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    • Young Adults, Making a Church Home Among Us, Are Headed to Brunch

      Posted February 28, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Featured, Fellowship Groups, News, Young Adults.

      Growing numbers of young adults have been organizing their own on-going fellowship and service events since last fall. They’ve decided to try another activity– going out to brunch in the neighborhood after church. Their first such outing is scheduled for Sunday, March 27 after worship. They hope brunch can make their fellowship more open to others, especially newcomers or people who have not yet been part of their activities.

    • Lenten Pancake Breakfast

      Posted February 27, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Adult Forum, Christian Education, Events, News, Sunday School.

      Lent is on the horizon and moving into view. (That can’t mean that Spring is far behind!) Old First will try a twist on an established tradition this year. March 6, the Sunday prior to the beginning of Lent (on Ash Wednesday, March 9), we will have our Lenten Pancake Breakfast BEFORE church. It will [...]

    • Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

      Posted February 25, 2011 by Guest. Filed under Events, Neighborhood & City.

      “It’s never to cold, Too wet or too hot, To pick up a book, And share what You’ve Got…” Bobbie B is inviting Old Firsters to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday: read to K-2 students at the McCall School on Wed., March 2, 9 am. Bring a favorite book to read to the kids, or read one that’s provided.

    • One-time Wellspring Volunteer Opportunity (to help a Service Camp)

      Posted February 22, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under News, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.

      We need someone who’s willing to do a one-time grocery shopping ministry! It’s, ironically, a ministry of service for a group coming to Old First to do service??? A service camp is arriving from the UCC church in Sebastapol, California late in the evening on Saturday, March 19. They are a good size group and [...]

    • Worship on Feb. 27

      Posted February 22, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Adult Forum, Christian Education, Events, Worship.

      Worship at 11 o’clock: “Applied Generosity” (or what it means to be a good steward?) I Corinthians 4: 1-5 & Matthew 6:24-34. Adult Forum at 10 o’clock (alongside of Church School for Children ages 5 to 18): “Second in our series on the Wider Church– Cuba,” presented by Joe Irwin and Alice Reyes.

    • “What’s It Mean to Be Holy?” Sermon 02.20.11

      Posted February 22, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Sermons.

      Instead of sequestering us for protection, trying to insulate ourselves from evil, temptation and harm… In place of a sanctuary from the big, bad world, or rather than hiding in a high-walled ghetto of purported safety, instead of calling us to some literal or figurative gated community, our holiness code is faith in action. It sends us out for service. Throws us headlong into the big, mixed up world, to choose between the good and evil that are omnipresent. Rolling up our sleeves, wading right into the muck of the world, to become agents of good, instruments of peace, co-creators of the Kingdom. A way to begin really living right now. A way to make one’s own life more abundant, but also for making the whole world a more blessed place.

    • The Church School’s Lenten Heifer Project

      Posted February 21, 2011 by Guest. Filed under Christian Education, Events, Featured, News, Sunday School.

      This Lenten Season will be filled with the scent of baking muffins. Not what you would expect in Church during such a solemn season. However, our intentions are definitely not frivolous. The Church school classes will be baking and selling muffins during Lent. The proceeds will go toward the Heifer Project. Ask one of the [...]

    • Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild (POWER)

      Posted February 21, 2011 by Guest. Filed under Events, Featured, News, P.O.W.E.R., Wellspring.

      In a previous article pertaining to Old First’s participation in the Leadership Assembly for POWER: An Interfaith Movement – Esther Bernard explained the January 30th Assembly and the organization’s mission of empowering congregations of different faiths in Philadelphia to develop and exercise their own power to address practically the root causes of social, political and [...]

    • Movie Night: Sun., Feb 27, 5 pm.

      Posted February 18, 2011 by Suzanne Cole. Filed under Events, News.

      Movie night: Sun., Feb. 27, 5 to 7 pm at Old First (precise location TBA). We’ll order some take out for dinner and watch the one of Wanda and Jo’s favorites! RSVP to Mindy in the Church Office.

    • As God’s Representatives: E-pistle 02.18.11

      Posted February 18, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under E-pistles.

      At a city-wide clergy meeting yesterday, a visibly shaken Roman Catholic priest, leading the opening devotion, asked his interfaith colleagues for prayers for the Roman Catholic Church. His request came in the aftermath of last week’s grand jury findings: ~ the arrest of four priests and a parochial school teacher on charges of rape, and [...]

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