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Come Hungry for Pancakes!
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--and Support Youth Mission Trips
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A breakfast of all-you-can-eat pancakes, sides, coffee, and juice--for a suggested donation of $12--will be prepared and served by the youth between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room this Sunday. They will have gluten-free options available as well, and, for a suggested donation of an additional $5, Rocky Supinger will also be preparing red velvet pancakes!
Proceeds support our youth as they travel to participate in mission trips to Cuba, Montreat, and Detroit this summer.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Come on out and enjoy a tasty breakfast and fellowship with friends and fellow church members--and support the work of our youth!
Time:
Sunday, March 19
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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Interim Executive Director,
Presbyterian Mission Agency
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We are delighted to be welcoming to the Fourth Church pulpit this Sunday our guest preacher at 9:30 and 11:00 a.m., Tony De La Rosa,
interim executive director of the Presbyterian Mission Agency.
A lifelong Presbyterian, Mr. De La Rosa most recently served as a commissioned ruling elder and interim lay pastor of Newport Presbyterian
Church in Bellevue, Washington, and prior to that as interim executive presbyter of the Presbytery of New York City.
All are also invited to hear him speak about the Presbyterian Mission Agency at 12:15 p.m. Sunday in Room 4G, as he concludes our three-week Academy for Faith and Life class on the mission work of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Time:
Sunday, March 19
9:30 and 11:00 a.m., worship
12:15 p.m., session on Presbyterian mission
Place:
Sanctuary, worship
Room 4G, session on Presbyterian mission
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Coffee Hour Chats at 10:30 and 12:00
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Have you ever thought about writing or recording your personal or family history?
Wondered how to get started?
If so, join us for this Sunday's Coffee Hour Chat, when Betsy Storm will help us explore ways to document and preserve these stories.
Grab some coffee and head over to the Page Smith Room during 10:30 and 12:00 Coffee Hour for this weekly
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 19
10:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.
Place:
Page Smith Room
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Honoring and Memorializing Loved Ones
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Again this Easter we are providing opportunity to memorialize and honor friends and loved ones through contributions to the flowers that will decorate the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday.
Gifts may be made online, or you can complete the form that is available in the literature racks or contact
Andrea Miller.
Please note that in order for honoree names to be printed in the Easter Sunday bulletin, all contributions and names must be received by Sunday, April 2.
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Habitat for Humanity Women
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A Women at Fourth Gathering
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Come find out more about a community of Chicago women who are coming together to empower one another, to make an impact, and to change a life through Habitat for Humanity.
This month's gathering hosted by Women at Fourth will feature a program presented by Jennifer Parks, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity Chicago. On Thursday evening she will tell us all about this year's Habitat for Humanity Chicago Women Build, an opportunity for more than 300 women to come together over the course of five days to fund and build the home of a female-led Habitat Chicago family.
You can click here to see pictures from the 2016 Habitat for Humanity Chicago Women Build.
Time:
Thursday, March 23
5:30 p.m.
Place:
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The Gift of Living Organ Donations
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Did you know there are more than 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, among them people in our own city and congregation?
While most people know about registering to become an organ donor at the time of death, fewer people are aware of the opportunity to give the gift of life while living.
On Sunday, April 9 we'll have opportunity to learn more about the gift of living organ donation. Harvey Mysel, Founder and President of the Living Kidney Donor Network and also a kidney transplant recipient, will talk about the need for living donors of organs. There will also be opportunity to learn about the experiences of those who have donated a kidney to someone in need.
Time:
Sunday, April 9
12:45 p.m.
Place:
Room 5G
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Worship This Week
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Matt Helms,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
New Members at 11:00
Tony De La Rosa,
Interim Executive Director, Presbyterian Mission Agency
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Communion
Hardy Kim,
Associate Pastor
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Passages
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Births
We give thanks to God for the gift of new life.
Jacob Thomas Dekker and Maxwell McLain Dekker,
children of Benjamin and Stephanie Dekker
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Concerts at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
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
Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Chicago Ensemble
7:30 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Tickets available through Chicago Ensemble
Friday, April 7, 2017
Diana Schmück, pianist
Bonnie Campbell, clarinetist
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Cosponsored by the Musicians Club of Women
Friday, April 14, 2017
No Noonday concert on Good Friday
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
Tutors are needed one evening a week from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the church to work with students of the Chicago Lights Tutoring program. A one-session orientation will be held Tuesday, April 4 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 4F. RSVP
online or with
Fernie Tiflis.
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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