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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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Volunteer Appreciation Brunch- RSVP now
Posted May 2, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Events, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Wellspring.
Hello Volunteers, The Outreach Ministries of Old First is hosting a Volunteer Appreciation brunch on May 12th. All of your hard work has not gone unnoticed! We will be serving brunch and will have a time for idea sharing and story telling regarding the Shelter and Cupboard at Old First. If you want to help plan or have any [...]
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Young Adults Host Barbecue at the Shelter (4/26)
Posted April 20, 2012 by Suzanne Cole. Filed under Events, Featured, Fellowship Groups, Shelter, Wellspring, Young Adults.
Old First’s Young Adult Fellowship Group (for those among us in their 20s and 30s) will host dinner for the residents of our shelter on Thursday, April 26. What a great way to get to know one another better, and to provide food and fun companionship to the shelter residents before the end of the [...]
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Family Fun Day Success
Posted March 21, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Events, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Wellspring.
Family Fun Day was held on March 17th, and it was a success! The sun was shining on Old First which helped to make the event more inviting. Youth from buildOn were here to help us with the festival, and it was great working with these motivated young people. There many visitors from the community [...]
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Wellspring needs a few good chefs
Posted February 28, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Events, News, Shelter.
Wellspring is considering hosting another fish fry to benefit the men’s homeless shelter. In order to pull this off, we need commitments from people who are willing to prepare the food. The SLG is open to any menu suggestions and ways to improve on last years fish fry. What we specifically need: two people to [...]
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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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Super Bowl Sunday Volunteers Needed
Posted January 19, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Shelter.
The guests of the men’s shelter have requested that the shelter remain open all day on Sunday, February 5th. They will be spending the day in the Social Hall watching the big game (Super Bowl XLVI) and spending time together. This is the Sunday that many of the women at Old First will be away [...]
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Shelter Needs Update
Posted January 11, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Shelter.
Last week I posted a few requested items for the men’s shelter and all the items were donated!! Thank you so much to Beth Davis for spreading the word of our needs on facebook. Her friend, Kevin Jackson, donated 30 new cups and spoons to the shelter. The George family (Bill, Robyn and children) donated [...]
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Special Gifts for the Men’s Shelter
Posted January 3, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Shelter.
There are a few things that the shelter is missing this year and if anyone has extra items they’re looking to donate, let us be the recipient of your generosity! The Old First kitchen is in need of spoons. We currently have 10 spoons and are in need of at least 25 more. They do [...]
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Volunteer Satisfaction Survey
Posted January 3, 2012 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter, Wellspring.
The Outreach Ministries are trying to collect data to help improve volunteer experiences at the shelter and at the Food and Clothing Cupboard. We receive a lot of feedback during the year and this is a way to pull all of it together. Billi has posted an anonymous survey that can be taken here: volunteer [...]
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The shelter needs you!
Posted December 29, 2011 by Billi. Filed under Featured, News, Saturday Cupboard, Shelter.
There are various volunteer opportunities available in the coming weeks that will benefit our men’s shelter and clothing cupboard. If you’d like to get your friends together and prepare a meal for the shelter, these are the available dates: January 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 24, 25, 26, and 31. The students from SREHUP that [...]