Old First Moving Towards W.I.S.E.
A group of approximately 12 Old First affiliated folks joined on Saturday for a three-hour Zoom meeting on what it means to be a welcoming, inclusive, supportive, and engaging congregation
Read moreA group of approximately 12 Old First affiliated folks joined on Saturday for a three-hour Zoom meeting on what it means to be a welcoming, inclusive, supportive, and engaging congregation
Read moreThe Book Group on Race and Racism: We will meet on March 8 to discuss Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, by Nicolas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors
Read moreJames Alison begins with an interpretation of the parable of the Unjust Judge and the Importunate Widow. He sees this as an example of our reluctance to become insistent desirers
Read moreBob Robinson’s Advent Bible Study is an annual favorite around Old First. And this year, it will be back at it’s normal slot, the hour before worship, in the Social
Read moreNumbers 11: 27-29 Mark 9: 38-50 Why I Take Communion On this Sunday, when we celebrate World Communion Sunday, we are challenged to find ways to express our beliefs in all
Read moreIn the next two sessions of Jesus the Forgiving Victim, James Alison’s video helps us understand the meaning of Atonement. Literally, the word means satisfaction or reparation for a wrong.
Read morePsalm 78: 1-4, 12-16 Exodus 17: 1-7 Out of Egypt and out of the wilderness, God finds ways to make water and life flow in unexpected ways. But it requires
Read moreBob Schneider, Old First member and scholar, will be preaching on the Word as found in Scripture and how it applies to our daily lives, as individuals and as a
Read moreWe will meet in the Social Hall to watch the video, The Gift of Faith, featuring theologian James Alison. Here are a few highlights that I have gleaned from his presentation: Faith
Read moreSept. 10 & 17 at 10:00 am (before worship) This anthropological/theological program begins with theologian James Alison on video, followed by a brief discussion. We will begin the program in
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