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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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Summer Urban Service Camps
Posted May 10, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Urban Service Camps.
The shelter has closed and the Urban Service Camps will start flooding in next week! Groups to look for in the coming months: St. John’s UCC, Chambersburg, PA May 18-20, 2012 Peace Memorial UCC, Palos Park, IL June 10-17, 2012 First Congregational Church, Grand Blanc, MI June 17-22, 2012 Congregational Church of Manhasset, Manhasset, NY [...]
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Details of Our Mission Trip to Nicaragua Begin to Coalesce
Posted March 29, 2012 by Michael Caine. Filed under Christian Education, Events, Featured, News, Urban Service Camps.
CEPAD, the protestant church council in Nicaragua, that is planning our mission trip this summer has notified us of the preliminary plans for our mission experience. We will begin by being welcomed in Managua and staying at CEPAD’s Center for Peace and Justice. There we will get an introduction to the culture and history and [...]
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Upcoming Visitors
Posted February 23, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.
We have scheduled sixteen service camps over the next six months! We are definitely going to have a house full for last part of our spring and most of the summer. Here’s who you can expect to see this spring at Old First: Mar 2-4 St. John’s UCC, Riegelsville - This is their annual retreat [...]
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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 – [...]
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Service Camps, Looking Forward
Posted January 11, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Urban Service Camps.
As life at Old First gets back to normal after the holidays, so does the season of service camps. Here is an update on who to expect at Old First in the spring months. The groups will be in service at Old First at the Cupboard and/or at the men’s shelter as well as adventuring [...]
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St. Andrews UCC (Perkasie) Youth Share Impact of OFR Urban Service Camp
Posted October 17, 2011 by Suzanne Cole. Filed under Featured, Saturday Cupboard, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.
Youth from St. Andrews UCC participated in an urban service camp at Old First this past summer. This video highlights the impact the experience had on this group of kids, and features Old First’s Bruce Clark.
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Our first “Church without Walls” Will Be Sunday, 10.23
Posted October 13, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Adult Forum, Christian Education, Events, Featured, Neighborhood & City, News, Sunday School, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since this posting, the time for our “Church Without Walls” Event has been changed to begin at 10 am! Old First is heading out. Covenant Ministry is about nothing if not getting us out of our comfort zone… even getting us out of the buildings that inadvertently come between us and the world. [...]
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Donate to Old First On-line
Posted September 22, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Christian Education, Featured, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring, Worship.
In Karen Winey’s last quarterly letter to the Old Firsters who have made stewardship pledges, she suggested that we might consider making our regular offering in support of the ministry of this church electronically… as automatic payments we set up through our banks (as many of us now pay most of our bills). Here’s another [...]
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Diary of an Old First Intern
Posted August 9, 2011 by Billi. Filed under Featured, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.
(Wellspring Coordinator’s Note: Project H.O.M.E. contacted us earlier this year to ask if we would be willing to take interns for six weeks of the summer. They offer a teen employment and internship program that is privately funded. Our commitment was to provide them with experience that would be helpful to their career goals. Melvin [...]
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O.F. T-SHIRTS… Get Your T-Shirts
Posted July 28, 2011 by Michael Caine. Filed under Events, Featured, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Urban Service Camps, Wellspring.
Over the past year, Joey and I have worn our Old First Rainbow Peace Sign T-Shirts when we volunteer at Wellspring service events like our Food & Cupboard and Urban Service Camps. I’m sure you remember them. The beautiful Black T-shirts with Old First (the “O” in Old Firstis a peace sign) on the front [...]