The life of faith is often characterized as a journey. In the Christian tradition we are welcomed into the household of God through the waters of baptism, and our liturgical heritage proclaims that our baptism is completed in death. In between our initial spiritual awareness and our death, we journey. We try to follow in the ways of Christ, we wrestle with doubts, we have clarity of purpose and seasons of confusion. As we live and grow in faith, the community of the church helps us find companionship for our journey through friends and spiritual practices that equip us along the way.
The season of Lent into Easter, during the lengthening of days of spring, is intended to help us be mindful of our spiritual journey. The church slows down with more time for worship and quiet reflection. From one to 40 we count the days remembering the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness and the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert fasting while the Great Tempter tested him. We use this Lenten season to be mindful of God’s sacrificial love for us by attending to the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
This year the Lenten Devotional booklet and the Sunday morning sermons will focus on the Lord’s Prayer. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, and a variation of the Lord’s Prayer recorded in the Gospels has been used regularly in corporate worship and personal devotion ever since. Its familiarity is comforting when prayed beside a hospital bed or in a home where death has come. Spoken as if in one voice in corporate worship is powerful evidence of the Spirit unifying us for God’s good purposes. However, sometimes things we know so well by heart lose their deep significance and meaning when we can repeat them almost without thinking about the meaning of the individual words or phrases.
Theologian Stanley Hauerwas writes: “By praying the Lord’s Prayer we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices but is present as a people on the move… To be a Christian is to have been drafted to be part of an adventure, a journey called God’s kingdom.”
So come journey with us in worship and devotion through the season of Lent as we prepare for Easter’s hope and glory. Come enjoy the adventure of probing the deep meaning of the Lord’s Prayer anew so that we better understand the coming of God’s kingdom for our time and in our future.
Grace and Peace,
On January 13, 1873, the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church was founded. Three men and 13 women gathered together in Temperance Hall on Lancaster Pike for the purpose of founding a Reformed congregation in the quickly-growing borough. We soon purchased property from the Pennsylvania Railroad and built a small greenstone Chapel the following year, near the site of our current Sanctuary.
As we look to a season of celebration this fall, we invite you to join us in our sesquicentennial, giving thanks to God for our faithful legacy and looking toward a promising future. Good things are happening at BMPC.
Save the Date for this fall! On the weekend of October 14 & 15, we will celebrate our anniversary with events including a family-friendly church birthday party, anniversary dinner, choir concert, history exhibit, and more!
A heartfelt thank you is extended to the supporters of the 2022 Advent Gift Market. As a result of the charitable donations made in honor of loved ones and friends, $49,877 was distributed to the organizations listed below. This total represents a nine percent increase from the 2021 AGM. These gifts have enabled BMPC to continue to aid many persons in need locally, nationally, and throughout the world.
$4,400
West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC)
Sponsored by the Adult Education Council
$4,265
The Common Place
Sponsored by the Anti-Racism Taskforce
$1,770
The Middleton Counseling Center
Sponsored by the Board of Deacons
$4,097
Bethel AME Church of Ardmore
Sponsored by the Children & Family Ministries Council
$1,364
True Love Seeds
Sponsored by the Environmental Justice Committee
$2,350
Riverbend Nature Center
Sponsored by the Environmental Justice Committee
$6,030
BMPC Hunger Ministries
Sponsored by the Hunger Committee
$3,150
Amwaj Choir
Sponsored by the Music and Fine Arts Council
$1,745
Tree House Books
Sponsored by the Outreach Committee
$2,060
Broad Street Ministry
Sponsored by the Outreach Committee
$2,800
Heeding God’s Call
Sponsored by the Peacemaking Committee
$1,920
Rabbis for Human Rights
Sponsored by the Peacemaking Committee
$3,895
Gemma Services
Sponsored by Presbyterian Women
$3,130
BMPC Refugee Support Fund
Sponsored by the Refugee Support Committee
$2,756
ElderNet of Lower Merion and Narberth
Sponsored by the Senior Adult Council
$1,775
Pfunanane Ministries
Sponsored by Worldwide Ministries Committee
$1,060
Urban Mosaic
Sponsored by Worldwide Ministries Committee
$1,310
BMPC Tutoring Program
Youth Ministries
Because of your donations to the BMPC Hunger Fund in 2022, the Hunger Committee was able to significantly increase the quarterly grants it gives to more than a dozen local organizations that provide support to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in Greater Philadelphia.
