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Welcome to Crescentville UMC
400 Sentner Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120
Phone: 215-745-7115
email: crescentvilleumc@gmail.com


We welcome you to
worship with us in our sanctuary.
Sunday's 10:30 AM
Our worship service is recorded and the video is available on Facebook, YouTube,
and our website by Sunday evening.
A Changing Church for Changing Times
We describe our congregation as a changing church for changing times. We celebrate our multicultural, multi-generational Church family.
Our church family includes people from Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Kenya, Jamaica, Trinidad, St. Vincent Island, Romania, Pakistan, Nigeria and Hungary,
as well as some who grew up in the Crescentville neighborhood and others who are new to the area.
Please know you are welcome to be a part of the change! We invite you to join with us as we seek God’s leading us to be a welcoming place in our community.



Thursday, April 17th - Maundy Thursday Worship 7:00 PM
Join us for a service remembering the last supper that Jesus shared with His disciples. We will receive Holy Communion and share in the stripping of the altar. Please plan to attend, BECAUSE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THIS SERVICE, IT WILL NOT BE RECORDED.
The term “Maundy” comes from the Latin “mandatum;” it is from a verb that means “to give” or “to order” — command. After Jesus and the disciples finished the Last Supper and walked toward Gethsemane, Jesus taught them a new commandment — “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another” (John 13:34).
On Maundy it is customary to “strip the altar,” which symbolizes the abandonment of Jesus by his disciples and the stripping of Jesus by the soldiers before his crucifixion. It represents the humiliation of Jesus and the consequences of sin as a preparation for the celebration of new life.
Friday, April 18th - Good Friday Tenebrae Service 7:00 PM
Good Friday Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows” or “darkness”)
Tenebrae is usually held the evening of Good Friday and includes the gradual dimming of the lights and extinguishing of candles. We hold this service in the back of our Church. Scriptures are read reminding us of the events of that week from the triumphant Palm Sunday entry through Jesus' burial. The Christ candle is removed from the sanctuary and a concluding loud noise symbolizes the earthquake and agony of creation at the death of Christ.
BECAUSE OF THE SOLEMNITY OF THIS SERVICE, IT WILL NOT BE RECORDED.
Sunday, April 20th - Easter Sunday
Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ our Lord!
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 AM - All youth dismissed to classes after offertory.

Women's Fellowship Meeting
April 23, 2025 - NOON


Announcing the appointment
of our
incoming Pastor
Rev. Lori L. Reyes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised on the north coast of the beautiful island of Puerto Rico. Mother of two adult men.
Rev. Lori has served as a Local Pastor at Bridesburg United Methodist Church in Philadelphia County and Emilie United Methodist Church in Bucks County. She has participated in EPA Safe Sanctuary Committee and currently participates as an active member of the Latino Commission; Crossroads Walk to Emmaus Community of EPA and her last two appointments have been Cross Cultural/Cross Racial appointments.
Her mission is to apply the gifts that God has given her through her ministry of the local Church. The focus will be on the role of developing and equipping the spiritual formation of the local church, laypeople, and leadership. Her hopes are that through her contagious enthusiasm and love for the Gospel and the Church, she may inspire and lead others to Christ. Crescentville UMC is a vibrant, multicultural, multi-generational congregation mirroring the community in its leadership. Pastor Reyes’s love for all people will prove to be a wonderful match for this congregation and community.
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Pastor Lori will begin as our Half-Time Pastor on July 6, 2025. Please continue to pray for her and for the congregation as we start this new journey.
Our committee found Pastor Lori to be welcoming and happy to be joining us in ministry. If you have questions or concerns, please talk with someone on the committee and they will help as they can.
SPRC Committee:
Ed Paye, Gene Saloky, Sonja Browne, John Combay, Sue Creevey,
Collingwoode Macauley, Sue Snyder, John Wilson

We are encouraged to read the scriptures as we live through the many changes and challenges we face today in our world. The Word of God NEVER changes, because Jesus Christ never changes!
For daily devotions, please check out the Luther Seminary Education website.
You can sign up for devotions to be sent directly to your email.