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Worship
• Sunday Advent Worship
Sundays, December 2, 9, 16, and 23
8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
• Midweek Advent Worship
Wednesdays, December 5, 12, and 19
7:30 p.m. in Blair Chapel
• Festival of Advent Lessons and Music
Sunday, December 9
6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
A cookies-and-hot-chocolate reception hosted in Anderson Hall by Women@Fourth Connect will follow.
Child care will be available.
• Christmas Cantata: A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten
Sunday, December 16
During 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. worship in the sanctuary
• Daily Advent Devotions
Written by Fourth Church members and staff
Availableby e-mail (send e-mail addresses to devotions@fourthchurch.org),
and in printed booklets from the church literature racks.
Holiday Concerts and Events• Holidays a cappella by Chicago a cappella
Friday, December 7
8:00 p.m. in the sanctuary
Tickets available at www.chicagoacappella.org or by calling 773.755.1628
• Christmas with Tower Brass
Saturday, December 22
5:00 p.m. in the sanctuary
A free-will offering will be received at the door.
Christmas Worship• Four Candlelight Services on Christmas Eve
Monday, December 24 in the sanctuary
4:00 p.m.
Children’s Pageant
6:00 p.m.
Family Service
8:30 p.m.
Service of Lessons and Carols with John M. Buchanan preaching
11:00 p.m.
Service of Lessons and Carols with John M. Buchanan preaching
This year’s 8:30 p.m. Christmas Eve service will be rebroadcast on WBBM-TV (CBS) at 11:35 p.m. on December 24 and 9:00 a.m. on December 25.
• Christmas Day
Tuesday, December 25
11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary
John W. Vest preaching
A traditional Christmas dinner in Anderson Hall will be served at 12:30 p.m.
Dinner tickets are available at the reception desk.
• Ecumenical New Year's Eve Service
with Holy Name Cathedral
Monday, December 31
7:30 p.m. in the sanctuary
Alice M. Trowbridge preaching
• Taize Service
Friday, December 28
7:30 p.m. in Anderson Hall
• Memorial Gifts for Christmas Flowers
Memorialize or honor loved ones by contributing to the purchase of Christmas flowers and garlands for the sanctuary. A list of those remembered will be printed in the Christmas bulletin.
To contribute, please pickup a form in the literature racks, or download this form (in PDF format).
Completed cards must be returned by Friday, December 14 in order for names to appear in the bulletin.
For more information, contact David Perkins at the church at 312.274.3822 (dperkins@fourthchurch.org)