The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago

Matt Helms continues the reflections on texts in our “Bible in 100 Passages” journey. In this fourth week, we shift our focus to Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy as we ponder what it means to live a holy life. 

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A sermon by Camille Cook Howe. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Matt Helms continues our weekly “Rhythm and Word” reflections on texts in our “Bible in 100 Passages” journey. In this third week, we shift our focus to Exodus. As we read about the doubts that Moses had about his role in this story, we ponder how we can learn to navigate our own doubts.

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A sermon by Camille Cook Howe. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

This evening, Matt Helms continues our weekly “Rhythm and Word” reflections on texts in our “Bible in 100 Passages” journey. In this second week, we are specifically looking at the family story of Abraham and his descendants. How do we see ourselves in these familial relationships and in our own relationships with God?

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A sermon by Camille Cook Howe. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Associate Pastor Matt Helms begins a “Rhythm and Word” video and podcast series of reflections on texts in our “Bible in 100 Passages” journey, which kicked off on Sunday, September 14. In this first week, we are specifically looking at the first eleven chapters of Genesis, otherwise known as the “prehistory texts.” How do we live as a people made in the image of God? For details on the Bible in 100 Passages" series, see http://www.fourthchurch.org/bible100  

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A sermon by Nanette Sawyer. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Parish Associate Amy Pagliarella concludes a two-part series on prophetic wisdom for an age of outrage, inspired by The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr. Join Amy as she explores how to move from outrage to a healthier place, inspired by the fruits of the seventh chapter of Matthew. How do finished prophets lead us forward with good fruits, serving us and serving God?

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Amy Pagliarella begins a two-week “Rhythm and Word” series on prophetic wisdom for an age of outrage, inspired by The Tears of Things by Richard Rohr.  Join Amy as she explores the wisdom of the prophet Amos. How is everyone impacted when justice rolls down like water and righteousness like and ever-flowing stream?

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this episode Nancy Benson-Nicol concludes her series about the “spiritual bookmarks” in her faith journey.  Join Nancy as she explores the lesson of learning to pay attention to what is before us, specifically through her mother, Nanette Benson-Nicol. What spiritual bookmarks might remind you of what is important and what to pay attention to?

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A sermon by Nancy Benson-Nicol. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Nancy Benson-Nicol continues the series about the “spiritual bookmarks” in her faith journey. Join Nancy as she explores her experience of the connectional aspect of the church while being a youth advisory delegate to the 207th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA).  What spiritual bookmark might you have that expands your sense of what the church is or how the Spirit of God may move among large groups of people outside of yourself?

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A sermon by Matt Helms. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this podcast, Nancy Benson-Nicol continues her series about the “spiritual bookmarks” in her faith journey. Join Nancy as she explores the spiritual bookmark of experiencing giving life to the sacrament of Communion in a particularly meaningful way. How have the Sacraments been transformational to you? As you continue to make note of your faith, how may you be open to such transformation?

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this episode, Associate Pastor Nancy Benson-Nicol begins a series about the “spiritual bookmarks” in her faith journey. Join Nancy as she explores the spiritual bookmark of a man named Tom and how he inspired her to make the ordinary extraordinary and magical. Who in your life can inspire you in a similar way?

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Joe Morrow concludes the current series about the people who have shaped his faith journey and views as he explores the philosophy of poet and environmentalist Wendell Berry, who reminds us that there are no unsacred spaces, that all places are worthy of love, and that we can encounter God everywhere.

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A sermon by AJoseph L. Morrow. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

In this podcast, Joe Morrow continues his series about the people who have shaped his faith journey and views. Join Joe as he explores the philosophy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Embodied in word and deed, Tutu reminds us that we need each other in our human fullness — we can call even our enemies and opponents into a community of love.

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A sermon by Amy Pagliarella. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Joe Morrow continues a series about the people who have shaped his faith journey and views. Joe takes us back to 1933, reflecting on the writings of Dorothy Day in the Catholic Worker and focusing on her involvement in community building through hospitality houses during a time of economic collapse. How can we each take inspiration from Dorothy Day to make individual efforts to show similar hospitality to others?

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A sermon by Nancy Benson-Nicol. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Associate Pastor Joe Morrow continues a series about the people who have shaped his faith journey and views.  Joe reflects on the writings of mystic and Trappist monk Thomas Merton, focusing on the movement from the mind to the heart and opening ourselves to the mystical, which inspires us to find peace with others, ourselves, and with God.

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A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

With this podcast Associate Pastor Joe Morrow begins a new series about the people who have shaped his faith journey and views. Joe reflects on the neighbor-focused theology of missionary Kōsuke Koyama as presented in his book, Water Buffalo Theology. We use this theology to ask ourselves if we are here to harm or to help our neighbors.

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A sermon by Bob Hagel. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Rocky Supinger concludes the series on G. K. Chesterton's Heretics and Orthodoxy by discussing how Chesterton argued that some ideal must motivate political engagement. We reflect on how Chesterton proposed “reform” as an alternative to the ideals of “evolution” or “progress” that were popular during his time.

The worship service recording includes both pre-service and post-service music. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

A sermon by Rocky Supinger. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)

Rocky Supinger continues the series on G.K. Chesterton's Heretics and Orthodoxy by discussing the central experience of faith, which is the central experience of life — mystery and familiarity — at the same time. We reflect on how life within this faith is “eternal” life. It goes on like this forever, not because of us, but also never without us.    

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A sermon by Tom Are Jr. View PDF of worship bulletin |  (Right-click on link and open it in a new tab if you want podcast to keep playing)