Meeting the Challenge
2009 Annual Appeal
for Fourth Presbyterian Church
and Chicago Lights
Togther we aspire to be a light in the city . . .
. . . and invite you to be a bearer of that light
through your generosity.
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To make a gift now
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For more information about the 2009 Annual Appeal
for Fourth Presbyterian Church and Chicago Lights
No one needs to remind a one of us that these are challenging economic times. Evidence is everywhere we look, but perhaps nowhere so movingly as at the threshold of our beloved church. Daily our doors provide welcome to an ever-increasing number of neighbors and friends who find themselves in situations of great need.
Fourth Presbyterian Church and Chicago Lights are feeding more people than ever before. We are receiving more requests for clothing and for assistance in finding shelter. Daily people come seeking a pastor, a friend—their church—to walk with them through the anxieties, grief, and fear that come with joblessness, uncertainty, and insecurity.
Fourth Church and Chicago Lights are privileged to be able to walk that journey with people. We are committed to serving those in need. But with that serving, of course, there is expense, all at a time when church leadership and staff are diligently working to reduce expenditures and realize cost savings wherever possible. Yet even with the faithful and careful stewarding of the church’s resources, there is still a gap between pledges and gifts received to date and our 2009 goal of $5.1 million.
As we look to bridge this gap, we have been fortunate to receive generous donations from several sources, totaling $360,000. It is our hope that other members and friends will join with them and add to these gifts.
Thus we are encouraging all members and friends to prayerfully consider increasing their pledges—or pledge for the first time—or making an additional gift so that we might keep shining brightly this precious and much-needed light in the city, as we continue to love and serve God’s children in these difficult days.
For more information about “Meeting the Challenge,”
please contact Lisa Radetski, Director of Giving Ministries, at lradetski@fourthchurch.org (312.981.3380).
To return a “Meeting the Challenge” card,
please place it in the offering plate on Sunday morning, mail it to Fourth Church atFourth Presbyterian Church
Attn: Giving Ministries
126 E. Chestnut St.
Chicago, IL 60611.2014
or fax it to Fourth Church at 312.787.4584.