Past Events (Page 3)

Past Events (Page 3)

Oct 1, 2023

Knox/Govans Partnership Sunday

All are welcome for a special combined service featuring the worship teams from Knox and Govans Presbyterian churches. Join us at Govans Presbyterian Church Sunday, October 1 at 10:30 a.m.
Sep 24, 2023

All Church Potluck

Join us in Sharp Hall following the 10:30 a.m. worship service. Bring a dish to share. Drinks will be provided.
Sep 18, 2023

Racial Justice Speaker Series with Tona Brown

Email Lea Gilmore (lea@govanspres.org) for more information and the Zoom link. Trans-activist, vocalist, violinist, entrepreneur, and teacher Tona Brown has an international performance career throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe as a violinist and mezzo-soprano. Ms. Brown is also an advocate for transgender issues in the arts, often speaking and performing at colleges and universities. She is the first transgender woman of color to perform the National Anthem for a sitting President at the LGBT Leadership Gala Dinner for…
Sep 17, 2023

Three Church Youth Group

Attention youth of Govans, Faith and Roland Park! Join us on September 17 from 5:30-700 p.m. for the first Three Church Youth Group of the school year! Dinner will be provided. This is a drop off youth event. A room will be provided for parents to gather and visit if they wish. All ages of youth are welcome. Mark your calendars! We will be having a youth group event every third Sunday!
Sep 11, 2023

Community Sing with Tim Scully

Email Lea Gilmore (lea@govanspres.org) for the more info and for the Zoom link. A friend of Music Mondays, Tim brings his boundless energy and musical gifts to us one more.  Tim was born in New York City and grew up singing with his twin sister Kathy while doing dishes in the early 60’s. They grew up on Motown and the Everly Brothers and loved to harmonize. Tim later spent 4 years in a Catholic minor seminary and was part of a traveling band of seminarians…
Sep 10, 2023

Blessing of the Backpacks

Bring your backpack or school bag to worship for a blessing during the service. All students, teachers, etc. welcome!
Sep 10, 2023

Sunday School Kick-Off & Waffle Bar

Come meet your Sunday School classmates and teachers at 9:00 a.m. Adults will meeting in Sharp Hall to discuss plans for the upcoming year of Adult Options. Then at 9:30 a.m. head to the Gallery for the waffles! Then don’t forget to go to church at 10:30am!
Sep 3, 2023

Per Capita Sunday

It’s Latin! It’s Presbyterian! It’s weird! It’s Per Capita Sunday! – September 3:  The Per Capita is what we at Govans pay to our Presbyterian denomination for each member on our active rolls. If you give regularly you don’t have to even worry about it if you don’t want to. Your generous giving covers your per capita. But, some people actually like to pay their own per capita. For 2023 we pay $40 for each active member. Of that $29…
Aug 22, 2023

Racial Justice Book Discussion: The Bluest Eye

Join us on Tuesday, August 22 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.  We will be reading  The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel set in her hometown of Lorain, Ohio. “Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at…
Jul 9, 2023

The Practice of Prayer

Join Pastor Tom on Sunday morning for a special series, The Practice of Prayer. We will: Email tom@govanspres.org with questions
Jun 26, 2023

At the Intersections: Black and LGBTQ+

As part of Govans’ celebration of Pride month, we are presenting a virtual conversation on June 26 at 7:00 p.m. on Zoom.  featuring a panel of experts  who will share information and insights about the health and well-being of Americans who identify as Black and LGBTQ. According to the American Medical Association, about 40% of LGBTQ+ adults in the United States are people of color, including 12% who identify as Black. A recent report by the Williams Institute at UCLA found that Black adults…