Posted on 11 Apr 2011
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Join Us! Sundays in the Finney Room at 11:30
At FPCG, Lent has traditionally been marked by provocative series intended to stretch participants’ understanding of the Christian faith in our lives and culture so that we might experience the resurrection power of Christ more fully in our individual and communal lives.
This year, Rev. Porter will be leading a study of a report and recommendations unanimously adopted by our denomination, the PC(USA), at the last General Assembly entitled “Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call” The resolution calls congregations to participate in grassroots faith-based activism to prevent the deaths of so many who die or are injured by guns each year.
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Posted on 04 Apr 2011
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Dear Friends,
We are in the midst of the holiest season of our Christian faith as we have been walking our Lenten journey, soon to enter Holy Week, following our Lord to the cross and then to the empty tomb as we rejoice and praise God for Christ’s glorious resurrection.
It is important for us during these days of Lent to take time to:
+ reflect on our lifestyles
+ reflect on our priorities
+ reflect on our faith in Jesus Christ
+ and reflect on how we are living out our faith.
Can someone tell that you are a Christian from the way you live your life? Some people find it helpful to give something up for Lent. I’m not sure if they do it as a discipline or as an excuse to temporarily suspend a bad habit or for both reasons. I am not someone who follows this practice as I don’t find it helpful in bringing me closer to God. However, the positive aspect I find when people give something up for the Lenten season is that they realize that Lent is a time to live life differently.
A more meaningful Lenten practice that I recommend is to carve out some time during the day when you can spend time with a Bible in your hand and maybe even a devotional.
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Posted on 21 Mar 2011 . 12 comments
April 9th from 9:00am-Noon
This annual event is a major fund raising initiative for the Germantown Avenue Crisis Ministry and you don’t have to walk to participate. We’ve set a goal of $6,000 and need you to help us meet the challenge.
First, pick up a Contribution form and begin obtaining names of those who will provide cash donations to the cause. Additional information to connect you to our team web page will be available soon making it easy to donate on line and to invite friends near and far to support us too.
Second, plan to join us for the 5K walk/run (a little over 3 miles) beginning at the Art Museum and proceeding around Martin Luther King Drive.
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Posted on 07 Mar 2011 . 1 comment
By Rev. Kevin Porter
When I first came to FPCG in 1994, the name of the newsletter was Crossroads News. The name was taken from our congregation’s motto, “The Church at the Crossroads,” emphasizing our place prominently at the center of Germantown, both physically and as a community partner working for the neighborhood’s well being.
As Windows takes on a new look this month, we’re launching a new regular feature in which I’ll highlight the ways in which FPCG is indeed “The Church at the Crossroads” now more than ever through the community partnerships in which we’re actively involved.
Although I’ll be focusing on the ways in which we’re an “at the table” institutionally, I am also interested in letting readers know how our members are bearing witness to their Christian faith through their work in the community.
If you have a story to share, please let me know so that others will see how the body of Christ is at work transforming Germantown.
Posted on 28 Feb 2011
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Reflections by Rev. Nancy Muth
I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19a
Dear Friends,
Change is not always easy or a welcome thing, but it is often necessary. Some unfortunate but necessary changes have been made at The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown due to our current financial situation.
Our church has been blessed by having an endowment that was made possible from gifts given by former members and friends of the congregation decades ago. The monies were wisely invested and grew over time. For more than ten years now we have been relying heavily upon the endowment to fund our church’s ministry and mission. In fact, we have been relying so heavily on these monies that the endowment has been decreasing in value.
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