Better Promises Dr. Liam Goligher

Transcription

1 To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whoever will come this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. M O R N I N G W O R S H I P Better Promises E V E N I N G W O R S H I P Worship: Form or Substance? October 22, 2017

2 M O R N I N G W O R S H I P 9 : 0 0 / 1 1 : 0 0 A M Prelude Just As I Am Der gute Hirt (Psalm 23) Call to Worship arr. David Ferreira Franz Schubert Lydia Roth, flute * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 731) Old Hundredth * Confession Almighty God, to Whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from Whom no secrets are hid: cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify Thy holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen. * The Gospel s Assurance of Pardon * Invocation * Hymn 2: O Worship the King Lyons Responsive Reading Psalm 25:11 22 (page 459) * Gloria Patri (Trinity Hymnal 734) Gloria Patri (Meineke) * Apostles Creed I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession Announcements Living Church Outreach Report * Hymn: Reformation Hymn (next page) Bob Kauflin (In the 11:00 service, Praisemakers, ages 4 5, may go to B2; Praisemakers Plus, grades 1 2, may go to B1.) * Offering Prayer Offertory: Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven arr. Lydia Roth Lydia Roth, flute Scripture Reading Hebrews 8:6 13 (page 1005) Sermon Series: Hebrews...Better Promises Prayer * Hymn 347: The Church s One Foundation Aurelia * Benediction Postlude: Agincourt Hymn John Dunstable Colin Howland, organ * Congregation standing

3 Reformation Hymn

4 E V E N I N G W O R S H I P 6 : 1 5 P M Soli Deo Gloria Prelude Praise Ye the Lord Victor Johnson Praise the Lord, all ye people! Praise the Lord, rejoice and sing! Praise the Lord, all ye heavens! Lift your voice to God, our King! Alleluia, Alleluia! Praise ye the Lord! Alleluia! Praise Him, all ye angels, praise Him in the heavenly heights. Praise Him, ye sun and moon. Praise Him all ye stars of light. Praise the Lord ye mountains and hills. Praise Him all ye nations. Praise the Lord, ye rivers and seas. Praise Him all creation. Cantate Choir Joseph Waggoner, conductor Helen Sneller, piano Children of the Heavenly Father (Trinity Hymnal 131) Carolina V. Sandell Berg Cantate and Jubilate Choirs Joseph Waggoner, conductor Helen Sneller, piano Alleluia! Sing Alleluia arr. John Leavitt Alleluia! Sing alleluia, Amen. Lift your hearts in joyful praise. Lift your hearts in joyful praise. Sing, rejoice in joyful song. Sing, rejoice in joyful song. Sing, come celebrate, rejoice with voices, raise the song once more Jubilate Choir Eleanor Bracey, conductor Judy Harvey, piano Soli Deo Gloria is a motto that has been used since the time of the Protestant Reformation. It is the culminating phrase of five Solas and means Glory to God Alone. Soli Deo Gloria affords musicians (singers and instrumentalists alike) the opportunity to give back to God from the gifts He has given them. At the same time, the music is intended to encourage the congregation and to be a public testimony of our desire at Tenth Church to honor Him with our musical offerings. 6 : 3 0 P M Welcome Call to Worship Invocation * Hymn 97: We Praise You, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator Kremser * Prayer of Confession O Lord our God, no day of our lives passes that does not prove us guilty in Your sight. Even our best efforts are as filthy rags before You. We ask You to forgive our sin because He who knew no sin was made to be sin for us; that in Christ we might be fully pardoned and restored. Grant that by resting in His righteousness alone, we may hereafter walk in newness of life, and run with endurance the race that is set before us, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. * Congregation standing

