Welcome To Fourth Presbyterian Church

Friday, June 26, 2008

To learn more about . . .

-- This Sunday’s Worship

-- Friday’s Taizé Service and Labyrinth Walk

-- A Cookout on Saturday

-- This Weekend’s Car Wash

-- The Congregational Meeting on July 6

-- Updates from the 218th General Assembly

-- Chicago Lights Summer Day—It’s Underway!

-- Concerts at Fourth Church

. . . keep reading!

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This Sunday’s Worship
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This Sunday, Communion will be celebrated during 8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. worship.

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/sundayworship.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 at http://www.fourthchurch.org/downloads/062908no.pdf.

…..Date and Time..…………………..
Sunday, June 29, Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m.; 6:30 p.m.

…..Scripture Texts……………….…..
Psalm 13 (9:30 and 11:00)
Matthew 10:40–42 (9:30 and 11:00)

…..Preaching…… ……………….…..
8:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.: Hardy Kim, Pastoral Resident
9:30 and 11:00 a.m.: John M. Buchanan, Pastor
“A Cup of Cold Water”

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Friday’s Taizé Service and Labyrinth Walk
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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.

This week, there will be opportunity to do a meditative labyrinth walk prior to the service. The labyrinth will be in Anderson Hall from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. For more information about the labyrinth at Fourth Church, contact Elizabeth Andrews at eandrews@fourthchurch.org.

.....Time and place…………………..
Friday, June 27
Labyrinth walk from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Anderson Hall
Taizé service at 7:30 p.m. in Blair Chapel

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

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A Cookout on Saturday
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Join us this Saturday for food and festivities at the Chicago Avenue Community Garden. We’re having the annual all-church cookout from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (food will be served beginning at 12:00 noon). A shuttle service will run between the church and the garden from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and again from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Bring family, friends, and neighbors for this lunchtime treat of burgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers cooked out on the grill, topped with all the trimmings, and served under a large open tent. Then enjoy a variety of activities for all ages, garden tours—and more! There will even be a surprise giveaway.

This annual event, planned by Fourth Presbyterian Church staff, the Garden committee, and other volunteers, is a wonderful opportunity to visit the Chicago Avenue Community Garden and to enjoy a time of fellowship with Fourth Church members and friends and church neighbors. Don’t miss the fun!

....Time and place…………………..
Saturday, June 28, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Chicago Avenue Community Garden
          (between Hudson and Cleveland)
     Food served beginning at 12:00 noon
     Shuttle between church and garden:
         11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
         1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

.....For information…………………..
Contact Natasha Holbert, nholbert@fourthchurch.org

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The June 29 Car Wash
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After visiting the garden on Saturday for the cookout, come back on Sunday—with your car—for the Senior Highs annual car-wash fund-raiser. The youth will be washing cars between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the youth’s work camp trips to New Orleans and Presbyterian Camps at Saugatuck, Michigan, later this summer.

.....Time and place…………………..
Sunday, June 29, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Chicago Avenue Community Garden
(between Hudson and Cleveland)

.....For information…………………..
Contact John Vest at jvest@fourthchurch.org

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The Congregational Meeting on July 6
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The Session of Fourth Presbyterian Church has called a special meeting of the congregation for Sunday, July 6 following 11:00 worship. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the report of the Associate Pastor Nominating Committee for Mission. All members are encouraged to attend.

.....Time and place…………………..
Sunday, July 6, in the sanctuary following 11:00 worship

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Updates from the 218th General Assembly
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To read updates from Fourth Church staff attending the 218th General Assembly, visit www.fourthchurch.org. The 218th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) continues through June 28 in San Jose, California. Among those representing Fourth Church are John Buchanan, Dana Ferguson, Hardy Kim, Martha Langford, Calum MacLeod, and John Vest. Regular updates are also available at http://www.pcusa.org/ga218/.

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Chicago Lights Summer Day—It’s Underway!
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The classrooms and activity areas of Fourth Church are filled with more than 100 children this week, as the six-week Summer Day program has kicked off for 2008. These children from low-income families have opportunity to get a head start on the fall semester through their involvement in fine arts, academic classes, and field trips, all the while having a safe, nurturing place to spend their days.

Education and literacy is an important part of Chicago Lights, a community outreach organization at Fourth Presbyterian Church. Through education, these children gain essential skills that enable them to break the cycle of poverty in which they find themselves.

You can help Chicago Lights Summer Day and the other program areas of Chicago Lights change the lives of those in need. To make a gift to support these programs, give online at www.chicagolights.org, make a check payable to Chicago Lights (and send it Chicago Lights, Attn: Katy Frey, 126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, IL 60611.2014) or contact Katy at kfrey@fourthchurch.org. Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, between now and July 31 every dollar raised through an increased or new gift to the Chicago Lights Annual Fund will result in a matching gift to the Chicago Lights education programs, up to $50,000.

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Concerts at Fourth Church
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Organist Gail Archer will perform the free Friday Noonday Concert on June 27 at 12:10 p.m. in the sanctuary.

There will be no Noonday Concert on July 4.

Beginning Friday, July 11, and continuing through August, the concerts will move outside to the Garth for “Music by the Fountain.”

For a complete schedule of upcoming performers, visit http://www.fourthchurch.org/concerts.html.

.....Time and place…………………..
Friday, June 27, 12:10 p.m. in the sanctuary
Gail Archer, organ

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

{End of newsletter for Thursday, June 26, 2008}

Information about all these events and much more can be found at http://www.fourthchurch.org

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