Posted on 20 Dec 2010
Join us for our Christmas Eve services this Friday, December 24th.
10:30pm Nativity Concert
11:00pm Candelight Service of Lessons and Carols
This Christmas, as we joyfully celebrate the birth of our Lord, may each of us receive into our hearts the gift of this one that was so generously given to us . . . the gift of God’s Son. And may we always allow him to live within us and to shine through all that we say and do.
FPCG Staff Christmas Gifts
Christmas is a time when we can show our appreciation to our staff for all they do during the year to serve our congregation and community. Most of us have experienced the “extra” each of these staff members put into their job.
Staff Appreciation Christmas Gifts will be given to: Kevin, Eileen, David, Christian, Heidi, Kathy, Sally, Terry, Harry and Whaley just prior to the holiday.
You can share in these appreciation gifts by sending your contribution (checks made out to The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown) to the Personnel Committee.
Posted on 02 Dec 2010
Concert This Sunday, December 5th
The Messiah concert and Christmas Dinner & Silent Auction is fast approaching and truly is a concert not to be missed.
Handel’s “Messiah” at 3:00pm
featuring:
The Germantown Oratorio Choir
Philadelphia Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra
Laurice Kennel, soprano
Jessica Lowe, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Jasper, tenor
Jonathan Sills, baritone
Gary D. White, conducting
David C. Daugherty, chorus master
Sunday’s concert will feature great singing and a fantastic orchestra! Come and bring your family and friends! and plan to stay for the Christmas Dinner and Silent Auction.
Silent Auction
Check out the baskets after the concert in the Jennings Room. Proceeds benefit the ministry and mission of the church!
Christmas Dinner at 5:15
Advance purchase of tickets is required for dinner only. Call the church office to reserve your spot.
Click here for more information about our annual concert series.
Posted on 12 Oct 2010
Mr.Dain Perry, a member of the family chronicled in the documentary Traces of the Trade, will be a guest preacher at FPCG at this Sunday’s worship (Oct 17).
Later in the afternoon, Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North will be screened at FPCG at 4:00 pm that same day. Dain and Constance, his wife, will also be at the screening and will lead the discussion which follows. This screening is presented by Neighborhood Interfaith Movement (NIM).
About the Film:
In the feature documentary Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North, filmmaker Katrina Browne discovers that her New England ancestors were the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history. She and nine cousins retrace the Triangle Trade and gain powerful new perspectives on the black/white divide. Click here to learn more about the film.
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Posted on 19 Jul 2010
African Children’s Choir
The African Children’s Choir was in concert at First Church last December. Click here to see photos from that concert. Although many are orphans or come from very poor families the children, radiated joy, enthusiasm and optimism. In many cases families must pay for their children to go to school and as a result many do not have the opportunity for an education.
The African Children’s Choir has been working with the most vulnerable children in Africa for 26 years. Their mission was, and still is, to show the world that Africa’s most needy and vulnerable children have beauty, dignity, and unlimited ability. Each year a new choir is selected and the children from the previous year’s choir return to their homelands to attend school.
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Posted on 06 Jul 2010
The Reverend Carmen Goetschius will be the guest preacher at worship this Sunday, July 11th.
She currently serves the Arch Street Presbyterian Church in Center City as the Minister of Evangelism and Discipleship. This historic congregation is attempting to unearth a new and faithful identity as it responds to the changing demographics and needs of the city.
Ms. Goetschius hails from the Pacific Northwest, received her M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2007, and most recently served at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City as their first Global Ministry Fellow before coming to Philadelphia. After seminary, she taught in Zambia for one year and has traveled extensively throughout the Global South.
She is delighted to join The First Presbyterian Church of Germantown for worship!
