Welcome.
We are one of the oldest congregations on the North Side of Chicago. Located in the lakefront Bryn Mawr Historic District, we have served the residents of Edgewater, Andersonville, Uptown, and Rogers Park for over 129 years.
Ash Wedneday will be on Wednesday, February 18. Liturgy with rite of ashes will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary with the Rev. Kristin Hutson presiding.
Holy Week Schedule has been added to the Liturgies and Meetings calendar below. There will be no Liturgy on Good Friday and Easter Vigil.
You may attend these services at our sister church, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1500 W. Elmdale Ave., Chicago. Good Friday will be at 7 p.m. and Easter Vigil at 7:30 p.m.
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is in full communion with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America or ECLA.
Liturgies and Meetings.
Worship services are every Sunday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Kristin Hutson presiding. The Sacrament of Communion or Eucharist is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month. Click to view live stream on Zoom.
ASH WEDNESDAY. Wednesday. February 18. Liturgy with rite of ashes at 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 1. Liturgy of the Word and Sacrament at 11 a.m.
MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 2. Liturgy of the Word and Sacrament at 6:30 p.m.
GOOD FRIDAY, April 3. Church will be closed. No Liturgy.
EASTER VIGIL, April 4. Church will be closed. No Liturgy.
EASTER SUNDAY, April 5. Liturgy of the Word and Sacrament at 11 a.m.
From the Clerk’s Desk
Theology 101: How do I know I’m one of the elect
The “elect” are those chosen by God for salvation.
Zwingli and the sausages—Presbyterian roots
It turns out that sometimes the best way to stand up for the Gospel is to sit down for a meal.
Preserving the salt of family in a time of political division
Right now, many of us are carrying the heavy weight of silence. There are daughters who haven't spoken to their mothers over a period of time because of a fight over political party lines. There are fathers and sons who can no longer sit at the same table because their views on immigration or LGBTQ people feel like an immovable wall. We see siblings divided by how they understand race, diversity, or even the way they practice their faith.
Resist helplessness
Helplessness is a learned behavior. There is a profound difference between being in a difficult situation and being a helpless person.
Lady Gaga resurrects Mister Rogers’ ‘beautiful day in the neighborhood’
Lady Gaga is set to debut a reimagined version of the iconic theme song "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?" for a new Rocket campaign.
Meghan McCain said children’s TV hosts should be apolitical like ‘Mister Rogers’; he wasn’t
This view is a major misunderstanding of who Fred Rogers was and what he stood for. He was not apolitical. He was a man whose work was a quiet but powerful act of protest, rooted in his life as an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA).
The state, the nurse, and the luminous darkness
Today, we are thinking of Minneapolis, of Renee Good, and now Alex Pretti, whose lives are lost to the violence of the state.
Watch on your mobile device or computer
We livestream our services on Zoom.com. The Edgewater Presbyterian Church meeting ID is 868 7371 4352.
Edgewater Presbyterian Church is a member of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce, ONE Northside, and the Edgewater Community Religious Association. Pastor Kristin is a member of the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance leadership team.
this is an affirming safe space
More information: Presbyterian Church (USA) on Sexuality and Same Gender Relationships
black lives matter
More information: Presbyterian Church (USA) Bearing Witness: Black Lives Matter
Jesus called women to ministry
More information: Presbyterian Women
we commit to child safety
More information: Presbyterian Church (USA) Child/Youth/Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy and Procedure
Northside Friends Meeting
Northside Friends Meeting is a congregation of the Religious Society of Friends, popularly known as the Quakers. An historically progressive group of denominations in Christianity, it has long been pacifist, advocated for the abolition of slavery in Great Britain and the United States. They are known to be intensely social justice-oriented.
Friends have two types of meetings: programmed worship and waiting worship. Their worship space is called a meeting house. The New Community House is this congregation’s meeting house.
Grace Baptist Church
A longtime space-sharer in The New Community House is a congregation of the American Baptist Churches USA—historically known as the Northern Baptist Convention (1907-1950) and Triennial Convention (1814-1907). This particular congregation is fully affirming of LGBTQ persons in the life of the Church.
Many of the Founding Fathers and Mothers of the United States were members of the original colonial Baptist churches in New England.
