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While we are not gathering in person this summer, there are many opportunities to connect online with the Fourth Church community and one another.

You will find these online opportunities posted on the church calendar, which is easily accessible from the “Calendar” button of our website (in the upper left corner). Included among them are—

For information about whom to contact for an event’s Zoom details, simply click on the down “arrow” to the right of the event name in the calendar.

Shannon J. Kershner preaching

Worship bulletin to download and print in advance

Livestreamed from the Sanctuary at www.bit.ly/FPCworship

If our 11:00 worship time does not fit your schedule, the service will be available for viewing throughout the week.

You can also subscribe to our worship and sermon podcasts available via iTunes and Spotify and sign up to receive the weekly sermon by email.

Following worship this Sunday you are invited to an online Town Hall Meeting at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms, a time when staff and lay leaders will talk about our plans for the fall and the decisions made by the Session and Board of Trustees (which you can read again here) for our life together for the foreseeable future.

There will be time for questions and answers at the town hall. There will also be opportunity to hear more about the ways in which we will continue to serve those in need and build connections with one another.

Online at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms

Our annual School Supply Drive is underway—and this year it’s virtual!

Since we are unable to accept supplies dropped off by individuals, we have asked Chicago Lights Tutoring, Summer Day, and the Urban Farm to share with us their Amazon Wish Lists so that you can purchase the needed supplies and have them sent directly to these Chicago Lights programs.

In this way we can ensure their students have the necessary supplies to start a new school year.

This Friday, August 21 is the deadline to order supplies for Tutoring and Summer Day, which you can do by clicking here.

At checkout, please have Tutoring and Summer Day donations sent to

Fernie Tiflis

Chicago Lights Tutoring and Summer Day

Fourth Presbyterian Church

126 E. Chestnut St.

Chicago, IL 60611

To donate supplies to the Urban Farm, please click here and have the supplies sent to

Ben Jaffe

Chicago Lights Urban Farm

Fourth Presbyterian Church

126 E. Chestnut St.

Chicago, IL 60611

Thank you for helping equip our Chicago Lights students for another year of learning!

Next up on our Friday Noonday concert schedule is an August 21 performance by jazz vocalist Elaine Dame, another returning favorite from our past summer concert series.

Our online concerts are streamed each Friday at 12:10 p.m. at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms, where they are also available to enjoy throughout the week.

(If you haven’t yet taken time to enjoy Beckie Menzie and Tom Michael’s performance from last week, be sure to do so!)

We are grateful to all who have made gifts in support of our mission and ministry this year. Thank you! This monthly generosity report summarizes those contributions to Fourth Church as of July 31, 2020.

If you haven’t done so already, please take a moment to think of Fourth Church members who have demonstrated gifts for leadership and a commitment to the life and ministry of this congregation.

Then add their names—self-nominations are welcome!—to the Leadership Candidate Form online at www.bit.ly/nominating2020 to help the Nominating Committee with their efforts to present a slate of 2021 candidates to the congregation at our February Annual Meeting.

They will be presenting candidates for the offices of Elder, Deacon, and Trustee as well as Nominating Committee and Chicago Lights Board members.

Have you watched the handbell prelude with our Handbell Choir Director Briana Belding-Peck ringing all the parts?

Or followed the weekly video series “What We’re Doing at Fourth Church”?

Or seen Fourth Church through the eyes of several architects and artists who participated in a virtual sketching exercise?

For these and ongoing glimpses into what we’re up to, follow us on Facebook!

Be sure to follow us on Instagram too, where you will find photos of a Meals Ministry cookout, Sanctuary images featured during the Sunday preludes, and more.

Are you looking for healthy ways to cope with the stresses and anxiety, anger and frustration, grief and uncertainty that so many of us are experiencing?

Our Stephen Ministers are available to be God’s listening presence during this season when many of us are struggling to sort things out.

If you would like to be in phone contact with one of our Stephen Ministers, who are trained in providing emotional and spiritual care, please leave a confidential message at 312.573.3365.

The staff of our Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being is also available to offer suggestions and support through phone appointments or teletherapy, whether for just a few sessions or on an ongoing basis.

To set up a time to talk or for more information about how the Center can be a resource for you, call the Center at 312.787.2729, ext. 2260.

Additionally, if you would like to talk to a pastor, please call the church (312.787.4570) and your request will be forwarded to someone on the pastoral staff.

Married August 15, 2020

Married August 15, 2020

Died August 18, 2020

Died August 14, 2020