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An Organ Concert by Stephen Tharp
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This Evening in the Sanctuary
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Don't miss the concert commemorating the first anniversary of the installation of our new Andrew Pipe Organ: renowned organist Stephen Tharp will play a recital this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
Mr. Tharp, who has been hailed as one of the great concert organists of our age, has played more than 1,400 concerts across 48 tours worldwide and has given master classes at such institutions as Yale University; chapters of the American Guild of Organists, and more. In April 2008, he was named the Official Organist for the New York visit of Pope Benedict XVI, playing for three major events that were broadcast worldwide and attended by more than 60,000 people.
Mr. Tharp's repertoire for tonight's concert includes works by Durufl
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, Wagner, and more. It will also include works by Morgan Simmons, former organist at Fourth Church.
Time:
Friday, November 18
7:30 p.m.
Place:
Sanctuary
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Caroling before Saturday's Parade
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Join Choirs on the Sanctuary Steps
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Usher in the holiday season tomorrow evening with caroling on the Sanctuary steps!
Join us at 5:00 p.m. this Saturday, when Fourth Church choirs will lead us in singing carols as a part of the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival. We will sing on the church steps on Michigan Avenue outside of the Sanctuary for about an hour while enjoying the parade and other holiday festivities.
All are invited and are encouraged to bring family and friends!
Time:
Saturday, November 19
5:00 p.m.
Place:
Sanctuary steps on Michigan Avenue
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Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
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This Tuesday in the Sanctuary
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We will once again have opportunity to worship with our partners in faith this Thanksgiving season as we gather this coming Tuesday, November 22 to express our gratitude through word and song.
The annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary. Partners include Chicago Sinai Congregation, Holy Name Cathedral, LaSalle Street Church, and Niagara Foundation.
The service will include an Arabic call to prayer from Muslim participants as well as a prayer in Hebrew offered by a leader from Chicago Sinai. Our preacher at this service will be Father Greg Sakowicz, the new cathedral rector of Holy Name Cathedral.
Time:
Tuesday, November 22
7:00 p.m.
Place:
Sanctuary
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Give Thanks through Worship and Dinner
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On Thanksgiving Day, November 24 there will be opportunity for worship at 11:00 a.m. This annual Thanksgiving worship service will be held in the Sanctuary, with Vicky Curtiss and Kent Organ preaching.
Following the service, a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, which offers opportunity to renew old acquaintances and make new friends in the spirit of giving thanks, will be served at 12:15 p.m. in Anderson Hall. Prepaid reservations are required for this traditional dinner and are available online here.
Parking for the Thanksgiving Day worship service and dinner is available at a discounted rate at the 900 parking garage. Please note, however, that the discounted rate will not be the Sunday morning rate but will be the $17 holiday rate set by the garage. The $17 vouchers can be purchased with cash or check at the church reception desk on Thanksgiving morning. There will then be no additional fee when validating your ticket at the garage upon exit.
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Remembering Loved Ones with Christmas Flowers
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In this season of gratitude, as we give thanks for those people who are important in our life, there is again special opportunity to memorialize or honor loved ones through the donation of Christmas flowers and garlands. Contributions, which will help decorate the Sanctuary and Gratz Center this holiday season, are being received now through Sunday, December 11.
Names of those remembered through Advent and Christmas flower donations will be printed in the Christmas worship bulletin. Contributions can be made by completing the Christmas flowers form available in the literature racks or online at www.bit.ly/FPCgifts
Forms must be received by December 11 for names to appear in the Christmas worship bulletin.
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| An Advent Photo-a-Day Challenge |
Join us in reflecting on a word of the season each day this Advent!
As part of our Advent journey this season, we invite you to take and post to Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter a photo that captures or conveys
what each day's word means to you in the context of the season.
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Meals Ministry Collecting Donations for Our Guests
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To brighten Christmas for guests of the Chicago Lights Elam Davies Social Service Center and Fourth Church Meals Ministry's Sunday Night Supper, Meals Ministry is collecting toiletries and other small items for gift bags.
Instructions and a list of needed items are available at the Meals Ministry cart at Coffee Hour following morning worship services on Sundays. Donations, which will be collected through Sunday, December 11, can also be dropped off at the Meals Ministry cart.
