Have you been meaning to turn in your information for personalized bookplates in the new hymnals but haven't yet?

This Sunday is the last day to sponsor hymnals--for $25 each--in your name, your family's name, or the names of those you want to memorialize or honor.

You can complete those sponsorships online now or fill out the forms during Coffee Hour this Sunday morning.

This Sunday learn how you can get connected and stay connected at Fourth Church! 

Coffee Hour will feature information about upcoming and ongoing educational, fellowship, and community outreach opportunities, including details about fellowship groups and other ways you can get involved with the church community. Fourth Church representatives will be available to talk about volunteer needs, mission activities, Academy for Faith and Life classes, and more!

"Get Connected" Coffee Hour will take place in Anderson Hall and the Commons following 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 a.m. worship services.

We hope to see you there as we welcome all to Fourth Church this autumn and celebrate ways to deepen connections!

Treat yourself to a sweet--and support Chicago Lights--at a bake sale, hosted by the Chicago Lights Associates Board, this Sunday, September 14 in the Commons during "Get Connected" Coffee Hour.

Breads, cookies, cupcakes, brownies, and more will be available. All proceeds will support the six programs of Chicago Lights, the community outreach arm of Fourth Church.

Time:

     Sunday, September 14, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Place:

     Commons of the Gratz Center

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From Friday, September 26 through Sunday, September 28, families will enjoy a weekend sharing faith, fellowship, and fun! Activities for children and adults are planned, including a worship service, a campfire with singing and s'mores, and free time to explore the camp grounds.

Registration forms, which are due by Tuesday, September 23, are available online or as a PDF download.

Time:

     Friday-Sunday, September 26-28

Place:

     Covenant Harbor, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

Mark your calendar now--and plan to bring your pets!--for an interfaith Blessing of the Animals service, which will be held outdoors in our Michigan Avenue courtyard (weather permitting) on Saturday, October 11 at 1:00 p.m.

All pets on leashes or in carriers are welcome. Those choosing not to bring a pet are welcome to bring photographs of them to be blessed.

Come help us celebrate the blessing of God's creatures, great and small!

Time:

     Saturday, October 11, 1:00 p.m.

Place:

     Michigan Avenue courtyard

Make a difference in the lives of children from Chicago's underresourced neighborhoods--join Chicago Lights Tutoring during their fiftieth anniversary year! Volunteers are needed to be tutors and mentors to the 400 first- through twelfth-grade students who participate in the program.

New volunteers are asked to attend one of the following orientation sessions at 6:00 p.m. in Borwell Dining Room: Tuesday, September 16; Wednesday, September 17; or Monday, September 22. RSVP online here.

Sermons

from previous weeks are posted online at www.fourthchurch.org/sermons 

Reese Elizabeth Rocchini,  

   daughter of Michael and Susan Rocchini

Megan Ashley Rees and Jordan Taylor Zmick,  

   September 6, 2014

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Friday, September 12, 2014

7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Lyric Opera: "A Wondrous Sound"
Tickets available at www.lyricopera.org and at the door 

Friday, September 19, 2014
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Yana Reznik, pianist

Friday, September 26, 2014
12:10 p.m. in the Sanctuary
John W. W. Sherer, organist
(Organist and Director of Music at Fourth Church)

Friday, October 3, 2014

12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Sara Su Jones, violinist
Cosponsored by the Musicians Club of Women

Friday, October 10, 2014
12:10 p.m. in Buchanan Chapel
Euclid Quartet 

This volunteer opportunity is available immediately. Training will be provided.