5 * The Gospel s Assurance of Pardon Matthew 11:28 30 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. * Doxology (Trinity Hymnal 733) Lasst Uns Erfreuen (Catechism Club may leave to attend their program.) Praise God from Whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below: alleluia, alleluia! Praise Him above ye heav nly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Prayer of Preparation God s Word Read John 4:19-26(page 889) * Hymn 701: Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It! Ada * Offering Prayer Offertory: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth Felix Mendelssohn And then shall your light break forth as the light of morning breaketh, and your health shall speedily spring forth then; and the glory of the Lord ever shall reward you. Lord our Creator, how excellent Thy name is in all the nations. Thou fillest heaven with Thy glory. Amen. Tenth Church Choir Sermon Series: Christ the Controversialist Worship: Form or Substance? Prayer * Hymn 300: Blessing and Honor and Glory and Power O Quanta Qualia * Benediction Postlude: Prelude, Fugue, and Chaconne Dietrich Buxtehude Colin Howland, organ T H E S H O R T E R C AT E C H I S M, circa 1647 One of the documents that explains what our church and denomination believe is known as the Shorter Catechism. We are including in the bulletin a series of questions and answers dealing with some of the essential doctrines of our faith. Question 15: What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created? Answer: The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created was their eating the forbidden fruit. * Congregation standing

6 TENTH PRESS OCTOBER 22, 2017 Reformation 500: What Do We Gain By Looking Back? by Colin Howland, Music Director and Organist I grew up a fan of the Broad Street Bullies, the great Philadelphia Flyers teams of the 1970 s. My school friends and I spent entirely too much time pouring over accounts of their reign of terror; names like Moose Dupont and Dave The Hammer Schultz still evoke images of bloodied men staggering off the ice. While the individual hockey fights fascinated me, nothing got me going more than a bench-clearing brawl, a massive altercation involving every player of both teams. Generally speaking, individual skirmishes had a reasonable explanation, that is, boys retaliate. On the other hand, bench-clearing brawls seemed all out of proportion, proverbial snowballs which turned into avalanches. Pinpointing the beginning of the Protestant Reformation is notoriously difficult, but there is little doubt that while Martin Luther intended to light a fire with his Ninety- Five Theses, no one anticipated the conflagration which followed. His invitation to debate the principles of indulgences set off a chain of events that in the following 100+ years changed all of Europe and continues to have an impact today. October 31, 2017, marks the 500th anniversary of the posting of Luther s Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church of Wittenburg, and celebrations commemorating that event abound. Here at Tenth we are having our annual Reformation Hymn Service on Sunday evening, October 29. Dr. Carl Trueman from Westminster Theological Seminary will be preaching a sermon entitled To the Glory of God Alone, highlighting a central theme of the Reformation. The Westminster Brass and Tenth Church Choir will provide musical selections based on Luther s hymns and service music, and several festive congregational hymns from Luther s musical legacy will be sung. But why bother? After all, our Presbyterian tradition owes more to the reforms of Calvin than to Luther. More importantly, you are probably already thinking that we never want to elevate the works of men in our services, but always worship God alone. I think Luther himself would wholeheartedly agree, and we have no intention of doing anything else but worshipping God on the 29th! C.S. Lewis provides some insight, however, into the value of considering what others before us have said and done. In an article he wrote emphasizing the importance of reading old books, he explains that no generation can evaluate itself properly if it only does so on its own terms. Since it is impossible for us to look to the future to gain perspective, our only choice is to delve into the past to help us. The Reformers certainly did that to a great degree. They were interested in restoring the purity of the Church. Their authority was the Word of God alone, as opposed to traditions and hierarchy of the Church. Luther and others carefully looked at the theology and practices of the Church throughout history and evaluated them on the basis of Scripture. In the case of Luther, he sought to continue the healthy practices of the Church while weeding out the bad. He did not seek to innovate so much as to set things right again according to Scripture. In the process, he did many things which continue to benefit us today, things for which we rightly give glory to God. Consider the following: Luther advocated congregations full understanding of the content of worship and helped to establish services in the language of the people. To that end he translated the entire Bible into German, provided a complete German liturgy as well as new congregational hymns and service music in the vernacular. He emphasized the centrality of the reading and preaching of God s Word in worship. He sought to bring everything in the worship setting under the authority of God s Word, including the content of the liturgy and hymns, and a Biblical understanding and practice of the sacraments. He viewed music as a gift from God, useful for taking to heart God s Word, comforting the afflicted, bringing joy to the life of the worshipper, and defending against spiritual attack. To conclude, remembering the Reformation recognizes and celebrates God s faithfulness in pointing a generation back to His Word for His honor and glory, and consequently, their and our benefit. By His grace, may we be a church that is Semper Reformanda, always reforming, in that way!

