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How To Mend A Broken Heart
September 8, 2017
Written by: Edd Conboy Five years ago Barbara Lappen was at her home church, Swarthmore Presbyterian, attending a presentation about Broad Street Ministry. She left that presentation with a question: What could I do to support this important work? The answer came to her quickly...
Prayers of the People
August 20, 2017
Broad Street Ministry congregation worships every Sunday at 4pm. During worship, folks gather to sing, praise, hear Scripture, and offer of themselves. Yesterday, Michele Ward preached from Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67, and here are the prayers that the congregation offered yesterday: I pray for hope..
Last Night at BSM
August 14, 2017
Last Night, Sammie Evans preached to us from Matthew 14:22-33. She spoke to us about power and justice in the face of oppression and hatred. Please pray for my grandparents. All of their healths are beginning to deteriorate. Additionally please keep my parents in your..
Last Night at BSM
August 7, 2017
Last night, Michele Ward preached to us from Genesis 32:22-31 about wresting with God and how God engages with us in our suffering. Listen here. Prayers from the gathered community: I applied for a loan so I could pay my lawyer. She will not represent..
Wrestling for a Blessing
August 7, 2017
Last night, Michele Ward preached to us from Genesis 32:22-31 about wresting with God and how God engages with us in our suffering.
Last Night at BSM
July 31, 2017
This week in worship, Brendan Van-Gorder, our Youth Initiative Seminarian from Princeton Theological Seminary, preached to us from Isaiah 30:18-21 about crying out to God. Prayers of the gathered community: **** friend with cancer. Is currently in his 12th round of chemo. Without ACA, he..
Today’s Experience
July 26, 2017
By Mary Gard, Volunteer I experienced something today at BSM that truly touched me. I was working in Personal Care and as I glanced over at the Art Table, I saw one of the guests, John, quickly jump up and run to the men's bathroom...
What Volunteers Have Meant to Me
July 26, 2017
[caption id="attachment_2344" align="alignright" width="241"] Mo with her Mom, Peggy[/caption] By Mo Kelly A friend recently gave me a book called “The Story of a Soul” by St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a well-known saint in the Catholic Church. As I read her autobiography, I couldn’t help..
Last Night at BSM
July 24, 2017
Last night in worship, Sammie Evans, preached to us from Romans 8:12-25. She spoke about the "Now and the Not Yet" telling us the importance of sitting with one another through our sufferings in the now and how that has a place for us in..
A Dream Come True for BSM
July 24, 2017
By Edd Conboy For the past ten years we have had a wonderful and fruitful relationship with Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) who provided us with a community nurse, and a nurse specializing in behavioral and mental health. We are grateful to have had them..
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