The worship bulletin will be available to download and print on Friday

Streamed from the Sanctuary at www.bit.ly/FPCworship

in Buchanan Chapel

The worship bulletin will be available to download and print on Friday

For those choosing to worship with us in person, wearing masks fully covering nose and mouth is required of everyone on the Fourth Church campus, regardless of vaccination status. Those who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 are also required to practice social distancing.

The front section of the Sanctuary is for those required to or choosing to practice social distancing, with seating by households. The remainder of the Sanctuary is open seating, with masks required wherever one sits.

We are not checking vaccination status, but anyone coming on site certifies by doing so that (a) they do not currently have COVID-19; (b) they are not experiencing COVID symptoms; (c) they have no reason to quarantine; and (d) they will practice social distancing if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

Doors open a half hour before each service, and there is no congregational singing.

Read about all of the guidelines that are in place for in-person worship—as well as information about continued online opportunities—at www.fourthchurch.org/reopening

The service is also available online any time afterwards on YouTube.

For those who do not have Internet access, we also make our worship services available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service.

Our Sunday services are available for viewing following the conclusion of worship and throughout the week at www.bit.ly/fpcvideos.

Worship and sermon podcasts are available via iTunes and Spotify, and you can sign up to receive the text of the weekly sermon by email.

The registration deadline for the “Peace and Compassion: A Music and Travel Seminar Trip to the Middle East” is next week!

If you are interested in joining Fourth Church and Community Presbyterian Church of Clarendon Hills in traveling to Israel and the Palestinian territories in June 2022, please register online by September 1, 2021, at www.bit.ly/mideast2022

To learn more about fees, travel arrangements, and other logistics, contact John Sherer.

This Friday our weekly Music by the Fountain outdoor concert series concludes for 2021 with vocalist Libby York returning to perform at 12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard.

You are invited to join us in person for these Friday performances or, if you prefer to enjoy our concerts online, to watch the 2020 concerts online (as we are not livestreaming the outdoor concerts).

Beginning next week, on Friday, September 3, our weekly Noonday concerts will move back into the Sanctuary with a performance by pianist Reiko Yamada, violinist Kozue Funakoshi, and pianist Patrick Godon; you are invited to join us in person for these indoor concerts as well. All individuals are required to wear masks indoors for the entirety of their time on the Fourth Church campus.

Cornerstones—a fellowship group of those fifty and over—resumes its monthly gatherings via Zoom on Friday, September 10 with a panel discussion on resilience.

Resilience has been defined as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, or significant sources of stress, such as family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors.

In the Zoom gathering in September, we will have opportunity to hear Gunnbjorg Lavoll moderate a timely discussion among Jeff Doane, Robert Edger, and Larry Braskamp on resilience and the importance of understanding ways of dealing with and overcoming adversity.

5:30 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/cornerstones921

On September 12, our annual “Get Connected” Sunday will kick off a series of Zoom gatherings that will each highlight a different area of opportunity at the church—areas in which you are invited to learn more, become engaged, get involved, and connect with one another.

Those present in person on September 12 will be able to pick up a schedule for these Zoom “Reconnect, Renew, and Reawaken” gatherings, which will be held on weeknights in the days following September 12. Those worshiping with us online that day will be able to access the schedule and details on our website.

Stay tuned for details in the weeks ahead as we make time to connect with friends both new and familiar this fall!

The Nominating Committee is in need of recommendations for candidates for positions opening in 2022 for Elder, Deacon, Trustee, and Nominating Committee as well as the Chicago Lights Board.

So please take a moment to think of Fourth Church members who have demonstrated gifts for leadership and a commitment to the life and ministry of this congregation.

Then add their names—self-nominations are welcome!—to the Leadership Candidate Form online at www.bit.ly/nominating2022.

The First Tuesday Book Club—a forum for examining the ethical and social issues facing Christians today—will resume its monthly conversations on Tuesday evening September 7 with an online-only discussion.

That evening we will have opportunity to talk with co-author Catherine Meeks about her book Passionate for Justice: Ida B. Wells as Prophet for Our Time.

7:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/firsttuesday0921

If you would like to read ahead, we will also be discussing the following titles this fall.

by Tish Harrison Warren

Tuesday, October 6 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom

by Scott Sauls

Tuesday, November 2 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom

by Chris Stedman

Tuesday, December 7 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom

For those interested in becoming members of Fourth Church, our next online Inquirers’ Class will be held on Sunday, September 12 via Zoom.

You can register for this one-session class at www.bit.ly/inquirersclass0921

For additional information about Fourth Church membership, please contact Joe Morrow.

For one-to-one spiritual and emotional support through life challenges, we encourage you to consider being paired with a Stephen Minister. To learn more about this resource, contact David Handley, Interim Minister for Caring Ministries, or leave a confidential message for a Stephen Minister at 312.573.3365.

To set up a time to talk or for more information about how the staff of the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being can be a resource for you, call the Center at 312.787.2729, ext. 2260.

If you would like to talk to a pastor, please call the church (312.787.4570) and your request will be forwarded to someone on the pastoral staff.

On the church calendar are many opportunities to connect online (or, where noted, in person) with the Fourth Church community and one another. Included among them are—

For information about whom to contact for an event’s Zoom details, simply click on the down “arrow” to the right of the event name in the calendar (which is easily accessible from the “Calendar” button in the upper left corner of our website).

If you know someone who would like to receive email updates from us but currently is not, please encourage them to add their email address to our distribution list by signing up at www.bit.ly/newsfromfpc