7 TENTH NEWS WELCOME We are delighted to have you worship with us. Please stop at our welcome center in the narthex (Spruce Street lobby). Information is also available at tenth.org and in the Delancey lobby. Between morning services, we invite you to Reception Hall for light refreshments. Serving on the platform: 9 AM Deryck Barson, Enrique Leal; 11 AM Gavin Lymberopoulos, Tim Merkel; 6:30 PM George McFarland, Oliver Pierce Tenth has Wi-Fi. Connect to the Tenth network and follow the prompts. If members have a smartphone, they may download the Church Life app from their app store and have the church directory and calendar available all the time. Once downloaded, log in with the same username and password as for AccessTenth. Members who have not already used AccessTenth can sign up for a login if their is in our database (use quick link, upper right at If you want us to add your to our database, contact Pattie at plee@tenth.org. The deadline for bulletin announcements is Tuesday noon (earlier if a short work week). Announcements for prayer can be submitted past the deadline and will be included when possible (otherwise the following week). Large print bulletins and hymns are available in the narthex they are in black binders. Hearing assistance devices and large print Bibles are also available nearby. Please return all of these to the same location after use. An American Sign Language interpreter is present at evening services at the sanctuary front (18th Street side). Go to tenth.org/volunteers to volunteer at Tenth. Post and find ads for events, housing, jobs, services and more at tenth.org/classifieds. See similar information on bulletin boards near the 17th Street exit between Reception Hall and the Delancey lobby. Please keep your belongings close to you. We have had occasional thefts. Use 2017 parking placards if you park in approved locations on the street. Copies are in the lobbies. Please do not bring food or drinks into the Sanctuary. Lost-and-found is in labeled compartments in the mailroom off the Delancey lobby. TODAY S EVENTS Coffee is available in the lobby at 1710 before 9 AM Bible School classes. Tenth College Fellowship s Coffee, Church, Community (C3) meets in 1710 Spruce, large conference room, 9:30 AM, for coffee, donuts, conversation, and study of Romans. Pray for the nations! Visit the table in Reception Hall to join the Global Outreach Commission in covering our world in prayer as part of our preparations for the GO Conference in November. The church library is open 10:25 10:55 AM in C1 and C4. Internationals Outreach (IO) meets for worship on Sundays at 11 AM in Fellowship Hall. Contact Enrique at eleal@tenth.org with questions. Prayer intercessors are available to pray with you after the 11 AM service. Find them near Catacombs room C6. Tenth Children s Music begins at 6:10 PM. Contact Joseph Waggoner at jwaggoner@tenth.org. All middle school/high school string players who are currently studying privately and have good note reading skills may join the Tenth youth string orchestra in room B3 from 6:10 to 6:45 PM every Sunday night for a challenging rehearsal in preparation for performance in Tenth s Christmas Eve Service and more. For more information contact Judy Harvey, jharvey@tenth.org. Join Tenth City Network (20s and 30s) for TCN After Hours tonight at 1710 Spruce Street immediately after the evening worship service. They will close the Lord s Day with a brief, informal time of singing, prayer, fellowship, and food. UPCOMING EVENTS Parish 1 community, you have an opportunity to sign up to be a host or guest for our October come home for dinner tables a dinner with new and old friends. Hosts open their homes to 4 to 6 guests. Guests are expected to bring a dish to the dinner party. Please pick a date that you can join us as a host or guest in October! Kathleen Lewis at klewis@resolutiondyn.com and she will send an invitation, or click on the link at Tenth.org.

