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Starting the New School Year Ready to Learn
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Our annual School Supply Drive is underway, and we need your help! Before Chicago Lights Summer Day ends the first week of August, we want to have filled backpacks for each of the students to use to begin their new school year this fall. We're also collecting items for the children and youth connected with our Chicago Lights Urban Farm, Dance Academy, and Tutoring programs.
School supplies to fill backpacks for these children and youth are being gathered at morning Coffee Hour on Sundays and at the reception desk during the week. You can also sign up there to help receive, sort, and distribute school supplies and backpacks.
Details and a list of what is needed is posted online.
To volunteer with or learn more about the School Supply Drive, stop by Coffee Hour this Sunday morning or contact Anne Ellis at 312.573.3369.
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Listening and Praying, One-to-One
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Recognizing that many of us come to a point in our lives when we are struggling to sort things out, Fourth Church Stephen Ministers are available to be God's listening presence.
Through ongoing, confidential one-to-one relationships for as much as one hour per week, Stephen Ministers provide love and care to those who are experiencing challenging times.
If you or someone you know would benefit from a relationship with a Stephen Minister or you would like to learn more about Stephen Ministry at Fourth Church, please visit our Stephen Ministry web page or stop by Coffee Hour this Sunday, when Stephen Ministers will be on hand to talk about their ministry of care.
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This Sunday Following 11:00 Worship
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If you have been by the Loggia this summer, you will have seen the exhibition "Paradigm Shift," which features the work of Gerald Griffin and is sponsored by the Fourth Church Racial Equity Council.
This Sunday you will have opportunity to meet Mr. Griffin and hear him talk about this artwork when he joins us for an artist reception at 12:00 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room.
12:00 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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Learning and Serving in Urban Ministry
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Please join us in welcoming the youth of Buffalo Hart Presbyterian Church of Springfield, Illinois; Presbyterian Church of the Way of Shoreview, Minnesota; and St. Mark Presbyterian Church of Newport Beach, California, who will be joining us on Sunday afternoon for a week of our Urban Youth Mission (UYM) program.
The youth will be staying overnight at the church and spending their days engaging in both learning and hands-on outreach experiences at the church and in the city.
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Worship This Week
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 15, 2018
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Lucy Forster-Smith,
Senior Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
New Members at 11:00
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Passages
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We give thanks to God for the gift of new life.
Ryan Nadig Batkiewicz
Child of Kevin Batkiewicz and Sara Nadig
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Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
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On summer Fridays bring your lunch and join us in the Michigan Avenue courtyard for free outdoor concerts! (Please note, however, that the July 27 concert will be indoors.)
Friday, July 13
Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael, cabaret
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, July 20
Mark and Anne Burnell, jazz
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, July 27
After School Matters, choir
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Friday, August 3
Matthew Coley, marimba
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
A complete concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer at Fourth Church
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There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for details!
Current Volunteer Needs
Ushers for the 8:00 a.m. and for the 11:00 a.m. usher teams
Jazz at Four greeters for the 4:00 p.m. worship service
Volunteers to launder towels and washcloths
for the Shower Ministry
Shower Ministry greeters
(men) for rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15-4:00 p.m.)
Current Donation Needs
Walker with a seat for a friend of Fourth Church in need
Clothing
(all sizes) for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
School supplies for the annual Women at Fourth School Supply Drive
(contact Anne Ellis for more information)
Snack items for Fourth Church Meals Ministry Bag Lunches
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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