Posted on 03 Oct 2011
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Email Rev. Kevin if you are interested in participating in a serving trip
FPCG members and friends who’ve participated in mission trips we’ve taken to Pearlington, Mississippi (after Hurricane Katrina) often report feeling blessed beyond the degree to which they blessed the disaster victims they served. Although it may not be possible to measure the degree of blessing given or received, it is clear that hands-on mission, in partnership with those in crisis, can inspire and deepen the faith of all involved.
The Christian Education Committee needs your help in gauging the interest and availability of FPCG members and friends in participating in one or more mission opportunities this program year.
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) is our denomination‘s primary program for coordinating emergency response in areas of crisis nationally and internationally.
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Posted on 26 Sep 2011
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Where do you fit at FPCG?
Many schools now teach students the value of giving back by requiring them to spend so many hours in community service.
What a wonderful concept! It teaches not simply the importance of giving or sharing of oneself but also of volunteering. Unfortunately too many young people and adults are focused on satisfying their own needs. They guard their time and their resources for things that will bring them pleasure or satisfaction.
Imagine what our communities would be like if more people were willing to give of themselves, sharing their skills and gifts.
Even more, imagine what our church would be like if more of our members, like YOU, would give of yourselves, sharing your skills and gifts.
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Posted on 19 Sep 2011
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Longtime Members Share Memories
When three of the First Presbyterian women at Rydal Park gather in the same room reminiscing about their church, a wealth of memories fill that room.
The trio, Winnie Fahs (1950), Polly Montaigne (1949) and Lisa Panetta (1973), have a combined membership of 161 years!
Winnie, who had been very active in the Girls’ Service organization in Harrisburg where she lived, moved to Germantown in 1944, visited many churches in the area but found First Church to be the best. Polly moved from New Jersey to finish college at Penn, came here for worship and “found it very satisfying.” Lisa, the daughter of the pastor of the Italian Presbyterian Church in Germantown, grew up on Price Street in the manse of that church. Her father was one of nine sons, three of whom became Presbyterian ministers.
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Posted on 06 Sep 2011
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See You At Church This Sunday!
Members and friends of First Church are invited and encouraged to attend this annual event!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH
At 11:00am in Vernon Park, following worship service
The weather looks like it is going to be good and if previous years are any indication, a good time will be had by all!
Please bring a side dish or a dessert to add to the food provided.
For more information, call Madeline Valentine!
Click here to see photos from previous picnics
Posted on 29 Aug 2011
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Thoughts on Grief, Remembering, and Celebrating New Life
Dear Friends,
It has been a long, difficult and yet rewarding journey for me the last several months. Thank you for your patience and your support.
In April my father was suddenly hospitalized. He had pulled a muscle in reaching for some-thing and then was in so much pain he could not do anything but stay in bed. He was not able to prepare food and so did not eat which set his diabetes into a flurry. Because he lived in a retirement community someone came and checked on him and found him on the floor by his bed. He was immediately transported to the hospital, never to return to his apartment. After a week’s stay in the hospital, Dad was transferred to a nursing facility associated with his retirement community.
He spent 99 days there with his health continuing to deteriorate. His mind was quite sharp up until his last few days. Dad died on July 19, exactly seven weeks before his 93rd birthday.
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