Gathering in South Jersey

Introducing Mercy Hill

2010-01-14T19:43:20Z

As of this past Sunday, the church formerly known as "Gloucester County Church Plant, Inc.," or, by some, affectionately, as "the gathering," has a new name: Mercy Hill Presbyterian Church.

Visit the church's new website here. Please bear in mind, its in its alpha stage: first draft, that is.

This website will continue for the time being as the place where supporters of the church can come to find out what's happening with Mercy Hill, in terms of its development, its prayer needs, and its financial situation.

That website may also highlight some of these same things, but will eventually become simply the church's new web space.

Meanwhile, if you know someone who can help us with a logo design, or website aesthetics, or other donated artistic services, we'd love to hear from you.

Celebrating the New Year

2010-01-12T12:00:30Z

Phil and Polly celebrated the new year with their children and another family, new partners in ministry, by going out on an "adult date" early in the evening, to a Japanese restaurant.

Lydia was the babysitter for our friend's son from about 5-7pm; Fitch and Maggie tag-teamed with the Henry's other kids.

Then, both families went back to the Henry's home and spent the rest of the night playing games with the kids. Flashlight limbo didn't quite work out, so it turned into broomstick limbo, which Stasi won, being the shortest, and able to run directly under the limbo stick. Talk about funny! (Click below to read more.)

Looking Back on 2009...

2010-01-01T21:24:29Z

Pastor Phil Henry was one of two pastors called in the September 2008 Presbytery meeting of the New Jersey Presbytery to start new churches in South Jersey—Phil’s call was to the suburbs of metro Philadelphia, in Gloucester County.

Having raised the minimum budget over the course of the next six months, the Henry's sold their house in Tucson, AZ, in May, 2009, and moved to New Jersey in June.

After arriving, Phil, Polly, and their six kids stayed in the old manse at Fairfield PCA in Fairton, NJ, while commuting to Gloucester County to find a house, register the kids for school.

Now residing in Sewell, New Jersey, the Henrys have hosted a dozen get-togethers, including an open house at which more than fifty people attended (a mixed group of believers, neighbors, and some non-Christians as well). (Click below to read more...)