The Hunger Fund supports food pantries such as the Ardmore Food Pantry, and ElderNet has recently begun a new relationship with the Upper Merion Area Community Cupboard housed in Valley Forge Presbyterian Church. The fund supports some of our most longstanding partners with Presbyterian roots like Chester Eastside, T.M. Thomas, Lombard Central, and New River Presbyterian Church (formerly First African). And, of course, BMPC’s commitment to funding and creating hundreds of casseroles each year supports the work of the University City Hospitality Coalition, Bethesda Project and even Broad Street Ministry’s hospitality during Code Blue interventions during the winter. As you consider giving a gift to the Hunger Fund in 2023, remember that you may give by using the Hunger Fund envelopes in the pew racks, by sending checks marked “BMPC Hunger Fund” to the church, or by giving online: https://onrealm.org/bmpc/give/hunger.
The Hunger Fund is supported entirely through direct giving, and 100 percent of the donations given to the Hunger Fund are used to support local partners like those listed in this article. If you are interested in giving your time and energy to the work of the Hunger Committee this year, contact Nancy Taylor, ntaylor2948@gmail.com
By: Elena Perri
Nearly 76,000 Afghan refugees have arrived in the United States since fleeing their country after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021.
The BMPC Refugee Support Committee soon began working with the Nationalities Service Center to welcome the Sepah family to the church campus in December 2021. The family lived on campus until last summer when they moved into a home in the local community.
Brooke McInnes, a member of the Refugee Support Committee, and Barb Morse, a new church member, identified a need to bring Afghan women together at BMPC. While the initial focus was on teaching the women English, the Afghan Women’s Group now provides an ongoing opportunity for the women to socialize and support one another.
The group, which began last April, meets approximately every six weeks in the Education Building. Volunteers provide child care during these gatherings.
“At one meeting, we took all the women into the room and made sure they knew each other, and then we went to another room to babysit, and we just left them,” Brooke said. “When the time was up, we went back in, but they weren’t ready to stop. So then we sat down and listened to what they were talking about.”
Barb, who became a BMPC member last May, said her friend Linda Gamble, a longtime church member, introduced her to the Refugee Support Committee. “She knew that I was recently retired and looking for something to do to help others,” Barbara said. “I met so many wonderful like-minded people that I decided to join the church and have been pretty involved with helping the Afghan refugees.”
Barb noted that the group started with four women and has grown to approximately nine women who come from area churches – St. Thomas of Villanova, Main Line Unitarian Church, and Church of the Saviour in Wayne.
Barb and Brooke connected with staff at these churches which led to the formation of an Afghan Women’s Group Steering Committee. “We’ve been contacting each other to share tips, to help each other with problems, to help each other’s families,” Barb said. “We’ve also met to brainstorm how we can work together on what our family’s problems are.”
The staff members they have worked with include Cathy Van Kula from St. Thomas of Villanova, Nuala Carpenter from Main Line Unitarian, and Phuong Lee and Silvia Kwak from Church of the Saviour.
Barb noted that tapping into the knowledge of the other church staff members has been invaluable. “It’s just incredible the amount of contact between all of us gals at the various churches who are working with refugees to share and help each other,” she said. “We’ve learned a lot from each other as well as had fun.”
The resiliency of the Afghan women and their families has been remarkable to witness, according to Brooke and Barb.
“I can’t even imagine going through this experience,” Brooke said. “They have the trauma of being in Afghanistan with all this chaos going on, and they had to get to the (Kabul) airport, which was a feat in itself and dangerous too.
“We’ve heard their stories, which are just so awe inspiring. Each one of them has a different story, which puts a face to all the news we’ve been hearing, and so we have learned to admire them a lot.”
