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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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Outdoor Service for Earth Sunday (finally!) This Week
Posted May 15, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Stewardship, Urban Farm.
We planned to have worship outdoors in the front Courtyard on April 22. Our celebration of Earth Day. But the weather didn’t cooperate: it was a wash out! The next weeks either the weather was no better or were already scheduled and needed to be in the Sanctuary. But this coming Sunday, at least the [...]
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Are You Getting Your Postcards Signed?
Posted May 3, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, P.O.W.E.R..
What postcards? The postcards that were in our bulletins last Sunday, the ones that Mike Wass and Sterling Schwiebert were passing out. What postcards? POWER is sponsoring a postcard campaign prior to June meetings at which we hope to turn out every City Councilman and Councilwoman. Old First is working with Mother Bethel AME and [...]
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Gardening Again After Church this Sunday, 05.06
Posted May 2, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, News, Urban Farm.
What we planted a few weeks ago– both in our urban farm and in the front flower gardens seems to be taking root and prospering… This Sunday, after worship, we’re going to plant some seeds: arugula, kale, lettuce, snap peas, spinach. Seed planting is an easy gardening day. So if you’ve never even worked with [...]
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Town Hall Meeting on Philadelphia School District Reorganization, Sun. 04.29 @ 7 p.m.
Posted April 28, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, News, P.O.W.E.R..
Our sister congregation, Mother Bethel AME has a POWER Local Organizing Committee that is concerned about education in our city. (Old First’s Local Organizing Committee, or LOC, decided at its meeting this past week that our local efforts should revolve around education.) Mother Bethel’s LOC is calling Philadelphians to Have More Say/Involvement in Schools Reorganization, [...]
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POWER Campaign to Impress Center City Council: the 1st Step on the Airport Expansion MUST be a Jobs Agreement
Posted April 12, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, P.O.W.E.R..
Working on the 10,000 jobs campaign, POWER congregations across the City are looking towards a series of mid-June actions: City Council needs to make sure a jobs agreement is its first commitment in the airport expansion project. Since City Council is organized geographically, these actions are being organized by regional clusters of POWER congregations. Old [...]
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Upcoming POWER Center City Cluster Meeting, 04.11.12
Posted April 4, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, P.O.W.E.R..
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 303 Pine Street, will host the upcoming Center City Cluster Meeting… Wednesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. The main agenda item will be to update people on the Jobs Campaign. In particular, the next item is to how to garner commitments from the City Council members “not to approve either the [...]
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2 Green Sundays in a Row: 04.15 and 04.22
Posted April 4, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Urban Farm, Worship.
You think nothing happens at church after Easter? The following Sunday, April 15, the Gardening Ministry Team will be having its first work day on the Urban Farm. We have to move some dirt, add compost and get the bed ready… It will happen after worship. Some people may be going to the Conversation Circle [...]
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Exercising Our Green Thumbs
Posted March 29, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, Neighborhood & City, News, Urban Farm.
The first of the season’s Gardening Days will take place on Friday, March 30 beginning about 9:30 a.m. A group will gather to begin getting the beds in the front courtyard organized– cleaning up the beds, clearing winter mulch. They also hope to begin laying the drip irrigation system that will make keeping the beds [...]
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POWER Leaders’ Meeting, This Sunday, 03.18, at 3:30 p.m.
Posted March 16, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, News, P.O.W.E.R..
POWER (Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild) will be holding a leaders’ gathering this coming Sunday, O3.18, at 3:!5 at Rodelph Shalom (at North Broad Street and Green Street; near the Spring Garden station on the Broad Street line or parking available off of Ridge Ave./Greene Street.) All are welcome to attend. It’s particularly [...]
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Another Season for Old First’s Urban Farm
Posted March 16, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Urban Farm.
Val and Michael went to the opening meeting of the growing season at the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society on Tuesday night, March 13. And we came home with a big new tray of seeds. And a pressing need to plan this year’s Urban Farm: ~To reflect on and determine what last year taught us, and ~How [...]