Posted on 25 Feb 2009
There is so much happening this week at FPCG! Don’t forget to mark your calendar for these important upcoming events:
“20-30 Somethings” Women’s Circle
Friday, Feb. 27
7:00pm
Please call Sara Greene for more information: 215-848-2904
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Family Favorites Fundraiser Kick Off
Sunday, March 1
11:00am, after Worship
Help us make our first church fundraiser of the year a success!
Sample yummy pizza and grab a product packet after worship on Sunday. Items for sale include: Pizza kits, Calzones, Pretzel products Cookie Dough, Cheesecakes and Pies.
Profits from the sale will further enable the vital ministry of this congregation. Please call Donna Payne for more information: 215-242-4540
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“20-30 Somethings” Pot Luck
Sunday, March 1
6:00pm
Longstreth Auditorium.
Come for a time of food and fellowship....stay for Bread and Cup at 7:00pm! Please bring a dish to pass. Call Sheila Heyer-Rivera for more information: 267-972-5459
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Bread and Cup Coffee House
Sunday, March 1
7:00pm
Headliners: Sister Cecilia Wilson, storyteller and member of the Deaconess Community of the ELCA and Rhonda F. Sharpe, poet and author of “Poems to Ponder”
As always, we will have an open microphone time and refreshments. Bring a friend or make a new one at Bread and Cup!
Posted on 19 Feb 2009
Audrey Hepburn got to have breakfast at only one Tiffany’s. How would you like to have breakfast with several?
You can!
Join us on Saturday, February 21 at 9:30am,when we will host A Breakfast With Tiffanies.
We won’t be celebrating the jewelry store, but rather the magnificent stained-glass Tiffany windows that decorate our church, especially the stunning Tiffany Rose Window that graces the front facade.
There will be a cost of $10 for the experience, which includes a breakfast and presentation by Mezalick Studios.
A Breakfast With Tiffanies is part of our year-long celebration of the 200th Anniversary of First Presbyterian Church in Germantown.
The presentation by Mezalick Studios will be followed by a Continental breakfast in the Longstreth Auditorium, which is home to another lovely stained-glass window.
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Posted on 11 Feb 2009
So much has happened since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2005, it is easy to forget that homes and lives are still in the process of being rebuilt. Once again, you have an opportunity to let the residents of the small town of Pearlington, MS know that they have not been forgotten as FPCG sponsors a mission trip there this Holy Week (April 4-10).
This year it is our hope that participants can fly to New Orleans and drive the hour to Pearlington as opposed to making the 21 hour drive from Philadelphia. However, in order to make this feasible, we will need to know during February if you would like to join Rev. Kevin Porter and Christian Heyer Rivera on the trip so that we can nail down travel arrangements. Read More
Posted on 04 Feb 2009
Sharone Gaither, a longtime friend of Bread and Cup, will host this month’s presentation of Lawrence Lockett and Friends on Sunday, February 8 at 7:00pm.
Mr. Lockett is a recent graduate of Drexel University who has been producing a coffee house format similar to Bread and Cup on Drexel’s campus, highlighting the talents of students and others. He’ll be bringing some of those performers with him to Bread and Cup.
Ms. Gaither is a poet and performer in her own right, as well as a woman committed to the community. She is on the board of the Whosoever Gospel Mission, and was one of several Bread and Cup performers who spearheaded a fundraiser for the Mission after their 2006 fire. Read More
Posted on 29 Jan 2009
The Philadelphia Urban Ministry Institute (PUMI) is offering a free workshop for pastors, church leaders. and concerned members.
For Such A Time As This:
Ministry in Times of Economic Stress
Saturday, January 31
9:30 a.m. - Noon
The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown
In addition to worship with Rev Bill Golder, pastor of Broad Street Ministries in Center City, there will be 6 workshop options within 3 different tracks:
-Increasing Income
-Cutting Expenses
-Furthering Ministry.
Your church should send several people to benefit from each Workshop Track.
Parking is available in the two church parking lots adjacent to the church. Two different Germantown train stations are just blocks away from the church and several SEPTA buses stop right in front of the church.
Please RSVP so that we know how many people to expect. Call the church office at 215-843-8811 or e-mail
Read more and download the flyer here.
