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March
2008
March
Worship Schedule!
(Including Holy Week)
Sunday,
March 15th Palm Sunday @ 6pm
Meditation offered by: Bill Golderer
Text is: Philipians 2:-5-11
Theme is: Running on Empty
Music offered by: Lisa Lynne Mathis
Thursday,
March 20th
A Service of the Shadows (Holy Thursday) @ 7pm
Meditation, Candlelight, Song contemplating Jesus’ Last Supper,
Arrest and Walk toward Jerusalem
Good
Friday, March 21 at 5:30 pm
David
van Houten, Dean Center for Subversive Theology offers the mediation
Text: John 20:19-31
Theme: Entering Anyway
Music: Julianne Woodard and Friends
EASTER
SUNDAY! SPECIAL SERVICE TIME—11AM
Sunday, March 23rd
Meditation offered by: Bill Golderer (Preaching)
Text is: John 20:1-18
Theme: He is the Gardener
Music: Offered by the BSM Choir
Sunday,
March 30th
Meditation offered by David van Houten, Dean of the Center for Subversive
Theology
Music Offered by: Julianna Woodard and Friends
A
Good Friday Conversation About the Death Penalty. Is it JUST?
Broad
Street Ministry • 315 South Broad Street
(Across
from the University of the Arts and the Kimmel Center for Performing
arts- between Spruce and Pine)
215.735.4847
The
American Civil Liberties Union of PA, Pennsylvanians for Alternatives
to the Death Penalty
and the Pennsylvania Moratorium Coalition present:
Harold Wilson is not a household name but it should be. He spent
16 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Lorry Post
lost a daughter to murder. He does not seek justice or comfort through
the death penalty for the perpetrator; instead, he will share his
story to honor the memory of his child. There is power in words.
These are real people with powerful stories and their voices need
to be heard. In a state that has one of the largest death row populations
in the country and a murder rate on the rise,we must listen to these
stories of experience and work to stop the injustice that plagues
our criminal justice system.
Followed by a special concert by John Francis
Broad
Street Ministry and Moonstone present
An Evening with... Michael
Eric Dyson
Thursday
April 10th @ 7pm
The Assassination of MLK...
40 years Later...What Has Changed?
On
April 4, 1968, at 6:01 P.M., while he was standing on a balcony
at a Memphis hotel, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and fatally
wounded.
To
commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s
assassination, America’s most versatile and vital cultural
critic reexamines King’s importance and influence, and the
ways in which his death changed America.
Acclaimed
public intellectual and best-selling author, Michael Eric Dyson
uses the fortieth anniversary of King’s assassination as a
starting point for a comprehensive reevaluation of the fate of America,
specifically Black America, over the ensuing years. Dyson ambitiously,
and controversially, investigates the ways in which we as a people
have made it to the Promised Land that King spoke of and shines
a bright light on the many areas that we still have a long way to
go.
Rather
than only looking back, April 4, 1968 takes a sweeping 360-degree
view of King’s death—remembering all the toil, triumph,
and tribulation that led to that fateful date while anticipating
the ways in which the legacy of King’s death will affect the
future of this country.
About the Author
Michael
Eric Dyson, named by Ebony as one of the hundred most influential
black Americans, is the author of fourteen books. He is currently
University Professor at Georgetown University, where he teaches
Theology, English, and African- American Studies. He lives in Washington,
D.C.
No
Holds Barred Bible Study
A Good Choice for Your Mid-Week Spiritual Needs!
Dinner 6pm
Bible Study 6:30pm
The No Holds Barred Bible Study has never been stronger. Not your
regular Bible Study, “NHB” invites personal reflection,
story telling and vulnerability—not what you might expect.
Try it!
Breaking
Bread:
A New Initiative that Connects Our Homeless Neighbors to Life-Enhancing
Services
EVERY Thursday 11:30-1:30pm
WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!
Preparing Food
Set up!
Dining companions!!
Breaking Bread is a new weekly program designed to meet some of
the most relevant needs of the homeless population in Philadelphia.
