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Plus Breakfast Tacos--and a Cubs Tickets Raffle
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A breakfast of all-you-can-eat pancakes, sides, coffee, and juice, along with gluten-free options--for a suggested donation of $12--will be waiting for you this Sunday between 9:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room.
Also included in this year's fare, for an additional $5, will be Grandma's Barbacoa Breakfast Tacos by Scott Miller, winner of our 2018 Chili Cook-off.
Another added feature this year is a raffle for Cubs tickets!
Proceeds from this annual pancake breakfast make it possible for our youth to participate in summer mission trips to Cuba, Detroit, and Missouri and the Montreat Youth Conference in North Carolina. So come on out and enjoy a tasty brunch while supporting our youth!
Time:
Sunday, April 15
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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First One: This Sunday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m.
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In the fall of 2016, the Session and Trustees formed a committee to look into the congregation's legacy of providing--throughout its history--housing for the senior pastor of Fourth Church.
After extensive research, that committee recommended to the boards that the best, lowest-cost option for the church to continue that legacy would be to purchase a new manse.
The boards endorsed that recommendation last weekend and are now bringing it to the congregation for its vote.
A letter outlining the recommendation was emailed to Fourth Church members this past week and was followed by a mailing to members that included the complete housing proposal.
The recommendation will be voted on by members at the congregational meeting called for Sunday, May 6 at 12:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Prior to that, there will be two information sessions hosted by the Senior Pastor Housing Committee to provide opportunity to ask any questions not answered by the proposal. The first of those will be this Sunday, April 15 at 12:30 p.m. in the Bumpus Room; the second will be on Sunday, April 22 at 12:15 p.m. Members who are unable to attend either session and still have questions are invited to email them to the committee.
Time and place:
Information Sessions
Sunday, April 15
12:30 p.m. in the Bumpus Room
Sunday, April 22
12:15 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room
Congregational Meeting
Sunday, May 6
12:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
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From Footwashing to an Egg Hunt
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Marking Earth Sunday on April 22
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Next Sunday, April 22, is Earth Sunday,
a day when the Care of Creation Committee calls us to hold in prayer God's amazing creation and to recommit ourselves to the good stewardship of that life-giving gift.
As part of that commitment, the committee invites you to join them for a screening and discussion of
This Changes Everything, a documentary that presents portraits of communities on the front lines of climate change, laying out a hopeful path for transforming systems causing climate change into something better.
There will also be opportunity to drop off during that morning's Coffee Hour used tennis shoes for recycling into materials for playground surfaces.
Time:
Sunday, April 22
12:15 p.m. movie screening
Place:
Room 4F
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A Gift from the Congregation
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This Sunday during the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services of worship our fourth graders will be receiving Bibles from the congregation. This is but one of the ways we live out our baptismal pledge to support the children and youth of the church. Please keep them in your prayers as they continue on their faith journey.
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Shannon Kershner on Prayer
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Have you ever wondered why we pray?
If God knows all, then why is prayer an important faith practice?
All women are invited to come explore these questions as Shannon Kershner leads us in a "Lifting Our Hands and Hearts" prayer discussion on Thursday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. in the Bumpus Room.
Time:
Thursday, April 26
5:30 p.m.
Place:
Bumpus Room
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Celebrate with Us at Jazz at Four That Day
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Please mark your calendars for Sunday, April 29 when we will install Nanette Sawyer as Associate Pastor for Discipleship and Small Group Ministry.
The installation will take place during that week's Jazz at Four Communion service, and a reception in Nanette's honor will follow as we celebrate this next step in our ministry together.
Time:
Sunday, April 29
4:00 p.m.
Place:
Sanctuary
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Needed: 10,000 Snacks
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Serving through Fourth Church Meals Ministry
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Fourth Church Meals Ministry needs your help!
Every two months they use 10,000 individually packaged snack items in filling bag lunches for guests of our Meals Ministry programs.
Thus they have set a goal of collecting a two-month supply by Mother's Day in order to ensure they have plenty on hand to start the summer.
Particularly needed are single servings of granola bars, chips, pretzels, fruit cups, and applesauce. Donations (labeled "Meals Ministry") can be dropped off at the reception desk, and information is also available on Sunday mornings during Coffee Hour.
Thank you for helping to feed our neighbors in need!
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Worship This Week
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Third Sunday of Easter
April 15, 2018
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Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Presentation of Bibles to Fourth Graders
Reception of New Members at 11:00
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Service with Communion
Matt Helms,
Associate Pastor
Worship bulletins
for this coming Sunday are available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/worship/this-week.html
"News and Opportunities"
is the weekly printed newsletter distributed with the Sunday bulletin and is available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/news/2018/041518no.pdf
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Passages
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We give thanks to God for the gift of new life.
Quinn Ruth Weller
Child of Steve and Kristina Weller
Madeleine Jane Goodchild
Child of Thad and Katrina Goodchild
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We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.
Dr. Irene Puckett
Died March 27, 2018
A family service was held on April 6.
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Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
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All concerts are free unless otherwise noted.
Friday, April 20
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Ian Maksin, cello
Tuesday, April 24
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Chicago Ensemble
Music by Scarlatti, Vivaldi , Handel, Fasch, Martinu, Piazzola, Argento
Friday, April 27
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, organist
Saturday, April 28
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel Bella Voce
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
Volunteers to untie blue ribbons from the trees outside the Manse at the end of Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month; Friday morning, April 27
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
Used tennis shoes for recycling into materials for playground surfaces (will be collected during Coffee Hour only on Earth Sunday, April 22)
Individually packaged snack items
(10,000 by Mother's Day) for distribution as part of the Meals Ministry Bag Lunches; particularly needed are fruit snacks, especially fruit cups or applesauce cups
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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