The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown is seeking a Director of Music Ministry for a half-time position in a very diverse congregation with the largest church organ in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We seek someone who is able to play and lead across a broad spectrum of musical styles and engage a community as diverse as the music we wish to hear and through which we wish to celebrate God's glory. A full job description and more about our congregation can be found at fpcgermantown.org. To apply, send a letter of interest, résumé with references, and short audio/video samples of playing and conducting displaying a diversity of styles to [email protected] The First Presbyterian Church in Germantown 35 West Gelten Ave Philadelphia PA 19144-2174 … [Read more...]
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Grow where you’re planted — Christian education at home
A new school year is around the corner! This year this statement is met with more worry, trepidation and anxiety than in the past. In previous years, we have met the new school year with excitement — and maybe a few butterflies in our stomachs. But this fall, it’s there are so many added concerns and unknowns. Even though heading to school looks and feels totally different this year, there is still the potential for our young ones to grow. Drawing on the parable of the growing seed, your children… continue reading... -
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This summer we have instituted the Friday Funday breakfast picnic. Typical summers, my daughter and I are both off on Friday and we have Friday Funday — because, let’s be honest, Sunday Funday doesn’t work when mom is the pastor. This year, like most of you, we are finding new ways to have fun. She is a nature lover, so we have been exploring different places while we eat breakfast and I hear all about what happens in her mind. We have baked muffins. We have traveled dirt roads I… continue reading... -
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No one suffers the same way during any particular point in human history, including a global pandemic. People of color continue to experience hardships due to systemic injustices. Economic inequity has been exacerbated by rampant unemployment. Healthcare employees make huge sacrifices, along with other essential workers from grocery store clerks to factory workers. And, of course, so many people have lost loved ones to COVID-19. In the congregation I pastor, I have noticed a stark difference in the suffering of parents and retirees. On a Zoom call, one person will… continue reading...
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Presbyterian special committee discusses race and reparations with Mark Lomax August 5, 2020 Outlook Reporting1 comment What about reparations?
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s Special Committee on Racism, Truth and Reconciliation – which the General Assembly created in 2018, and will report to the next assembly in 2022 – dug into that concept and talked about what’s needed for a mostly-white denomination to have honest discussions about race during an online conversation Aug. 5 with Ma...
Order of worship — August 9, 2020 August 3, 2020 Worship Resources1 comment
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Prayers of the people for August 2, 2020 July 30, 2020 Worship Resources1 comment Jill Duffield reads the prayers of the people she crafted for this Sunday. You are welcome to share this with your congregation or use it as part of your worship service.
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DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRY
PASTOR/HEAD OF STAFF
Pastor/Head of Staff for Patuxent Presbyterian Church, an evangelical church of 500-members in California, Maryland, one hour southeast of Washington, D.C. See our MIF #08457.AC0. Send PIF or questions to: [email protected] Patuxent Presbyterian Church 23421 Kingston Creek Rd California MD 20619 paxpres.com … [Read more...]
Grow where you’re planted — Christian education at home
A new school year is around the corner! This year this statement is met with more worry, trepidation and anxiety than in the past. In previous years, we have met the new school year with excitement — and maybe a few butterflies in our stomachs. But this fall, it’s there are so many added concerns and unknowns. Even though heading to school looks and feels totally different this year, there is still the potential for our young ones to grow. Drawing on the parable of the growing seed, your children can explore the many blessings that have already emerged during the pandemic and can anticipate the growth of new joys once they return to school. Begin the time with your children by talking about expectations for the new school year. Ask them to share what they’re excited about, what they’re concerned about and what they think school will look and feel like. Acknowledge the fact that this school year will likely look and feel very different than previous years. There may be some … [Read more...]
A word for weary parents: God is with us in the pandemic
This summer we have instituted the Friday Funday breakfast picnic. Typical summers, my daughter and I are both off on Friday and we have Friday Funday — because, let’s be honest, Sunday Funday doesn’t work when mom is the pastor. This year, like most of you, we are finding new ways to have fun. She is a nature lover, so we have been exploring different places while we eat breakfast and I hear all about what happens in her mind. We have baked muffins. We have traveled dirt roads I did not know my car could handle, and now have a hiking bag to take with us full of useful stuff. I sometimes post pictures of our adventures, and recently a friend commented, “You have the most fun adventures!” Pandemic be damned, I will be making memories with this beloved child of mine all summer long. It gives us a sense of normalcy. Yet, what I didn’t post after our latest adventure, was that on the way home we decided to listen to a Christmas CD and had Christmas in July — in pandemic time there … [Read more...]
Alanis and you
No one suffers the same way during any particular point in human history, including a global pandemic. People of color continue to experience hardships due to systemic injustices. Economic inequity has been exacerbated by rampant unemployment. Healthcare employees make huge sacrifices, along with other essential workers from grocery store clerks to factory workers. And, of course, so many people have lost loved ones to COVID-19. In the congregation I pastor, I have noticed a stark difference in the suffering of parents and retirees. On a Zoom call, one person will have uploaded a background of a scenic view of the calm ocean, another will be muted because a child is yelling in the background. One person will complain of loneliness, another of never having a moment alone. We face different challenges and struggle with different kinds of stress. But let’s not compare suffering. Brené Brown names the problem of “comparative suffering,” but I’d heard it for years — every time a … [Read more...]
On returning to our places of worship
“By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.” Oddly, perhaps, in the church of my youth I heard those words from Psalm 137 more often than any other Scripture. More than John 3:16, more than the Beatitudes, more than the Great Commission. We were Associate Reformed Presbyterians, a southern splinter of the Presbyterian family, stubbornly Scottish in heritage and resolutely psalm-singers in worship. Our craggy Calvinist forebears had insisted that God wanted us to sing only from the Psalter, the Bible’s own songbook, so, while other Presbyterians embraced hymns and spiritual songs, we ARPs clung to exclusive psalmody until the middle of the 20th century. We sang all 150 psalms, but our cherished favorite was a melancholy choral arrangement of Psalm 137, a psalm of the Babylonian captivity. As the choir intoned dolefully, “How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?” our best soprano would raise her voice in a beautiful and at once … [Read more...]
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