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.
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.
Sunday, December 14. Third Sunday of Advent Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, December 21. Fourth Sunday of Advent Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, December 21. Stated meeting of the Session at 12:30 p.m.
Friday, January 16. Congregational reports due to the Clerk of Session.
Sunday, January 25. Congregational reports published.
Sunday, February 1. Liturgy of the Word and Sacrament at 11 a.m.
Sunday, February 1. Congregational Meeting at 12:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary.
From the Clerk’s Desk
Overlooked gratitudes
We thank God for obvious things: family, food, health, and home. While these are definitely worth celebrating, imagine the many overlooked aspects we fail to remember.
Christ the King is not compatible with Nationalism
The feast of Christ the King was added to liturgical calendars as a response to the rise in fascism in 1925.
Harvest Sunday: Giving thanks for our blessings and celebrating our diversity
For over two decades, the Sunday before the Thanksgiving civil holiday has been our Harvest Sunday.
Presbytery Assembly decisions: LGBTQ inclusion, Episcopalian ministers
The Commissioners of the Chicago Presbytery Assembly agreed on various measures changing the Constitution of the denomination. They also approved a plan for sharing ministers with The Episcopal Church.
Sojourner Truth and the ass
At an abolitionist preaching circuit, a pro-slavery preacher heckled them. Sojourner Truth responded.
An Advent candle liturgy for hope, The Way, joy, peace
There are many Advent liturgies out there. Here is one with the themes hope, The Way, joy, and peace, from a Presbyterian Church (USA) elder.
A new Serenity Prayer for our times
Reinhold Niebuhr is often credited with writing what we now know as the Serenity Prayer. I thought we needed a new one for this time in our history.
Decompress and heal after the tumult
Fred Rogers taught us a song about validating feelings and how we react to them, “What do you do with the mad that you feel?”
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.