8 Party helpers and little guests alike are needed to make the Tenth Playgroup Pumpkin Party on Saturday morning, October 28, a fun and festive time for our neighbors. Church families and Bible school students are urged to attend! To help bake, prepare, or decorate, and to RSVP as a guest, please playgroup@tenth.org or call Crystal Hanrahan. Maranatha choir is back! Youth in 6th through 12th grades are invited to come to B3 for rehearsals Sunday afternoons at 5:15 PM, beginning Sunday, October 29. We ll be learning Christmas songs to sing in December. Contact Eleanor Bracey for details at ebracey@tenth.org. The employment seekers prayer group meets October 29, 10:15 10:55 AM, at 1701 Delancey Street, 1 West. Parish 4, please join us for a parish lunch on Sunday, October 29, in 1710 Spruce following the 11 AM worship service for an informal time of fellowship. Please bring a dish to share. To assist in planning, please RSVP to Katherine Soule, indicating how many will be attending and what you will bring. November 3 5 is our annual fall Global Outreach Conference. Explore the theme of GO Witness with several GO partners through fellowship, community, celebration, and worship. Contact Shannon at sjohnston@tenth.org for more details. On Saturday, November 4, as part of the Global Outreach Conference, Bruce McDowell and Jonas Stava will host a book discussion on Bruce s new book on pluralism, Faith in the Mosaic. The book can be purchased on Amazon. Contact Shannon with questions. During the Global Outreach conference have lunch with Medical Campus Outreach and John Cropsey, M.D., formerly of Wills Eye, who will speak on his team s work in Burundi: The Hope Africa University Experiment: A Model for Medical Missions Going Forward? We ll meet in Fellowship Hall on November 5, 12:45 PM. MCO/Lauren at mco.smi.tenth@gmail.com with questions. Join us for a prayer dinner on Tuesday, November 7, 6:45 8 PM, at 1710 Spruce Street. Parish 4 men will hold a men s prayer breakfast at the Wayne Panera (319 E. Lancaster Ave, Wayne, PA, between St. Davids & Aberdeen Roads, on north side of street) Saturday, November 11, 7:30 AM. Contact Paul Reimold. Reserve November 11 for a church workday. We will do deep cleaning and some maintenance and repair projects. If you know what you would like to work on, please Dot at dboersma@tenth.org. More details soon, and then you can sign up. ACTS Ministries needs turkeys or turkey breasts for the November 12 Community Dinner. Please sign up in the mail room or dapple@tenth.org and bring the cooked turkey with meat sliced to the Fellowship Hall kitchen by 11 AM on November 12. Thank you. Racial healing is the focus of ACTS Bridge-Builders ministry, this time learning from Peter and Cornelius in Acts 10. Join us on Sunday, November 19, 1 PM, in Fellowship Hall as we eat, talk, and pray together. Please RSVP to dapple@tenth.org. Join a Bible study with Carlos DiCarlo and others on Monday nights, 6:30 PM, as they study James epistle. For information, contact carlos.dicarlo1975@gmail.com. Meet in 1710 Spruce Street (enter at 1701 Delancey first). Join Bruce McDowell and Enrique Leal for prayer on Wednesdays, 5:30 6 PM, in 3 West. Join Internationals Outreach West Philadelphia for a weekly Bible study at 5:30 PM at The City School at Spruce Hill, 42nd and Baltimore. Contact Enrique at eleal@tenth.org or x223. OPPORTUNITIES Dr. Goligher s second series of Trinity sermons, Trinity: The Two Natures of Christ, based largely on Hebrews 2, has just been released by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. The first is now named Trinity: The Eternally Divine Son. They can be ordered as CD s or MP3 s at reformedresources.org or by calling Think of early Christmas shopping for your favorite young pastor or seminarian, or for an interested Christian friend. The City School is seeking a part-time high school algebra teacher. Please see for more information. To learn how to participate in our denomination s relief efforts, go to pcamna.org/disaster-response/storms. Tenth has Bible studies throughout the metropolitan area. Pick up a parish flyer in our lobbies to learn the

