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Old First Reformed 
United Church of Christ
151 N. 4th Street (at Race Street), Philadelphia, PA 19106 · (215) 922-4566
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Time to Add Some New Faith Stories…
Posted April 26, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Christian Education, Featured, History.
Did you see that Tim Herrmann has redesigned the page on our website that displays “The Reasons People Come to our Church”? Now it is laid more like our intention — as a mosaic of our varied and diverse faith. Together we get closer to truths than any one of us can on our own. [...]
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A Word for Appreciation for Bob Schneider
Posted January 31, 2012 by Guest. Filed under History.
January 29, 2012 Whereas, Bob Schneider is retiring from his post as Moderator of the Board of Elders of Old First Reformed United Church of Christ, the Board of Elders wishes to acknowledge his faithful service, including (but not limited to): Serving on the capital campaign in the 1990s that led to the renovations of [...]
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Annual Meeting Reports Booklet — LET’S GO GREENER!
Posted January 11, 2012 by Mindy Beecher. Filed under Events, Featured, History, News.
It’s that time of year where ‘makin’ copies’ of the annual report gets the copier all heated and the paper starts a flyin’! This year, let’s become a little greener and more conscientious of our environment (and spare the church budget) by making fewer copies of the annual report. I would like to propose the [...]
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Annual Congregational Meeting to be on Sunday, Jan. 29 after worship
Posted December 29, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, History, News.
The Elders have set the Annual Meeting for Sunday, January 29, immediately after worship. Annual Meetings are the regularly scheduled congregational meeting at which in our UCC way of organizing the church the whole congregation is involved in discerning what God means for us, our ministry and God’s church. A congregational meeting can be called [...]
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50th Anniversary of Philadelphia Association/UCC to be Held at Old First in October 2012
Posted November 28, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, History, News.
Old First was the site of the founding of the German Reformed Churches of America. The founding “Coetus” (synod) gathered at Old First on September 24, 1747. Many years and changes later, the Philadelphia Association of the newly founded United Church of Christ, a denomination formed by the 1957 merger of the Evangelical and Reformed [...]
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Could Helping to Lead Worship Be A Ministry You Are Called To?
Posted November 28, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Featured, History, Worship.
Old First is a congregation that, it could be said, specializes in “service Christianity.” That means we tend to be Christians who believe that our faith and our church’s service needs to be translated into practical actions that make a difference in others’ lives. Hence, the emphasis around Old First on ministries like the food [...]
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O.F. Offering a Model & Learning for Other Congregations
Posted November 27, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Featured, History, News.
“Hey Everyone, Since we don’t have a Communications Committee yet, I am sending this to everyone on Council. I was following through on some references that our interim pastor sent me on another topic, and came across this page “Visit: What to Expect” on the website of Old First Reformed United Church of Christ in [...]
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Why Come to Reformation Sunday (10.30) …even if you are Catholic!
Posted October 25, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Christian Education, Events, History, News, Worship.
Old First is religiously diverse. Some of us are cradle-UCC (that is, have been UCC all their lives). Most not. People around Old First started out mostly other Protestant denominations and Roman Catholic. We have a few folks participating in our community who actually trace or claim a spiritual community outside of the church. Some [...]
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OF Fall Begins on 9.11
Posted August 18, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Adult Forum, Events, Featured, History, News, Sunday School.
This Sunday, Sept. 11, will be our first post-summer worship at 11. That Sunday also we will begin with the Adult Forum, with Michael leading one of our “speed dating” sessions. It’s an opportunity to get to interact with and get to know better a number of different people from church, particularly helpful for newer people [...]
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What Would Give Visitors a Taste of Old First?
Posted August 10, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, History, Live Nativity, News.
Is it too early to think of Advent and Christmas? A leader from the Old City Civic Association showed up this week to tell us that they’d like to organize a tour of the historic congregations in the neighborhood. They would like Old First to be one of their stops along the way. Their tentative [...]