Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 14

10:00 a.m. worship in person and online

Matt Helms preaching

Worship bulletin

In person and streamed from the Sanctuary on our YouTube channel: www.bit.ly/fpcvideos

Audio available by phone (toll free) by calling 888.916.9166

Livestreamed worship services are accessible by going to www.bit.ly/fpcvideos, subscribing to our YouTube channel, or clicking on the photo with a “Play” arrow on the home page of the Fourth Church website.

This Sunday Shannon Kershner will be out of town for her daughter’s college graduation. Then on Wednesday Shannon will be preaching at the annual preaching conference, the Festival of Homiletics, in Minneapolis.

4:00 p.m. Jazz at Four worship in person

with Communion

in Buchanan Chapel

Rocky Supinger preaching

Worship bulletin

Sermon Series

This Sunday we continue the sermon series “I believe...” — an opportunity for us to take a closer look at the Apostles’ Creed. This week we will focus on “I believe ... in the communion of saints.”

Summer Worship Schedule

Next Sunday, May 21 we will hold our last afternoon worship service until Sunday, September 10. Shannon Kershner will preach at that May 21 service.

Beginning Memorial Day weekend, our 4:00 p.m. service will enter a summer sabbatical season of rest and refocusing for the future. Our afternoon service will then resume on Sunday, September 10.

Also on Sunday, September 10 we will be adding a second Sunday morning worship service. After Labor Day we will be worshiping at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Until then, and through the summer, we will continue to worship at 10:00 a.m. on Sundays.

Last Sunday we ordained, installed, and commissioned the following members to church office. Please join us in keeping them in prayer as they embark on this important ministry.

Session (the church’s governing body, which conducts the work of the church as its spiritual leaders): Cate Cupps (youth), Lisa Dagher, Gavin Daniels (youth), Margaret Douglas, Nikki Drake, Rhonda Faulkner, Jill Fenstermaker, Gary Graham, Janet Love, Kash Morgan, Gretchen Wahl, David Wilson, Christine Zrinsky

Board of Trustees (those elected by the congregation to manage Fourth Church’s financial and physical resources): Vern Broders, Carolyn Brougham, Patsy Habicht, Annie Person, Stacey Shonkwiler, Ken Walker, Toni Yang

Board of Deacons (often described as “the heart of the church,” those involved in the care of the congregation and various outreach ministries): Anne Canfield, Ruby Fairman (youth), Jeff Gallenbeck, Roberta Harper, Lyndsi Hay, Margaret Izzo, Larry Kerley, Will Kozlowski (youth), Jim Lacy, Joanne Leech, Val Lober, Nancy Curtis Morel, Daniel Park, Hilary Richardson, Mary Zeltmann

Please also keep in your prayers those officers who are continuing their terms of service.



Session: Rick Artwick, Alan Bath, Susan Boggie, Kristina Bonesteel, Cynthia Casteel, 

John MacKenzie Clum, Marilyn Ezri, Laura Fairman, Jeannine Forrest, Jenny Giblin, Marsha Heizer, Anthony Hipp, Jerry Johnson, Judy Kerch, Rachel Lechter, John Marr, Arlene Raine, Kent Stevens, Lisa Stracks, Devlin Su, Katie Truesdell, Jessica Wang, Cornell Wilson III, Eric Wu

Trustees: Blake Anderson, John Borovicka, Kathryn Burkhardt, Ranjan Daniels, Michael DeVries, Kerry Grady, Jeanne Griffin, Tom Hawkins, Chris Horsman, Diane Meister, Don Nelson, Wayne Oberschelp, Anne Stelle, Gretchen Van Natta

Deacons: Akiko Ikeda, Margo Anderson, Nicholette Andrews-Maggio, Anita Balodis,* Carole Bekken, Samantha Borow, Carol Carpenter, Esmeraldino Celestino, Connie Chang,* Kim Douglass, Stacia Edwards, Craig Endicott, Joanne Gaines,* Greg Geuther, Liz Gilbert, Susan Graham, Dawn Kulich, Laura Lee Larson, Gini Lloyd, Brenda Mauldin, Suzanne Mills, Michelle Mohammadi, Justin Myers, Decima Panitch, Kaylyn Patterson, Samantha Psimoulis, Karen Sabine, Tim Schellhardt, Sally Sharp, Rob Sinclair, Carrie Stern, Susan Wulczyn

*Extending term

Fourth Church extends a heartfelt thank-you and its sincere appreciation to those who this month complete their term of service as officers and whose many contributions we celebrate.