9 small group Bible study contact for each area or go to tenth.org to find a group. Tenth s media ministry is seeking individuals interested in operating sound, webcast, and other technical outreaches. See Steve Kohler or skohler@tenth.org. Used laptop computers are needed for ministry partners in Liberia and Colombia. Contact Bruce McDowell at bmcdowell@tenth.org. The Philadelphia Access Center, one of our Metro Outreach partners, provides social services and counseling services for men, women, married couples, and young adults. For information, please visit philaccess.org or call John Applegate and Associates provides fee-based counseling services and also has various support groups at 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, Philadelphia (in the Philadelphian). Contact them at office@jaanda.com or Pfeifer, Elijah Riggs, and Peter Shevchenko. Contact Dot at dboersma@tenth.org or x233 to update or add others to this list. Those of our congregation who are seeking employment. Check our 17th Street stairwell bulletin boards for housing and employment opportunities. Session and Diaconate meetings Tuesday night. Today s ACTS Nursing Home Ministry at Penn Center for Rehab, 2 PM, and ACTS Bible studies at the Federal Detention Center. OPERATIONS Please schedule all church events with Dot Boersma. Make event reservations now for spaces and/or resources through August Contact Dot at dboersma@tenth.org with any questions. PRAY FOR Quinn Laidig as he begins his service in the U.S. Army as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry. Members who have ongoing health needs: Charlotte Ackerman, Clare Arnesen, Bob Caldwell, Marjorie Calvanico, Catherine Clinton, Allen D Acenzo, Brian Forde, Paul Graves, Jim Hetherington, Cyndy Hunt, Wally Jones, Frank Palumbo, Lois Palumbo, Temmie Pearson, Sarah Peterman, Nancy Siegel, Ronald Smith, Howard Vos, Saundra Wiggins, Chazz Williams. Members serving in the military: James C., Edward Dawson, Ayanna Gardner, Christopher Hala, JD Hala, James Kenis, Quinn Laidig, John Nothacker, Rusty The trustees report the following giving totals as of October 15, 2017: Church Ministry (10/15/17) Church Ministry YTD Outreach YTD Building YTD 2017 Giving 31,536 1,489, , , Budget YTD 39,368 1,653, , ,736 Difference 7, , ,549 17,386 The Project of the Month offering as of October 1 is $859.

10 TENTH GIVING Tenth carries out its gospel-centered mission of proclaiming God s truth to those of us near and far away through servants who are worthy of their hire in their faithful work. Tenth s funds support those servants and cover other expenses (for our church ministries as well as maintenance, utilities, etc.) that keep the gospel work going, while we seek to create space for future gospel work through the Capital Campaign. Our combined Church Ministry Fund and Outreach Fund budgets call for 2017 combined giving of $3,047,430. To date, our giving is significantly below amounts needed for this time of year. Seasonallyadjusted projections suggest a significant year-end gap in those two funds; without seasonal adjustments, projections are far more concerning. Please join Tenth s Elders and Trustees as we re-commit ourselves to prayer and consider sacrificial giving toward our ongoing ministry for the gospel in Philadelphia and around the world.

11 PARKING Sunday street parking information is at tenth.org/ parking (where you will find all parking details) and on the 2017 parking placard available in the lobbies. Always check at tenth.org for any event parking information, whatever the day of the week. When using street parking on Spruce and Pine, please remember to use your mirrors and watch for bikers in the bike lane as you pull in and as you open your doors. Parking in the Liberty Place garage is free Sundays only. You will need to pick up chaser tickets in Reception Hall immediately after services (near water fountain after morning services, at nursery desk after evening services) you must show your garage ticket to receive one. Please park at Liberty to free up the streets for neighbors, bikers, and those with mobility issues. The garage has entrances between Market and Chestnut Streets on both 16th and 17th Streets. More details are at tenth.org/parking. Available Sundays only, if you use the EZ Park lot at 17th and Pine, you must validate your ticket with an EZ Park rubber stamp they have provided in order to get their reduced rate of $7 (note three-hour limit). Stamps clearly marked EZ Park are in the Narthex and at the Delancey lobby desk. The discounted parking rate at the Penn Garage (1700 South Street) for churches is $6. You must stamp your ticket in the Narthex or at the Delancey lobby desk with Penn parking stamp, but see below for conditions: Sunday All Sunday events are permitted Must have exact change after 8 PM Monday through Friday (must enter after 5) Driver must confirm if event is permitted check on church website Must enter after 5 PM Must have exact change after 8 PM Saturday Driver must confirm if event is permitted check on church website Must have exact change after 8 PM CHILDREN AND YOUTH CLASSES Nursery (crib room and toddlers) Reception Hall (9 AM & 11 AM) Ages 2 3 Carriage House (9 AM & 11 AM) Ages 4 5 B2 & B3 (9 AM) Children with Special Needs B1 & B5 (9 AM); B5 (11 AM) Grades 1 5 Catacombs (9 AM) Grade Delancey Street, 3 West (9 AM) Grades S. 17th Street, 2 Rear and 3 Front (9 AM) Grades Pine Street (9 AM) Ages 4 5: Praisemakers B2 B3 (leave 11 AM service at second hymn) Grades 1 2: Praisemakers Plus B1 (leave 11 AM service at second hymn) Birth to age 3 Reception Hall (6:30 PM) Ages 4 5: Catechism Club B5 (leave 6:30 PM service as indicated in bulletin) Grades 1 6: Tenth Children s Music Catacombs and B3 (6:10 PM) Grades 6 12: Maranatha (youth group) Fellowship Hall and other locations (6:15 PM)

