good churches for educated single 30-somethings new to town? - Page 2 - PhillyBlog

rodwhite · #11 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 05:44 PM

Try Circle of Hope. www.circleofhope.net. Not quite liberal, but you'll probably feel OK.

KENfmt · #12 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 05:53 PM

Have you considered scientology? As long as you're looking for a new church, might as well join one that gives you super powers and immortality

j/k

lawmummy · #13 (**permalink**) 01-26-2007, 09:05 PM

I really like St. Timothy's Episcopal at 5720 Ridge Avenue. Traditional feel in terms of service but not rhetoric. Beautiful church inside (one of the prettiest in the City). Great mix of people. I never feel talked down to.

They have a book club (meets Mondays at 7:30pm) and a beer night (Franklin Society after the phrase by Ben Franklin that beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy, meets the first Sat of every month at 7pm - Next meeting is Feb 3, subject will be Belgian Beers).

Also lots of musical events. Appearing this Sunday -> University of the Arts jazz singers at 4pm.

newmarlig · #14 (**permalink**) 02-25-2007, 05:25 PM

There is a Unitarian Church at 21st and Chestnut. Can't get more liberal than that.

Dave · #15 (**permalink**) 02-25-2007, 06:12 PM

http://www.woodlandpres.com/
http://www.liberti.org/
http://www.citychurchphilly.com/

BachGuy · #16 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 03:56 PM

http://htrit.org/yachtclub.html

KYTOPA · #17 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 09:43 PM

I hope you will plan to visit the Philadelphia Cathedral (38th and Chestnut) some Sunday. It's Episcopal, with a magnificent worship space and innovative worship, and a very young demographic, perhaps because of its location between Penn and Temple. Many of the people who worship there come great distances because it is a place that engages them on so many levels. There are lots of young families and singles and enormous diversity of almost every kind. We have many seekers among us, people who have come from a variety of religious backgrounds, and from none.

You will find there a very warm welcomes, and not the slightest coercion.

KYTOPA · #18 (**permalink**) 02-27-2007, 09:47 PM

I forgot to say, the Sunday service at the Philadephia Cathedral is at 10:00 a.m., and in Lent is followed by a soup lunch and forum. There is a later service at 5:00 p.m. which is more open-ended and informal than Sunday morning.

eloree · #19 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

http://www.woodlandpres.com/
http://www.liberti.org/
http://www.citychurchphilly.com/

I know this was posted a year ago, but thank you for this! I have visited two locations of Liberti and quite enjoyed it. But I think I am going to visit City Church as well. Thanks!

niksiz · #20 (**permalink**) 02-27-2008, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by blueroses

Okay, this topic has come up in a number of conversations over the year and a half I've been in Philly . . . so maybe this is the place to get at least a few answers.

Most of the people I know here (primarily through work) are either Catholic, nothing, Jewish, or live farther out in the suburbs, but there are a couple of other newer "city" folk (who, like me have relocated from other parts of the country, like the midwest or the south, for jobs in Philly) I've met who have joined me in wondering:

If you're a liberal protestant, where do you go in the city or very near suburbs if you want to meet other like-minded people and find a community where you can feel part of something as a newcomer to Philly? Which churches would have the most people in the 30-something demographic?

This is not the old "where can I go to meet dates at church?" question. When I lived in the south, large churches were teeming with post-college 20-somethings spouse-hunting -- very scary scene. That's not the idea here.

Have you visted St. Asaph's (Episcopal) in Bala Cynwyd? http://www.saintasaphs.org.