CONTENTS
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Time to Set Our Clocks Ahead
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Daylight Saving Time Begins
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Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 12.
Be sure to set clocks ahead an hour as we "spring forward." We don't want to begin worship without you!
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Sunday Morning Coffee Hour Chats
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After the sermon on Sunday, would you like to continue thinking about it with fellow worshipers?
Have you ever found yourself wishing there were opportunity to share your reflections about what a sermon says to you? Have you wished you could discuss sermons further?
If so, please join us in the Page Smith Room this Sunday at 10:30 a.m. or 12:00 p.m.
We'll be making "Sharing Thoughts on Today's Sermon" the focus of this week's Coffee Hour Chats, fifteen to twenty minutes of informal conversation with one another following the 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. services. Come join us!
Time:
Sunday, March 12
10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Place:
Page Smith Room
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Worshiping Together at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
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This Sunday--which is a Baptism Sunday at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.--we will again be welcoming our Sunday School children to the first half of those two services.
Children age three through grade five will come to the Sanctuary with their parents at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. and sit with them as they experience worship in the larger church family to which they belong.
Our usual family worship bulletin will be available for the children to use during worship (as it is each week, as we are always glad to have children be part of the service!), and at the time of the Gloria Patri, the children will be called forward to take part in a "Liturgy of Sending" before heading to their Sunday School classrooms with their teachers.
Please join us in welcoming our Sunday School children to worship this Sunday!
Time:
Sunday, March 12
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Place:
Sanctuary
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Get Your Tickets during Coffee Hour
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Our annual Pancake Breakfast is just one week away!
To make sure you don't miss out on this tasty start to your day (or brunch after worship!), stop by Coffee Hour this Sunday, where Fourth Church youth will be on hand to sell pancake tickets: all proceeds support their summer mission trips to Cuba, Detroit, and Montreat.
Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the breakfast--which will again include opportunity to enjoy, for an additional donation, special pancakes custom-made by Rocky Supinger.
Come join us for breakfast on March 19!
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| The Immigrant Experience |
A July Mission Trip with BorderLinks
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Join Abbi Heimach-Snipes this summer in learning--through a variety of experiences--about borders, immigration, and social justice along the Mexican-Arizonan border as well as the ways people of faith are responding.
Abbi will be leading our "Immigrants and the United States" mission trip July 22-29 in partnership with BorderLinks in Tucson, Arizona. Together participants on this mission journey will have opportunity to
- witness the desert where people cross the border
- learn about key border and immigration policies and history
- hear stories of migrants, refugees, and social justice activists
- explore the gospel imperative to work for justice for immigrants and refugees
- visit community organizations, economic development organizations, churches, and business cooperatives that support immigrants and refugees
- reflect on the challenges and opportunities that exist around immigration and our own context
Want to know more? Contact Abbi.
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| One Great Hour of Sharing |
Lenten Offering to Support Mission
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Throughout Lent, we are receiving a One Great Hour of Sharing Offering, which touches the lives of those in need, responds to injustice, provides shelter, and feeds the hungry, both here in our city and around the world.
Your gifts to this offering support
- Fourth Church Meals Ministry, which distributes bag lunches each week, Tuesday through Thursday, to 200 people and serves a hot meal to approximately 130 guests on both Sunday and Monday nights
- Chicago Lights Tutoring, which encourages 400 students living in under-resourced neighborhoods to graduate from high school and pursue higher education and meaningful careers
- Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center, which annually meets the basic human needs of 1,800 persons who are hungry, homeless, or in transition
- the Presbyterian Hunger Program, which addresses long-term care of the earth to end hunger and poverty for the most vulnerable
- the PCUSA's Self-Development of People, which has assisted more than 7,000 people with access to jobs and education as they establish new lives after prison, reducing the probability of repeat offenses
- Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, which provides food, shelter, and education to refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria and helps rebuild homes for those wishing to restore the Syria they love
To make a "One Great Hour of Sharing" gift this season, you can
- use the envelopes in the pew racks
- write "Lenten Offering" on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church and mail it to Fourth Presbyterian Church, Attn. Resource Development, 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611.2014
- make a gift online to the OGHS Lenten Offering
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| An Invitation to a Seder |
An Interfaith Meal on March 30
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Each spring, Chicago Sinai Congregation graciously hosts guests from Fourth Church and other congregations at a Passover Seder, the ancient story of redemption and liberation shared through narrative, prayer, song, and symbolic foods.
This year, the Interfaith Passover Seder will be held on Thursday, March 30 at 6:00 p.m. at Chicago Sinai (with guests asked to please arrive by 5:45 p.m.).
A limited number of tickets (required) are available by signing up online or by contacting Anne Ellis (312.573.3369) by Thursday, March 16.
There is a suggested donation of $10.
Time:
Thursday, March 30
6:00 p.m. (arrive at 5:45 p.m.)
Place:
Chicago Sinai Congregation
15 W. Delaware Pl.
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| World Mission and the PCUSA |
Our exploration of the theology and philosophy of how we do mission continues this Sunday with a presentation by Rachel Yates, Associate Director of World Mission with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Rachel will help us understand some of the ways our national church is engaged in outreach and justice work internationally, world mission work that is supported by the contributions of Fourth Church.
Come and be inspired by the stories Rachel has to share!
Time:
Sunday, March 12
11:00 a.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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Worship This Week
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Rocky Supinger,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Baptisms |
Children in Worship
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Communion
Nanette Sawyer,
Associate Pastor
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Passages
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Marriage
We give thanks to God for the gift of life together.
Kristin Jean Ellertson and Russell Anthony Vilt
March 4, 2017
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Concerts at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Friday, March 17, 2017
Credo Ensemble
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Friday, March 24, 2017
Sarah van der Ploeg, soprano
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Friday, March 31, 2017
John W. W. Sherer, organist
(Organist and Director of Music at Fourth Church)
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
A complete concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer at Fourth Church
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There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for details!
Current Donation Needs
The Meals Ministry Bag Lunch program is in immediate need of sweet snacks, such as granola bars, cookie packs, pudding cups, or unopened boxes of Girl Scout cookies to be used in packing lunches. Donations labeled "Bag Lunches" can be dropped off at the church reception desk.
Current Volunteer Needs
The Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center will hold a one-session orientation for new volunteers on Thursday, March 16 at 3:00 p.m. in Room 4E. RSVP online.
To sign up for volunteer opportunities or to learn more about them, stop by Coffee Hour on Sunday morning or email Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry.
A complete list of volunteer needs is available
online.
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