Enjoy this email received from Rev. Nancy:
They said “a picture speaks a thousand words.” So here are thousands of words spoken through pictures I have taken while enjoying a wonderful time in Maine.
-Nancy
Click here to see some of Nancy’s Photos
With an amazing amount of energy, singing, and excitement, the Freedom School opened today. Click here to see photos of the morning
Parents and children were greeted by cheering and clapping Servant Leaders in the parking lot. What a great way to start the day!
Freedom School provides a full morning of activities and fun. Children have breakfast from 8:00-8:30 and then gather together for Harambe (Swahili for working together in unity), a time of singing, sharing, celebrating and story time. Contina Lundy was today’s “guest reader” and shared the story, Click Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin.
By The Rev. Kevin L. Porter
FPCG has a great reputation for being a welcoming congregation and a caring partner in Germantown’s welfare and our current witness continues to bolster this tradition.
Freedom School is a great example of this tradition. This expansion of our Summer Day Camp, under the auspices of the new non-profit Creative Germantown Initiative (CGI), maintains our commitment to introducing community youth to Christ while also instilling in them a love of reading.
This summer, I look forward to sharing more of what we’re doing to care for each other and the community in Christ’s name, including describing the “alphabet soup” of organizations and initiatives in which we’re involved such as Creative Germantown Initiative (CGI) , Germantown Clergy Initiative (GCI) , Germantown Community Connection (GCC) and Germantown High School (GHS)!
Rest assured, even as we move into summer and Reverend Nancy settles into her sabbatical, FPCG remains Alive, Celebrating, and Serving the Living Lord!
Meet Nancy Smith and Winnie Fahs. If you don’t already know them, you are missing out!
On nearly every Sunday morning, these two members, who have been affiliated with the church for 60 years, often sit in the same pew on the west side of the sanctuary. Both joined First Church in 1950, and both were interviewed some time ago by Elizabeth Cameron and Marlene Young.
Click here to read more about these two extraordinary women!
FPCG Member Spotlight
If you are a long time member of First Church you will remember seeing DJ as a small child walking into church holding the hand of his godmother, Contina Lundy.
DJ lives with his mother, Terry, across the street from the Lundy’s. He tells me they are his second family.
Now we see DJ as a young man of 17 years, enjoying his life and making plans for his future. We will always know him by his warm and engaging smile.
DJ attends Sunday School and is active in the youth group and is also a 7 year member of the FPCG drill team and drum corps that is now known as Germantown Exclusive. He plays the snare drum and has taught this skill to others.