There are so many facets to church life, so many ways to help and be involved. Every person has something to offer to help support Old First, help it run smoothly, and complete the many small details of the work that must be done each week, month, and year to keep the church going! Are...
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This coming Sunday, December 16, we will have our annual Children’s Christmas Pageant during the 11 am worship service. We hope to see you there!
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Advent Bible Study, each Sunday morning of Advent, at 10am Advent focuses our attention on a single person. We might think that dangerous, given what we know about the dark inclinations of too many would-be human leaders. But this one individual we await at Advent, this Jesus, is...
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Old First United Church of Christ has used the live-animal creche for over 40 years to bring the Christmas story home to 4th and Race and alive for neighbors near and far. Last year, with the escape of Stormy the cow, our telling of the holy story got overwhelmed or lost in the...
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In the first week of our “Giving Tree” Stewardship Campaign, we were asked to name the gifts of others in our community that touch or inspire us. While it’s hardly an inclusive list — in fact, as it happened in worship, it’s just sort of an accidental list, but maybe the gifts...
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Starting December 2 at 10am, Rev. Bob Robinson will be holding an Advent Bible study group for each of the four Sundays of Advent.
Read moreBook Group on Race and Racism Our book group on race and racism will meet after worship on Sunday, Nov 11 to discuss Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification, by David Waldstreicher. The word slavery does not appear in the Constitution, yet of its eighty-four clauses...
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As we move into fall, we are returning to our 11am worship time. Please join us in the Sanctuary at 11am for Sunday Service!!
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Concerned that our U.S. government’s current Zero Tolerance and other immigration policies not only fail the historic welcome our immigrant nation has been built on, Old First Church voted as a congregation to use our Christmas creche figures to put forward an alternative. Our...
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We are running a little late getting ourselves organized for Sunday School this year. Samantha Baker-Evens will be a Co-Leader of the Christian Ed. Standing Leadership Group, but we are still looking for the Second Co-Leader. Once we get the leadership in place, we will quick call a...
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