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CONTENTS
Getting to Worship This Sunday
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Worship This Week
Lake Shore Drive Southbound Closure
The 36th annual Chicago Triathlon is taking place this weekend, with several streets affected by road closures and rerouted traffic.
 
Of particular note is the closure of all southbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive this Sunday morning between 5:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., from Hollywood Avenue to Randolph Street.
 
As you plan alternate routes to worship, you can find the full details about Sunday morning road closures here. 
fourAn Artist Walk
Gerald Griffin Talks about His Art
If you missed the artist talks by Gerald Griffin earlier this summer, you have one more opportunity to hear him: this Sunday, August 26 following the 11:00 a.m. service.
 
Come meet Mr. Griffin and learn about the artwork in his exhibition "Paradigm Shift," which is sponsored by the Fourth Church Racial Equity Council. It is on display in the Loggia through Labor Day. 
 
Time:
Sunday, August 26 
12:00 p.m.
 
Place:
Morse Lounge, next to the reception desk 

manseMission News from Our Youth
Sunday's Shareholder Meeting
Curious about what our Fourth Church youth experienced in Cuba, Detroit, and Montreat this summer?

This Sunday following the 11:00 service all are invited to the open Youth Shareholder meeting, when the youth will share what they saw, learned, and did--and the impact it had on them.

Time: 
Sunday, August 26
12:00 p.m.
 
Place: 
Borwell Dining Room
 
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fiveWelcome, New Members!
Additions to the Fourth Church Family
Please join us in welcoming those who were received into Fourth Church membership this past Sunday: 
 
Stephen Hill
Ashish Premkumar
Bob Purkey
Peggy Purkey
John Rhoades
Pamela Crosell Rhoades
Natalie Witek
Patricia Schultz Wolfe
 
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worship Worship This Week
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 26, 2018
8:00 a.m.
Communion  
Lucy Forster-Smith,
Senior Associate Pastor 

9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor

4:00 p.m.
Jazz Service with Communion
Joe Morrow,
Minister for Evangelism   
 
Worship bulletins
for this coming Sunday are available online Friday afternoon at www.fourthchurch.org/worship/this-week.html
 
"News and Opportunities"
is the weekly printed newsletter distributed with the Sunday bulletin and is available online Friday afternoon at  www.fourthchurch.org/news/2018/082618no.pdf

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passages Passages
Marriage
We give thanks to God for the gift of life together.
 
Danielle Marie Jovanovic and Benjamin Allen Winge
August 18, 2018
 
Kelsi Shea Wolever and John Kenneth MacDonnell Tinsman
August 18, 2018 
   
Music and Concerts at Fourth Church
Join us next Friday for the final free Music by the Fountain outdoor concert of the 2018 season. Come enjoy the beauty of summer combined with some great jazz performed by Amr Fahmy, pianist for our weekly Jazz at Four service!

Friday, August 31
Amr Fahmy, piano
12:10 p.m. in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
 
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volunteer Volunteer at Fourth Church
There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for details!

Current Volunteer Needs  
Pianist for Sunday School Children's Chapel, 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. three Sundays a month  

Administrative volunteer to enter data four hours a week through December  

Sunday Night Supper volunteers

Ushers for the 8:00 a.m. and the 11:00 a.m. usher teams

Jazz at Four greeters for the 4:00 p.m. worship service
 

Current Donation Needs
T-shirts, especially sizes XL and larger, for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center  
 
Adult-sized socks (men's and women's) for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
   
Individually packaged snacks--especially chips and pretzels--for guests of the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday Meals Ministry Bag Lunch program
 

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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