News @ Fourth Church: June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020

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Sunday, June 14

11:00 a.m. worship online

Organ prelude beginning shortly after 10:45 a.m.

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.

If you have you worshiped with us online this spring, have you completed this brief survey about our livestream services?

In these summer months, when we will have online-only services, we know our worship will be different than it is when we can worship together in the same space. Thus we would appreciate your taking a moment to complete the survey so that we can make that “different” the best experience possible!

This week’s online Friday Noonday Concert comes to us from Westminster Presbyterian Church of Springfield, Illinois. We are delighted to have their organist, Dale Rogers, performing for us works by Norman Cocker, Vincent Lübeck, Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederic H. Wood, Harrison Oxley, and Dudley Buck. (The June 12 concert program is available to download in advance.)

These weekly online concerts are streamed on Fridays at 12:10 p.m. at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms, where they are also available to enjoy throughout the week.

Are you or someone you know interested in learning more about becoming a member of Fourth Church?

Our next New Member Sunday will be Sunday, June 28, and in advance of that we will be holding an online Inquirers’ Class (required for membership) on Sunday, June 21.

This class offers opportunity to discover more about Fourth Church history, mission, and congregational life; learn about the Presbyterian Church (USA) and Reformed theology; and get to know current members and other class participants.

If you are interested in attending the Sunday, June 21 online class from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., please sign up here, and we will send you the Zoom details.

With our summer youth travels canceled this year, we are excited to be offering an online service-learning experience through our Urban Youth Mission program! Registration for the Junior High option closes this coming Wednesday, June 17.

Junior High UYM Cohort

For rising fifth- through eighth-graders

Monday, July 6–Wednesday, July 8

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

via Zoom

Over the course of three mornings youth will have opportunity to learn about housing issues in Chicago and how COVID-19 has affected those communities. Register here by June 17.

Senior High UYM Cohort

For rising ninth- through twelfth-graders

Monday, July 20–Wednesday, July 22

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

via Zoom

In this three-morning series, youth will have opportunity to learn about food justice and the impact of COVID-19. Register here by June 30.

Weekly Youth Opportunities

Our weekly youth gatherings via Zoom also continue.

Worship Discussion on Sundays at 12:00 p.m.

Junior High Gathering on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Senior High Gathering on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Theology Reading Group on Thursdays, June 25 and July 2 and 9 at 3:00 p.m.

For Zoom details, contact Katie Patterson.

We have lots of fun online opportunities planned for our children and families this summer, including—

Summer Sunday School

For ages 3 to 11

Sundays in June and July from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m.

via Zoom

Wednesday Story and Craft Time

For ages 2 to 6

Wednesdays from 10:00 to 10:45 a.m.

via Zoom

Wednesday Kids’ Group

For ages 7 to 11

Wednesdays from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

via Zoom

TED Talks on How We Schedule Our Lives

For Parents

Sundays, June 14, 21, and 28

from 9:00 to 9:45 a.m.

via Zoom

Trivia Family Night

For ages 6 to 11 (and parents!)

Thursday, June 25 from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.

via Zoom

For more information about these opportunities—including the Zoom details for the gatherings—contact Briana Belding-Peck or Matt Helms.

And watch for news about other children and family online activities taking place later this summer, including a pizza-making family night via Zoom and online VBS!

As we enter summer in this season of pandemic, the Session of Fourth Church has approved a plan for our life together as a church in the summer of 2020.

Included in that plan is the decision to have livestream-only worship throughout the summer months.

Also during that same time period—June through August—the Fourth Church campus will remain closed, and programming will take place online, from Center for Life and Learning exercise classes to VBS to Summer Day to Bible studies and more.

The meeting of essential needs by Fourth Church Meals Ministry and Chicago Lights Social Service Center will continue to be offered outdoors, as it has been since mid-March.