Lunch Break Christmas Concerts

Come next week to see Spruce Hill Christian School/City Center Academy's Vocal Ensemble perform in local shopping areas. We invite you to hear our students sing during your lunch break and encourage you to bring a friend and co-worker. Hope to see you there!

Monday, December 13, 12:00 pm

The Bourse, 5th & Market Sts.

Wednesday, December 15, 1:00 pm

Liberty Place, 17th & Chestnut Sts.

Tonight's Festival

Don't forget that tonight is the Festival of Carols. See a couple of postings below.

Black Nativity

This looks like an interesting show - "Black Nativitiy" - and is being held nearby on 1831 Bainbridge.

Theatre Double kicks off its 2010-2011 Season with Langston Hughes's Black Nativity. Mattilyn Rochester leads a multi-generational cast in Theatre Double’s holiday musical spectacle. Black Nativity is an innovative retelling of the Biblical Christmas story with a score of traditional and contemporary gospel music.

Click here for a review and here for ticket information.

You might be interested in this series . . .

Produced by Kindling Group, The Calling is a four-hour documentary series that follows seven young Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim Americans as they prepare for religious leadership. Taking a leap of faith to pursue their vocations, these young people struggle with life’s myriad challenges—relationships, family responsibilities, uncertainty, and fear—as they become leaders who serve their communities. The film airs nationally on PBS's Independent Lens on Dec 20 & 21, 2010. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/calling/Read more »

DiNardo in the Word

Drew DiNardo, former Tenth pastoral staff and now Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church, Margate, FL is back preaching in the area...on the radio. Tune in Sunday mornings, 8:00 a.m. on 740AM, WVCH for "In the Word."

Festival of Carols

The Festival of Carols is this Friday night (10th) at 7:30. This is an event sponsored by the Alliance of Christian Musicians and the Tenth concert series. Along with the regular suspects - the Westminster Brass and Tenth Choir and musicians - other choirs and musicians will join in from:

Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Newark, DE
Deerfield Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, NJ
Proclamation Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Elkins Park
Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Hatboro
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Lancaster

Two-Bedroom Apartment for Rent in University City

Apartment is available 1 January 2011 in a multi-tenant Victorian building for $1400 a month.
The apartment is the whole third floor of the building with one north and one south facing bedroom. It also overlooks a beautifully planted back yard. Coin operated washer/dryer in basement for tenant use.
The rent includes "UTILITIES" such as heat and electric. Cooking gas and phone/internet/cable are separate. Building is on a very nice block of university city. Very close to Penn's Campus and easy access to public transportation or Penn's Shuttle.
Contact the Berzinskys or 215.704.4201.

Fellow Workers

Our staff had the honor this morning for breakfast of hosting students from Christ Bible Seminary in Japan, the seminary headed by Michael Oh. They are an inspiration to us, as they prepare for ministry with little pay and difficult soil for planting, yet with a spirit of joy and love for their Savior.

Here is a blog posting by Michael from the Desiring God website.

Liz-Sophie-Liz, Oh My!

It is so confusing working here, especially when I am suppose to be watching over it all! So, Liz Mosebrook tells us she will be stepping down at the end of the year as the coordinator for global outreach. So I'm sad. But, then Sophie Kim will take her job. Great, now I'm glad. But now her position as TIF assistant needs to be filled. Oh well. But wait, someone will take her job - Liz Mosebrook! I think all this happens in January. This month is December, isn't it?