James 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
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The New Amsterdam Boys and Girls Choir will be with us on the weekend of May 6 and 7. They will be providing the music for our worship that Sunday.
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Last month, several Old Firsters attended an introductory “White Privilege, Let’s Talk” gathering at Calvary Reformed UCC in Reading. A dozen attendees from churches in the Penn Southeast Conference met
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Old First member Julie Steiner will lead a safe, meaningful, substantive, and bold conversation about race, utilizing the UCC’s transformation curriculum this Saturday, February 11 at 9am at Calvary United
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As you may have read last week, our Sacred Conversations on Race efforts won recognition from the UCC National Office. Congratulations to out SCOR team, and to our congregation for
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A funny thing has happened. Sort of without intending, we have a full slate of after worship offerings this fall. It all began with the End of Life Series. We
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On our line up, we were going to do “Wills and Bequests” this month, but our own Beth W. was to organize it. And that would be 3 Sundays in
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The national office of the UCC started a contest in June, to find out what’s going on in churches across the country. Each month, churches are invited to send in
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I don’t need to talk about the increased likelihood of a young Black man being shot by a police officer. Those statistics are all over the news. But there is
Read more As you may know, the Sacred Conversations on Race team has scheduled three workshops that they are calling White Privilege 101. This series is in response to conversations among many Old
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