Volunteer Opportunities

NEW in-person summer organ concert series will begin Wednesday, June 23, and will continue for six weeks. The concerts will begin at 12:10 pm. Come and enjoy refreshing organ music in our cool (air conditioned) Sanctuary.

Scheduled performers:
June 23 – Chris Urban, organ
June 30 – Chris Urban, organ & Chuck Beech, piano
July 7 – Marianne Kim, organ
July 14 – Chris Urban, organ & Andrew Orals, violin
July 21 – Chris Urban, organ & Tom Walter, cello
July 28 – Chris Urban, organ & Nick Pulikowski, tenor

Join your First Pres friends for an afternoon visiting Mandela: The Struggle for Freedom at the Illinois Holocaust Museum. We will experience a docent led tour of the exhibit. Keep reading for more information on the day and the Mandela exhibit.

Date and Time: Sunday August 29, 2021 12:45pm – 3pm.

Where: Meet at the Illinois Holocaust Museum 9603 Woods Drive Skokie, IL 60077. Transportation to the museum is on your own. Parking is free at the museum.

Tickets: Tickets are $10 for Adults and $5 for children ages 10-18. Reserve your ticket on Sunday mornings beginning July 18 in the narthex or online. The museum is most appropriate for children and adults ages 10 and up.

Optional lunch: For those attending the 10:30am worship service prior to leaving for the museum and optional box lunch is available for $8. Lunches will be available after the 10:30am service on August 29.
Place your lunch order when you reserve tickets.

Questions: Contact Michele Holifield or Katy Allen

Sponsored by Stone Catchers and the First Pres Mission Committee

More about the exhibit:

Mandela: Struggle for Freedom traces the history of the fight against apartheid in South Africa, with Nelson Mandela as one of its central figures. With immersive environments, Mandela promotes human rights with a clear message: all people deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. Nelson Mandela was one of the most famous human rights defenders of the 20th-century and the face of a movement against racial injustice. His unbreakable will inspired people around the globe to mobilize for human rights and contributed to a worldwide crusade demanding racial equality. A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and South Africa’s first democratically elected president in 1994, Mandela devoted his life to fighting apartheid and creating a more just society.