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A Note from Our Rector

Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Philippians 4.8 (NRSV)

That word translated as whatever isn’t a dismissive utterance. It is an expansive, imperfection embracing, creative striving word. Elsewhere in the New Testament, the same word can be translated as all [Mark 6.56] and everything [Matthew 13.44] And here in this phrase from the letter to the Philippians, it is that kind of wholehearted honesty with God and each other that we are to be striving for as an imperfect community of disciples (the church).

It is my hope that you will find just that same spirit of ‘whatever’ in the life together here at Christ Church, Ridley Park. So, friends and strangers and wonder-ers, whatever brings you to this page and this community - in the love of Jesus, I welcome you. I hope that what you find through our online presence will encourage you to experience all of it in person.

If you ask around you might hear that CCRP is the pretty pumpkin church. We are not nor ever will we be, a giant hefty award-winning pumpkin, nor are we a precious snowball pumpkin. We are not a perfectly symmetrical and unblemished pumpkin, we are an arm full and slightly gnarly everyday gourd. We have some amazing variety in our yard of pumpkins, but also, if we are honest, a lot of similarities. We know that we are all on a lifelong journey, and we are both continuing some older ways of using our hearts and hands and voices in Jesus’ way of love, and we are discovering new people and ways as well. We live into this by focusing on five action words of the Baptismal promises: Continue, Return, Proclaim, Serve, and Strive. How do you begin? By putting your heart and hands into each of those actions through the activities of Christ Church.

When the pumpkins arrive some of us love to put them in elegant lines and designs, and others just want to keep them chaotic and fresh: and we do both together in love. That is to say we are an ordered and disciplined church, but we are also cooperative and never cruel. We are contemporary without trying to reinvent the pumpkin. We are anciently rooted but we also know that cultivating new varieties adds to the health of the whole ecosystem. We have bright bold orange confidence, without pretending we have all the pumpkins or that everybody likes pumpkins. (And we love them just the same.) CCRP worship is solidly broad church - candles and vestments and processions with pews in a classic sanctuary, but we practice these traditions with love and pragmatism before precision. We are blessed with a tremendous classical small choir and lovely organ, that raises our awe and wonder in worship.

Whatever I say here will never be enough to fully convey the love and witness and depth that Christ Church, Ridley Park offers the faithful, the doubters, and the curious who seek to follow Jesus with us, nor the fruitfulness we seek to be for the neighborhood. Come and see - you are welcome here - whatever kind of pumpkin you might be (or become).

The Rev. Jane Gober, Rector


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SUNDAY

  • 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, simple spoken
  • 10:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist, music and hymns online

MONDAY- THURSDAY

12:30 p.m. Prayer During the Day on our Facebook Page or our website here.

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104 Nevin St.
Ridley Park, PA 19078

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Whoever you are, for whatever reason you are wondering about this community and way of faith, we are glad you are here, and we invite you to come and see in-person, or join online.

We encourage you to explore how we carry on meaningful traditions while adapting to this era in life giving ways. We continue, return, proclaim, serve and strive in Christ’s name every day.

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We trust that God loves you and all creation - no exceptions.

We know that following Jesus brings both connection and transformation.

We encounter the Holy Spirit who is both demanding and renewing.

We strive together to grow in faithfulness to God’s way of love in this time and place.

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The way of Jesus is a lifelong friendship of loving-kindness and liberation. We wonder how we can collaborate with you and the Holy Spirit to become compassion, freedom, and mercy for all.

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Holy God who calls the world into being, who calls us into Christ’s church; we thank you for the church that is our heart, for the mission of the church that is our joy, and for the ministry of the church that is our task. We thank you for the generosity of Christ Church, Ridley Park, for its steadfastness over time, for its faithful witness, wholehearted life, and its abundant caring ways. Make us courageous, make us ready, make us open, that we may become a resounding Alleluia through your passion and into your victory. We pray in the name of Jesus crucified and risen, wholehearted Shepherd of the Church. Amen.

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