Thank you to the Rev. Joy Douglas Strome, pastor emerita of Lake View Presbyterian Church, for stepping into the pulpit on July 20, 2025.
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 125 years.
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, July 27. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, August 3. Liturgy of the Word and Communion at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, August 10. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, August 17. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Eld. Gerald Farinas.
Sunday, August 24. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Sunday, August 24. Stated meeting of the Session at 12:30 p.m. This meeting was moved to this date due to unavailability of a Moderator on August 17.
Sunday, August 31. Liturgy of the Word at 11 a.m. with Pastor Kristin.
Watch on your mobile device or computer
During this challenging time of precautions and mitigation, we livestream our services on Zoom.com. You can create a free Zoom.com account. Our multimedia ministry is led by Derek Potts and Nathan Doll.
The Edgewater Presbyterian Church meeting ID is 868 7371 4352.
Articles and pastoral letters.
Pope calls for ‘open borders’ in midst of nationalism, xenophobia in U.S., Europe
He warned that nationalism—the dangerous lie that our country matters more than human life—is poisoning the soul of our faith.
Midweek Message: Vines and branches
The following is from Wednesday services at Three Crowns Park—A Covenant Living Community, Evanston, Illinois presided by Eld. Gerald Farinas.
Anti-Catholic hate by Protestants spiked; it must stop
Too many Protestants still cling to a hostility toward Roman Catholicism that sounds more like 19th-century nativism than 21st-century Christian maturity.
Pope Leo XIV has a great deal of importance to Presbyterians
Our very identity as Presbyterians is entangled with the papacy, not in allegiance but in origin.
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