Would You Consider Teaching Sunday School?
The public school teachers are already back at school. The students begin this week! Blessings on the start of the school year. May we as a country act according to
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A New Possibility for Adult Christian Education
We just finished my pastor’s evaluation recently, and it was really helpful. We’re in the second year of annual evaluations for all the staff, and I am finding it a
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Pastor’s Report to the Annual Meeting, Jan. 28, 2024
Submitted by: the Rev. Michael Roca-Caine It’s an unusual time in the life of the church, this season after the ending of the pandemic restrictions. It actually feels as if
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A New (and renewing?) Focus on Volunteers
I always tell people that Old First is a volunteer-heavy operation. As a church, we are serious about our service. And so with relatively humble resources, we accomplish a lot
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The Results Are In!
Over 50 Old Firsters responded to our recent congregational survey. You can read a summary of the responses HERE. As I reflect on the results, I am reminded that while
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CHURCH THIS SUNDAY – 11 AM!
Yes, we are back at 11 am. So Michael expects to see EVERYONE who says the summer 10 am hour is too early! It’s the first day of Sunday School
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In the Wilderness (daily Lenten reflections)
Inviting others to walk this journey through Lent with us, yesterday Michael posted “Day 33” on the 4th and Race St. fences. Interrupting the long row of purple, white and
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Alternative Gift (for Christmas!) — all you need to know for someone who doesn’t need more perfume or another tie…
2022 Alternative Gift Options Alternative giving is a form of gift giving in which the giver makes a donation to a charitable organization on the gift recipient’s behalf, rather than
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Time for Covenant Ministry Again? …Let’s Begin with the 5 pm Service on Christmas Eve
Who remembers Covenant Ministry? It was what we did when I first arrived at Old First. It was way back in 2009, so many of you were not here yet,
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Advent 1 Devotion
Pastor’s note: this Advent, I want to ask you to consider some of Jesus’ distant relatives, and what they might tell us about him, teach us about our own faith
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