Barb added that the Afghan refugees can talk with their family members in Afghanistan through an app called WhatsApp, and they are very concerned about them because they have no work, no money and no food. “This causes a tremendous amount of worry for our Afghan friends here because they’re living a very nice, comfortable, safe life, and their parents or their brothers and sisters are over there starving,” she said. “It’s horrible.”
While Barb and Brooke have spent many hours helping the refugee families, they have gained much from their interactions with them.
“For me, this whole thing has been life changing in a very positive way,” Barb said.
“I think we’ve learned as much from these women as we’ve given to them,” Brooke added. “They’ve given us just as much back in terms of friendship, and also more awareness of the world and what people are going through. I feel lucky that I got this opportunity. It spoke to me, and it’s really fun.”
If you would like to get involved with the work of the BMPC Refugee Support Committee, please contact the Rev. Rebecca Kirkpatrick at RebeccaKirkpatrick@bmpc.org.
“My world is much bigger than it was, and we have such a greater appreciation for others and their challenges. It’s been very rewarding to help others.”
Each Lent we begin the season on Ash Wednesday charged to observe a “holy” Lent through self-examination and penitence, prayer and fasting, by works of love, and by meditating on God’s word. It also is traditional at that service to read from the Gospel of Matthew a portion of the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus gives instructions to his followers on how to pray. He reminds them to be humble in prayer, to fast with joy, and to be private when it comes to our generosity. These teachings on prayer are the instructions that surround Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer. The Lord’s Prayer is offered in the Gospels as simply an example prayer, a templet of prayer by Jesus, but of course for generations of Christians, it is one of our most essential prayers.
This year’s Lenten Devotional is centered on the Lord’s Prayer, and each week you will read reflections from staff, clergy and church members on specific lines from the Lord’s Prayer. Taken line by line through the season, we are able to experience the depth and richness of what likely Jesus meant as a simple and basic way to pray.
You can pick up a printed copy of this year’s Lenten Devotional in the Chapel, Sanctuary or any of the information racks around our church campus. You also can access the Devotional on the BMPC website, www.bmpc.org
We are so grateful for the thoughtful reflections offered for this year’s devotional. You are invited to observe a holy Lent again this year, grateful for the insights and openness of each contributor.
Quiet Prayer in Lent. Wednesdays, March 1, 15, 22 and 29, 7:00-7:45 p.m., Witherspoon Parlor
Lent join us for contemplative guided prayer which will include Scripture readings, space for reflection, and a time of communal silence. Caring Ministry team members and Deacons will lead these sessions.
For more infomation, contact KikiMcKendrick@bmpc.org
The Labyrinth: Walking Prayer. Sunday, March 5, 11:15 a.m., Fullerton Room
Since the Middle Ages, Christians have practiced walking prayer and meditation through the use of labyrinths, first as a substitute for religious pilgrimage and now as a method of creative and physical prayer. Anne Montgomery Schmid, BMPC member and Veriditas Certified Labyrinth Facilitator, will guide participants through the history, practice, and divine mystery of walking the labyrinth with a focus on our Labyrinth Ministry here at BMPC. Following the class, you will have the opportunity to walk our own Chartres Labyrinth in Congregational Hall.
For more infomation, contact AliciaFranklin@bmpc.org
Lenten Chapel Labyrinth
The labyrinth is available weekdays from 9:00 am. to 6:00 p.m., Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and Sundays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. A Lenten Labyrinth Journey booklet with weekly scriptures and meditations will be offered at the labyrinth entrance.
Chartres Canvas Labyrinth from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Good Friday, April 7, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Stations of the Cross will be offered as an option for a personal journey to the cross. The Chartres Canvas Labyrinth also will be in Congregational Hall on Tuesday, March 7 for our monthly community walk.
