Welcome to Old First
A congregation evolving intentionally to serve more people.
Striving to make a difference in people’s lives and in the world, we’re far from finished… or perfect.
Join us on the journey: we can help each other along.
Old First Reformed 
United Church of Christ
151 N. 4th Street (at Race Street), Philadelphia, PA 19106 · (215) 922-4566
Recent News & Announcements
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Is It Your Turn to Be Confirmed? Organizing Meeting on 9.18 @ 10 a.m.
August 10, 2011
In our tradition, we baptize infants on the promise of God’s love. And in the baptismal ceremony, parents’ promise to raise their children so that they might know God through Jesus Christ. In due season, those baptized children, growing up, take over the promises of faith for themselves, thus beginning their own adult, spiritual lives. [...]
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Diary of an Old First Intern
August 9, 2011
(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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Faith Communities across Philly Form P.O.W.E.R.
August 8, 2011
Did you know we have the POWER to make changes right here in Philadelphia? Leaders from Old First has been working with over 35 other Protestant, Catholic and Jewish congregations from every section of Philadelphia who are committed to forming a broad-based, interfaith community organization that can transform the social and economic policies that are [...]
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Fun and Fellowship Multi-faith/congregation Potluck on Aug. 23
August 4, 2011
A number of the center-city congregations involved in P.O.W.E.R. have organized to get to know one another better. Community organizing is, after all, about the strength that comes of building new and deeper relationships that allow us to work together on issues of common interest. These congregations include: Arch Street United Methodist St. Peter’s Episcopal [...]
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Fundraising for the Men’s Winter Shelter
August 3, 2011
As you may have read in THIS ARTICLE, posted by Michael a few weeks ago, our shelter partner, Bethesda, is experiencing a deficit in their funding for the shelter. The most recent update from Bethesda was that there would be no extra funding coming in to fill the $23,000 gap to run our shelter. This [...]
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Philly Fringe Already Making Music at Old First
August 3, 2011
If you are around church in the evening, stop and listen, you’ll probably hear beautiful sounds coming from our sanctuary, as a few of you have already noticed and asked about. Rehearsals for “Susannah” are already underway weeknights. Three productions of the Philly Fringe Festival will be performed at Old First in September: The Philadelphia [...]