Posted on 31 Mar 2009
Please join us for Easter Morning Worship on April 12th!
Prelude Music begins at 9:45 AM
Festival Service at 10:00 AM
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Here are some of the Holy Week events happening at FPCG:
Good Friday - April 10th
Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) 7:30 PM
Easter Festival - Saturday, April 11th
Each season during our 200th Anniversary celebration, the Christian Education Committee is sponsoring a family friendly event for the congregation and the larger Germantown community. Join us this Saturday as we celebrate Easter!
The Festival begins at 11:00 AM and includes:
Easter Program, Handbells, Easter Egg Hunt, Egg Dyeing, Drill Team, Crafts and Light Refreshments
Download this PDF for more information
Posted on 27 Mar 2009
The Philadelphia Youth Orchestra
Sunday, March 29 at 3:00 PM
Featuring:
The Germantown Oratorio Choir &
The Choral Society of Montgomery County
Brahms Requiem
Louis Scagione, Conductor
The Brahms Requiem is one of the most often performed of all choral-orchestral works.
Free-will offering will be taken.
Parking is available.
Posted on 02 Mar 2009
Thursdays in Lent at 7:00pm
At FPCG, the Lenten season has traditionally been marked by a provocative series intended to stretch participants understanding of the Christian faith in our lives and culture.
This year we will be screening the films of Macky Alston as the foundation of our discussion series.
We invite you to join us this Thursday, March 5th at 7:00pm for our first film.
Family Name (March 5): In this documentary Macky Alston delves into his own family history after discovering that the Alstons were one of the largest slave owning families in antebellum North Carolina. The film, shown as part of the PBS series P.O.V. (Point of View), chronicles the surprising twists and turns of his search for the descendants of the slaves and slave owners who lived on the plantations once owned by his family.
Click here to read more about the other films we will be screening and discussing throughout lent
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 Jan 2009
As part of our bicentennial celebration, The Rev. Aaron Gast preached this past Sunday, Jan. 25th at our 10:00 worship service! Listen to his sermon by clicking here or visiting our podcast page.
Dr. Gast was the minister of the church from 1967 until 1981. During that time, he guided the congregation in instituting 30 new programs, organizations and features in the church’s life. Significant among them were tutoring sessions and Daily Vacation Bible School.
Under Dr. Gast’s leadership, First Germantown was also involved in 16 organizations and validated projects in the Greater Germantown area, associations which continue today: the Germantown Y.M.C.A., the Northwest Interfaith Movement and the Whosoever Gospel Mission.
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