Posted on 13 Apr 2009
Youth Celebration & Legs Against Arms 5K Run/Walk
Sunday, April 26th
LaSalle University Track
Our own Germantown Exclusive Drill Team continues its commitment to a peaceful Germantown by helping with this year’s Celebration of Youth event.
Click here for more details.
The Drill Team will kick off the Celebration of Youth portion of the event at 9:45am at the LaSalle University Track and then perform later in the day at 12:15pm.
Come support our team, and the event in our neighborhood!
Learn more and register for the Run/Walk
Posted on 31 Mar 2009 . 1 comment
by Rev. Nancy Muth
The Lenten journey for 2009 is coming to an end. April 12th is Easter Sunday, the most glorious day in the Christian Church.
It is the day that we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that we are reminded that the promises of God are true.
It is a day that we sing “Alleluia!” together as we know that because he lives, we will live also!
I, along with others from First Church, just returned from my first visit to the Holy Land. What a magnificent trip! One of the things we had the privilege to do while in Jerusalem was to walk along the Via Doloroso, which in Latin means the Way of Grief or the Way of Suffering.
This is a road that winds around Jerusalem and which is thought to be the path that Jesus took on that Good Friday. This is not a tree lined street, but one with old stone buildings on either side and with venders calling for your attention selling their wares. It was along this route that our Lord carried the cross on which he would soon be nailed to die a painful death . . . all on our behalf.
This year’s Holy Week will be all the more meaningful to me because of my trip, but we don’t have to visit these places to fully comprehend the significance of this week’s events on our faith.
Click here to read more about the worship events scheduled for Holy Week
Posted on 18 Mar 2009 . 1 comment
On every night of the year, over 1000 children and their families are homeless in Philadelphia.
The Interfaith Hospitality Network, “the shelter that is not like a shelter” provides shelter, food and other assistance to our neighbors in need.
At two to four week intervals, member congregations offer hospitality and provide volunteers for IHN guest families. This hospitality make a huge difference in the lives of families as they achieve and accomplish their goals on the path to stability.
Our current hosting period began Sunday, 3/1 and continues through Sunday, 3/22.
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Posted on 10 Mar 2009
How can local businesses use the internet to become more profitable?
Seminar hosted by the Germantown Business Association
To address the concern around closing Philadelphia area businesses, the Greater Germantown Business Association welcomes all to attend the Greater Germantown Business Association’s March Program, Social Media for Business Sustainability, on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, 35 West Chelten Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144.
The Association’s regular monthly meeting is held on the second Tuesday of every month; and, begins at 7:00 p.m. sharp with updates, the workshop immediately follows. Meeting adjourns at 8:00 p.m.
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Posted on 02 Mar 2009 . 1 comment
By Nancy Muth, Pastor
It’s Lent! The 200th Lenten Season to be celebrated at The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown.
Actually, that’s probably not true, for as Presbyterians celebrating Lent is relatively new. Yes, we have always observed Holy Week with worship services on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday, but the weeks leading up to those days before Easter have been more a part of the Roman Catholic tradition than Presbyterian.
Recently, however, that has changed and as Presbyterians we take Lent very seriously. It begins with Ash Wednesday and continues for the next forty days (excluding Sundays).
Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. It originated in the fourth century as a time of preparation for those who were to be baptized and join the church on Easter Sunday.
Also, it is when those who had been separated from the Church would prepare to rejoin the community. Lent was a time of preparation. And so it is that preparation is still part of Lent as we, even Presbyterians, learn what it means to follow Jesus Christ.
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