News @ Fourth Church: August 31, 2018

August 31, 2018

Getting Ready for a New Program Year!

We’re getting set to kick off an exciting new program year at Fourth Church, one in which we hope you will take part!

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Now for a snapshot of a few of the things on our calendar . . .

As we prepare to begin a new program year, we encourage you to make use of the online Fourth Church calendar: www.fourthchurch.org/calendar , which is easily accessible from the home page of our website.

From there you can see what is happening when and in what room, as well as click to add those events you ’ re interested in to your own calendar.

When registration is involved (including payment of any registration fees) , you can take care of all that online as well, directly from a link in the calendar!

What might you find on the calendar for this week? Among other things--

Meditation with the Replogle Center on Tuesday evening, September 4
The Benevolent Guild, which will be creating small gifts for children and infants in hospitals and shelters, on Wednesday morning, September 5
A new Movie Club, which will be viewing Casablanca on Thursday evening, September 6

Sunday, September 2

8:00 a.m. Communion

Lucy Forster-Smith

9:30 a.m.

Shannon Kershner

11:00 a.m.

Shannon Kershner

4:00 p.m. Jazz Communion

Shannon Kershner

More about worship, including bulletins.

There are several opportunities to join us in “making a joyful noise to the Lord” this autumn.

The Chancel Choir--which sings at the 8:00 worship service from September through May--rehearses on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary beginning on September 6.

On Thursday, September 20, the Choral Society will begin weekly 7:00 p.m. rehearsals in Buchanan Chapel for a November concert. Commemorating the end of World War I, that concert will feature music by Elgar, Bainton, and Tavener.

If you prefer to ring rather than sing, our Handbell Choir begins rehearsals on Sunday, September 9 at 8:00 a.m. in the Buchanan Chapel Choir Loft.

For more information about music at Fourth Church, contact John Sherer .

Cornerstones will host a dinner program on “The Legacy of Faith” next Friday, September 7.

Lucy Forster-Smith will join this gathering of individuals and couples fifty and over for a look at our various life stages and the ways we encounter God as we face our mortality.

Friday, September 7 at 6:00 p.m.

Borwell Dining Room

Registration required by next Wednesday, September 5

More about Cornerstones and this program.

We’ve made a change to our youth kickoff plans: All of our youth programming, including Confirmation, will start on Sunday, September 16.

In the meantime, those eighth-graders who plan to take part in Confirmation- -a unique and powerful experience of exploring faith in the company of peers and adult mentors --don’t forget to register for this year’s program and our September retreat to Holland, Michigan.

Sign-ups for both--Confirmation and the September Confirmation retreat--are due by this Saturday, September 1 and can be completed online .

Do you play piano? We’re looking for a pianist (or multiple pianists to share a rotating schedule) to accompany simple songs during Sunday School’s short worship service on Sunday mornings from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m.

Shower Ministry greeters, both men and women, are needed for a rotating schedule on Tuesday afternoons (1:15–4:00 p.m.) to welcome those in our community who do not have access to bathing facilities and have come to use our showers.

We’re recruiting new Tutors to be paired with a Chicago Lights Tutoring student one evening a week at the church, October through May; students range in age from first grade through twelfth grade and come to us from under-resourced neighborhoods. A one-session orientation will be offered on a variety of dates, including this Thursday, September 6.

For more information about these or other volunteer opportunities or to sign up, contact Robert Crouch , Director of Volunteer Ministry (312.981.3382).