Welcome To Fourth Presbyterian Church

Friday, May 23, 2008

To learn more about . . .

-- This Sunday’s Worship

-- Taizé This Friday

-- “Bike the Drive” to Alter Traffic Patterns

-- Summer Sunday School Begins Sunday

-- Making a Gift to the Chicago Lights Annual Fund

-- Women’s Health Week

-- A Gathering for Adoptive Families

-- The All-Church Picnic

-- Giving to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

-- Concerts at Fourth Church

. . . keep reading!

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This Sunday’s Worship
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Communion will be celebrated during the 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. services this Sunday. Next Sunday it will be a part of all four worship services.

This Sunday is Baccalaureate Sunday, a day when we remember Fourth Church members and Chicago Lights Tutoring students who are graduating from eighth grade or high school or are receiving a degree.

To learn more about worship at Fourth Presbyterian Church this Sunday, read a copy of the worship bulletin, available online at http://www.fourthchurch.org/worship.html

The publication “News and Opportunities,” distributed on Sundays with the worship bulletin and containing information about upcoming Fourth Presbyterian Church events, is also available online http://www.fourthchurch.org/downloads/052508no.pdf.

…..Date and Time..…………………..
Sunday, May 25, 2008, Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

…..Scripture Texts……………….…..
Psalm 131
Ecclesiastes 3:9–14 (8:00 and 6:30)
Matthew 6:24–34 (8:00 and 6:30)
Isaiah 49:8–16a (9:30 and 11:00)
Luke 15:1–7 (9:30 and 11:00)

…..Preaching…… ……………….…..
8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. worship: Joyce Shin, Associate Pastor
“Where Is Your Treasure” There Is Your Heart”
9:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship: John M. Buchanan, Pastor
“Like a Child at Home”

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Taizé This Friday
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This Friday, as on each fourth Friday of the month, Fourth Church will host an ecumenical service of prayer, song, and meditation in the style of Taizé. These services provide an opportunity to gather in a contemplative, prayerful setting at the end of a busy week and month.

.....Time and place…………………..
Friday, May 23, 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Hall

.....For information…………………..
Visit http://www.fourthchurch.org/taize.html
Or contact John Sherer at jsherer@fourthchurch.org

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“Bike the Drive” to Alter Traffic Patterns
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Those who travel Lake Shore Drive to worship on Sunday mornings will want to slightly alter their travel route this weekend. The Drive will be closed on Sunday morning, May 25 from Hollywood to 57th Street until 10:30 a.m. for Bike the Drive. A post-ride festival will take place in Grant Park until early afternoon, which may further alter traffic routes for those driving to and from worship

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Summer Sunday School Begins Sunday
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The Summer Sunday School schedule begins this Sunday, with classes meeting at 9:30 a.m. only. There will be a class of first through fifth graders and a preschool class for three-year-olds through kindergarteners. The regular nursery will be held at 9:30 and at 11:00 will be expanded to include infants up through kindergartners.

.....Time and place…………………..
Summer Sundays, beginning May 25, 9:30 a.m. in Westminster House

.....For information…………………..
Contact Emilie Syberg at esyberg@fourthchurch.org

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Making a Gift to the Chicago Lights Annual Fund
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Each gift to the Chicago Lights Annual Fund campaign helps to support Chicago Lights’ life-changing work in the areas of education and literacy, health and wellness, and homelessness and hunger. Gifts to this nonprofit community service organization at Fourth Presbyterian Church can be made online at www.chicagolights.org or by using the special offering envelopes available in the pew racks on Sunday.

Each gift makes a difference in the lives of those served by Chicago Lights—more than 7,000 individuals and families annually. It makes it possible for the Chicago Lights programs of Tutoring and Scholarship, the Elam Davies Social Service Center, the Center for Life and Learning, the Center for Whole Health, Summer Day, and Literacy and Arts at the Near North Magnet Cluster Schools to reach out and serve those in our city.

For more information about the work of Chicago Lights or about supporting its efforts, visit www.chicagolights.org or contact Katy Frey at kfrey@fourthchurch.org.

