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.
New elders were elected at the congregational meeting. Elected to second terms are Elds. Katherine Anderson and Chuma Ezeokoli. Elected to her first term is Jessica Beasley. She will be ordained in a special liturgy,
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.
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
Litany for Advent
O God, we light candles in the darkness to remind us that you are coming. But the darkness feels very close this year.
Prayer for LGBTQ people who can’t go home for Thanksgiving
O Spirit of Grace, who dwells in all hearts and calls every soul worthy, we gather this day, holding in our thoughts those who find themselves estranged on this holiday of gathering.
Prayer for National Coming Out Day
On this National Coming Out Day, we lift up all your children who have found the courage to live truthfully and openly.
A prayer from Edgewater observing 24 years since 9/11
Through Christ, who is our peace, we pray.
Prayer for the victims of the Afghanistan earthquake
More than 800 lives have been lost, and thousands of others lie wounded or missing.
Deliver us from evil
When I pray “deliver us from evil,” I am not asking God to make me comfortable while the world burns.
Prayer after 80 years since Hiroshima and Nagasaki
God of justice and mercy, on this solemn anniversary, we bow our heads in remembrance and repentance.
Prayer for Farmworkers Appreciation Day
On this Farmworkers Appreciation Day, we lift up those who rise before the sun, stoop low in fields heavy with harvest, and labor with blistered hands to feed this nation.
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.
