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March/April 2009
Worship Schedule
All Worship Services are Sunday nights @ 6pm.
FREE PARKING is available along the south side of Pine Street! b/t Broad and 13th St. Pick up a parking permit from the church and throw on dashboard!!--or download it from the BSM website by clicking here!! Please come and be encouraged, challenged, inspired, comforted!!!! We also eat dinner together following each service!
Sunday, March 15th
Music offered by the Motley Order Choir
Meditation offered by Rev. Bill Golderer
Text: John 2:13-25
Theme: Tough Love?
Sunday, March 22nd
Music offered by Nate Gonzalez and Friends
Meditation offered by Rev. Rhonda Rhone
Text: Mark 5:25-34
Theme: Pressing Through
Sunday, March 29th
Music offered by Motley Order Choir
Meditation offered by Rev. Bill Golderer
Text: John 12:20-36
Theme: For those whose Souls Are Troubled
HOLY WEEK OPPORTUNITIES
Come and Experience Holy Week/Easter
With BSM in 2 locations!
BSM leadership will be leading worship in 2 sacred places at several separate times…wont you join us for the time and place that is calling out to you.
Sunday, April 5th (Palm Sunday)
@ Arch Street Presbyterian Church
18th and Arch Street in Center City
10:45 am
Meditation by Bill Golderer
Special Guest Music Director: Michael Stairs, Organist for the Philadelphia Orchestra
@ Broad Street Ministry
315 South Broad Street b/t Spruce and Pine
6:00pm
Meditation offered by Bill Golderer
Music offered by Devin Greenwood and friends…
Wednesday, April 8th
@ Arch Street Presbyterian Church
18th and Arch Street in Center City
Noonday Lenten Recital and Worship Service
12:05pm-1:00pm
Meditation and Prayers by Bill Golderer and
Noah Carlson
Special Guest Music Director: Michael Stairs, Organist for the Philadelphia Orchestra
Thursday, April 9th (Maundy Thursday)
A Service of the Shadows
@ Broad Street Ministry
315 South Broad Street b/t Spruce and Pine
7:00pm
Meditation offered by Bill Golderer
Music offered by the Motley Order Choir
Friday, April 10th
A Good Friday Worship Service of Lament
@ Arch Street Presbyterian Church
18th and Arch Street in Center City
Noon
Meditation by Bill Golderer
Special Guest Music Director: Michael Stairs, Organist for the Philadelphia Orchestra
“"EXECUTE ART, NOT PEOPLE"
@ Broad Street Ministry
315 South Broad Street b/t Spruce and Pine
6:00pm -8:00pm
“"EXECUTE ART, NOT PEOPLE"” is a unique way to remember the death of Jesus on the cross at the hands of his government. BSM will gather Philadelphia to hear from two former death row inmates, Shujaa Graham and Darby Tillis who were exonerated by DNA evidence, will be speaking about their personal stories and reflections on the penal system/death penalty. There will be music, art, conversation, and ways to get involved in this issue that makes our society more brutal and less just.
The event is a collaboration of Pennsylvanians Against the Death Penalty (PADP), Broadstreet Ministry (BSM), and Witness to Innocence (WTI).
We want different artists to showcase their vision for a different society, a different world, beginning in Philadelphia.
Sunday, April 12th (Easter Sunday) -
M.O.C features Tony Moore & Co.
@ Arch Street Presbyterian Church
18th and Arch Street in Center City
10:45 am
Meditation by Bill Golderer
Special Guest Music Director: Michael Stairs, Organist for the Philadelphia Orchestra
@ Broad Street Ministry
315 South Broad Street b/t Spruce and Pine
6:00pm
Meditation offered by Bill Golderer
Music offered by Motley Order Choir and Tony Moore Guest Ensemble and BSM Brass!
Is BSM A Faith Community or a Hair Salon?
Would you believe BOTH?
Part of the magic of Breaking Bread is that it is so much more than a delicious meal. Every Thursday 200+ of our friends who are suffering from homelessness gather around round table and share in a great meal. But on hand there are also what we call Life-Enhancing/Transforming Services. Therapeutic arts, Meditation, Legal and Benefits services…you get the idea. And now…thanks to a little creativity and know-how from our own Bruce Clark (pictured) BSM now does HAIR! Sure its in the boiler room, sure it won't make any money (free haircuts!) but we think its awesome. If you want to be a part of Breaking Bread, contact Wendy Gaynor at wendy@broadstreetministry.org or Laura Markle Downton at Laura.Downton@broadstreetministry.org
PLACES EVERYONE PLACES!
Open Auditions for BSM’s Musical Theater Extravaganza QUIXOTE!!
