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Fresh Produce This Sunday
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Support the Chicago Lights Urban Farm
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On Saturdays the Chicago Lights Urban Farm hosts a Farm Stand stocked with a variety of fresh produce for sale. This Sunday some of that produce will also be available for you to purchase during Coffee Hour.
Stop by and support the work of the youth participating in the Urban Farm's programming!
Time:
Saturdays
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 23
Coffee Hour
Place:
At the Farm on Saturdays
444 W. Chicago Ave.
Michigan Avenue courtyard on Sunday
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Two Chicago Lights Dance Academy Performances
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Each weekday since July 4, the Chicago Lights Dance Academy has been offering intensive dance classes in Parish House Dining Room and the Bumpus Room.
This coming week you'll have opportunity to watch the Academy's young dancers showcase what they have learned!
Join us for a free performance in Buchanan Chapel on Thursday evening, July 27 at 6:00 p.m. or Friday, July 28 at 12:00 noon as we support these students and celebrate their growth, skill, and artistic expression.
Time:
Thursday, July 27
6:00 p.m.
Friday, July 28
12:00 noon
Place:
Buchanan Chapel
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Women at Fourth's School Supply Drive
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Our annual School Supply Drive is underway, and we need your help! Before Chicago Lights Summer Day ends on August 3, 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 and Tutoring programs.
Filled backpacks and school supplies 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 fill a backpack for a child, donate school supplies, or 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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A One-Day Training Session
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All members of the congregation are encouraged to attend a one-day training on "Introduction to Systemic Racism," which will be offered on Saturday, September 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This training will provide an opportunity for us to develop common language, awareness, and a framework with one another in order to have productive conversations about race and systemic racism. This will help support our vision that Fourth Church and Chicago Lights be fully inclusive, life-giving organizations.
The September 23 training will be led by staff of Chicago Regional Organizing for Antiracism. The registration fee is $25 per person.
Space is limited, so please register early by contacting Anne Ellis
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Time:
Saturday, September 23
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Place:
Fourth Church
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Newest Members of Our Faith Community
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Please join us in welcoming those who were received into Fourth Church membership this past Sunday:
Ruby Bradford
Matt Cluck
Eleanor Cotey
Michael Cotey
Sarah Ellis
Yaodi Hu
Katherine Patterson
Edward Wosylus
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Worship This Week
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Matt Helms,
Associate Pastor
9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Communion
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
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Concerts at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Music by the Fountain resumes July 28!
Bring your lunch and join us for free outdoor concerts on upcoming summer Fridays!
Friday, July 28, 2017
Lucy Smith
(Music leader and vocalist for our Jazz at Four services)
12:10 p.m.
in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 4, 2017
Tom Michael and Beckie Menzie
12:10 p.m. in the
Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 11, 2017
Laura Freeman
12:10 p.m. in the
Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 18, 2017
Claudia Hommel
12:10 p.m. in the
Michigan Avenue courtyard
Friday, August 25, 2017
Elaine Dame
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 just some of the details!
Current Volunteer Needs
Cooks to prepare meals for Meals Ministry Sunday Night Supper, 2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Liturgists to read scripture during Sunday 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. services of worship
Taizé greeters and liturgists on the fourth Friday of the month
Shower Ministry greeters (men) for a rotating schedule on Tuesdays between 1:15 and 4:00 p.m.
Urban Farm volunteers on Saturdays during open volunteer hours, 12:00 to 3:00 p.m., at the Farm (444 W. Chicago)
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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