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BMPC625 MontgomeryAvenueBryn Mawr PA 19010Welcome
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About BMPCThe congregation of the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church is a large and diverse community of believers from many walks of life and at varied places in their walks of faith. Yet together in Christ, we claim hope over despair, prefer truth to complacency, and seek to grow in personal faith and compassion for the world. Through our buildings we hope to both shelter and inspire. In our worship we seek to both sing with the angels and cry with the prophets. By our education we want to both inform and encourage. In the world around us we work to display both love and justice. We find our strength in friendship, fellowship, and faith. Get to know us by exploring this website, then come and visit to learn more. We want to be of help to you and yours in your own walk of faith, and we pray Gods strength for you.
Some Facts About Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church...
Priorities include reflecting the inclusive love of Christ, intellectual integrity, strength from the pulpit, and concern for social issues. Organized in 1873. Celebrated 125 years with the creation of the Urban/Suburban Partnership with West Philadelphia churches. Strong commitment to outreach and mission evidenced by allocation of over 30% of the annual $4 million budget to benevolences. Adult education classes to encourage theological inquiry, moral discourse, and discussion of contemporary issues facing the church and society. Internationally recognized Senior Choir. Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers. Children and Youth Choirs, Handbell choirs, concert series, art exhibits. Children's Ministries which include nursery care, graded Church School classes beginning with age 2, Children-in-Worship Sundays, Weekday Nursery School, children's choirs, "Young in Arts" classes, family programming, Bible Camp.
Dynamic year-round program for over 400 youth, grades 6-12. Youth Chorale; summer camps and work trips.
Mature Working Singles, a ministry to single adults over 40, offers opportunities for spiritual enrichment, education, and outreach and encourages participation in the church's wider ministries.
Young Professionals, a ministry to couples and singles in their 20s & 30s, meets periodically on Sundays to socialize and explore contemporary questions of life and faith (also: Sunday brunches, volunteer opportunities, and women's bible study).
Eleven interest groups and spiritually enriching programs sponsored by Presbyterian Women. Discussion group for men.
Lively ministry to enrich the lives of Senior Adult members.
"Caregivers" programs to support members in need; Parish Nurse; Care Manager; The Middleton Center
Community Forums featuring distinguished speakers.
Task Forces on Peacemaking, Environmental Justice, Hunger, and the Homeless. Church Membership:
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Pastor Wesley D. Avram (installed June 11, 2006).
Five associate pastors. With 3300 members, one of the 20 largest of 11,000+ congregations
of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 