New Craig Claudin Video

If you're a fan of Craig Claudin's videos, then you'll want to stay a little longer Sunday night. His newest video, Africa: A Time for Transformation, explores the strategic vision of African Enterprise's plan for its Leadership Training Center, and along the way unpacks how important thinking Christianly is for the development of culture. You won't want to miss the film's music, the riveting images, the chance to hear Michael Cassidy's perspective on Africa.

In celebration of Tenth's Capital Campaign contribution to the Leadership Training Center's construction, we're screening Craig's video immediately after the service in Fellowship Hall. The film is brief, just 15 minutes, so plan to stay a little later and enjoy the film. And yes, there will be refreshments!

14th Annual Kuyper Lecture at Villanova, October 23, 4:00 pm

14th Annual Kuyper Lecture—free and open to the public

Thursday, October 23, 4:00 pm
Villanova University
Connelly Center Cinema
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA

The Center for Public Justice introduced the Kuyper Lecture in 1995 to promote public consideration of three important dynamics at work in today's world:

1. Religion as a driving force—the deep, driving influence of competing religions in human society
2. Christ, the Light of the world—the comprehensive and inescapable claim of Jesus Christ on the world
3. An international Christian community—the strength and influence of international bonds of Christian community

Dr. Jonathan Chaplin, director of the Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics at Tyndale House, Cambridge (England), will discuss the future of Christian-democratic politics in the U.S. and abroad. Complete information, including directions, is on the Kuyper Lecture brochure (pdf). You can also get information about this lecture or check out previous lectures or learn about CPJ . The lecture is held in a different city each year—don't miss it when it's here!

Harvest Info

Support the Harvest Crusade on October 3–5 by sponsoring a seat for $10. Visit http://www.philly.harvest.org/ and click on “sponsor a seat.” This is a practical and important way to help support this evangelistic event.Doors will open at 6:00 pm, even though the event does not begin until 7:30. They're expecting to be full all three nights, so get there early to get a seat!If you would like to be part of the prayer team during the event (at the Wachovia Center), contact Bill Forliano at 215.464.9456 or philly@harvest.org.Whether you're able to attend or not, please be praying for this event!

Wanted: Old Software

One of our partners is looking for MS Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher) for his P.C. If you have a copy with unused licenses that you would like to give away this week, please contact me (Liz Mosebrook) to arrange pickup. Additionally, if you have old photo-editing/storage software, please let me know! Thanks! :-)

The Lord's Supper

This Sunday we celebrate the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the morning service. Here is a passage from John Calvin's Institutes for you to meditate on as you prepare to receive the sacrament:

The sacrament, therefore, does not make Christ become for the first time the bread of life; but, while it calls to remembrance that Christ was made the bread of life that we may constantly eat him, it gives us a taste and relish for that bread, and makes us feel its efficacy. For it assures us, first, that whatever Christ did or suffered was done to give us life; and, secondly, that this quickening is eternal; by it we are ceaselessly nourished, sustained, and preserved in life. For as Christ would not have not been the bread of life to us if he had not been born, if he had not died and risen again; so he could not now be the bread of life, were not the efficacy and fruit of his nativity, death, and resurrection, eternal. All this Christ has elegantly expressed in these words, “The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John 6:51); doubtless intimating, that his body will be as bread in regard to the spiritual life of the soul, because it was to be delivered to death for our salvation, and that he extends it to us for food when he makes us partakers of it by faith. Wherefore he once gave himself that he might become bread, when he gave himself to be crucified for the redemption of the world; and he gives himself daily, when in the word of the gospel he offers himself to be partaken by us, inasmuch as he was crucified, when he seals that offer by the sacred mystery of the Supper, and when he accomplishes inwardly what he externally designates.

Wedding Bells

Congratulations to Will Swyer and Lisa Murray who are getting married tonight!

Fireproof

I just got off the phone with yet another person insisting I must see the movie Fireproof. This person wants us to insist that everyone in the pre-marriage class see it.

Graphic Design

New Tenth member Ute Ostertag has a website displaying her exhibit and graphic design work. Check it out here.

Projects Photos

The Capital Campaign blog has a photo report of the Catacombs and organ projects.

Bears in Church

Remember the Berenstain Bears? They go to church now. Check it out at KYW. Thank you, Dori, for the tip.

Harvest Info

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.

Doors will open at 6:00 pm, even though the event does not begin until 7:30. They're expecting to be full all three nights, so get there early to get a seat!

If you would like to be part of the prayer team during the event (at the Wachovia Center), contact Bill Forliano at 215.464.9456 or philly@harvest.org.

Whether you're able to attend or not, please be praying for this event!

Welcome, Anna!

John and Amy Voorhis praise God for the successful delivery of Anna Campbell Voorhis @ 11:27 am Tuesday. She was 9lbs, 8oz. and 21” long.

Staff Retreat

We had a great staff retreat yesterday up in Washington's Crossing. Steve and Gail Sarkisian were our gracious hosts. One of our activities was to take personality tests and then discuss how they affect the way we work with one another. One other staff person had the exact results as I did. Can you figure out who?

By the way, I understand T. O. better now. I'm open every time in our football game, but does the quarterback look my way? T. O. and I just don't get our due.

Phillie Pride

Did I not get the memo? I wear my Phillies hat to work expecting to see Phillies' paraphernalia everywhere. I saw one other person wearing a Phillies hat, nothing else. Isn't this the first day of the playoffs? Shouldn't Jonathan Olsen be doing something about this?

Office closure and email downtime

Tenth's email will be offline from 8:30 pm this evening through Tuesday evening at 5:00 pm. We're having some electrical work done in the Delancey building and the power will be turned off. The staff will have an off-site retreat all day on Tuesday.

E-vite Your Friends (it's happening THIS weekend)!!

The Harvest Crusade is making it easy for you to invite your friends to this evangelism event on October 3, 4, and 5. Just visit http://www.harvest.org/crusades/2008/philadelphia/get-involved/send-an-evite.html to send out an e-vite to your unsaved friends.

Dancing Crazy Couple

Some wonder why we don't have dancing at the church. You never know what a couple is going to do.

DMC Messages

I have posted the messages at DMC Messages, given for John Padusis' memorial service and for Chris Seah's ordination service. Click "Good Works and the Good Work" on the left hand column to read the memorial service message.

House for Sale

My brother-in-law is selling his home, a spacious 3 BR fieldstone split-level, in Havertown. Open House, both this Saturday and Sunday from 12-4. Click here if you are interested in more information.