This has been a great summer for our Freedom School Scholars!
Here are a few snapshots from this year’s program. Click here to see more photos!
Do you love to sing? There are multiple opportunities for you to share your love for music at FPCG this summer!
Join our newly forming GOSPEL CHOIR!
Rehearsals are on Sundays at 11:30 in the Music Room
For more information, and to get involved, contact Donna Payne 215-450-7963 or Joanne Elliott 215-725-0420
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Be a Part of the SUMMER CHOIR!
During the summer months the professional section leaders will be off and the Chancel Choir will be an all volunteer choir.
Rehearsals will be held Sunday mornings beginning at 8:30am and ending around 9:30am. Come when you can! We will be singing music that is a bit easier than our usual fare with the hope of engaging more volunteers from the congregation.
Give David Daugherty a call at 215-843-8811, ext 21 for more information.
by Deborah Thompson
Welcome to my inaugural column on good books for all readers, especially K-5. In this column, I will recommend exemplary titles that are linked through themes—seasonal, holiday, author or genre.
It is a well-documented fact that children lose educational ground during the summer (the summer brain drain). One of the best ways to stop this decline is through reading nonfiction—the format that all students encounter more and more as they move up in the grades.
I invite parents of young readers to read the books aloud to their children. It is amazing what one can learn from reading a children‘s book- so you older readers out there, do not let the fact that the books listed are for mainly grades 3-5 keep you from picking up one to read. Personal interest, not reading level, is the most important reason for choosing a book. A longer list of recommended summer nonfiction can be found on the church literature table.
By Jim Thompson
All of us are indebted to the past, to those who precede us. We drink from wells we have not dug. We enjoy liberties we have not won. We share faith whose foundations we have not laid.
At the same time, we are seeds of the future for those who succeed us. We dream and envision and set things in motion. The fruition of our decisions will be known only to others whom we will not meet. We are called to partner in faith with those who have gone before us and to offer the best that we have to give to those who will follow.
God calls us to make wise and faithful choices about the use and disposition of our property. By planning our future gifts now, we are graciously responding to the blessings in our lives, reflecting our faith that we will continue to recognize God’s generosity.
At their annual meeting on June 11, the Board of Directors of Creative Germantown Initiative (CGI) elected new executive officers. Brian Harris, immediate past vice president, was elected president. Ted Walkenhorst, immediate past president, was elected to vice president. Peter Smith was reelected treasurer. Each position carries a term of two years. The board is excited about these changes and looks forward to the continued dedicated service of these individuals and to the growth of the organization which helps carry out the mission of First Church.
The board wishes to express its deepest thanks to Ted Walkenhorst for his service over the last 3 years. He has been committed to the organization and has guided its direction with passion. Birthing a nonprofit is always a challenge and becomes a labor of love. Ted loves this organization; his past leadership combined with his willingness to continue to serve should be an example to all people of Christ-like passion and service.