All Saints’ Sunday, November 6

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

Morning Choir singing Requiem by Maurice Duruflé

(no sermon)

The worship bulletin is available to download and print

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

This Sunday as we listen for the word of God, we will not hear a sermon but instead the voices of the Morning Choir singing the thirty-minute Requiem by Maurice Duruflé.

Nursery care is available on Sundays at 9:45 a.m. on the fourth floor of the Gratz Center.

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

with Communion

in Buchanan Chapel

Lucy Forster-Smith preaching

The worship bulletin is available to download and print

Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 6.

So before going to bed Saturday night, be sure to set your clocks back an hour as we “fall back” and get an extra hour of sleep before Sunday worship.

As we celebrate All Saints’ Sunday this weekend, we remember and give thanks for the faithful who have gone before us and honor departed loved ones.

As part of that observance, the names of the following Fourth Church members, who entered the Church Triumphant in the past year, will be read during worship.

Nancy E. Almquist 

Virginia Anderson

James Porter Baughman

Mary Evelyn Bernard

B. Evelyn Brown

Duane R. Carlson

Charlotte J. Davis

Elaine M. Duffens

Barbara Gallas

Christopher Andrew Gibson

Marilyn Gregg

Shirley J. Haas

Richard John Hanna

Garnie M. Head Jr.

Michael Held

Mary Jane Jones

Shirley Kellie

Phillip A. Kurschner

Douglas A. Milbury

Jane P. Nerison

Kent Organ

Barbara Neal Payne

Karen Dru Duffy Phelps

Maellen E. Pittman

Arnold L. Shafer

Charles F. Sharrard

Kathleen M. Sievers

Joyce Sigmon

Mary L. Simmons

Joan Stuart

Paul Thenstedt

Tim Tincknell

Roy Wiley

On Friday evening, November 11, the Fourth Church Choral Society will join organist David Briggs in presenting Briggs’ organ transcription of Mahler’s Second Symphony “Resurrection.”

David Briggs, “one of the world’s greatest contemporary organists” (New York Times), is not only an internationally renowned virtuoso performer but also has transcribed for the organ orchestral compositions by Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Bruckner, Ravel, and Bach as well as six of Mahler’s symphonies. He is currently artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

On Friday, November 11 come hear his transcription of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony, which he will perform with the Fourth Church Choral Society, a choir that brings together individuals from the Chicago community and the Fourth Church congregation to perform a major choral work.

We hope you will join us at 7:30 p.m. that evening, whether in the Sanctuary or via livestream (www.bit.ly/fpcvideos), for this concert celebrating the Dedication Anniversary of our Andrew Pipe Organ.

“Housing Insecurity: Advocacy Design Team”

A new three-week class, “Housing Insecurity: Advocacy Design Team,” begins this Sunday, November 6 at 11:15 a.m. in Borwell Dining Room.

The Fourth Church Community Engagement Working Group, the Chicago Lights Board Strategy Committee, and the World Mission and Social Justice Advocacy Committee have collaborated to design this November series, which builds on our partnership with Habitat for Humanity.

This week we will explore the history of housing in Chicagoland, particularly patterns of discrimination, segregation, and safety.

Sundays, November 6–20

at 11:15 a.m.

in Borwell Dining Room and via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/aehousing1122

“Journey to the Center: A Spiritual Formation Workshop”

The Spiritual Formation Council invites you to join them for a Saturday morning opportunity to explore and learn more about what it means to live an embodied spirituality as inspired by Christ’s example.

Together we will reflect on the questions “How can I feel connected to an extraordinary God in my ordinary life?” “What does it mean to center myself in Christ?” “Does prayer just involve my head and thoughts, or are there other ways to pray that engage the rest of me?”

This workshop led by Nancy Benson-Nicol, Associate Pastor for Caring Ministries and Spiritual Formation, will include discussion of various types of prayer, meditation, contemplation, and reflection as well as opportunity to walk the labyrinth in Buchanan Chapel.

Saturday, November 19

10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

in Buchanan Chapel and via Zoom

For details, contact Nancy Benson-Nicol

Sing in the season with us on Saturday, November 19!

At 5:00 p.m. that day we will gather on the Sanctuary steps to carol prior to the 5:30 p.m. Tree-Lighting Parade, part of the annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival.

Plan to come spread holiday cheer to those gathered for the Michigan Avenue festivities!

Saturday, November 19

5:00 p.m.

on the Sanctuary steps

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

We will again this year join with our neighbors for an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service.

Chicago Sinai Congregation will host the service on Tuesday, November 22 at 7:00 p.m.

Musicians from Holy Name Cathedral will provide musical leadership, and the Reverend Randall Blakey from LaSalle Street Church will preach.

Tuesday, November 22

7:00 p.m.

at Chicago Sinai Congregation (15 W. Delaware)

Thanksgiving Day “Rhythm and Word”

On Thanksgiving Day we will not be gathering in person for worship. Instead we will be sharing a Thanksgiving-themed “Rhythm and Word” video on our YouTube channel (www.bit.ly/fpcvideos) on Thursday morning, November 24.

When you or those with whom you may be gathering are looking for fifteen minutes of spiritual reflection during which to pause to give thanks on Thanksgiving Day, we invite you to view the music-and-word worship experience released that day.

(You can receive the video by email by subscribing at www.bit.ly/rhythmandwordemail)

Weekly and Occasional Tutors

Chicago Lights Tutoring is in need of in-person (at Fourth Church) and online mentors to connect one-to-one with a student (grades 1–12) one evening a week from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

There are volunteer openings for weekly Permanent Tutors, who meet with the same student weekly, building relationships, trust, and self-esteem through academics, advising, and social and communication skills, as well as occasional Substitute Tutors, who volunteer on a more flexible schedule to fill in when a Permanent Tutor is unavailable.

If you would like to learn more about how through Tutoring you can make a difference in the life of a child (and in yours!), please contact Mark Dennison or visit chicagolights.org/volunteer/#tutoring

Meals Ministry

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 our Volunteer Ministry platform, VOMO (www.bit.ly/fpcvolunteers).

Worship Leaders

If you would like to read Scripture and lead prayers in an upcoming worship service, please email Rocky Supinger to express your interest.

Death

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

Marilyn J. Gregg

September 29, 2022