Third Sunday after Epiphany, January 22

10:00 a.m. worship in person and online

Nancy Benson-Nicol preaching

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In person and streamed from the Sanctuary on our YouTube channel: www.bit.ly/fpcvideos

Audio available by phone (toll free) by calling 888.916.9166

Livestreamed worship services and concerts are accessible by going to www.bit.ly/fpcvideos, subscribing to our YouTube channel, or clicking on the photo with a “Play” arrow on the home page of the Fourth Church website.

4:00 p.m. Jazz at Four worship in person

with Communion

in Buchanan Chapel

Rocky Supinger preaching

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Spanish Translators

As we shared in Wednesday’s email, recently, the City of Chicago has occupied rooms for more than 350 asylum seekers at the Selena Hotel, located immediately next door to Fourth Church. The Chicago Lights Social Service Center is providing services to those who come to the Center but very much needs Spanish-speaking translators to assist with those efforts.

Volunteers are needed Tuesday through Friday from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at 126 East Chestnut Street.

Translator tasks include assisting with registration, helping in the Food Pantry and Clothing Shop, and speaking with families to assist with resource distribution.

If you can help, please sign up on VOMO.

Meals Ministry Volunteers

Fourth Church Meals Ministry is in need of volunteers to assist in preparing and serving meals for our neighbors who are hungry and food insecure.

To learn more or explore the various Meals Ministry volunteer needs, see our Volunteer Ministry platform, VOMO (www.bit.ly/fpcvolunteers).

Tutor

Chicago Lights Tutoring is in need of in-person (at Fourth Church) and online mentors to connect one-to-one with a student (grades 1–12) one evening a week. There are volunteer openings for weekly tutors as well as substitute tutors.

If you would like to learn more about how you can make a difference in the life of a child (and in yours!), please contact Mark Dennison or visit chicagolights.org/volunteer/#tutoring

Chaperones for Summer Youth Trips

Adult volunteers are what make our summer youth mission trips possible. We are currently recruiting chaperones for the St. Louis (June 25–30) and Paris (July 5–11) mission trips as well as Montreat Youth Conference (July 29–August 5).

If you are interested in chaperoning, please fill out the application here. For more information, contact Katie Patterson.

A Fourth Church trip to Cuba to visit our sister congregation the First Presbyterian Church of Havana will take place May 29–June 5.

To learn more or express interest in participating in this trip, join us for an information session this Sunday, January 22 at 11:15 a.m. in Room 5F or via Zoom.

The trip application can be completed online. For more information about the trip, see the website or email Joe Morrow.

Another trip that is being planned is a Fourth Church Choir trip to India in February 2024. Both singers and non-singers alike are invited to participate.

To learn more, attend the information session being held on Sunday, February 5 at 12:00 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel; see the trip brochure; or email Emily Cox.

In this new year, we invite you to explore opportunities to connect with others in the Fourth Church community.

Deep Listening Dinners offer one way in which to get to know others better.

Groups of six to ten people each dine together twice in home settings, gathering for a time of discovering and better understanding our differences while honoring our shared humanity and telling our life experiences to one another.

To express interest in this opportunity to get to know each other more deeply, please fill out the form at www.bit.ly/deeplistening123, or for more information, email Simon Crow.

“A Sittler Sampler: Ecology, Faith, and Much More”

A new adult education class will begin next Sunday, January 29 at 11:15 a.m. Led by Jeff Doane, “A Sittler Sampler: Ecology, Faith, and Much More” will consider the works of Joseph Sittler, who was a pioneering figure in addressing the deep need to care for the ecological order from a Christian perspective and who was also a leader in medical ethics and placed emphasis on how we frame our faith through language. Registration details will be available in the coming week.

This class will meet in person only; to receive the reading materials prior to the class, please register online.

Path of Discipleship

The Spiritual Formation Council will again host a six-week Path of Discipleship series during Lent. This year the weekly series will begin on Tuesday evening, February 28 and will explore The Spiritual Resilience Handbook by Connie Fourre. Registration details will be available in February.