- Men's Bible Study on Tuesday morning, October 2
- A complimentary Day School "Together We Play" toddler class on Tuesday morning, October 2
- Purple-Bow Tying outside the Manse on Friday, October 5 in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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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Sunday, September 30
8:00 a.m. Communion
Matt Helms
9:30 a.m.
Shannon Kershner
11:00 a.m.
Shannon Kershner
4:00 p.m. Jazz Communion
Nanette Sawyer
Looking Ahead
Next Sunday, October 7, is World Communion Sunday,
a day when worshipers around the world gather for the Lord’s Supper. We will celebrate Communion at all four worship services that day. We will also welcome Brian Ellison, Executive Director of the Covenant Network, as our guest preacher for the 9:30 and 11:00 services.
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Take a moment for quiet meditation at the end of this week: join us on Friday for our monthly fourth Friday Taizé service, which provides an opportunity to gather in contemplative, prayerful setting.
Candles; easy-to-learn songs from various countries, traditions, and languages; and a period of silence all contribute to a time to reflect and open oneself to God.
The service will be preceded by opportunity to walk the labyrinth in Anderson Hall between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Buchanan Chapel
Labyrinth available to walk
between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.
in Anderson Hall
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We are still in need of
single-serving snack items
--granola bars, chips, pretzels, fruit snacks, and fruit cups--to meet our goal of collecting
5,000 items by this coming Monday, October 1.
Donations can be dropped off at--or shipped to--the church reception desk ("Attn: Meals Ministry").
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Get your pets ready for an outing to the Michigan Avenue courtyard next Saturday, October 6.
We’ll be gathering that day at 10:00 a.m. for a Blessing of the Animals service of song and story, giving thanks to God for the creatures that bless our lives. All pets are welcome! (Please have them on leash or in a carrier.)
If you’d rather not bring your pets, please bring photographs of them and join us as we celebrate the wonders of God’s creation and our relationships with its creatures, great and small!
Saturday, October 6 at 10:00 a.m.
in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
(Rain location: Buchanan Chapel)
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This Sunday, September 30, Joseph Ellwanger, a Lutheran minister and author, will be with us to talk about his new book,
Strength for the Struggle: Insights from the Civil Rights Movement and Urban Ministry
, at 1:00 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room.
Looking ahead to October, the Academy for Faith and Life adult education program will be offering three new classes:
Care of Creation: Our Faith and the Environment
Sundays, October 7–21 at 9:30 a.m.
Offered in partnership with Chicago Sinai Congregation, this three-week course will explore the specific economic and political issues at work in matters of the environment and climate change and suggest how we can advocate for a safer future.
Christian Discipleship and Civic Responsibility:
The Impact of Gun Violence
Sundays, October 14–28 at 11:00 a.m.
This three-week class will discuss the impact of gun violence on the city of Chicago, various responses to the epidemic on a local and national level, and ways we might be called to respond.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Bible
--or Your Money Back (although It Is a Free Class!)
Sundays, October 21, November 18, December 16, and January 20
at 9:30 a.m.
Join Associate Pastors (and Bible enthusiasts) Rocky Supinger and Matt Helms for a monthly class that mixes biblical storytelling, historical context, literary analysis, and small group discussion to help bring the biblical text to life and wrestle with what it means for us today.
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We continue to collect interest profiles as part of our effort to build community at Fourth Church. Those profiles can be filled in during Sunday Coffee Hour or completed at home by
downloading a form here.
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An
Interfaith Immigrant Justice Vigil,
cohosted by our World Mission and Social Justice Committee, will take place on Tuesday, October 2 between 5:15 and 7:30 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard. It will combine prayer, songs, speakers, and art images as an expression of concerns and hopes for justice for those who are immigrants
A Peace and Global Witness Offering,
which supports efforts toward peacemaking in our denomination as well as local efforts to address violence in Chicago through CureViolence, will be received next Sunday, October 7, which is World Communion Sunday.
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This past Sunday we launched the 2019 Annual Appeal for Fourth Presbyterian Church and Chicago Lights. Materials have been mailed to member homes, and early commitments are being received.
Each year our Annual Appeal gives us opportunity to celebrate the particular ways in which this faith community is committed to actively participating in God
’s re-creating and reconciling work in this world. It is an invitation to each one of us to join in that work through our financial support.
In the days ahead, please prayerfully consider
the investment you will make in your Fourth Church family and its work in 2019 and
make a pledge by Sunday, October 28
: Commitment Sunday.
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Cornerstones will host a dinner program on “The New Old Post Office: Awakening the Sleeping Giant” next Friday, October 5.
The Old Post Office has straddled the Eisenhower Expressway for so long we forget what a marvel it really is--and was. In his presentation, Les Ventsch--a Design Director at the architecture firm Gensler and a member of Fourth Church and the Morning Choir--will review the history of the building in the city, the original design, and ho
w the building i
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being repositioned to new office functions for its next chapter as an iconic Chicago structure.
Friday, October 5 at 6:00 p.m.
in Borwell Dining Room
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- 100 new tutors by this coming Monday, October 1 to mentor Chicago Lights Tutoring students one evening a week at the church
- Shower Ministry greeters to serve on a rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15–4:00 p.m.)
- Meals Ministry volunteers to unload the food truck once a month for approximately 3 hours; must be able to lift 50 pounds
- Pianist to play in Children’s Chapel from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. three Sundays a month
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This Friday, September 28, our organist John Sherer will be the featured musician at the weekly free Friday Noonday Concert. The following week, in a concert cosponsored by Musicians Club of Women, the instrumental ensemble Wind Energy will perform.
Friday, September 28 at 12:10 p.m.
In the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, Fourth Church Organist
Friday, October 5 at 12:10 p.m.
In Buchanan Chapel
Wind Energy, featuring flutist Michele McGovern
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Births
We give thanks to God for the gift of new life.
Julia Christine Page
Child of John and Andrea Page
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