Session: Doug Andrews, Anna Calkins, Rhonda Carlson, Bob Day, Heather Gallenbeck, Armon Haagen, Ruben Harris, Cynthia Johnson, Jean Joslyn, Marc Miller, Sophie Nunziati, Sarah Orwig, Melanie Oh Pierce, Brian Satre

Trustees: Jeanne Bishop, Brian Humphrey, Mark Hurley, Fred Schwartz, Sally Scott, Betsy Zeiger

Deacons: Caryn Borg-Breen, Kay Brungs Laud, Henry Deverman, Rhonda Faulkner, Cathy Flaa, Michelle Hayes, Stephanie Jenks, Ryan Kershner, Sally Lewis, Marcella McGuinn, Kash Morgan, Alisa Rantanen, Emma Richardson, Tony Vitale, David Wilson

We are deeply grateful to all the officers — incoming, continuing, and outgoing — for sharing their gifts of leadership with this congregation. Thank you!

If you have not yet contributed a card, note, or letter for Shannon Kershner, thanking her for her ministry among us and wishing her well in her new call to Atlanta’s Central Presbyterian Church, please take a moment to do so by next Sunday, May 21 so we might add it to the Memory Box we will present to Shannon as a gift from the congregation.

These private expressions of gratitude, memories, and well wishes can be

• mailed to the church office (Fourth Presbyterian Church, Attn. Memory Box, 126 E. Chestnut, Chicago, IL 60611.2014)
• dropped off at the church reception desk or in Coffee Hour
• emailed to memorybox@fourthchurch.org

We will present the box to Shannon on Sunday, May 28, which will be her last Sunday leading us in worship.

Immediately following the 10:00 a.m. service on that day, we will hold a congregational meeting in the Sanctuary. The meeting has been called by Session for the purpose of dissolving our pastoral relationship with Shannon.

Then after the meeting we will gather in Anderson Hall and the Commons for a reception in honor of Shannon. We hope you will join us for that opportunity to express our gratitude and well wishes to Shannon and her family as they prepare to move to Atlanta.

Come celebrate and give thanks for Shannon Kershner’s ministry among us!

The Fourth Church Choral Society and St. James Cathedral choirs invite you to their festival concert “Orb and Sceptre: Music for the Coronation” next Sunday evening, May 21 at St. James Cathedral.

Come enjoy regal and celebrative works by Handel, Vaughan Williams, and Parry while surrounded by the music of combined choirs.

Sunday, May 21

6:30 p.m.

at St. James Cathedral (65 E. Huron)

Those graduating from eighth grade, high school, college, or a graduate or professional program in 2023 are asked to email their names to Katie Patterson by Sunday, May 28 so that we might recognize them on Baccalaureate Sunday.

Baccalaureate Sunday at Fourth Church will be June 4, and graduate names received by May 28 will appear in the worship bulletin on June 4.

The Chicago Lights Social Service Center is in need of the following items.

Men’s Clothing

Jeans/casual pants/khakis (sizes 30–40)

Sweatshirts/hoodies (sizes S–3XL)

T-shirts (sizes S–3XL)

Men’s and Women’s Items

Spring coats (all sizes)

Sneakers/athletic shoes (all sizes)

New underwear (sizes S–2XL)

Carrying Items

Backpacks

Suitcases

Push or pull roller bags

Large cloth bags/sturdy shopping bags

Items can be dropped off at the church reception desk (enter at 126 E. Chestnut) on weekdays and Sundays between 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

The Center for Life and Learning (CLL) has two special in-person events coming up for those who are sixty or over.

Jane Hunt, retired College of DuPage English and Humanities instructor and Fourth Church member, will be offering a three-part class focusing on intriguing women in history on Wednesday mornings, May 17–31.

Then beginning Tuesday afternoon, May 23 Ron Tolisano will be leading a six-week Improvisation class.

See the CLL web page for details, including registration information.