A nutritious meal is prepared and served family style, and services
will be offered on site that range from access to mental health
workers to barbers to legal aid; this program reaches out to those
who are often over looked and aims to provide them with necessities
that are both tangible & relevant.
This
program succeeds on our availability to connect to services and
service providers that can help our homeless neighbors take a step
forward. If you have access to service providers in the areas of
heathcare, nutrition, mental health, legal aid, job placement, etc.
We would love the connection.
If you would like to get involved with this initiative, please contact
Wendy Gaynor at wlgaynor@gmail.com.
Interlude
A Mid-Week, Lunch Time Study-especially for women!
Begins Again! Mondays! From 12:30-1:30
THIS WEEK: Rev Erika Funk
What if there was a time and a place to be refreshed and replenished?
A space to go where you could speak and listen, be heard and understood?
Wouldn’t it be nice to have fellowship with other women who
feel similar pressures from work and family and life? What if all
you had to do was show up for an hour of planned study, conversation,
sanctuary, or Sabbath?
Interlude is a program of Broad Street Ministry specifically for
women to come for a lunchtime break each Thursday.
What
is it about?: Each week will focus on a topic or text for study
and discussion. We will cover a range of topics that impact or intrigue,
wound or worry, help or hinder any or all of us. Topics will be
selected in advance or may be suggested as we go, but all will pertain
to women.
•
12:30 to 1:30 B.Y.O.L (bring your own lunch)
• Interlude is a weekly lunchtime gathering for any and all
women. Women gather each week from 12:30 to 1:30pm to discuss scripture,
share stories, & find a time to rest & pause amidst the
business of women’s every day life.
• Want to know more, contact Chief Encouragement Officer Rhonda
Rhone at rhonda.rhone@gmail.com.
The
Line up!!
March
10, 2008
Rev. Erika Funk Youth Initiative Minister of Broad
Street Ministry. Erika began working with teenagers at 17,
accepted her first position as a youth director at 19 and realized
she had a lot to learn at 19 and a half. It was at a church youth
camp that Erika found her call to ministry confirmed. Graduating
from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1993 Erika turned east
and took the position of Associate Pastor for Christian Education
and Mission at First Presbyterian Church in Pensacola, Florida.
During her six years there Erika served as a leader for many Montreat
Youth Conferences, the 7% conference for young P.C.U.S.A. pastors,
and The Covenant Network of Presbyterians. She also served on the
boards of many non profit groups such as United Ministries (serving
the homeless), United Way, Community Drug and Alcohol Commission
and Leadership Pensacola. In 2000 Erika moved back to California
to serve as Associate Pastor of The Federated Church in Placerville.
Over the last 20 years Erika’s passion has been for youth
with an emphasis in mission and service. She’s taken groups
to Mexico, San Francisco, Native American reservations and the Appalachians.
Erika sees her move to Philadelphia and work with Broad Street Ministry
as a continuation of her commitment young people, especially those
who are unconnected from or uncertain about the church.
March 17, 2008
Rev. Becky White Newgren is a Resident Pastor
at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and friend of BSM. A recent
graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, she is one of the few
who excited about the traditional church, yet she hopes that
God will continue to make all things new.
March
24, 2008
Rev. Rhonda Rhone is the Chief Encouragement Minister
of Broad Street Ministry. She is a Philadelphia native.
She has served her home church in various capacities such as
the chair of the Christian Education Committee, as instructor for
the New Member’s class, and as a Sunday School teacher for
children and adults to mention just a few. Recently she was
ordained as Minister of the Word and Sacrament in the
Presbytery of Philadelphia.
March 31, 2008
Donna L. Jones became pastor of Cookman United
Methodist Church in North Philadelphia in 1993, she brought a lot
of skills to the challenge. She was a polished professional, having
served as a medical writer for Dupont Pharmaceuticals and SmithKline
Beecham. She had completed nearly six years of education at The
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, graduating from the
Urban Theological Institute program in 1994. She was knowledgeable
about Scripture and how to be a pastor in many important ways.
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