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 22 Aug 2011
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Excerpt from Rev. Nancy’s August 21st Sermon
Without a doubt the last few months have been a difficult time for me, being with my father as his health took a sudden and rapid decline, and then as he died last month. This time with my father was not so much about death...but was more about life.
We shared many thoughts and stories during our time together. He told me of things he and my Mom did, things I had never heard. He told me about his life growing up and in the army. We talked about when I was a child and shared family tales as we smiled together.
We shared our love for one another and most of all we shared our faith together… a faith that is grounded in the words of Christ… the same words our Lord spoke to Martha in the story Chris read for us: “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.” And then Jesus asked Martha as he asks each of us, “Do you believe this?”
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Posted on 17 Aug 2011
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Then the LORD answered me and said: Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so that a runner may read it.
- Habakkuk 2:2
This spring, the Session met with a consultant to renew our church mission/ vision statement and set a strategic plan for our immediate future as The First Presbyterian Church in German-town. Elders worked together Friday night and Saturday morning and began sharing their dreams for our church.
As we look ahead, together with members of our many church committees and others, elders will be setting goals and objectives for the next 1-5 years. This can be an exciting time but one of anxiety as well as there will probably be changes in how we do ministry and mission.
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Posted on 30 May 2011
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Meet Harriet Fell Kerr
Harriet Fell Kerr, who united with the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown in 1928, could just as easily have been a Quaker instead of a Presbyterian. After all, her father’s family had been Quakers since before 1680 when William Penn deeded property to them in Bucks County.
But Harriet’s Presbyterian mother prevailed, and Mr. Fell converted. By 1987, when First Church’s Session honored Harriet with a citation for nearly 60 years of service to the church, she had a master key to the buildings. Now this Rydal Park resident has been a member for 83 years.
She even met her husband, Don, in the hall in front of the Finney Room, named for the pastor who was serving the church when Harriet joined. Donald M. Kerr’s family had been members of the congregation since the 1880s.
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