Fourth Sunday in Lent, March 19

10:00 a.m. worship in person and online

Shannon J. Kershner preaching

Worship bulletin

In person and streamed from the Sanctuary on our YouTube channel: www.bit.ly/fpcvideos

Audio available by phone (toll free) by calling 888.916.9166

Livestreamed worship services and concerts are accessible by going to www.bit.ly/fpcvideos, subscribing to our YouTube channel, or clicking on the photo with a “Play” arrow on the home page of the Fourth Church website.

4:00 p.m. Jazz at Four worship in person

with Communion

in Buchanan Chapel

Rocky Supinger preaching

Worship bulletin

Sermon Series

This Sunday we continue the sermon series “I believe...” — an opportunity for us to take a closer look at the Apostles’ Creed. This week we will focus on “I believe ... in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord.”

Digital Pew Pads

On Sundays we ask all those who are worshiping with us to please fill out an information form so we might know you are with us in worship and to ensure we have current contact information. In the Sanctuary this happens by passing the pew pads down the row.

Those worshiping with us online will find a link to the online form—a digital pew pad, as it were—included in the descriptive text below the video. It’s easy to just point your smartphone camera at the QR code on the screen to open the “digital pew pad,” or you can temporarily exit full screen and find the link in the description below the video before returning to full screen.

Thank you to all who have been taking the time each Sunday to let us know you are worshiping with us!

Lenten Candles

Each Sunday during Lent we are extinguishing a candle at the front of the Sanctuary. Just as we lit candles on the Advent wreath to symbolize the light coming into the world through the birth of Christ, so now our extinguishing of candles points to the Lenten progression from light to the shadows of Good Friday and the crucifixion. 

Looking Ahead to April

Our Palm/Passion Sunday service with palm processional will be Sunday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m., both in person and livestreamed. We will also gather for our Jazz at Four service that Sunday afternoon as we begin our journey into Holy Week.

For details about that day as well as services during Holy Week and Easter, see www.fourthchurch.org/lent-easter

Young Adult Brunch

Young adults are invited to catch up with friends and meet new ones this Sunday at the TwentiesThirties monthly brunch series.

Look for the TwentiesThirties sign in Aster Hall or join others at the church reception desk at 11:10 a.m. to walk over to the restaurant.

Sunday, March 19

11:15 a.m.

at Aster Hall (900 N. Michigan)

Women at Fourth Book Swap

Women at Fourth invites you to join them on Thursday, March 23 for their March Gathering, an in-person book swap to celebrate National Reading Month and International Women’s Month.

To participate, please bring one to ten books to trade. Light snacks and soft drinks will be provided.

Thursday, March 23

5:30 p.m.

Bumpus Room

Registration required

LGBTQIA+ Widen Our Welcome

LGBTQIA+ Widen Our Welcome (WOW) invites you to gather with them on Sunday, April 2 to share pizza and hear stories about our connections to Fourth Church and each other.

Sunday, April 2

11:00 a.m.

Borwell Dining Room

Registration requested

Cornerstones

Cornerstones invites those fifty and over to gather with them for dinner and program on Friday evening, April 14. Aquatic ecologist Timothy Hollein will talk about working with his students to clean up waterways that are contaminated with plastics in the Chicago area and around the country.

Friday, April 14

5:30 p.m.

Anderson Hall

Registration required

For those who are sixty or over, the Center for Life and Learning (CLL) has a wide variety of offerings planned for the spring!

In addition to twelve weeks of weekly classes, there will be special topic opportunities ranging from walking tours to improv to a study of Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis — and more!

Registration is now open for the Spring Session (which begins after Easter, on Tuesday, April 11, and runs through Thursday, June 29).

For more information, explore the CLL on our website or call the CLL office (312.981.3389 or 312.981.3391).

Choir Librarian

The Music Department is in need of a volunteer choir librarian to serve one to two hours a week in the Music Office refiling music for anthems. For more information, contact Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry. 

Meals Ministry Volunteers

Fourth Church Meals Ministry is in need of volunteers to assist in preparing and serving meals for our neighbors who are hungry and food insecure.

To learn more or explore the various Meals Ministry volunteer needs, see VOMO (www.bit.ly/fpcvolunteers), our Volunteer Ministry platform.

Michigan Avenue Forum Committee

The Michigan Avenue Forum Committee is looking for individuals to join them in planning events featuring important religious and secular thinkers discussing current civic, ethical, and religious issues. 

To learn more about this volunteer opportunity or to express interest in participating, please contact Lucy Forster-Smith.

Coffee Hour Hosts

We are looking for individuals to be a welcoming presence to new and familiar faces at Coffee Hour.

If you are interested in being a Hospitality Coordinator, Cookie Table Host, or Cookie Server, please sign up on VOMO.

Death

We give thanks to God for the gift of life eternal.

Lawrence C. Jencks

Died Tuesday, March 14, 2023