Tuesday, January 17, 2006

From the 1984 Annual Report

1984 saw the completion of the expositions in Genesis by Dr. Boice...He has now started a study on Ephesians in the Sunday morning service. On Sunday evenings Dr. Boice completed a study on 1 Corinthians, and after the summer break, began a most challenging series on Christian Discipleship...

The second annual Fall Leadership Retreat was a stimulating time as all of the church officers and pastoral staff met for two days and were challenged by special speaker Mr. Pat Williams of the 76ers...

There are two parts to the Junior Church. The four and five year old program, where we reinforce the concepts of the Sunday School... The second part is designed for grades one through four. Here the children are being prepared for church. The program is as follows:
Call to Worship, The Doxology, Hymn, Scripture Reading, The Apostles Creed, Announcements & Share time, Offering/Prayer, Bible Story, Hymn, Prayer...

Maranatha is a ministry designed to meet the needs of the youth at Tenth. Having begun in November 1984 with three in attendance, it has now grown to 18-20 students meeting weekly on Sunday evenings from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall...

During the spring months, the Food and Clothing Committee, desiring to move beyond this initial ministry of collection and distribution, began work toward acquiring a new name - one that would adquately represent the enlarged scope of ministry - and finally settled on ACTS Ministries, ACTS standing for Active Compassion Through Service...

The most significant item (for the Trustees) during this year was the final settlement of the church property ownership...

There are now Tenth sponsored fellowship groups at Philadelphia College of Art, Curtis Music Institute, Moore College of Art, New School of Music, the Art Institute of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Community College, and the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Sciences...

Harvest has now expanded to five small group meetings per week...The other meetings are "open" meetings...Some parents, spouses, and girlfriends also attend these meetings...John Freeman has come on full-time staff by faith (not fully supported financially as yet). He is taking on responsibility as Senior Director...

Tenth has had a significant role in the formation of a strategic new ministry. It has emerged from the concern of several key evangelical pastors and parachurch leaders to discover new resources for the advancement of the kingdom of God in our city. The Philadelphia Leadership Foundation is a publicly supported non-profit organization

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