- "Classic Movies You've Never Seen" viewing Young Frankenstein on Thursday evening, October 4
- Purple-Bow Tying outside the Manse on Friday, October 5 in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- One more complimentary Day School "Together We Play" toddler class on Tuesday morning, October 9
- Books by Women discussing The Door by Magna Szabo on Tuesday evening, October 9
- An opportunity to explore Ignatian spirituality with a small group beginning on Tuesday evening, October 9
- The monthly Horizon's Bible study for women on Wednesday noon, October 10
- "How God Speaks to Us through Scripture" Men's Discussion Group on Friday morning, October 12
- Men's Breakfast with a program on Pacific Garden Mission on Saturday morning, October 13
The calendar, which is easily accessible from the home page of our website, includes opportunity to
register online
for any event for which registration is involved (along with an option to make online payment of any registration fees).
Not sure of the date for an event?
Use the "Search" function (the magnifying-glass icon to the left of "Today")!
Want to learn more about an event? Click on the down arrow to the right of the event name.
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World Communion Sunday
October 7
8:00 a.m. Communion
Matt Helms
9:30 a.m. Communion
Brian Ellison
11:00 a.m. Communion
Brian Ellison
4:00 p.m. Jazz Communion
Joe Morrow
This Sunday is World Communion Sunday,
a day when worshipers around the world gather for the Lord’s Supper. We will celebrate Communion at all four worship services.
This weekend we will also welcome
Brian Ellison
, Executive Director of the Covenant Network of Presbyterians, as our guest preacher for the 9:30 and 11:00 services.
If you want to
read or
hear again Shannon's sermon from this past Sunday, you can do so via our website. If you would like to sign up to
receive weekly sermons from Fourth Church by email, you can
subscribe to the sermon email here.
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This Saturday is the morning for our Blessing of the Animals service.
Bring your pets (on leash or in a carrier, please) to the Michigan Avenue courtyard at 10:00 a.m. for a time of song and story.
If you’d rather not have your pets accompany you, bring photographs of them and join us as we give thanks and celebrate the wonders of God’s creation, including our relationships with its creatures, great and small!
Saturday, October 6 at 10:00 a.m.
in the Michigan Avenue courtyard
(Rain location: Buchanan Chapel)
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This Sunday we will receive a
Peace and Global Witness Offering
as part of our observance of World Communion Sunday. The offering will support efforts toward peacemaking through the Presbyterian Church (USA) as well as local efforts to address violence in Chicago through CureViolence.
Also part of World Communion Sunday will be our
World Mission Coffee Hour, where you will have opportunity to learn about some of our global mission partnerships as well as gather information about our two
2019 trips: one to Cuba and one to Guatemala.
This weekend participants in our final 2018 mission trip, a "
History of Oppression Tour"--which is sponsored by the Interfaith Coalition Against Racism (of which Fourth Church is a partner congregation)--depart for Washington, D.C. Please keep these travelers in your prayers in the coming week.
On Monday evening, October 8 at 6:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel, Fourth Church will again cohost screenings of films that are part of the
(In)Justice for All Film Festival,
a multi-day event showing films across Chicagoland, with themes ranging from mass incarceration to racism to human trafficking, immigration, and domestic violence.
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Our 2019 Annual Appeal for Fourth Presbyterian Church and Chicago Lights is underway, giving us opportunity to celebrate the particular ways in which this faith community is committed to actively participating in God
’s re-creating and reconciling work in this world.
"Called to Be a Church Alive," the theme for our Annual Appeal, is also an invitation to each one of us to join in that work through our financial support.
In the days ahead, please prayerfully consider
the investment you will make in your Fourth Church family and its work in 2019 and
make a pledge by Sunday, October 28
: Commitment Sunday.
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We continue to collect interest profiles as part of our effort to build community at Fourth Church. Those profiles can be filled in during Sunday Coffee Hour or completed at home by
downloading a form here.
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This weekend we will lift up the wonders of God’s creation not only in our Saturday Blessing of the Animals service but also by launching a new adult education class Sunday morning.
“
Care of Creation: Our Faith and the Environment” begins at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, October 7 in Room 5E.
This Academy for Faith and Life course, offered in partnership with Chicago Sinai Congregation, is a three-week exploration of specific economic and political issues at work in addressing environmental challenges. It will also offer us opportunity to identify how we might advocate for a safer and more sustainable environmental future.
The following Sunday, October 14, the Academy class “
Christian Discipleship and Civic Responsibility: The Impact of Gun Violence” will begin.
This three-week course, which will meet at 11:00 a.m., will discuss the impact of gun violence on the city of Chicago, responses to the epidemic on a local and national level, and ways we might be called to respond.
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Autumn has only just arrived and already we're looking ahead to next summer.
Specifically, we're looking for college students to join our 2019 Urban Youth Mission summer staff.
If you know students with an eagerness to grow personally and spiritually, team players with a flexible, energetic attitude who would thrive in leading visiting youth groups in exploring urban ministry and hands-on service, please encourage them to apply at
www.bit.ly/UYMFPCstaff
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- Ushers for the 8:00 a.m. service
- Book Nook volunteers for the 12:00 p.m. Sunday Coffee Hour
- Volunteers to unload food trucks at the church for Meals Ministry and the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center Food Pantry; individuals must be able to lift 50 pounds
Sign up by contacting
Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry
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This Friday, October 5 the instrumental ensemble Wind Energy will present our free Friday Noonday Concert, which is cosponsored by Musicians Club of Women on the first Friday of each month. The following Friday's concert will feature a performance by organist Iain Quinn.
Friday, October 5 at 12:10 p.m.
In Buchanan Chapel
Wind Energy, featuring flutist Michele McGovern
Friday, October 12 at 12:10 p.m.
In the Sanctuary
Iain Quinn, organ
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Deaths
We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.
James R. Donnelley
Died September 25, 2018
A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, October 10 at 3:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
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