Looking for ways to connect with the Fourth Church community and one another? On the church calendar you will find many opportunities to do so online (or, where noted, in person). Included among them are—
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Interfaith Iftar Dinner on Saturday, April 23 (livestreamed www.bit.ly/interfaithiftar2022)
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Men’s Bible Study on Tuesday mornings
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Knitting and Crocheting on Tuesday, April 26
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Benevolent Guild on Wednesday mornings
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Horizons Bible Studies for women on Wednesday noon and evening, April 27
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Cornerstones fellowship for those over 50, with a program on protecting and beautifying the environment, on Friday, May 6
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Inquirers’ Class, for those interested in Fourth Church membership, on Sunday, May 8
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Books by Women discussing Flights by Olga Tokarczuk on Tuesday, May 10
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).
For highlights about some additional opportunities, keep reading!
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Second Sunday of Easter, April 24
10:00 a.m. worship in person and online
Shannon J. Kershner preaching
Audio available by phone (toll free) by calling 888.916.9166
4:00 p.m. Jazz at Four worship in person
with Communion
in Buchanan Chapel
Rocky Supinger preaching
During our morning service the 2022 class of eighth-grade confirmands will be recognized and welcomed into the wider life of the congregation. Please keep these youth in prayer as they continue with us on their faith journey.
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Fourth Church’s Michigan Avenue Forum Steering Committee would appreciate your input!
As they plan future events that feature important religious and secular thinkers discussing current civic, ethical, and religious issues, they would like to hear what topics and formats would interest you.
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We are delighted that this Sunday Nancy Benson-Nicol is joining us in worship leadership for the first time.
As she begins her ministry among us as Associate Pastor for Caring Ministries and Spiritual Formation, please take a moment in the days and weeks ahead to extend a warm Fourth Church welcome to Nancy!
This Sunday is also Jeff Doane’s last Sunday as Parish Associate at Fourth Church. We are deeply grateful for Jeff’s dedication and care in his seven-year ministry with Fourth Church older adults and, most recently, caring ministries and spiritual formation.
Please join us—whether in person or by email ( jdoane@fourthchurch.org)—in expressing gratitude to Jeff and wishing him Godspeed in his retirement! |
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Earth-Keeping as a Spiritual Practice
In a new four-week class beginning this Sunday, Amy Pagliarella will lead us in exploring what it looks like when sustainable living is valued as a spiritual practice.
For inspiration, we will turn to scripture and ancient Christian traditions, considering spiritual practices around food, stewardship, Sabbath-keeping, and gratitude.
For new ideas, we will look to nature and to environmental and political movements that invite us to tread lightly on the earth.
Sundays, April 24, May 1, 8, and 15
11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
In Borwell Dining Room and via Zoom
First Tuesday Book Club
For the next First Tuesday Book Club conversation, Nanette Sawyer will lead a discussion of How to Fight Anti-Semitism by Bari Weiss.
Throughout this book, which won the National Jewish Book Award, former New York Times writer Bari Weiss delivers an urgent wake-up call to all Americans, exposing the alarming rise of anti-Semitism in both the right and left in this country, and explains what we can do to defeat it.
The book also addresses the relationship between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism and opens an important conversation about how we talk about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Tuesday, May 3
7:00 p.m.
via Zoom
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Fourth Church offers a variety of ways to connect with one another online. One of them is new Zoom Small Groups, which will start in May.
If you would like to connect with five to seven other people via Zoom for a time of fellowship, relationship building, and spiritual formation or simply want to learn more about our small-group opportunities, email Simon Crow. |
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Deaths
We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.
Garnie Head
Died April 15, 2022
Roy Wiley
Died April 4, 2022
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If you would like to join in praying for others—members of Fourth Church and those in need—we invite you to gather with us for Wednesday Morning Prayer at 9:30 a.m. via Zoom or at 10:00 a.m. in person in Buchanan Chapel. (The chapel is also open for opportunity to walk the labyrinth between 9:00 and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesdays and between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays.) For Zoom details, email Rocky Supinger.
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.
If you would like to alert pastoral staff to emerging pastoral care needs, please email caringministries@fourthchurch.org; however if the situation is an emergency or requires immediate attention, please call the church at 312.787.4570 to be connected to the Minister on Call.
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 Nancy Benson-Nicol, Associate Pastor for Caring Ministries and Spiritual Formation, 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.
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A Mask-Welcoming Community
Masks are welcome but not required for everyone on the Fourth Church campus.
As a mask-welcoming campus, we affirm that mask wearing continues to be an effective preventative measure for individuals. Thus we not only encourage the wearing of masks by anyone who wants or needs to wear one, but we are also committed to ensuring no one will feel out of place should they choose to wear a mask while at the church.
Since some populations are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others, some programs on the Fourth Church campus may choose to require masks. That is a decision that is made on a program-by-program basis.
We continue to have a socially distanced seating section at the front of the Sanctuary on the pulpit side. That section is reserved for those required to or choosing to practice social distancing, and everyone sitting in that section is required to wear a mask. The remainder of the Sanctuary is open seating.
Additionally, we are continuing our practice of 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 wear a mask and practice social distancing if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19.
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