They will then be sorted and put into special holiday bags, which will be distributed to the guests of the Social Service Center and Meals Ministry programs throughout the Christmas season.
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Sign Up through November 28
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There's still time to sign up to run the fortieth Chicago Marathon next year with Shannon Kershner as part of Team Chicago Lights!
Recruitment for guaranteed entries for the October 2017 marathon--available on a first-come, first-serve basis--will be held through the Monday after Thanksgiving, November 28.
Marathon team members commit to paying the registration fee ($195 in 2017) and raising at least $1,000 for Chicago Lights. If you join Team Chicago Lights and recruit a friend, you will receive a $100 fundraising credit to your goal. We'll even reimburse your registration fee if you exceed your fundraising goal by $500!
Come help us field a team of forty runners!
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| 26 Percent of Pledges Are Outstanding |
Making Ministry and Mission Happen
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As we look to a busy final six weeks of the year in the mission and ministry of this congregation--serving people in need, gathering in Advent and Christmas worship, and so much more--we are very much aware that 26 percent
of the gifts pledged for 2016 remain outstanding as of the first week of November.
To ensure the budgets of Fourth Church and Chicago Lights can be met, we are counting on those pledges being fully fulfilled by year end. At the same time we also understand that sometimes circumstances make that difficult. If you will be unable to fulfill your 2016 pledge, please let Andrea Miller know ([email protected]; 312.640.2576) so we can plan accordingly. Thank you!
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"God in the Modern Wing" Concludes This Sunday
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Walter Hansen, a member of Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA), will host the final session of the adult education class "God in the Modern Wing" this Sunday. Participants have spent the last couple of weeks exploring the spiritual significance of modern and contemporary art in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The course will conclude that day with a presentation from Leah Samuelson of Wheaton College at 11:00 a.m. in Borwell Dining Room. Participants will then be invited to meet at the Modern Wing of the Art Institute at 1:30 p.m. to explore firsthand some of the art and artists discussed.
Time:
Sunday, November 20
11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Place:
Borwell Dining Room and the Art Institute of Chicago (111 S. Michigan)
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| A Labyrinth Walk and Food Drive |
Support Chicago Lights This Sunday
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Prior to the 4:00 p.m. jazz worship service this Sunday, all are invited to join Chicago Lights for a special labyrinth walk to give thanks through meditation and reflection--and give back to the community at the same time!
Time:
Sunday, November 20
3:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Place:
Buchanan Chapel
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Worship This Week
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Reign of Christ Sunday, November 20, 2016
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8:00 a.m. with Communion
Rocky Supinger, Associate Pastor, preaching
Scripture texts:
Psalm 46
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.,
New Members (11:0
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Shannon J. Kershner, Pastor, preaching
Scripture texts:
4:00 p.m. Jazz Service with Communion
Nanette Sawyer, Minister for Congregational Life, preaching
Scripture texts:
Worship bulletins
for this coming Sunday are available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/worship/this-week.html
"News and Opportunities"
is the weekly printed newsletter distributed with the Sunday bulletin and is available online Friday afternoon at
www.fourthchurch.org/news/2016/112016no.pdf
Sermons
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Passages
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Birth
We give thanks to God for the gift new life.
Max Davidson Ryder, child of Robert and Joan Ryder
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Deaths
We give thanks to God for the gift of eternal life.
Philip Guentert
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 3 at 2:00 p.m.
Julia Toman, November 8, 2016
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 10 at 11:00 a.m.
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Wedding
We give thanks to God for the gift of life together.
Christine M. Gillott and David Preston Crabill, November 12, 2016
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Concerts at Fourth Church
Friday Noonday concerts are free.
Friday, November 18, 2016
Stephen Tharp, organist
7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Bella Voce Choir
with the Callipygian Players
featuring Handel's Messiah
7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Tickets available through Bella Voce
Friday, November 25, 2016
John W. W. Sherer, organist
(Organist and Director of Music at Fourth Church)
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Civic Orchestra of Chicago
presents Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary
Free event; no tickets required
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
To sign up for any of these volunteer opportunities or to learn more about them, stop by Coffee Hour on Sunday morning or email [email protected].
A complete list of volunteer needs is available
online.
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