Body Image

Tomorrow there is a CCEF Seminar entitled “Body Image: The Addiction to Appearance” being held on Saturday, September 20, 2008 in the Auditorium at Westminster Theological Seminary.

This seminar will be particularly helpful to a wide range of people in your churches, especially teens. Please visit the following link, and scroll to the bottom of the page for details: http://ccef.org/sbc_additional_courses.asp

Philadelphia Distance Run

The Philadelphia Distance Run will be held Sunday. Here is a map of the course. It runs along the usual routes of Kelly and MLK, the Parkway, and also includes City Hall, Market East, Walnut East, and a portion of 16th. Here is road closure info.

Sermon test drive?

"I said to myself, 'Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself.' But behold this also was vanity." Ecclesiastes 2:1

Photo courtesy of www.festivefotobooths.com

Philadelphia Distance Run

The Philadelphia Distance Run will be held Sunday. Here is a map of the course. It runs along the usual routes of Kelly and MLK, the Parkway, and also includes City Hall, Market East, Walnut East, and a portion of 16th. Here is road closure info.

John Padusis

Long-time Tenth member John Padusis died Wednesday following a struggle with cancer. John served many years as a deacon and on the Global Outreach Commission. Pray for his wife Miriam and two adult children - Diane and James. A memorial service will be held at Tenth on September 27 at 11:00 a.m.

Haiti Disaster Relief

Hurricane Ike marked the fourth storm to hit Haiti in a three-week period, leaving a swatch of destruction that killed more than 600 and rendered homeless hundreds of thousands who now desperately need food, shelter, and clean water. MTW is sending in an assessment team this week to evaluate the need for future medical, construction, and counseling help in the community...more

Common Grounds Forum

Tim Keller, Phil Ryken, Ligon Duncan, Reggie Kidd, and a number of other prominent PCA leaders are publishing essays and participating in a five-week forum that begins this week on the website Common Grounds, hosted by Glenn Lucke...more

Help with the Harvest!

Support the Harvest Crusade on October 3–5 by sponsoring a seat for $10. Visit www.philly.harvest.org and click on “sponsor a seat.” This is a practical and important way to help support this evangelistic event.

Serving at Tenth

Are you looking to get involve in a ministry or service at Tenth? This Sunday you will have opportunity to visit tables set up around Reception Hall, learn about Tenth's ministries, and hopefully sign up for one. Ministry representatives will be at the tables following the two morning services.

Timeshare available

Are you interested in a timeshare? There is a three bedroom lock-off, five star and international, next available April 10-17, 2009...just 10 minutes from Disney World or even another place in the world. Contact Ava Bremerman at bremhome2@verizon.net if you are interested in more details.

Picnic News

A fun time was had by all at the church picnic on Saturday, sponsored by City Outreach. In the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament, the championship game was played by Total Depravity (sponsored by the pastoral staff) and Beat Ryken ( sponsored by City College and Career). Beat Ryken lived up to its name and schooled Total Depravity 10 to 3. In a post-game interview, Ryken said that his studies into the meaninglessness of such activities took away the usual sense of urgency by which he normally played and led his team. More than once, as he ran towards the floating frisbee, he could not rid himself of the thought that this is mad folly.

Watch His Feet!

I missed the morning services yesterday. I represented Tenth at the worship service of Korean United Church, whose people were celebrating their fortieth anniversary as a congregation. It was a wonderful experience.

So I missed the organ dedication. I did, however, make the Friday night concert. It was what I expected - glorious music played by a master organist. What I did not expect was the footwork displayed. Where I was seated, I could not see the projection screen easily. It wasn't until I was walking past the choir loft to help with the offering that I glanced over and saw Paul Jacobs playing the foot pedals as another keyboard! It was incredible.

Thanks to Paul Jones for all the work put into this concert and for seeing that Tenth has received such a fine instrument.

Kay Hunt

Long-time (46 years) Tenth member Kay Hunt died Saturday morning. Dori Baggs sent in this picture along with these comments:

I've attached a photo I took of Kay Hunt at a Sparrows event back in 2003. I joked with her at that event that I wanted to take a picture of the "oldest" Sparrow in the group with the "youngest" one, (who was Magdalena Cedeno)! Kay was a humble and incredible woman. A godly role model for women of all ages. She had energy that put us younger ones to shame! She was involved in so many things...sending birthday cards to our global partners for years, singing in the choir, involved in committees, and an active participant in Sparrows until her health forced her to stop. Even though the past few years she was not able to attend church due to health concerns, she was still ministering to those around her! She would write to me that she prayed for her roommates in nursing homes or in the hospital, telling them about Jesus. How like Paul...ministering in chains! This verse came to my mind as I grieve her passing, "Her (spiritual) children rise up and call her blessed." -Proverbs 31:28

A funeral service will be held at Du Bois Funeral Home on Wednesday, September 17, at 11 am. The family may be greeted between 10 and 11.

Du Bois Funeral Home
700 S White Horse Pike
Audubon, NJ
(856) 547-2700

In lieu of flowers, gifts can be given to Tenth Presbyterian Church.