Open Auditions held April 13-17
Are you a creative type? Or just loveably eccentric? Do you have a hidden talent—sword-swallowing? Belly dancing? Fire-breathing? Or have you always felt a tug toward the theater? BSM'er and Director extraordinaire—Lear deBessonet wants you to audition. Can you let us know if you want to audition? Day and night audition times are flexible…just email events@broadstreetministry.org ok?
TO READ MORE ABOUT THE PRODUCTION… CLICK HERE
SPOTLIGHT ON LEARNING!
C4ST Offerings During Lent
and Beyond CANDOR!!
(formerly Dark Horse and the Thursday Night Gatherings)
A new name, a new place and new topics oh my!!! We thrilled to announce that Candor will be starting up again after its brief hiatus, only a week and a half from now on Thursday (Thursdays? no way!) March 26 th! Now all we need to fully launch these amazing evenings are wonderful people like you! Download the postcard here and check it out
It is an informal way for people to get real about their life, their faith, their questions and pretty much anything else. Food. Drink. Offsite from the church. EVERY THURSDAY at Time Restaurant (upstairs)
7:00 pm hangout
7:30 Discussion
TIME: 1315 Sansom Street
http://www.timerestaurant.net/
SUNDAY "NIGHT" SCHOOL!
Consider giving up APATHY for Lent
Where: Sunday School Room at Broad Street Ministry (the big back room, upstairs behind the sanctuary)
When: 4:30-5:30 PM, before worship every Sunday
What: Two 4 week classes (you're going to have to make a choice and it's not going to be easy)—March 15 and 22
Two classes worth taking!!
“TEACH US TO PRAY”
We say the Lord's Prayer every week in worship. Have you ever thought about what you're saying? And why do some people say "trespasses" and others say "debts"? Join Laura Powell to get a better sense of the power of this community statement as we dig deep into this classic prayer.
“IT SAYS WHAT?”
Face it. Some stories in the Bible are just plain weird. On first reading, they just don't make sense. Liam O'Donnell has the key to unlock the mystery. Come read and discuss four awkward stories from Scripture and learn why they matter for the church, the world and you.
Who: All are welcome. Participants are encouraged to attend all four sessions, but if you can only make one or two, no problem.
And bring your friends.
NO HOLDS BARRED BIBLE STUDY: TRY IT!
Every Wednesday
6:00 Dinner • 6:30 Study and Prayer
Bible Study?! How can that be something you would want to come out for? Whether you are a scholar or just curious or have serious issues with the Bible, you are welcome to this gathering. There is diversity of every kind at this study. Come out! We encourage a diversity of views and asking hard questions with humility. The text we examine is the text to be meditated upon on the coming Sunday.
Plus—there is free dinner. It is a great group—just try it?! You might like it.
NEW!! SOCIAL MEDICINE BOOK CLUB
Join fellow health professional students in a book discussion group the last Wednesday of every month for engaging conversation on social medicine in American cities. Come having read the book, but if you haven't read it, please come join us anyway!
Where: Broad Street Ministry, 315 South Broad Street, Philadelphia
When: 6:00pm Free Dinner, 7:00 pm Book Discussion
Schedule:
- March 25 - “"A People's History of Poverty in America” by Stephen Pimpare
- April 29 - “"Mountains Beyond Mountains'” by Tracy Kidder
- May 27 - “"Uninsured in America"” by Susan Starr Sered and Rushika Fernandopulle
- June 24 - “'Unequal Childhoods" chs. 1, 2, & 12 by Annette Lareau
COUNSELING SERVICES HAVE ARRIVED AT BSM
Over the last few weeks Edd Conboy, a counselor on staff at Council for Relationships (CfR) who will direct the counseling services at Broad Street Ministry, has been working with members of our community to implement a plan to introduce counseling services at BSM. The new counseling office is located inside the BSM building and you can certainly stop by (just ask where to go).
As the program evolves over the next few months, other experienced therapists and skilled interns from Council for Relationships will be available to provide high quality counseling at several locations. And in alignment with our “no barriers” commitment, no one will be denied the opportunity to participate because of financial considerations. Low fee and scholarship options are available.
Here are just a few of the issues and concerns that you may want to address with one of our counselors, either individually or with your partner or family:
- Feeling anxious or blue
- Worrying about vocational or career issues
- Living with HIV
- Experiencing relationship problems or
- Wanting more from your intimate relationship
- Grieving a loss
- Surviving (and thriving) after trauma
- Family transitions or concerns
- Diversity Issues and Intermarriage
- Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues
- Sex Therapy
- Anger management
- Parenting concerns
- Feeling lonely or isolated
- Conflicts with relationships at work or school
Getting started is easy. Just call Edd at 215.735.4847 or email counseling@broadstreetministry.org. Some evening appointments will also be available.
Give us a call. Let's talk.
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