Our News Section
Tom got a blog! So, I hear Tom has gone digital! Welcome to 2011 Tom, and we are excited to see your new blog! This blog will be updated at least once a week, and the best part is that it's very interactive. We're invited to participate in his thoughts, reflections, and otherwise brilliant ramblings as well as recieve some at home spirituality. I'm personally excited about this, and I know Tom is as well! Thanks! - Alex
Dartball on Mondays: The dartball season is coming to a close. Thanks to Jerry Poehner for leading our team again this year. The schedule for the rest of the season follows:
March 7,14,21 - playoffs
The kickoff for the New Beginnings program will be immediately after lunch on Sunday, March 13 (See ‘Sunday Lunches’ below). Sign up for lunch and stay for Philip Lotspeich’s presentation on the assessment made for the future of Fourth Presbyterian Church. Your attendance at the kick off could be vital to the life of your church family.
The Olive Group will gather at the home of Nick Wright at 7:00 pm, Saturday, March 19. Come and enjoy the fun.
Lenten/Easter
events
Fourth will start
its Lenten/Easter events with an Ash Wednesday Pot Luck
Dinner on Wednesday, March 9 at 5:45 pm. Our Ash
Wednesday worship service will follow in the sanctuary
at 6:30 pm. Wednesday dinners (5:45 pm) will continue
during Lent, with a Lenten service starting at 6:30 pm
each of the 5 Wednesday nights between Ash Wednesday and
Holy Week. There will be a time of gathering and
refreshments/desserts following each service.
There will not
be a dinner on the Wednesday, April 20th, during Holy
Week.
You are
encouraged to join the special Maundy Thursday (April
21) and Good Friday (April 22) services during Holy
Week. Both services start at 6:30 pm. The Maundy
Thursday service will include a symbolic meal (not a
full meal) and communion service. The Good Friday
service will be a Tenebrae service.
Easter Sunday
morning will be filled with worship, food and fun
activities for our children. The Early Worship service
will start at 8 am. Breakfast will be at 9 am in the
Fellowship Hall. Special activities for the children
will start at 9:30 am. Our second worship service will
start at 10 am. This schedule should leave you plenty of
time to join in other Easter festivities.
Refreshments/Desserts
During Lent, each
committee of Session will be responsible for providing
refreshments/desserts after each Wednesday night Lenten
worship service. (There will be NO dessert at the
Wednesday dinners.) The schedule follows:
March 16 -
Congregational Care Committee
March 23 -
Mission/Evangelism Committee
March 30 -
Property/Stewardship Committee
April 6 - Worship
Committee
April 13 -
Christian Education Committee
April 21 - Maundy
Thursday - Fellowship
The Fellowship
Committee will be available to help the other committees
as needed. Contributions from other committees will be
appreciated for the Maundy Thursday refreshments.
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