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.
Posted on 29 Dec 2008
This Sunday (1/4) at 3:00pm, First Pres is pleased to host a performance of Amahl and the Night Visitors.
This popular Christmas opera written by Gian Carlo Menotti centers around Amahl, a crippled boy, and his monther. One night, they unexpectedly find themselves hosting the three kings on their way to visit the Christ child.
Read more about this performance
Posted on 29 Sep 2008
Mike Berenstain, a member of the Doylestown Presbyterian Church and the second-generation author/illustrator of the Berenstain Bears books, has created a new series of faith-based books to impart some simple Christian wisdom to the young and young-at-heart.
Come to Bread and Cup this Sunday (Oct 5) at 6:00pm to meet Mike and the Bears!
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