Anyone seeking to learn more about the labyrinth as a spiritual practice is invited to attend the Adult Education program on
After September 11, 2001, interfaith leaders in the Philadelphia region came together to dare to understand one another, rejecting the reaction of fear that emerged in the United States and ultimately founding Interfaith Philadelphia. Meanwhile, across the country in California, Valarie Kaur chose the same path: as a young adult, galvanized by the news of her fellow Sikhs’ murders across the country, Valarie turned to activism and the power of film, healing herself from within then turning to those around her.
Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, educator, and founder of the Revolutionary Love Project. Valarie became an activist when a Sikh father and family friend was the first person murdered in hate violence in the aftermath of 9/11. For two decades, in his memory, Valarie has led visionary campaigns to tell untold stories and change policy on issues ranging from hate crimes to digital freedom. Her work ignited a national movement to reclaim love as a force for justice. Today, the Revolutionary Love Project is seeding networked communities of practice across the country to build the beloved community. Last fall, President Biden honored Valarie at the White House in the first-ever Uniters Ceremony, naming her as one of 16 leaders whose work is healing America. A daughter of Punjabi Sikh farmers in California, Valarie lifts up her vision for America in her acclaimed TED Talk and #1 LA Times bestseller See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.
BMPC has partnered with Interfaith Philadelphia since its founding as we value and pursue interfaith relationships and experiences as individuals and a congregation. Register online for this free event: www.interfaithphiladelphia.org/see-no-stranger
In this Season of Lent, we follow Jesus’ example, walking alongside the most vulnerable to partner in repairing harms inflicted upon them. We are the Church, Together, and we are there with those who need us. Each gift to One Great Hour of Sharing helps improve the lives of the suffering and the vulnerable through three life-saving programs: Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Presbyterian Hunger Program, and Self Development of People.
You may make a gift to OGHS by using the envelopes found in the pew racks during Holy Week, by sending a check to the church with “OGHS” in the memo line, or by giving directly online: pcusa.org/give-oghs
Starting this past October, the church began an experiment in intergenerational worship. Our new Evening Worship services take place in the Sanctuary on the first Sunday of the month at 5:00 p.m. Inside the bulletin cover we offer this welcome:
If you have a hard time sitting still or a tricky time standing up: God welcomes you!
If you have a hard time sitting still or a tricky time standing up: God welcomes you!
If you can’t sing a note or find a book in the Bible: God welcomes you!
If you can’t sing a note or find a book in the Bible: God welcomes you!
If your heart feels heavy or if you are bursting with joy: God welcomes you!
If your heart feels heavy or if you are bursting with joy: God welcomes you!
Evening Worship is a time to reconnect with God, one another and ourselves. We are thankful you have joined this multigenerational community as we worship God through our songs, prayer, reading and listening.
When we first imagined these services, we were not sure what to expect. Since we began, I’ve seen the Spirit at work as people welcome one another to our shared space — leaning down to greet the youngest members and reaching over pews to welcome a latecomer. I have overheard our middle school and adult ushering team talking about cell structure and science experiments in between doing their greeting duties and witnessed three generations of a family snuggling together as they search for hymns.
I shared in the delight of children passing the offering plate for the first time and joined our children’s choir as they and the rest of the congregation giggled at a joke in a sermon. More than anything, I am in awe watching as this community grows together, sharing in the joy of our common worship.
June 19-23, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
This summer we’ll learn from the Bible’s greatest builders and some of our amazing mission partners to find out what it takes to be a builder in God’s Kingdom. Registration is open for both participants and volunteers https://bit.ly/BMPCVBC2023. Here are some fast facts you may not know about BMPC’s Vacation Bible Camp:
1: BMPC welcomes over 100 children for VBC each year, and more than 50 volunteers to make that program possible!
2: There is a special program for children who are three years old by May 1. This program has limited space, so early registration is a must!
special week of service. This year we will focus on housing insecurity.
4: Youth volunteers lead the way as small group leaders, helping with programs, and coordinating behind the scenes.
• Volunteer! We need volunteers who can help in a variety of capacities.
• Tell neighbors and friends! We welcome members of our community to share in this special week of learning, faith, fun and community.
• Pray for our campers, volunteers and planners!
