushers will be assigned to whichever tasks match their interests and comfort, whether it be distributing bulletins, greeting in the Narthex or Commons, or seating worshipers in the Sanctuary or Buchanan Chapel.
Might you consider serving at one of these services? If so, please contact
Shawn Fiedler.
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Your gifts to our Lenten One Great Hour of Sharing Offering touch the lives of those in need, respond to injustice, provide shelter, and feed the hungry, both here in our city and around the world.
Your gifts support
Presbyterian Hunger Program, which takes action to alleviate hunger, care for creation, and address the systemic causes of poverty so all may be fed
Self-Development of People, which partners with communities responding to their experiences of oppression, poverty, and injustice and educates Presbyterians about the impact of these issues
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, which works alongside communities as they recover and find hope after the devastation of natural or human-caused disasters and provides support for refugees
Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center, which annually supports 1,800 individuals who are experiencing homelessness or who are in transition, helping them gain greater stability through case management, a food pantry, clothing assistance, referrals to other agencies, and outreach
Chicago Lights Tutoring, which encourages 400 students living in under-resourced neighborhoods to graduate from high school and pursue higher education and meaningful careers
Fourth Church Meals Ministry, which distributes bag lunches each week, Tuesday through Thursday, and serves a hot supper on both Sunday and Monday nights, providing more than 36,000 meals per year for guests who are homeless
Fourth Church Shower Ministry, which welcomes guests without access to bathing facilities to use the showers at Fourth Church, with nearly 1,000 showers taken per year
To make a “One Great Hour of Sharing” gift, you can use the envelopes in the pew racks, write “Lenten Offering” on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church, or
make a gift online.
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From contemplative prayer and the simplification of life, to death and dying, to the stories of Jesus’ life and ours we have a variety of conversation opportunities planned for the weeks and months ahead.
Practicing the Presence of God
Sundays, March 24–April 7
11:00 a.m.
in Room 5E
How might we be attentive to the presence of God in our everyday lives?
What insight might writers Joan Chittister, Annie Dillard, Denise Levertov, Gerald May, Mary Oliver, Joyce Rupp, and David Whyte offer us in this quest?
Beginning this Sunday join Vicky Curtiss in this exploration through the new Academy for Faith and Life course “Practicing the Presence of God.”
“Dying to Know” Series: Being Mortal
Wednesdays, April 3, May 22, June 19
2:30–4:30 p.m.
Join us for workshops created to take away the stigma of talking about death and dying. We will also work together to develop a sense of being in charge of our lives until the end.
Our monthly topics will help us focus on “Being Mortal,” “How to Share Your Health Care Wishes,” and “Candid Conversations.”
Register online for one or more of these sessions cohosted by the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being, the Center for Life and Learning, Skyline Village, and the National Council of Jewish Women: Chicago North Shore Section.
How to Hear God Speaking Personally through the Gospels
Fridays, May–July
7:00–8:30 a.m.
in the Randolph Room
We are looking for eight to ten men to begin a three-month conversation and Bible study this May that will combine autobiography and active listening to Jesus’ life and teachings from the Gospel according to Matthew.
No knowledge of the Bible, theology, or small-group experience is required, just consistent attendance over the three-month period (except when out of town) and confidentiality around the life stories told.
To express interest in participating in this group or similar ones in the future, contact
Anne Ellis.
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Please join us in welcoming the newest members of the Fourth Church family—those who were received into Fourth Church membership this past Sunday:
Kristin Allen
Christine Barry
William Barry
Fred Hauser
Wendy Hauser
Brian Humphrey
Chelsea Humphrey
Margaret Johnson
Matt Rubin
Lydia Williams
Grace Anne Wood
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- Individuals to tie blue bows on the Manse trees on Tuesday, April 2 in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Awareness month (contact Anne Ellis for details)
- Greeters to serve during the Sunday afternoon Jazz at Four worship service
- Tutors, one night a week at the church through May, to work one-to-one with Chicago Lights Tutoring students who do not have a tutor; those who are interested are invited to attend a one-session volunteer orientation on Tuesday, April 9
You can sign up or learn more by contacting
Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry
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Three of our next four free Friday Noonday concerts will feature the Andrew Pipe Organ. Included in this week’s program: Jean Guillou’s transcription of Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition.”
Friday, March 22 at 12:10 p.m.
in the Sanctuary
Thomas Heidenreich, organ
Friday, March 29 at 12:10 p.m.
in the Sanctuary
Jackson Borges, organ
Friday, April 5 at 12:10 p.m.
in Buchanan Chapel
Genevieve Thiers, soprano
Katherine Calcamuggio Donner, mezzo-soprano
Friday, April 12 at 12:10 p.m.
in the Sanctuary
Robin Dinda, organ
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