You can make a difference
in the lives of others this holiday season!
Through “Light Up a Life,” you can give a gift that will bring joy and light to those you know and to those you may never meet. You designate where your gift should be directed, provide the names of the people you would like to honor, and we will send them a card announcing the gift. Gifts may be directed to one or more of the following four areas where there is need.
To make your gift now, please click here.
To download a form to fax or mail, please click here.
To make your gift through Access ACS (password required), please click here.
Give
Where the Need Is Greatest
The programs of Fourth Presbyterian Church and Chicago Lights benefit more than 13,000 people annually. If you designate your gift here, you can help sustain the daily operation of these programs, which currently cost more than $26,000 per day.
Give to
Mission and Fourth Church Programs
Global Mission incorporates Fourth Presbyterian Church’s mission efforts, including partnerships with domestic and international mission volunteers and organizations. The Lorene Replogle Counseling Center is Fourth Church’s response to the mental health needs of its congregation and community. Fourth Church Programs serve the more than 5,600 members and friends of Fourth Church—and beyond. If you designate your gift here, it meets needs such as these:
$3,000 provides one Sunday of Tower Brass music during worship
$1,000 provides one mission trip scholarship to places such as Guatemala, Cameroon, the Gulf Coast, or Northern Ireland
$500 provides support for annual grants to Chicago agencies focusing on housing, hunger, education, and poverty issues
$300 provides one Friday Noonday Concert
$150 provides one session at the Counseling Center for a client in need
$100 provides a scholarship to the Academy for Faith and Life for one year
$50 provides supplies for eight children in Sunday School
$15 purchases one hymnal or pew Bible
Give to
Chicago Lights Outreach Programs
Chicago Lights is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization at Fourth Presbyterian Church that annually serves more than 7,000 people in need. If you designate your gift for Chicago Lights, it meets needs such as these:
$1,500 provides three homeless guests of the Elam Davies Social Service Center rental assistance and an opportunity for secure housing for one month
$1,000 provides an eight-week stipend for one high school Tutoring student enrolled in the Job Training and Readiness Initiative
$500 makes it possible for a student from a low-income family to participate in the Tutoring program for one year
$250 provides bag lunches for 100 guests of the Elam Davies Social Service Center for one week
$150 provides a one-year scholarship for an individual sixty or over to participate in the Center for Life and Learning exercise classes, health and wellness counseling, and college-level courses
$100 allows a child to participate in the arts and literacy enrichment programs through the North Magnet Cluster School program
$50 provides for a one-hour class on heart health for low-income women through the Center for Whole Health
Give to
Denominational Programs
The Presbyterian Church (USA) provides ministries domestically and globally that support people in need. If you designate your gift here, it will be contributed to the PC(USA) for its mission programs and retirement support of needy church workers and their families.
Make Your Gift Go Even Farther
Chicago Lights, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is eligible for corporate matching gifts. To match your gift, you can give online at www.chicagolights.org or make your check payable to Chicago Lights and submit with it a matching gift form from your human resources office. This is a great way to double or even triple your donation.
To make your gift now, please click here.
To download a form to fax or mail, please click here.
To make your gift through Access ACS (password required), please click here.
For more information, contact Judi DeJager at 312.274.3833 (jdejager@fourthchurch.org).
