Church on the Mall (COTM) is unique! Our location at Plymouth Meeting Mall in suburban Philadelphia, since 1966, makes us the oldest continuously operating marketplace ministry in the country of any denomination. These characteristics make COTM a truly remarkable place, providing us opportunities to minister to the needs of our congregation and neighborhood. We provide a spiritual home to our members, offering Sunday worship and Christian Education programs for children and adults and participation in ecumenical services with the local Plymouth-Whitemarsh Ministerium. Our presence in the Mall allows us to serve the community for counseling and outreach. Our church doors are open and volunteers staff the front desk daily, giving Mall visitors and employees a place for prayer and assistance. Our premises house a Christian counseling center (The Dialogue Center) for clergy and congregations in need; one of their staff has served as our Parish Associate. Rental of the church sanctuary and rooms provide approximately 50% of the support for our building maintenance and mission programs. Tenants are varied and include hospice groups, Weight Watchers, self-help organizations, Presbytery Committees, and dance organizations. Pioneer Chinese Fellowship shares our space Sunday afternoons and Avodat Israel Congregation (a Messianic congregation) meets Friday. In addition, we serve as a polling place at election time and as a Red Cross Blood Collection Center. We have worked through a Mall fire and one major Mall renovation project and will be looking to do so again when as new construction project has begun as of summer ‘07.