CONTENTS
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Plugged In? Checked Out?
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How the Use of Technology Changes Us
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From texting and social networking to video games and ready Internet access, our constant use of technology is changing us--affecting our brains, our sense of self, our children, and our relationships with others.
Next Saturday, February 24 Doreen Dodgen-Magee will be with us to explore the impact of technology on our lives and to offer guidance on how to break destructive habits and create healthy ways to use these important tools. This event is offered by our Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being.
Learn more about this engaging workshop and register here.
Time:
Saturday, February 24
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Place:
Buchanan Chapel
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Supporting Chicago Lights and the Replogle Center
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On Friday, March 2 we will gather for a festive evening of dinner, dancing, and fabulous auctions as part of the 2018 Gala of Hope, a benefit to support the life-changing outreach work of Chicago Lights--and its programs of Tutoring, Summer Day, Urban Farm, Dance Academy, and Elam Davies Social Service Center--and the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being.
You can still get a ticket (or sponsor a table!) to attend the Gala----which will be held at the Radisson Blu Aqua.
And, if you can't attend, you can get drawing tickets for the "Windy City Escapade" drawing (the winner need not be present at the Gala) or make a contribution to support our outreach programs.
Learn more online or by stopping by Coffee Hour on Sunday!
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John Sherer and Shannon on Ministry
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Series of Informal Conversations Continues
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These week's discussion partners in our "
Conversations on Ministry" class are Shannon Kershner and organist John Sherer.
Come engage in informal dialogue with them about their call to ministry and Christian discipleship.
Time:
Sunday, February 18
12:10 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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Meet the Artists This Sunday
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Celebrating Members and Friends of Fourth Church
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If you have walked through the Loggia Gallery in the past weeks, you have seen the wonderful artworks created by fellow Fourth Church members and friends.
This Sunday those artists will be in the Gallery following the 11:00 a.m. worship service for a reception and time of conversation about their art.
Come celebrate the artists among us and enjoy the exhibition (which closes on Tuesday, February 27).
Time:
Sunday, February 18
12:00 p.m.
Place:
Loggia Gallery
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Worship This Week
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Sunday, February 18
8:00 a.m.
Communion
Lucy Forster-Smith,
Senior Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
New Members at 11:00
Shannon J. Kershner,
Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz at Four | Communion
Shannon J. Kershner,
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Passages
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Birth
We give thanks to God for the gift of new life.
Claire Eleanor Szafraniec
Child of John and M.C. Szafraniec
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Concerts and Musical Events at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Friday, February 23
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, organist
Friday, March 2
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Katherine Ventura, harp
Friday, March 9
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Tracy Watson, mezzo-soprano
Friday, March 16
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Theodore Davis, organist
A complete Fourth Church concert schedule is available online.
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Volunteer and Donation Needs
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There are several ways to get involved in the mission and ministry of Fourth Church. See below for just some of the details!
Current Volunteer Needs
Volunteer to help an older member
(who lives near the church) get to and from Sunday morning worship services
Shower Ministry greeters (men) for rotating Tuesday schedule (1:15-4:00 p.m.)
Greeters for Jazz at Four 4:00 p.m. worship service
Tutors to work one-to-one with Chicago Lights Tutoring students one evening a week at Fourth Church; more tutors are needed so we can partner with additional students from the South Side
Current Donation Needs
Individually packaged snack items for distribution as part of the Meals Ministry Bag Lunches
Men's clothing
(all sizes)
for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center
Large paper grocery bags for use in the Social Service Center Food Pantry (four grocery bags are needed for every guest who visits the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center Food Pantry)
Unless otherwise noted, to sign up for volunteer opportunities or to learn more about them--as well as additional volunteer opportunities--stop by Coffee Hour on Sunday morning or email Robert Crouch, Director of Volunteer Ministry.
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