Overbrook
Presbyterian
Church

Overbrook Presbyterian Church

The Church at the Crossroads
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MLK Day of Service Activities

While the pandemic has limited the scope of Martin Luther King Day large group service opportunities, we are still planning to hold our annual memorial to lives lost to gun violence. This year there are over 400 T-shirts that have been prepared by volunteers at home.
Memorial to Gun Violence Dedication
Monday, January 18, 2021
3:00 PM on Zoom
Join us for a brief service to bless the Memorial to 2020 Gun Violence Victims. The Zoom link has been sent out by email. If you'd like to be added to our mailing list, please email Carol. For more information on the memorial, click here.
Activites for Children, Youth & Families
Click here for activities and resources for children, youth and families, including a Zoom storytelling at 3:30 PM on Monday, January 18, 2021.

Online Worship

Online Worship
Sundays at 10:30 AM
Until we can worship together in church again, we are hosting online worship.
Zoom links for worship and all online events will be shared on email, our Realm calendar and our Community Facebook page. If you'd like to be added to our mailing list, please email Carol.
Click here for more information on how to use Zoom.
Past Online Worship Services
Watch our past online services here on YouTube.

Weekly Online Gatherings

Zoom links for all online events will be shared on email, our Realm calendar and our Community Facebook page. If you'd like to be added to our mailing list, please email Carol.
Women’s Prayer & Support Group
Tuesdays at 7:30 AM
The women of Overbrook come together on Zoom for some prayer, connection, and support.
Bible Study
Wednesdays at 10:30 AM
Adam leads an online Bible Study on Zoom.
Men’s Group
Saturdays at 9:00 AM
Join the OPC Men's Group every Saturday morning on Zoom for conversation and fellowship.
Children's Activities
For more information on weekly online activities for children and youth, contact Anthony.
Connect on Facebook
Keep connected with our community on our private Facebook Community page.
Using Zoom
If you have any questions about how to use Zoom, please read this info page or contact Carol Rozmiarek.

Renting Space

Overbrook Presbyterian Church has affordable, comfortable, functional spaces for rent for daily, evening, weekend, weekly, or longer-term rentals. We have spaces for all occasions—events, parties, receptions, classes, meetings, exhibits, musical rehearsals and performances, etc. We rent to individuals, nonprofit organizations, and businesses with a sliding scale of rental rates.

Please review all the information below, and if you have any questions or would like to book an event, please email us for more information.

Fellowship Hall

Fellowship Hall is a large hall suitable for seated banquets, theater-style events, and meetings of all varieties. With a proscenium theater stage, and 30-foot skylight ceilings, Fellowship Hall is a very functional and impressive venue for your next gathering.

Capacity: 160 seated at tables, 180 seated theater style

Special features: Fixed stage for musical or theatrical performance, configurable lighting, amplified speaker podium, piano, hardwood floors, comfortable seating, and adjacent hallways with coat racks. Proximity to the Wistar Morris Room makes it possible to host larger events.

Wistar Morris Room

The Wistar Morris Room is the social focal-point of Overbrook Presbyterian Church. With a wall of windows, a grand hearth, hardwood floors, and magnificent dark-wood beams, the Wistar Morris Room is a quiet and pleasant space for any smaller function. Adjacent kitchen facilities make this room ideal for catered functions.

Capacity: 75 seated theater style, 60 seated at tables

Special features: air conditioning, adjacent to kitchen with open counter for serving, white board/screen cabinet for meetings, hardwood floors, and adjacent hallway with coat racks. Proximity to Fellowship Hall makes it possible to host larger events.

McMillan Chapel

McMillan Chapel is an intimate and light-filled space, perfect for groups seeking a quiet place for a meeting or seminar.

Capacity: 40 seated theater style, 30 seated at tables

Special features: air conditioning, computer/audio/video system with 60" flat screen TV, lectern, 2 wireless mics, wall-to-wall carpeting, and a small pipe organ.

