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A Lenten Morning Prayer and Communion Service at Old First (every Sunday until Easter)

Posted February 22, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Worship.

The Worship Standing Leadership Group has developed a simple, early morning, half-hour service for the Sundays of Lent. So even if you can’t join us at 11, you could come to worship each week as a Lenten discipline. The service will happen in the front of the Sanctuary each week, beginning at 8:30 and ending [...]

2012 Officers Elected by the Elders

Posted February 16, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under News.

After the Annual Meeting, at the first organizing meeting last Monday, February 13, the Board of Elders elected their officers per the directions of Old First’s Constitution and By-laws: Steve Wilhite is the Moderator. Nancy Donohue is the Vice Moderator. Julius DeAngelus is the Secretary. Please keep these leaders’ service, and all our Elders in [...]

Schedule for Wednesday Lenten Services with the UCC Congregations of the Philadelphia Association

Posted February 15, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Uncategorized, Worship.

Instead of our own Lenten devotions this year, we are going to join other UCC congregations for a round-robin of worship in different churches with different preachers… (If you want to go, but are worried that you don’t know where these churches are, let Michael know: we’ll organize carpooling.) Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22, 7 p.m. [...]

Looking towards Lent (which begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22) as We Prepare for Easter!

Posted February 9, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Worship.

Folks, Lent is the 40 days prior to Easter (not counting the Sundays, which are “little Easters” and therefore cannot be “fast days.” One tradition of Lent is that one gives something up, a bit of ascetism to provide spiritual discipline for preparing for God’s gift of resurrection at Easter. Others choose to take on [...]

POWER’s Main Push: JOBS (so Philadelphians Can Take Care of their Families and Business!)

Posted February 9, 2012 by Guest. Filed under Featured, News, P.O.W.E.R..

Currently, the main focus of POWER’s efforts is job creation— we would like to connect 10,000 unemployed Philadelphians to good jobs within the next 5 years. POWER congregations and their leaders are currently engaged with public officials and regional stakeholders to develop a coordinated approach that creates true “pathways to employment” for all city residents, [...]

Mission Trip to Nicaragua, June 2012–Deposit DUE 2/12

Posted February 9, 2012 by Guest. Filed under Christian Education, Featured, Fellowship Groups, News, Youth.

Hey all parents and adults who are interested in going to Nicaragua! 1) Please download the application form and mail to the church office or bring with you to church this Sunday, with a deposit of $360. Deposits are due by Sunday, February 12 and are required by CEPAD. Make checks out to Old First [...]

P.O.W.E.R. Comes of Age

Posted February 2, 2012 by Guest. Filed under Featured, News, P.O.W.E.R..

P.O.W.E.R. – Philadelphians Organized to Witness, Empower and Rebuild has graduated to its next organizational stage. Since the conversations which engendered this city-wide faith-based community organization began almost three years ago, the governing leadership has been predominantly clergy. When a Sponsoring Committee was formed in January 2010, it was made up of interested ministers and [...]

Feb 5th Sunday Schedule

Posted January 31, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Adult Forum, Christian Education, Featured, News, Sunday School, Worship.

This Sunday things will be a little different than our normal routine. Many of the women of Old First will be at an off-site, overnight retreat. And we’re keeping the shelter open all day in the Social hall so the men can enjoy a full day of Super Bowl Sunday excitement. So we’ll begin with [...]

Old First Family Fun Day – St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted January 31, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.

The Outreach Ministries at Old First are hosting their first event of the year, a family festival that was inspired by an upcoming service camp. Old First will be hosting the Mott Campus Clowns March 10-18, 2012. We came up with a great way for them to be of service in our local community – [...]

Coffee Cups–The New Evangelism

Posted January 26, 2012 by Suzanne Cole. Filed under Featured, Neighborhood & City, News.

Old First’s neighborhood is abuzz with coffee. Coffee shops on every corner. Hipsters walking down sidewalks carrying coffee cups. Why, even Old Firsters often arrive at church on Sunday morning with a to-go cup in hand. Coffee as a cultural phenomenon gives us a new strategy for getting our message out to our nearby Old [...]

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