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Come Ready for Treats This Sunday
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Enjoy Goodies and Support Youth Mission
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Bring your sweet tooth to Coffee Hour this Sunday! There will be tasty treats for you to enjoy, courtesy of the Youth Bake Sale. You can also stock up on goodies to take home to enjoy later in the day or share at work on Monday.
Additionally, this year there is opportunity to purchase Rice Krispie Treats to then donate to Sunday Night Supper, which is served weekly by Fourth Church Meals Ministry to those in need.
All proceeds from the bake sale support our youth's upcoming 2018 mission trips to Cuba, Detroit, Montreat, and Missouri.
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Remembering Loved Ones at Easter
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This Sunday is the last day to make contributions to Fourth Church Easter flowers. In order for the names of those honored by your gifts to be printed in the Easter Sunday bulletin, all contributions and names must be received by this Sunday, March 18.
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As we prepare for Holy Week, join us for a quiet candlelit Lenten Taizé service--a contemplative time of meditative song, silent reflection, and prayer for peace, reconciliation, and unity--which will be held Friday evening, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel.
While we typically host a labyrinth walk immediately prior to our Taizé services, this month the Spiritual Formation Council and Labyrinth Ministry Team will be hosting a time of Lenten prayer and meditation in the Hospitality Suite, just off Buchanan Chapel, between 6:00 and 7:30 p.m., prior to the Taizé service.
Time:
Friday, March 23
6:00 to 7:30 p.m. (prayer and meditation)
7:30 p.m. (Taizé)
Place:
Hospitality Suite
(prayer and meditation)
Buchanan Chapel (Taizé)
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We're Accepting Day School Applications
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The Fourth Church Day School, our weekday preschool program, is accepting applications for its 2018-19 early childhood programs. These include a tot-and-parent class, a three-morning preschool class, and an extended-day option.
There are also openings for our summer preschool program the weeks of June 5-8 and also June 11-14.
For details or to apply, contact Kathy Hager.
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Worship This Week
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Sunday, March 18
8:00 a.m.
Communion
Rocky Supinger,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
New Members at 11:00
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz at Four | Communion
Nanette Sawyer,
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Passages
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Deaths
We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.
Betty Bergstrom
February 24, 2018
A memorial service will be held Saturday, March 24 at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary.
Mary Schaafsma
March 11, 2018
A memorial service will be held Friday, April 6 at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary with a reception following in Anderson Hall.
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Concerts and Musical Events at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Friday, March 23
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Grant Wareham, organist
Good Friday, March 30
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Good Friday Choral Service
Featuring Domenico Scarlatti's Stabat Mater
sung by the Morning Choir
A complete Fourth Church concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer and Donation Needs
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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
Easter Brunch volunteers to set up, serve, and host the congregational brunch on Sunday, April 1
(11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)
Servers to offer cider to those waiting in Easter worship lines on Sunday, April 1
(from 8:00 to 9:10 a.m. or 10:00 to 11:10 a.m.)
Social Service Center volunteers; orientation will be this coming Thursday, March 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Shower Ministry greeters (men) for rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15-4:00 p.m.)
Greeters for Jazz at Four 4:00 p.m. worship service
Tutors to be paired with a Chicago Lights Tutoring student one evening a week at the church
Current Donation Needs
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)
Individually packaged snack items (5,000 a month) for distribution as part of the Meals Ministry Bag Lunches; particularly needed are fruit snacks, especially fruit cups or applesauce cups
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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