12 17th & Spruce Streets S E N I O R M I N I S T E R M A I L I N G A D D R E S S 1701 Delancey Street Philadelphia, PA p f welcome@tenth.org M I N I S T E R S Rev. Deryck Barson, Assistant Minister Rev. Enrique Leal, Internationals Rev. Gavin Lymberopoulos, Metro Dr. Bruce McDowell, Global Outreach Dr. Jerry McFarland, Senior Associate Rev. Carroll Wynne, Pastoral Care M I N I S T R Y D I R E C T O R S Dr. David Apple, Mercy Patrick Canavan, Administrator; Chr. Ed. Colin Howland, Organist/Music Dr. Laura Layer, Medical Campus Outreach Pam Nothacker, Tenth Preschool Sarah Peterman, Nursery Dora Phan, Maranatha (Jr/Sr High) PA R I S H 1 E L D E R S : C E N T E R C I T Y/ S P H I L A Frank Harder Doug Potts PA R I S H 2 E L D E R S : N P H I L A / N S U B U R B S Steve Bachman Nasrat Ghattas David Fiori Dan Kunkle PA R I S H 3 E L D E R S : W P H I L A / W S U B U R B S Ron Hoch Bob Kempf Gregg Olmstead PA R I S H 4 E L D E R S : M A I N L I N E Patrick Canavan Paul Grant PA R I S H 5 E L D E R S : S W S U B U R B S / D E L AWA R E Dave Collins George McFarland Bert Fink PA R I S H 6 E L D E R S : N E W J E R S E Y Andrew Fletcher Jim Hala Steve Forde Russ Pfeifer I N T E R N AT I O N A L S O U T R E A C H E L D E R Nasrat Ghattas S E R V I C E S N E X T W E E K 9:00/11:00 AM: Morning Worship Hebrews... 6:15/6:30 PM: Soli Deo Gloria/Evening Worship Christ the Controversialist... C H R I S T I A N E D U C AT I O N Nursery care is available during all services. For Adult/Youth/ Children s Bible School opportunities, see our Bible School brochure available in our lobbies, or visit our website at tenth.org. D I R E C T I O N S A N D S U N D AY PA R K I N G An Attending Services placard, which is available in our lobbies, must be placed on the front dashboard of your car for parking in permitted areas on the street. See the parking areas listed on the placard. The main reduced-rate garage is between 17th and 18th on South Street. Parking lot tickets must be stamped in the Narthex or Delancey Lobby. Free parking is available on Sundays in the Liberty Place Garage (north of Chestnut Street, from 16th to 17th Street). Free chaser tickets are available in Reception Hall after services. See tenth.org/parking for all parking details and directions. R E S O U R C E S Explore the church and our ministries at tenth.org. At the site, you may view services live, as well as past services. Tenth members and regular attendees may also link to the church s database using the AccessTenth link from the home page. The church library is open between morning services, 10:30 11:00, in Catacombs rooms C1 and C4. A B O U T T E N T H We are a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America adhering to the authority of Scripture and confessing the doctrine contained in the Westminster Standards. Tenth was founded in 1829, its present structure was designed by John McArthur Jr., and built in The interior was redesigned by Frank Miles Day in More information about history and architecture is at tenth. org/history.