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.

From the Clerk’s Desk

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The covenant of friends

And it shall come to pass, that as the heavens declare the glory of the Creator, so shall our fellowship declare a holy dwelling; for I have said unto thee, thou art my people, and I shall be thy people.

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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

Jesus called women to ministry

More information: Presbyterian Women

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.