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On the church calendar are many opportunities to connect online with the Fourth Church community and one another. 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 (which is easily accessible from the “Calendar” button in the upper left corner of our website).

Shannon Kershner preaching

The worship bulletin is available to download and print in advance

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

Our online worship service is available live at 11:00 a.m. (Central) via

For those who do not have Internet access, we also make our worship service available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service.

The Sunday service is available for viewing throughout the week at www.bit.ly/FPCworship.

Worship and sermon podcasts are available via iTunes and Spotify, and you can sign up to receive the text of the weekly sermon by email.

Today is the last day to make contributions toward the purchase of Christmas flowers and garlands. These adornments will decorate the Sanctuary for our online services this Advent and Christmas season.

The gifts can be made in honor or memory of friends and loved ones, with their names appearing in the Christmas bulletin for contributions received no later than today, Friday, December 11.

Contribute to Christmas flowers at www.bit.ly/FPCgifts by Friday, December 11. For more information, contact Andrea Miller.

For many, the celebration of Christmas is made difficult by feelings of loneliness, grief, alienation, and sadness, whether personal or collective.

Our “Longest Night” service, which will be hosted by our Stephen Ministers via Zoom this Tuesday evening, December 15, recognizes and makes space for these feelings and challenges.

7:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, register at www.bit.ly/longestnight20

The annual tradition of celebrating Christmas with Tower Brass continues this year, with their online concert next Saturday, December 19.

Join us at 5:00 p.m. that day for the festive sounds of the season!

5:00 p.m. online

at www.bit.ly/fpcprograms

Please also join us in sharing Christmas joy with those in need this season!

Although we will not have our annual Cookies-and-Cocoa reception this year, Women at Fourth is still inviting individuals to bake cookies, brownies, and other sturdy sweets to share with our Sunday Night Supper guests on December 20. For details, email

Anne Ellis.

Throughout Advent we are receiving a “Light Up a Life” offering, which helps shine God’s light of love on those who need it most this season, including those in need of the warmth, clothing, and nourishment provided by our Fourth Church Meals Ministry and Chicago Lights Social Service Center programs.

Gifts can be made to this offering online at www.fourthchurch.org/give-online (type “Light Up a Life” in the comments) or by writing “Light Up a Life” on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church (and mailed to the church at 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611.2014).

The season of Advent invites us to set aside time for daily personal prayer and reflection, creating space to prepare our hearts and lives to receive the gift that comes to us in the stable and embracing what it means to travel through life guided by the Light that darkness cannot overcome.

Our daily Advent devotions—which are written by Fourth Church members and staff—offer a resource for this meditative journey. To receive them daily by email, sign up online at www.bit.ly/fpcdevotions.

The devotions also will be posted daily on Facebook, on Twitter (@FourthChicago), and on our devotions web page.

Additional resources for observing Advent can also be found online.

As we look toward our celebrations of Christmas with eager anticipation, we hope you will plan to join us online as we celebrate the birth of Emmanuel, God with Us.

Our online Christmas services will be available as our Sunday morning services are, via

For those who do not have Internet access, we also make our services, including the Christmas services, available to listen to via the phone. If you know of someone for whom this audio opportunity would be welcome, please encourage them to call 888.916.9166 (toll-free) at the time of the service. It is also possible to sign up to have that phone platform call you each time a service is available to listen to.

Women are invited to gather via Zoom this coming Thursday, December 17 to celebrate the festive and joyous spirit of the Christmas season!

Don your favorite holiday attire or ugly sweater and sip your favorite drink of holiday cheer as we gather online for an evening of fun, games, readings, laughter, and fellowship.

6:00 p.m. via Zoom

For Zoom details, email Anne Ellis

Each Sunday we have opportunity to connect online with one another and share in a time of fellowship following worship, when we hope you will join us after the postlude for virtual Coffee Hour.

Following the postlude

Also accessible at www.bit.ly/fpcfellowship

(the link is posted on our website as well: www.fourthchurch.org)

Meeting ID: 963 5583 1751

Passcode: 631276

Phone: Call 1 312.626.6799

and enter Meeting ID 963 5583 1751#

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 November 30, 2020.