News @ Fourth Church: June 6, 2019

June 6, 2019

What’s coming up on the church calendar? Among other things—

Women’s Horizons Bible Study on Wednesday noon, June 12
Men’s Bible Study on Tuesday morning, June 18
LGBTQIA Brunch on Sunday, June 23
Knitting and Crocheting on Tuesday, June 25
Women at Fourth, with Fourth Church Organist and Director of Music John Sherer presenting a program on sacred music, on Thursday, June 27
Walking in the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, June 30

The complete calendar is easily accessible from the home page of our website.

Sunday, June 9: Pentecost

8:00 a.m. Communion

Vicky Curtiss preaching

9:30 a.m. Baptisms

Matt Helms and Rocky Supinger preaching

11:00 a.m. Baptisms

Matt Helms and Rocky Supinger preaching

4:00 p.m. Jazz Communion

Lucy Forster-Smith preaching

This Sunday is Pentecost, the day we celebrate the birth of the church and the giving of the Holy Spirit to the disciples of Jesus. The liturgical color for the day is red, which symbolizes the pentecostal fire of the Holy Spirit, and our processional ribbons at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. will evoke the wind from heaven, as described in the Acts of the Apostles.

The Kettering Children’s Choir, which brings together young singers from throughout the Miami Valley of Ohio, will be offering their musical gifts during the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services.

More about worship, including bulletins

On Pentecost we continue our “ Big Questions” sermon series with another question you asked be addressed from the pulpit: “What’s the deal with the Holy Spirit?”

Then next Sunday, June 16—which is Trinity Sunday—we will consider “What does a Christian have to believe?”

Come think about big questions with us!

Curious about our previous questions? You can read online the sermons exploring them.

This coming Monday, June 10 is the last day to submit names of those graduating from eighth grade, high school, college, or a graduate or professional program in 2019.

To submit graduate names, please send them to Rocky Supinger. Graduate names received by June 10 will appear in next Sunday’s worship bulletin, as June 16 is Baccalaureate Sunday.

Individually packaged snack items—particularly single servings of granola bars, chips, pretzels, and fruit or applesauce cups—are needed by Fourth Church Meals Ministry for our Bag Lunch program.

Each week we distribute more than 900 snacks as part of our Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday lunch in Anderson Hall. That translates into an ongoing need for a lot of snacks!

So as you’re out grocery shopping in the days ahead or placing orders online, please consider adding to your cart some extra snacks for our lunch guests.

Donations (labeled “Meals Ministry”) can be dropped off on Sundays during Coffee Hour or at the reception desk on weekdays and Saturday, or they can be ordered for delivery to the church.

Information about what snacks are needed.

Are you looking for ways to connect with others here at Fourth Church? We invite you to find an event or program that has you curious. Among the opportunities on the calendar in the next few days are—

Men’s Breakfast this Saturday morning, June 8 at 8:00 a.m. in Room 4E. This month’s speaker is Robert Jordan, former news anchor and reporter for WGN and author of the new book Murder in the News. RSVP to Anne Ellis.

TwentiesThirties Brunch this Sunday noon, June 9 following 11:00 a.m. worship. Young adults are invited to meet at the TwentiesThirties table in Coffee Hour. We will then head to a nearby restaurant together.

Books by Women on Tuesday, June 11 at 6:00 p.m. in the Bumpus Room. The topic of this month’s conversation will be Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Newcomers to the discussion are always welcome!

Our annual family drive-in movie night is next Friday!

Beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, June 14, families will share a taco meal in Anderson Hall, followed by time for kids to make their own drive-in vehicles out of cardboard boxes and a variety of other decorative materials that we will provide.

Then we’ll transport our vehicles up to the Bumpus Room to enjoy a “drive-in” viewing of Toy Story 3. Come enjoy some family fun!

Friday, June 14

5:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Anderson Hall and Bumpus Room

Encore returns to Buchanan Chapel on Saturday, June 22 at 5:00 p.m., this year with a concert of Broadway favorites presented by Morning Choir tenor Cole Seaton and musical friends.

Afterwards we’ll gather in the Commons for refreshments and a reception, as we continue this annual benefit to celebrate and support the Center for Life and Learning, our learning community for adults sixty and more.

Tickets are available online.

You are invited to join Elise Magers and Margaret Brennan as they explore how we might make space for our souls.

On Saturday, June 15 these two staff members of the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being will lead a workshop in which participants will have opportunity to experience the power of SoulCollage and poetry as doors to greater self-understanding and self-care.

Through the magical and intuitive use of images and informed by poetry, you will discover what delights, calls, and engages your soul!

Saturday, June 15

1:00–4:00 p.m.

Boyle Conference Room

Space is limited, so be sure to register today!

We currently have need for a variety of volunteers. Do any of these opportunities match your time, talent, or interests? We could use your help!

Chicago Lights Summer Day volunteers to work with students at the church on summer weekdays; register online for a 90-minute orientation
2020 Gala of Hope Committee members to share their talents and connections in support of this annual fundraising event benefiting Chicago Lights and the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being; apply online
Greeters for Jazz at Four on Sunday afternoons
Ushers for the 11:00 a.m. services of worship
Silverware wrappers to prepare for Sunday Night Suppers
Cooks and servers for Meals Ministry Sunday Night Suppers