Kitchen

Our kitchen is a spacious and functional facility comprised of two rooms: a kitchen with stove and dishwashers, and a serving room with an open counter to the Wistar Morris Room. Overbrook Presbyterian Church uses this kitchen to prepare and serve meals for 200. Please note: the kitchen is not available for rent by itself for food preparation, but only in conjunction with the rental of another room for a function at Overbrook.

Special features: a 10-burner Vulcan gas range, restaurant standard dishwasher, four commercial sinks, air conditioning, and more than 30 linear feet of counter space.

Sanctuary

Weddings at Overbrook are open to church members who wish to celebrate their vows before God in the context of a service of Christian marriage.


Capacity: 300 comfortably; maximum 400



Scheduling Your Event

Overbrook Presbyterian Church requires prospective users of our facilities to complete a contract and make a 50% non-refundable deposit at the time of application. Applications may be mailed or dropped off at the Church Office. A sample contract is attached here. Terms are subject to change. Please email us for a current contract.

Rental Rates

The use of our facilities based upon a two-tier system.

Standard rates are for businesses and individuals.

Nonprofit rates are for certified nonprofit organizations.

These rates are subject to change at any time. Please contact us for up-to-date information.

These are our room rates per hour for one-time/short-term use:

Space Standard Non-Profit Rate
Church Rate
Fellowship Hall $125 $95
Wistar Morris Room $110 $85
McMillan Chapel $95 $75
Sanctuary (subject to approval) $135 $95
Additional Room, per hour $35 $25

Room rates include chairs and tables, as requested; heating or air conditioning according to the season (heating only for Fellowship Hall); use of the rest-room facilities; and shared use of the 80-car parking lot.

Custodial fee. In addition to the above-mentioned fees, a custodial fee of $50 per hour is required for all events. Custodial services include opening and closing the facilities, set-up, break-down and trash removal. Nevertheless, users are required to leave the space in a “broom clean” condition with all waste in trash cans/bags.

Restrictions

  • No smoking indoors.

  • Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.

Building Map

Click here to view or download a map of the church building.


Tunes of Overbrook Dedications

Where to Get Help

Pastoral Care
If you have pastoral care needs, please contact Adam.
If You Need Help
If you are in need of any help or support, please reach out to our Deacons or office (the office is closed, but we will be checking email and voicemail).
Click here or more information on our Emergency Fund, Errands Ministry, Prayer & Care Bags, and Deacons ministry.

How to Make a Difference

Donate to Pathways PA
Over the past several years, we have supported Pathways PA through the Adopt A Family Christmas gift donation program. This shelter is the only one in the region that is designed to keep families and children together. This year we cannot provide gifts, due to Covid restrictions. We can provide them with the funds to purchase the things they need and create a safe Christmas for these families. Please consider donating to Pathways to support their programs.
Vigils for Racial Justice
Thursdays
2:00 PM to Dusk
These vigils will be held outside each Thursday. For more information and to sign up to attend, click here.
Antiracism and Social Justice Lending Library
For more information our our Antiracism and Social Justice Lending Library, click here.
Emergency Fund & Other Ministries
We have created an emergency fund to help people meet basic needs of food, shelter, and access. If you need help, please contact emergencyfund@overbrookpresb.org).
Click here or more information on our Emergency Fund, Errands Ministry, Prayer & Care Bags, and Deacons ministry.
If you'd like to donate to our Emergency Fund, you can use one of our giving options described here. Be sure to indicate that your donation is for the Emergency Fund. 100% of donations will go toward helping.
Donate to Sustain the Church and its Ministries
Our church relies on donations to continue our ministries, maintain our building, and pay our staff. In these uncertain times, we rely more than ever on those who are able to donate. We offer many online giving options and pick up mail regularly if you'd prefer to mail in a check. Click here for all our giving options.

Order of Worship

January 10, 2021

Newsletters

December 2020
Retired Person's Ministry Newsletter - Sept 2020

Overbrook Presbyterian Church
The Church at the Crossroads

P: 215-877-2744
E: office@overbrookpresb.org

6376 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19151

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