During last Sunday’s morning services, we were pleased to welcome the new class of Fourth Fellows into our congregation. They’d just returned from the Fellows Opening Retreat, where they spent time bonding with each other and with Fellows Co-Directors Dave Frerichs and Tanya Klitsch, as well as having fun at the Chesapeake Bay. The […]
Read MoreDuring morning services a couple Sundays ago, we were pleased to welcome the new class of Fourth Fellows as they embark upon their nine months of “whole-life discipleship done by the whole church.” Fourth Fellows is a Christian formation and leadership program for young adults that have recently completed college or graduate school. The […]
Read More[…] 13:14-15, “For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.” On March 12, I returned from visiting with EPC churches in Puerto Rico […]
Read MoreDave was raised in Nebraska before attending the University of Pennsylvania, where he received undergraduate degrees in business and bioengineering and a master’s degree in biotechnology. He then participated in the design, development, and manufacturing of novel biopharmaceutical products, first for a global medical device firm and then for a biotechnology startup. In 2008, […]
Read MoreThe story of Martin Rinkart, a pastor in the German city of Eilenburg at the time of the Thirty Years War. A man frail in body but strong in faith and sacrificial service.
Read MoreThe vision, so powerfully proclaimed at that Sunday evening service years ago, has borne fruit amidst much pain and loss.
Read MoreRob served as Senior Pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church from 1984 – 2015 at which time he transitioned to the role of Teaching Pastor. He retired at the end of 2022. Born in South Wales, Rob surrendered himself to God on a Saturday evening at the age of 14. Then, at the encouragement of […]
Read MoreCorey has served at Fourth since 1991 and currently oversees many of the ministries at Fourth. His previous roles include Junior High Director, Senior High Director, Director of Adult Education, and 10 years as Pastor of Youth. A Bethesda native, Corey grew up in the Wood Acres neighborhood, graduated from Walt Whitman High School, […]
Read More[…] as Fourth’s eighth Senior Pastor on October 18, 2015. Raised in New Jersey, Todd first felt called to the ministry at age 11. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English at Dickinson College. After graduation, while serving in youth ministry, he met and married his wife, Jennifer. In 2001, Todd graduated […]
Read MoreIn lieu of a video devotional, I have been preparing a letter to you about the impact of racism and racial injustice within our own community of faith. It’s a weighty topic and one we must squarely face.
Read More“Cornerstone to me is a family and a place of refuge every day… I am so blessed to be able to go here.”
Read More[…] rising 8th graders served inner city kids in Baltimore, MD. Read about their accounts here: “Our rising seniors served at the Puerto Rico Christian School, just outside of San Juan, where they revamped the property in preparation for the school year. That week, our students painted, pressure washed, did yard work, mowed, weed-whacked and […]
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