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Confirmation Sunday
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Journeying in Faith with Our Youth
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This Sunday, the 2017 class of confirmands will be confirmed and welcomed into membership during 11:00 a.m. worship. Each month on baptismal Sundays we renew our pledge to support the children and youth of the church; attending the confirmation service is one way to be present with and support them.
We hope you will join us for this service and ask that you keep these youth in prayer as they continue with us on their faith journey.
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John Sherer Presents at Cornerstones
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This Friday evening in Borwell Dining Room, John Sherer will take us on a visual tour of the Andrew Pipe Organ project and the magnificent instrument that has resulted from it. The presentation is part of the May dinner program hosted by Cornerstones.
Reservations are required by Wednesday, May 3 and can be made online at
www.bit.ly/cfpc0517 or by contacting
Anne Ellis.
Come learn about the Andrew Pipe Organ's story!
Time:
Friday, May 5
6:00 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room
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Praying and Caring for Creation
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The Care of Creation Committee invites you to a Healing Service for the Earth on Wednesday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m. outdoors in the Michigan Avenue courtyard (or Buchanan Chapel, in the event of rain).
Come join us as we gather to ask for God's guidance and mindfulness in caring for the planet--and all life that it sustains--in a caring and just manner.
Time:
Wednesday, May 3
6:30 p.m.
Place:
Michigan Avenue Courtyard
(Buchanan Chapel in the event of rain)
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Meals Ministry Needs Your Help
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Did you know that each week of the year Fourth Church Meals Ministry distributes more than 300 sack lunches to neighbors in need? This highly visible direct outreach program of Fourth Church brings to life for many our mission to be a light in the city.
Along with 2 sandwiches and a drink, each sack contains 3 snack items--one salty, one sweet, and one fruit item. That translates to nearly 900 snacks needed every week, which makes it a challenge to ensure we have plenty of snacks on hand.
Through May 21 we are holding a "Snacks for Sacks" drive, during which we invite you to help us keep our guests' lunch sacks filled by contributing cartons of individually wrapped snacks such as granola bars, applesauce cups, and bags of pretzels.
You can find details--and a list of snacks needed--at the Fourth Church Meals Ministry cart during Coffee Hour.
Snack donations can be dropped off at the cart in Anderson Hall on Sundays or, during the week, at the church reception desk. Please mark donations "Snacks for Sacks."
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Invitations from Chicago Lights
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Showing Support and Offering Encouragement
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Chicago Lights, the nonprofit community outreach arm of Fourth Church, has two special events coming up in early May--and you're invited to attend. Come on out and show your support and encouragement for our Tutoring students and guests of the Social Service Center!
The Open Doors Project Graduation celebrates long-term case management participants at the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center. Graduation will be held Thursday, May 4 at 11:30 a.m. in Borwell Dining Room. To RSVP to attend (reservations required), contact Jackie Lorens at jlorens@chicagolights.org
The annual Career Development Fashion Show
features Chicago Lights Tutoring high school students who have participated in the Career Development program at the church. On Tuesday, May 9 they will showcase business casual attire for the workplace at 6:30 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room.
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Worship This Week
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8:00 a.m.
Communion
Victoria G. Curtiss,
Associate Pastor
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.
Confirmation at 11:00 a.m.
Judith L. Watt,
Associate Pastor
4:00 p.m.
Jazz Communion
Ashley-Anne Masters,
Guest Preacher; Chaplain at Lurie Children's Hospital
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Concerts at Fourth Church
All concerts are free unless ticket information is noted.
Friday, May 5, 2017
Eugenia Jeong, pianist
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Cosponsored by the Musicians Club of Women
Friday, May 12, 2017
Thomas E. Gouwens, organist
(Associate Organist at Fourth Church)
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Friday, May 19, 2017
Keiko Alexander, violinist
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Friday, May 26, 2017
John W. W. Sherer, organist
(Organist and Director of Music at Fourth Church)
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
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 Volunteer Needs
Men are needed to serve as Shower Ministry greeters
on Tuesdays from 1:15 to 4:00 p.m., on a rotating schedule at the church.
Bread cutters
are needed to prepare Communion for the 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Sunday services.
A speech therapist or occupational therapist is needed on a volunteer basis to work with an Urban Farm Intern.
Adult volunteers are needed for youth
ministry in 2017-2018. Sign up at www.bit.ly/2oapRbZ by this Sunday, April 30.
Materials and funds for hygiene kits
for Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and Church World Services are being collected through May 14 during Coffee Hour and, during the week, at the reception desk.
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.
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