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About Our Church

Announcements

Pledge Season 2025: The Next 100 Years Starts Now

Dear Fair Oaks Family, You’ve been hearing this season about what the last 100 years has brought us. In 2024, especially, we’ve been celebrating the remarkable milestone of a century of our faith community growing together. We have built a community that has greatly impacted the spiritual lives of our members and our community over many generations. We should be proud of that legacy of faith, but our community is always changing. Even as we honor the past, we must…

Fall Feast

We had a wonderful evening of fellowship and good food at our annual Fall Feast on Sunday. Over 100 participants enjoyed a delicious potluck meal in Fellowship Hall. Thanks especially to the Congregational Activities committee for organizing such a great event!

Greening of the Sanctuary

Volunteer to Prepare the Church for Advent! Advent begins on Dec. 1 and following Fair Oaks tradition, we are gathering on Sun., Nov. 24, from 12-4 pm to prepare the church for this special season. Feel free to join us for an hour or two or the whole time. Mid highs and senior highs are welcome as well! We will be ordering sandwiches for everyone since we’ll start our preparations after church and coffee hour. Please indicate on the sign-up form…

Mid High Christmas Party

The annual Mid High Christmas party is set for Sun., Dec. 15, 5-6:30 pm at the church. Bring a white elephant gift (handmade, recycled or less than $5).

Our Staff

Organist

Cathy Dunn

Cathy Dunn has a diverse career as an organist/pianist, stage director, and singer. As a soprano in the chorus at Lyric Opera, she has appeared in nearly 2000 performances. She is the Resident Director for Petite Productions and also directs opera for Chicago Summer Opera. Cathy studied voice, piano, and organ at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, her hometown. She received a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University before continuing her studies in Germany. She has either…
Director of Instrumental Music

Linda Van Dyke

Linda teaches private clarinet and saxophone lessons and performs professionally.

Family and Youth