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Tag Archives: 2016
Maundy Thursday mealtime worship
Feasting on lentil soup, hummus, olives, falafel, and stuffed grape leaves, we were hosted by the One made known to us in the breaking of the bread.
The table is prepared. Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Palm Sunday 2016 Worship and Fellowship
Our beautiful Palm Sunday service featured a moving reading of the Passion story.
After worship, we processed to our newly re-opened manse to ask God’s blessing on this beautiful old house. May all our meals, meetings, and ministry in this home be a sign of the Spirit’s creative and redeeming work in and for the world.
Peace be to this house from God our Father
Peace be to this house from his Son, Jesus Christ
Peace be to this house from the Holy Spirit
OLPC Summer Day Camp 2016
A Unique Day Camp Experience
Empowering Children By…
♦ Exploring their African American Heritage ♦
♦ Cultivating Their Voice ♦
♦ Celebrating Their Lives ♦
♦ Through Art, Dance, Music, Drama, and Trips ♦
For children ages 5-13
From June 27 – August 26, 2016 –8:30 am to 3:00 pm
Before Care from 6:30 to 8:30 am
After Care from 3:00 to 6:30 pm
Oak Lane Presbyterian Church
Rev. Judith Brackett, Pastor
6637 N. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
Cost: $135.00 per week (includes before and after care)
CCIS accepted
For more information call Harriett Atkerson
215-888-9018 after 2:00 PM.
Spring Tea
Spring is here…
Ready to be REFRESHED and RENEWED?
Come to our SPRING TEA
Saturday April 9th, 2016
1:00 – 3:00 pm
R.S.V.P. to Helen at 267-686-2738 by April 2nd
Cost: $20.00. Please make checks payable to “O.L.P.C.”
Hats and Gloves Preferred
Oak Lane Presbyterian Church
Rev. Judith Brackett, Pastor
6637 N. 11th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
215-424-4446
Holy Week
Palm Sunday March 20th
11:00 AM
Join us for worship as we move from triumphant to passion.
Maundy Thursday March 24th
6:30 PM
This evening we will gather in our newly re-opened manse to gather around the table for worship around a shared meal.
Good Friday March 25th
12:00 Noon
Good Friday worship at Oxford Presbyterian Church, 8501 Stenton Avenue , Philadelphia, PA 19150 .
Easter Sunday March 27th
9:30 AM
Continental Breakfast followed by egg hunt at 10:00 AM, sharp.
11:00 AM
Easter Sunday Worship
All Ages Lenten Art Project
“I am the vine, you are the branches”
All ages Lenten art project!!!
In the auditorium, every Sunday during Lent, before and after worship.
Using branches and art materials provided, design and decorate a branch to creatively express the unique human God created when God made you.
Directions:
- Come and experiment with art materials.
- Ignore any self-critical thoughts.
- Allow yourself to play.
- Honor your creation.
- Leave your completed branch so it can be displayed on the vine.
- Encourage others to participate.
“Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:4-5
Tuesdays…In the Kitchen with the Pastor
All are invited to gather at our church hearth, the kitchen, for an afternoon of keeping company.
We’ll make long simmering soups, bake sweet smelling treats, and tend our hungering hearts.
The afternoon will offer us a time for swapping stories, chopping vegetables, drinking tea, reading scripture, and drawing closer to the warmth of the Spirit.
No need to rsvp, come by when you can, bring some soup ingredients or a friend or just yourself. There’s room at the hearth for everyone.
Tuesdays 1:00 0 3:00
February 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15
Come when you wish, stay as long as you want.
Lenten Evening Prayer at OLPC
All are invited for Lenten Evening Prayer each Wednesday during Lent. This informal and contemplative time of worship will include scripture, song, and prayer. We will gather in the sanctuary each week at 6:30 and the service will last approximately 45 minutes. February 17 and 24, March 2, 9 and 16.
A Message from the Pastor – January 2016
Dear Friends,
Happy New Year!
Just minutes before Christmas Eve candlelight worship was to begin, I was excitedly told, “Go outside, quick, and see our stained glass windows from the outside!”
With cell phone camera in hand, I went out the red corner doors into the dark evening. I turned around and saw the glowing reverse image of our large colored windows. In daylight, the sunshine outside brightens the colors inside. This night, the light inside illuminated the darkness with vibrant beauty.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.”
These words of scripture from the Gospel of John were read each Sunday as we lit the candles on our Advent wreath. Both an announcement and a promise, the light of our revealed Savior is the good news which we proclaim with our lives and cherish in our hearts.
The light of Christ glows within this church. Through members tended, food donated, meals shared, children hosted, money collected, Communion served, and meetings attended, we are the church, making Christ’s light shine in this place.
This calendar year, we celebrate the shining light that is The Oak Lane Presbyterian Church as we mark our 125th year on this corner. Let us take into this new calendar year the image of the light within that illumines the darkness. May the light that shines within each of us, and within the church gathered, inform our work, inspire our witness, and ignite in us new possibilities in our 125th year.
Rev. Judith Brackett