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Adult Education: Jesus and the Disinherited (Book Study)
Adult Education: Jesus and the Disinherited (Book Study)
From February 26-April 2, Adult Education will be reading and discussing Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited. Thurman was a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. at Boston University, and King carried a copy of Jesus and the Disinherited in his pocket during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this season of Lent, we hope that…
Worship: Rev. Janine Zabriskie, guest preacher
Worship: Rev. Janine Zabriskie, guest preacher
You are warmly invited to join us at 10:30a in the Sanctuary for our Sunday worship service. We are pleased to welcome Rev. Janine Zabriskie as our guest preacher on Sunday, March 26, 2023. A fourth-generation theologian, Rev. Janine Zabriskie was born in New Jersey, grew up in the Hudson Valley region of New York,…
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Adult Education: Jesus and the Disinherited (Book Study)
Adult Education: Jesus and the Disinherited (Book Study)
From February 26-April 2, Adult Education will be reading and discussing Howard Thurman's Jesus and the Disinherited. Thurman was a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. at Boston University, and King carried a copy of Jesus and the Disinherited in his pocket during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this season of Lent, we hope that…
Palm Sunday Worship: Rev. Dottie LaPenta, guest preacher
Palm Sunday Worship: Rev. Dottie LaPenta, guest preacher
You are warmly invited to join us at 10:30a in the Sanctuary for our Sunday worship service. We are pleased to welcome Rev. Dorothy LaPenta as our guest preacher for Palm Sunday on April 2, 2023. Dorothy is a retired minister member of Baltimore Presbytery. She graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2002 after a…
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Good Friday Service of Tenebrae (with readings and motets)
Good Friday Service of Tenebrae (with readings and motets)
On Friday, April 7, 2023 at 7:00pm, we will hold our annual Good Friday Service of Tenebrae. The tradition of Tenebrae is a meditation on Christ’s suffering. Readings by First & Franklin's leaders will trace the story of Christ’s passion, music by the First & Franklin Sanctuary Choir will portray his pathos. and the power…
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Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt
Easter Breakfast and Egg Hunt
On April 9th, Easter Sunday, members Frank McNeil and Paul Fowler will continue their tradition of hosting an Easter breakfast at 9:00am. Mini-casseroles and orange juice will be provided, but guests are encouraged to bring a dish to share. There will also be an egg hunt for the children, arranged by Judy Dadds. Please RSVP…
Easter Sunday Worship: Rev. Dottie LaPenta, guest preacher
Easter Sunday Worship: Rev. Dottie LaPenta, guest preacher
Join us on Sunday on April 9, 2023 to experience our magnificent Easter celebration, featuring brass, timpani, choir, and organ. Please note that the Prelude will begin at 10:10am. Additionally, we are pleased to welcome Rev. Dorothy LaPenta as our guest preacher. Dorothy is a retired minister member of Baltimore Presbytery. She graduated from Princeton…
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Video Study: Surprised by Hope
Video Study: Surprised by Hope
If Jesus was resurrected, does that mean that we will be resurrected too? What do the Bible and Christian tradition actually say about heaven and what happens after death? Beginning Sunday, April 16, the Adult Forum will discuss these issues in N. T. Wright's book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission…
Worship: Rev. José H. López-Chapa, guest preacher
Worship: Rev. José H. López-Chapa, guest preacher
You are warmly invited to join us at 10:30a in the Sanctuary for our Sunday worship service. We are pleased to welcome Rev. José H. López-Chapa as our guest preacher on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Rev. José H. López-Chapa is currently serving as the pastor of Comunidad Presbiteriana La Trinidad (CPT), Baltimore Presbytery’s lone Hispanic/Latine,…
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Video Study: Surprised by Hope
Video Study: Surprised by Hope
If Jesus was resurrected, does that mean that we will be resurrected too? What do the Bible and Christian tradition actually say about heaven and what happens after death? Beginning Sunday, April 16, the Adult Forum will discuss these issues in N. T. Wright's book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission…
Worship: Rev. Janna VanderWoude, guest preacher
Worship: Rev. Janna VanderWoude, guest preacher
You are warmly invited to join us at 10:30a in the Sanctuary for our Sunday worship service. We are pleased to welcome Rev. Janna VanderWoude as our guest preacher on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Rev. Janna VanderWoude was ordained into Baltimore Presbytery in October 2017, after earning her MDiv from Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond,…
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Video Study: Surprised by Hope
Video Study: Surprised by Hope
If Jesus was resurrected, does that mean that we will be resurrected too? What do the Bible and Christian tradition actually say about heaven and what happens after death? Beginning Sunday, April 16, the Adult Forum will discuss these issues in N. T. Wright's book Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission…
Worship: Rev. Michael Cuppett, guest preacher
Worship: Rev. Michael Cuppett, guest preacher
You are warmly invited to join us at 10:30a in the Sanctuary for our Sunday worship service. We are pleased to welcome Rev. Michael Cuppett as our guest preacher on Sunday, April 30, 2023. The Rev. Michael Cuppett is a Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbytery of Baltimore and currently serves as the…
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Flower Mart Group Outing
Flower Mart Group Outing
Did you get excited reading the article in the April newsletter about the annual Flower Mart? Have you walked over and seen how gorgeous the flowers around the Washington Monument are this year? Let’s meet in the M&T Bank parking lot across from the church on Saturday, May 6th at 2PM and we will walk…
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