Naming Opportunities

Michigan Avenue

New Facility
$30,000,000
A new facility will celebrate and support our flourishing programs, allowing us to share our gifts and God’s grace with our world, city, and congregational community. New space and renovations will create exciting and nurturing areas that are full of light, easy to navigate, and comfortable.

Renovated Parish Building
$10,000,000
The Parish House and Manse will be given new life by way of a major interior renovation. Connections on all three levels between these two buildings will significantly improve traffic flow, open sightlines, and enhance communication opportunities. Newly created spaces will function effectively to support our programs of fellowship, education, and mission.

Second Chapel
$7,000,000 (Joint naming with Blair name)
New intimate and inspirational worship space will facilitate our expanding offerings of traditional and alternative worship, weddings, and Children’s Chapel. The flexible space, seating up to 300 will allow participants to experience programs in meaningful and thoughtful surroundings.

Hub
$5,000,000 (Joint naming with Anderson Hall)
The Hub will serve as the crossroads of the church, providing a spacious and inspiring place to find, and celebrate community. Adjacent to Anderson Hall, this large vaulted space of 3,800 square feet will open the interior of the building to light – connecting worship with fellowship: education with celebration; and congregation to mission.

Welcome Center
$3,000,000
Creation of a Manse entrance on Michigan Avenue will gracefully invite visitors in to a new Welcome Center and bookstore. Located on a highly visible and well-traveled corner, this refuge and center of resources will reinforce our devotion to the city, our care for a world community, and our desire to share God’s gifts with all.

Wellness Center
$1,500,000 to 2,000,000 (Joint naming with Replogle Center)
Continuing a revered tradition of professional counseling, a new Wellness Center will further our ministry of pastoral health care with expanded resources. A quiet, private, and separate entrance will provide confidentiality and usher clients to dignified waiting areas and counseling rooms.

Gallery Spaces (sections)
$1,000,000
Fourth Church’s love, enthusiasm, and support of the arts will be highly visible and celebrated in gallery areas located in the Hub and renovated spaces. The elegant settings for exhibits will provide great visual illustrations of what God’s gifts enable us to imagine.

Renovated Dining Room
$500,000
The creation of a lovely and comfortable room through the renovation of our existing dining facility will enhance our mission of community and congregational care. Our new space will enable us to facilitate an important need and desire for hospitality and fellowship.

Exterior Lighting of Façade
$500,000
Reverent and serene lighting will enhance and articulate the architectural beauty of the exterior of our Sanctuary and Garth – providing a beacon to those who seek a haven and anchor in an ever-changing and challenging world.

Renovated Sanctuary Pews
$450,000 to $775,000
The wooden pews, a wonderful element of our sanctuary’s history, will be renovated, a testament to our respect and reverence for tradition, as we move with anticipation into our future.

Restoration of Stained Glass Windows
$625,000
Enveloping our sanctuary with scripture and intricate designs, the stained glass windows are our most cherished pieces of art. Gravely needed restoration will restore and preserve this heritage of colorful detail and light, and continue to inspire our hearts, minds and souls.

Renovated and Enhanced Sound System
$200,000
Renovation of the sanctuary sound system will allow for precise and enhanced amplification so that all may share in Fourth Church’s great tradition of renowned preaching, thought provoking speakers, and acclaimed music presented in God’s name.

Classrooms
$150,000
24 new classrooms, equipped to support technological needs, and flexible to accommodate diverse programmatic requirements such as academy classes, children’s activities, dining, and art instruction, will allow us to expand our fellowship and educational ministries.

Chicago Avenue

Entire Building
$10,000,000 (for a single naming opportunity)
$5,000,000 (for a shared opportunity)
This new community center will be an important gathering place for the residents of the surrounding and evolving mixed-income neighborhood. Inviting, engaging, and accessible, it will be located on Chicago Avenue, less than a mile from Fourth Church. A new, stand-alone, 24,000 square-foot building will be a testimony to our continued commitment to the residents of a community that we have served for over 25 years. It will be a safe, welcoming, and communal place providing learning and recreational opportunities and experiences otherwise not yet available.

Gymnasium
$3,000,000
A high school regulation-size gym and the resulting recreational ministries will allow us to broaden our reach and offerings to the community and congregational children, youth, adults, and families. The gym will be equipped with bleachers and locker rooms, as well as a performance stage, providing a venue for new activity driven and team programs.

Performance Space
$3,000,000
New performance space, a dual function of the gym, will provide center stage for the creative energies of the neighborhood’s children and adults. Flexibility will also lend the space to community and congregational worship services, and liturgical drama.

Welcome Center and Hub
$3,000,000
Creating a visual connection thread, the Chicago facility will emulate Fourth Church by having its own Hub and Welcoming Center. The community crossroads concept, as well as an inviting entry will clearly reflect the overall mission of outreach to the surrounding neighborhood.

Dining Room
$500,000
Kid’s Café will be able to expand significantly its hospitality to the tutoring children with a new full-service kitchen and a 200-capacity dining room, embodying our mission to nurture body and mind.

Classrooms
$150,000
Classrooms, equipped to support technological needs, and designed to accommodate diverse programs such as job training, children and adult tutoring, and art instruction, will provide expanded opportunities for community and congregational education.




 

 

 

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