Welcome to the Bryn Athyn Community Calendar
This community calendar is run by the Bryn Athyn Church to help people know what all is going on in Bryn Athyn on a particular day.
Click the links or scroll down to the bottom of the page if you have questions about how to use the calendar, have questions about specific events, or want to add something to this calendar.
Dads Group
Purpose
Want to be more intentional in the way you approach being a dad? Want to have the chance to get to know some other dads? Want to be exposed to different ideas about parenthood and have the chance to discuss them? How do you make all these things happen in one magical place? Dads Group (now with bacon!).
Who is this for?
Dads—new dads still trying to figure out how to change a diaper, dads of teenagers, grandads trying to figure out how to be a positive role in the lives of their grandchildren and grown-up children, and even not-yet-dads who’d like to come.
We will be approaching the topic of parenting from a religious perspective—particularly a New Church Christian perspective. Any dad is invited to participate, as long as you are not antagonistic to that perspective.
Format
This will be in a discussion group format. We will have brief check-ins at the beginning, as a way to get to know each other’s names. I will be there as a facilitator not as an expert. We will end each time with giving each person a chance to share a closing thought and then we will pray together. We will stick to an hour and a half for the more formal group time with more time afterwards to talk and hang out informally for those that want to stick around.
In the middle, this time we will have a check-in about how being a dad is going.
2) Dad Check-ins
When it’s a check-in about being a dad, each person will pick a question to respond to from long list of prompts (e.g. “What are you working on as a dad right now?” “What is something bizarre or hilarious that your kid said or did recently?” “What is something you’re praying about as a dad?”) and we’ll have a conversation from there. Often, to improve as dads, we don’t need to learn something new so much as we need to find the clarity and motivation to do what we already know we should be doing.
View the full list of Dads Group Discussion Prompts (PDF).
Food: Breakfast Now on Offer
We will now be cooking breakfast as part of Dads Group! We will provide coffee, eggs, bacon, and toast. If you’d like to bring something else to supplement (fruit, hot sauce, bagels, etc.), please do so. If you’d like to help with cooking on a particular date, please let Malcolm know. If you’d like to contribute to the cost of the food, bring a few bucks to put in the donation bowl, or donate online.
Location & Timing
The new location for Dads Group is the kitchen in the Church Office at 600 Tomlinson Rd. Please park in the upper lot by the BACS sports fields (to avoid causing challenges for teachers and parents) and walk down the sidewalk to the back door of the kitchen (door #34).
Related Events
Using the Calendar
It Will Display Differently on Your Phone
Some of the features of this calendar only work when viewing on a bigger screen. If you’re on a phone, look for these icons to search and change your view.
When you tap on the magnifying glass, a search box will appear. Use the icon on the right to change between month and list views. List view is recommended for mobile use.
Reload the Page If It’s Not Working
If the calendar is behaving strangely, start over again by clicking here.
Click on an Event for More Information
Many events have more details than will display at first. On a computer you can hold your mouse over an event title to see a summary of the description. On a computer or a phone, if you click the title of the event it will display more information, often including links to the full details for the event – the location, the cost of the event, where to buy tickets, etc.
Search
There’s a search box that you can use to search for when specific events are (e.g. you could search for Community Worship to know when the next Community Worship services are). It doesn’t work to search for a specific date to see what’s happening on that date. After you search, make sure that you’re in List View to see events from more than the current month.
Go to a Specific Date
To jump to a specific date, click the ⌄ next to today’s date and select the date or month you want to go to.
Other Notes
This is kind of clunky
Yup. This calendar isn’t as good-looking or user-friendly as it could be but we decided to make it available to you anyway, before we have all the bugs worked out. If you might be able to help make it work better, please get in touch (malcolm.smith@brynathynchurch.org).
Want to Add Something to the Calendar?
Before you contact us to add something to the calendar, please read these notes:
- This calendar is for events happening in the 19009 zip code and generally for events at least somewhat associated with the Bryn Athyn Church or General Church.
- This calendar is for events that are relevant to a large group of people. We are not, for example, including the complete ANC Secondary Schools athletics calendars in this community calendar because all of those games would not be relevant to a large enough group of people. (You can, however, find links to that calendar below.)
- We reserve the right to remove your event or not add your event to the calendar.
- Rather than adding your events manually we would prefer you to set up a digital calendar and then send us the feed from it so that we can add your events automatically.
More questions? Get in touch with Malcolm (malcolm.smith@brynathynchurch.org)
Have Questions About Specific Events? Don’t Ask Us
We are pulling in digital calendars from a variety of institutions. If you have questions about a particular event, please contact the institution who is putting that event on (see below). Bryn Athyn Church staff will not be able to answer your questions.
ANC Secondary Schools
Go to ancss.org, call 267-502-2500, or find their complete academic, athletic, social, and performing arts calendars here.
Bryn Athyn Borough
Go to brynathynboro.org or visit their Facebook page.
(BACS) Bryn Athyn Church School
Go to brynathynchurchschool.org or call (215) 947-4086.
Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
Searchable events calendar.
Academic Calendar Printout (PDF).
1877 Cafe hours of operation. Check Allen Bread Company’s Facebook page for day-to-day updates.
Go to brynathyn.edu or call 267-502-6000 for more information.
Bryn Athyn Church
Check our homepage, call (215) 544-1400, or email info@brynathynchurch.org.
Bryn Athyn Swim Club
Go to brynathynswimclub.org or check their Facebook page.
C & S Club (Bryn Athyn Civic and Social Club)
Check their Facebook page.
Cairnwood Estate
Go to cairnwood.org, call (215) 947-2004, or email info@cairnwood.org.
Cairnwood Village
Call (215) 947-7705, email cairnwood.village.manager@gmail.com, or go to cairnwoodvillage.org.
Glencairn Museum
Go to glencairnmuseum.org, call (267) 502-2600, or email info@glencairnmuseum.org.
Junge Pavilion / Ice Rink
Go to their page on the Bryn Athyn College website or visit their Facebook page.
Mitchell Performing Arts Center
Go to mitchellcenter.info, call (267) 502-2793, or see their complete rehearsal calendar.
NewChurch Live
Go to newchurchlive.tv or call (215) 740-3662.
Other
These events come from a variety of places. Click on the title for the individual event to learn more. To find out more about Bryn Athyn Boy Scout Troop 97 events go to batroop97.org