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Children entering Kindergarten through graduating 5th grade are invited to our week-long day camp at Fair Oaks, June 10-14, 8 am-5 pm. Cost is $100 per child with scholarships available. Children will bring their lunch, but snacks will be provided. Register here.

Fair Oaks needs preparers and servers for its celebration of communion. All members can help prepare the elements while only ordained members can serve communion. Please consider helping with this important part of our worship service. See the eWeekly to sign up. During the programming year, liturgists help the co-pastors lead our 10 am Sunday worship services. Consider volunteering to serve as liturgist for one or more Sundays.

Dear Fair Oaks Family, As we look to commemorate 100 years of Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church, we have much to celebrate. Because of those who came before us, Fair Oaks continues to grow and build so much more than a church structure.  So what are we building?: These things happen and are happening because of YOUR giving and God’s grace! Your pledges help us continue to build something that matters. During the pledge season, you heard more about the associate…

Fair Oaks hosts Learning Edge Tutoring on Monday nights during the school year. The program provides free one-to-one tutoring for students who primarily live in the Austin neighborhood. Learning Edge Tutoring has an immediate need for volunteer tutors for its Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evening programs.  Tutors are matched with a student (grades K through 8) and meet with them once a week (holidays excluded) for 90 minutes from 6:30-8 pm through mid-May.  Student-tutor pairs work together on homework and/or seek to…

Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church in Oak Park, a vibrant congregation with a strong representation across generations and a commitment to engaging the neighborhood and all members in the life of the congregation, is seeking a church organist to play the organ and piano at all scheduled services of worship and rehearsals in support of worship at Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church. For information on the position and how to apply, click here.

Saturday morning pickleball at Fair Oaks is back! An almost-regulation-sized court (it’s a little short) has been laid out in the gym and a net has been provided for pickle ball play. There are open slots at 9 am and 10 am. No equipment or experience is necessary—there are extra paddles available, and the group is happy to provide instruction to those who have never played. To register to play, please email the office and provide your cell number to be added…

Update and Transition – June 27, 2022 The Afghan refugee family we sponsor is doing well. Their apartment now has air conditioners and curtains to help with this heat – they tell us it is rarely this hot in Afghanistan! The younger boys (ages 16 and 11) have finished the school year and happily report that they did well. The oldest boy (age 19) is working part-time to support the family and is studying part-time at community college. Four of…

Beyond Hunger appreciates all donations to help feed our neighbors in need. Currently, the following items are in high demand at the food pantry: Donations may be dropped off at the church in the marked basket in the narthex or at Beyond Hunger on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 10 am-4 pm. Beyond Hunger is located in the lower level of First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, and is accessible via a door located in…

Learn about the benefits of native plants, the money-saving use of community solar, the practical aspects of recycling and composting, and how to welcome monarch butterflies to your yard – it’s all in a four-session environmental Adult Education series. While the Zoom series has concluded, each session was recorded. Click here for more information and to access the recorded sessions.

Our church has moved to a new kind of record keeping system, and it comes with an app! Check your eWeekly email or email the church office for a link to sign up or sign in.