Welcome to Old First
A congregation evolving intentionally to serve more people.
Striving to make a difference in people’s lives and in the world, we’re far from finished… or perfect.
Join us on the journey: we can help each other along.
Old First Reformed 
United Church of Christ
151 N. 4th Street (at Race Street), Philadelphia, PA 19106 · (215) 922-4566
Recent News & Announcements
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Movie Screening: Trans*
May 22, 2013
The movie Trans* is an up-close and personal journey into the lives of transgender people. The cast consists of people, younger and older, who are by definition gender-variant. This documentary aims to help people to relate to transgender people in their community. We will be using this documentary as a tool to lead us into [...]
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Introducing Annika and Anna, from Bielefeld…
May 22, 2013
(Old First will host two young women from Bielefeld from mid-July to mid-August this summer. They will help around church during the week (painting and organizing, and perhaps spending some time each week with one of our mission partners), be part of our community on Sunday mornings and live on the 3rd floor of the [...]
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Mission Earth Complete
May 21, 2013
We did it! Old First exceeded its personal goal of 1500 hours of Earth Care. Our final tally was just over 2000 hours of Earth Care. These hours were calculated by members of the church through such activities as: yard work/gardening, turning lights off, washing clothes in cold water, using public transportation and reading news [...]
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Time to call / write Harrisburg– for our children, teachers and schools!
May 16, 2013
In line with Julie’s prayer last Sunday about the impossibility of the staffing plan for the schools next year and the disastrous budget cutbacks facing Philadelphia’s public schools… and in keeping with the commitments we have made through POWER towards organizing to improve our public schools, we share the following information from the McCall School [...]
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On Gratitude: Making Geneva our Pastor Emerita
May 14, 2013
Michael and the Elders are proposing to the church that at our Anniversary Sunday worship service and celebration next fall, Sunday, Sept. 22, Old First name the Rev. Dr. Geneva Butz our Pastor Emerita. What’s a Pastor Emerita? Like a college or university’s honorary designation of a retired professor as Professor Emeritus/a, a church can [...]
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An Invitation to Social Outreach
May 12, 2013
(The following piece is the text of the Minute for Mission that Steve Wilhite the Leader of the Outreach SLG delivered at the end of Michael’s sermon about living our lives as missionaries on May 5.) In early April, a group of members and friends of Old First gathered over lunch to discuss the church’s [...]
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