.....To give….………………………..
Visit www.chicagolights.org
     Use the envelopes available in the pew racks
     and mailed in the May issue of Fourth Press
          Or contact Katy Frey at kfrey@fourthchurch.org

.....For information…………………..
Visit www.chicagolights.org
Or contact Katy Frey at kfrey@fourthchurch.org

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Women’s Health Week
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The week of June 1–7 is Women’s Health Week. Throughout the week, Chicago Lights Center for Whole Health will be sponsoring a variety of seminars and presentations focusing on “Balance in Body and Spirit”

Monday, June 2
Keeping Balance: Yoga and Laughter
Presented by Timothy Nelson
12:00 noon in Anderson Hall
Buffet lunch available for $5; no reservations necessary

Tuesday, June 3: Women’s Health Week Breakfast
Stress and Balance Within
Dr. Esther M. Sternberg of the National Institute of Mental Health
7:30–9:00 a.m. at the Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago (626 N. Michigan)
Registration required; call 312.787.2729, ext. 371
Registration fee: $20

Wednesday, June 4
The Heart of the Matter: The Beat Goes On
Presented by Dr. Annabelle S. Volgman
12:00 noon in Anderson Hall
Buffet lunch available for $5; no reservations necessary

Wednesday, June 4: Women’s Health Week Dinner
Social Security Disability Insurance: Change and Confusion Resolved
Jeffrey Rabin, Attorney at Law
6:00 p.m. in Anderson Hall
Registration required; call 312.372.2080
No registration fee

Saturday, June 7: Women’s Health Week Brunch
Balance in Body and Spirit
Beth Aldrich, Holistic Health and Nutrition Counseling
Anne Pringle and Jamie Klausing, Nia Exercise Instructors
9:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m. in Anderson Hall
Registration required; call 312.787.2729, ext. 388
Registration fee: $15

.....For information…………………..
Contact Terrill Stumpf at tstumpf@fourthchurch.org

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A Gathering for Adoptive Families
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The Children and Families Committee invites all Fourth Church adoptive families to a lunch on Sunday, June 8 at 11:00 a.m. in the Manse. There will be time to enjoy food and fellowship with other adoptive families, and after lunch, Anne Updegrove, a licensed clinical psychologist and consultant to the Day School, will lead a discussion with parents while the kids enjoy supervised games. RSVP to Emilie Syberg esyberg@fourthchurch.org; please include names and ages of children attending.

.....Time and place…………………..
Sunday, June 8, 11:00 a.m. in the Manse

.....To RSVP..………………………..
Contact Emilie Syberg at esyberg@fourthchurch.org

.....For information…………………..
Contact Emilie Syberg at esyberg@fourthchurch.org

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The All-Church Picnic
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Mark your calendar now for this summer’s all-church picnic, which will be held at the Chicago Avenue Community Garden on Saturday noon, June 28. Details will be available in the weeks ahead.

.....Time and place…………………..
Saturday, June 28 at the Chicago Avenue Community Garden
(between Cleveland and Hudson)

.....For information…………………..
Watch for details in the bulletin and online at www.fourthchurch.org
Or contact Natasha Holbert at nholbert@fourthchurch.org

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Giving to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
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Gifts to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance to assist those in need in Myanmar and China can be made by writing “Disaster Assistance” on the memo line of a check made payable to Fourth Presbyterian Church. Gifts also can be made online at www.pcusa.org/pda/.

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Music at Fourth Church
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This Friday, organist David Jonies will perform the Free Noonday Concert in the sanctuary at 12:10 p.m. Next Friday’s concert will feature organist Karen Beaumont. For a schedule of upcoming performers, visit http://www.fourthchurch.org/concerts.html.

.....Time and place…………………..
Friday, May 23, 12:10 p.m. in the sanctuary
David Jonies, organ

Friday, May 30, 12:10 p.m. in the sanctuary
Karen Beaumont, organ

.....For information…………………..
http://www.fourthchurch.org/concerts.html

{End of newsletter for Friday, May 23, 2008}

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