This Sunday
November 24, 2019
Morning Services ⋅ 9:00am & 11:00am
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Dr. Liam Goligher
Series: No Small Endeavor
International Service ⋅ 11:00am
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Dr. Enrique Leal ⋅ Fellowship Hall
Evening Service ⋅ 6:30pm
Tenth Press
2019 Nominees
As a Presbyterian church, our leaders are elected from a pool of nominees to represent and serve the members of the church. All Christians are to be engaged in service to the world and each other, but special responsibilities for service are given to some specifically equipped for the task.
This year, we have 26 nominees for your consideration, each of whom would be elected to a three-year term for their respective role.
Read a bit about them below and introduce yourself to get to know them. These elections will take place at the congregational meeting on December 6.
Ruling Elder This office is one of dignity and usefulness. The man who fills it has in Scripture different titles expressive of his various duties. As he has the oversight of the flock of Christ, he is termed bishop or pastor.... As he expounds the Word, and by sound doctrine both exhorts and convinces the gainsayer, he is termed teacher. —Book of Chu...
This year, we have 26 nominees for your consideration, each of whom would be elected to a three-year term for their respective role.
Read a bit about them below and introduce yourself to get to know them. These elections will take place at the congregational meeting on December 6.
Ruling Elder This office is one of dignity and usefulness. The man who fills it has in Scripture different titles expressive of his various duties. As he has the oversight of the flock of Christ, he is termed bishop or pastor.... As he expounds the Word, and by sound doctrine both exhorts and convinces the gainsayer, he is termed teacher. —Book of Chu...
Of Mercy and Grace
Born in the shadow of New York City, David Apple never knew life apart from urban America. As the grandson of Russian immigrants, he quickly learned as a child that life in Patterson, New Jersey, was not for the faint of heart. His high school days at Eastside High School proved to be a challenge from the start. Apple was a bookish sort of young man—always interested in reading and writin...
Justification Finds Its Footing
Mention of the Protestant Reformation still evokes passion 502 years after Martin Luther nailed 95 statements to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany. Luther’s “theses,” as they are commonly known, begin with a call to an ongoing personal repentance in the life of every true Christian and end with a statement of assurance grounding believers in the knowledge that “thro...
In the Company of Lepers
When Neil White reported to prison on May 3, 1993 after being convicted of bank fraud, he did not realize that Carville, Louisiana, not only housed a penal colony, but also the nation’s only remaining leper colony. Those suffering from Hansen’s disease (the formal name for leprosy) lived their lives in seclusion alongside prisoners—many of whom were convicted of white-collar c...
Bread, Burgers, and Blessings
We are reminded of the relational realities for the early church, and the importance placed on time together, as an integral aspect of the fellowship of believers. More specifically, Luke described in Acts 2, “…they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” Well, when we think of “breaki...
In Kensington, the Freedom to Serve God Boldly
I pulled my car to the front of the church building and saw that the police had already arrived. Nick stood on the sidewalk talking to the pastor, both looking at Nick’s car with its window broken, shattered glass filling the driver’s seat, sidewalk and curb. Nick, a Philadelphia medical student and participant in the Summer Medical Institute (SMI), had parked his car beside the chu...
Introducing John Park
Few know the harsh realities Tenth’s global partners face like John Park, a former Global Partner and Tenth’s new Minister of Small Groups and Partner Care. Of his twenty years as a Global Partner, John spent fifteen of those in the Middle East, working in areas that were largely closed to the church. He understands how partners can easily suffer from loneliness as they serve far fr...
Easter Sacrificial Offering
Each year as we celebrate Easter, the Global Outreach Commission seeks out beneficiaries for the annual Easter Sacrificial Offering (ESO). This year we’ve partnered with seven ministries that ease the sufferings of others and faithfully proclaim the gospel around the world. As a result of the generous contributions made by the congregation, we’re pleased to announce that the ESO col...
The Church as Mentor
Birthed in adversity when the Roman Empire was at its zenith, a fledging group of Jews surfaced near the time of the Jewish feast of Pentecost in Jerusalem. The Christian church emerged as a visible community of members who confessed the eternal Lordship of a resurrected Galilean executed at Golgotha a mere three days before he was recognized alive in the city of his death. Led by peasants turn...
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Bridge-Builders Luncheon
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