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.
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.
Liturgies and Meetings.
Worship services are every Sunday at 11 a.m. with Rev. Kristin Hutson presiding and Allison Mann directing music. Communion liturgy is celebrated on the first Sunday of each month.
Stated meetings of the Session (Board of Governors) are on the third Sunday of each month after worship.
Upcoming Liturgies and Meetings (Click to view live stream on Zoom).
Sunday, August 31. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, September 7. Liturgy of the Word and Communion at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Tuesday, September 9. Homeland Security Fall Religious Observance Safety and Security Briefing.
Sunday, September 14. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, September 21. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, September 21. Stated meeting of Session at 12:30 p.m.
Sunday, September 28. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Watch on your mobile device or computer
We livestream our services on Zoom.com. You can create a free Zoom.com account. The Edgewater Presbyterian Church meeting ID is 868 7371 4352.
From the Clerk’s Desk
Presbyterians are committed to mental health; God approves medicine, therapy
Medicine and therapy are not signs of spiritual failure. They are signs of God’s grace working through human hands and minds.
Congress’ passage of the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is un-Christian
Did you feed the hungry? Did you give water to the thirsty? Did you clothe the naked, welcome the stranger, visit the imprisoned, care for the sick?
Call to Worship in sorrow for our mistreatment of Indigenous people
The following is a Call to Worship I wrote that invokes a spirit of lament and reconciliation for how Christian missionaries forced Western culture and practices on Indigenous in the Americas and overseas territories.
Bashing atheists is deeply un-Christian
When Christians treat atheists like enemies, or say they can’t be good people, we’re turning our backs on the message of Jesus.
Midweek Message: Beware of fake preaching
The following is from a homily delivered at Three Crowns Park—a Covenant Living Community in Evanston, Ill. to residents on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. It is based on the lectionary reading from Matthew 7:15-20.
Microaggressions are pervasive in some churches; white savior behaviors, too
If the Church isn’t a place where people can breathe freely, then it’s not a house of God. It’s just another place where the world tells them they don’t belong.
Ask the Elder: What are the Biblical reasons for protesting the President?
The Bible teaches us to care for people who are poor, hurting, or left out.
Midweek Message: We don’t need to show off for God
God sees what we do even when no one else is watching.
Jesus called women to ministry
More information: Presbyterian Women
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
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.
