Adult Ed. Forum May 22th at 11:30am
Come and hear about the mission and medical ministry of our own Dr. Elizabeth Drum. This education program provides her the opportunity to share her first hand experience in Haiti, Ethiopia and other parts of the world impacted by pervasive poverty and or natural disasters.
Grab your coffee and cookies after worship and head into the Jennings Room. For more information, talk to or Liz Drum.
Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22
Don’t miss this great time of fellowship and opportunity to get to know people in our church. Dinners for Eight is your chance to share a meal with eight other people at the home of a FPCG member.
This time around, a special “Family Friendly” Dinner will be hosted at the house of Lois Nafziger. Bring your families for backyard fun and a casual dinner at 4:00pm on Saturday, May 21st.
Sign up after church in the Longstreth Auditorium or contact Susan Mills Farrington at 215-882-2792 or
Reflections by Rev. Nancy Muth
“I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me” Matthew 25:35-36
As many of you know for almost half of my ministry I have worked with congregations in the area of financial stewardship. The first art of the conversation I would have with church leaders was not about money but the purpose or mission of the church. What a wonderful question for all congregations: What is the purpose or mission of the church?
In his Great Commission Jesus taught us hat the first thing we must do is to “Go out!” We are to look beyond ourselves to others. Jesus also tells us that we are “to love your neighbor as yourself.”
Throughout the Gospels and also in the Old Testament we find references about how important it is that we care or the other. And so it is that for Christian congregations the ministry of mission and outreach is so important. We are not fulfilling out Christian mandate unless we are reaching out beyond ourselves to others… to those who would otherwise be ignored and forgotten.
This Wednesday at 7:00pm
First Pres is the location of the theEight District City Council Candidate Debate on April 27th .
This event is hosted by Germantown Community Connection (GCC), the collaborative organization of the many Germantown neighborhood associations and other individual and institutional stakeholders in the community and Newsworks. This candidates’ debate and forum is for the City Council’s Eighth District seat being vacated by Donna Reed Miller. There are at least nine candidates running for the position. For more information on Germantown Community Connection, and the Candidate Debate please contact Rev.Kevin Porter.
Fresh Grocer Supermarket Closing
GCC also sponsored a community forum on Thursday, March 10, regarding the closure of the Fresh Grocer supermarket and the plans for development of the site. Over 100 citizens packed Longstreth Auditorium to voice their opinions.
O God, who for our redemption gave your only begotten Son to death on the Cross, and by his glorious resurrection has delivered us from the power of our enemy.
Grant that we who celebrate with joy the day of our Lord’s resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit.
Grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his resurrection, empowered and transformed by your grace in and among us.
O Lord, so stir up in your church, indeed in each of us, that Spirit of adoption and reconciliation that is made possible by your grace revealed in Jesus the Christ, that we being renewed in both body and mind, may worship and serve you in sincerity and truth.
We pray this in the name of the same Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.