• Bring boxes! Are you moving? Purchasing new furniture or appliances? We are in need of some BIG boxes to help create our city.
When did you last run like Mary to bring the good news to the other disciples? Have you ever looked inside to see if the tomb is empty like Peter and John?
Little Easter is a special program that shares the Easter miracle with our preschoolers and toddlers using play and exploration. We remember that Jesus died and that God made Jesus alive again, and we celebrate that good news together! Their joyful hallelujahs pave the way for our Easter celebrations!
Saturday, April 8 at 10:00 a.m. in the Education Building.
March 24-26 – All Youth Retreat, register online: https://bit.ly/YouthRetreatJohnsonburg
April 7 – Youth Good Friday Service, 12:00 p.m., Chapel
April 22 – All Youth Service Day with A Common Youth Initiative. Register online: https://bit.ly/YouthServiceRetreatPhilly
We’ll also be continuing Student Serve, meeting Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m., along with Youth Gathering on Sundays from 10:00-11:00 a.m.!
This Lent, following on the heels of last year’s successful Tuesday noon recital series, we will again offer weekly 30-minute organ recitals on the Chapel’s magnificent Petty Madden Organ. This organ, constructed in 1995, was fully refurbished last year and is one of the loveliest chapel pipe organs in America.
In contrast to the fiery Rieger organ in the Sanctuary, the Chapel organ is filled with quiet, lyrical sounds –beautiful flutes, clarinets, lush strings, gentle trumpets and oboes – yet manages to pack a punch with its replica of a famous high-pressure tuba stop built by Henry Willis in 1891 for the Blenheim Palace, UK organ.
We are pleased to welcome Parker Kitterman, Tyrone Whiting, and Curtis Institute students Isabella Isza Wu and Emily Dawn Amos, along with our own Edward Landin Senn and Jeffrey Brillhart to the bench.
On Sunday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m., world renowned organist Olivier Latry will return to BMPC for his fifth appearance since his appointment in 1985 as one of three “titular organists” at Notre Dame Cathedral. At the time of Latry’s appointment at age 23, he became one of the youngest organists in Notre Dame’s nearly 900-yearold history. Serving as lead consultant for the building of our Rieger organ, Latry’s brilliant insights and keen ears helped to make our organ one of the finest in the world.
Latry will play a stellar program of Wagner, Vierne, Dupré and Widor. Of special interest to the listener, he also will improvise on submitted themes. An offering to benefit the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral will be received at this concert.
BMPC’s Good Friday evening service is a tradition that dates back to 1989, when the Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers was formed. This small ensemble, drawn from members of the Sanctuary Choir and community, has performed in numerous Good Friday services, Services of Evensong, and has been honored by the American Choral Director’s Association for its excellence.
This Good Friday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary, the choir will present Anthony Mosakowski’s setting of the St. John Passion entitled The Passion for Good Friday. Mosakowski, a native Philadelphian, has composed in a wide variety of formats, but is especially interested in electroacoustic and choral music.
His choral music includes a setting of the Old English poem The Seafarer, a Latin mass for choir and Javanese gamelan, and the passion setting. This will be a deeply moving service, filled with rich liturgy, prayers, and congregational singing.
On Sunday, January 8 we celebrated Jeffrey Brillhart’s 40th anniversary of serving BMPC as our Director of Music and Fine Arts. Jeff was hired by then senior pastor, the Rev. Dr. David Watermulder, and began here in January 1983. Over the years he has directed the Hosanna and Alleluia Choirs, the Youth Chorale, and the Sanctuary Choir; all the while serving as organist and orchestrating events, worship services, and global choir trips.
We honored his years of faithful service in worship that morning with a special litany of thanks. That was followed by a luncheon held in his honor in Congregational Hall, featuring previous staff singers, an organ fellow, and special music and reflections. An exhibit in the Atrium featured photos and clippings from concerts, choir trips, and special services during Jeff’s tenure. With deep gratitude and appreciation, we say,
We’re pleased to welcome Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr., bestselling author and political commentator, to speak on the “Ethics of Anti-Racism.” He will deconstruct the idea of whiteness and the way in which it determines the distribution of advantage and disadvantage in America. Glaude, chair of Princeton’s Department of African American Studies, calls on his audiences to engage in an ongoing critique of racism’s manifestations, challenging people to think more carefully and systematically about racial issues.
The Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Community Forum Distinguished Speaker Series began in 1997. The forums are made possible by the Anna and Herbert H. Middleton Sr. Fund of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church Foundation and are offered as a service to the community at large.
Wednesday, March 8, 7:00 p.m., Fullerton Room
Join the Rev. Rebecca Kirkpatrick for a one-session discussion of Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s book, Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and its Urgent Lessons. Glaude finds hope and guidance in Baldwin as he mixes biography — drawn partially from newly-uncovered Baldwin interviews — with history, memoir, and poignant analysis of our current moment to reveal the painful cycle of Black resistance and white retrenchment. As Glaude bears witness to the difficult truth of racism’s continued grip on the national soul, Begin Again is a searing exploration of the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America.
“One need not agree with everything in these pages to learn much from them, and for Americans seeking to understand our past, our present, and the possible futures before us, Begin Again challenges, illuminates, and points us toward, if not a more perfect union, at least a more just one.”
~Jon Meacham, author of The Soul of America and Destiny and PowerThe Pastors’ Book Group is a recurring opportunity for our pastors to engage in conversations with church members on contemporary topics throughout the year.
To purchase a book for $10, contact AliciaFranklin@bmpc.org
Sat., March 4, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Congregational Hall
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Panel of distinguished professionals:
The Rev. Dr. Agnes Norfleet: Spirituality of Aging
Albert Davey, Narberth Ambulance: Community Medical Perspective
Rodger McKinney, Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home: Honoring Life/Funeral Planning
The Rev. Dr. Agnes Norfleet: Spirituality of Aging
Sat., March 4, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Rob Slutsky: Elder Law Considerations
Congregational Hall
Albert Davey, Narberth Ambulance: Community Medical Perspective
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Rodger McKinney, Chadwick & McKinney Funeral Home: Honoring Life/Funeral Planning
Panel of distinguished professionals:
Law Considerations
The Rev. Dr. Agnes Norfleet: Spirituality of Aging
Albert Davey, Narberth Ambulance: Community Medical Perspective
event will provide guidance for end-of-life decision making. Notary and resources available. It is not too early to begin this process!
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
This free event will provide guidance for end-of-life decision making. It is not too early to begin this process!
625 Montgomery Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
To register, please contact Kiki McKendrick: KikiMcKendrick@bmpc.org or call 610-525-2821
To register, please contact Kiki McKendrick: KikiMcKendrick@bmpc.org or call 610-525-2821
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Palm Sunday
April 2
8:00 a.m. Worship with Communion, Chapel
9:45 a.m. Children ages
2 - Kindergarten meet in classrooms and children
grades 1 - 5 meet in Chapel for Palm Sunday Procession
10:00 a.m. Worship with Children’s Palm Procession, Sanctuary.
5:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service, Sanctuary
Maundy Thursday April 6
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Labyrinth Walk, Gymnasium
5:30 p.m. Family Service with Communion, Chapel
6:00 p.m. Simple Supper in Congregational Hall. Free-will offering.
7:30 p.m. Worship with Communion, Sanctuary. The Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet preaching.
Good Friday April 7
8:00 a.m. - noon. Labyrinth Walk, Gymnasium
12:00 p.m. Worship led by BMPC Youth, Sanctuary
7:30 p.m. The Sanctuary
Choir presents Anthony Mosakowski’s setting of the St. John Passion entitled The Passion for Good Friday.
Easter Sunday
April 9
6:30 a.m. Sunrise Service on the Front Lawn. The Rev. Rachel Pedersen preaching.
7:30 a.m. Continental
Breakfast, Education Building
9:30 & 11:00 a.m. Worship with Choir and Easter Brass in the Sanctuary. The Rev. Dr. Agnes W. Norfleet preaching.
