Remembering Rev. Haydn Barry Evans
Remembering Rev. Haydn Barry Evans MAY 3, 1936 – APRIL 1, 2024 Once Barry left his apartment around the corner and moved to Assisted Living at Atria over near the Franklin Institute,
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Good Friday Reflections 2024
Good Friday Reflections 2024 For the next several weeks we will be sharing Good Friday reflections from our congregation. From Clare M: Matthew 27.24-34 I did a bit of reading
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Soup, Pray, Love
Share a bowl of soup with your Valentine and fellow Old Firsters on Ash Wednesday, February 14 at 6 pm. We’ll gather in the social hall for a brief time
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Lenten Suppers
We’re resurrecting our pre-pandemic Lenten tradition of gathering in member homes for a simple meal. It’s a lovely way to get to know one another in a more intimate setting
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Statements for 2023 Tax Returns
We continue to use Breeze to record all gifts from members, friends, and community members. Members can see the state of their individual giving at any point in the year
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Old First Can’t Do All It Does Without Help From Its Friends
It was a good Annual Meeting. The worship Elsa created for us about affirming each other’s giftedness was well-received and helpful for where we are in our church life these
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The Congregational Life SLG is planning several opportunities throughout Lent and on Easter for Old Firsters to gather. Please join us!! Soup, Pray, Love Ash Wednesday, February 14, 6
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Can You Identify Your Spiritual Gifts
In the worship last Sunday about affirming one another’s gifts, I spoke about a time when Old First focused intensely on gifts assessments – a way of making a personal
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A Successful Annual Meeting!
If you haven’t already heard the exciting news from our church’s Annual Meeting last Sunday, let us tell you how wonderful it turned out to be! There were 50 folks
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Additional Reports and Meeting Agenda
Here are the final annual reports being submitted, plus the Meeting Agenda, Slate of Elections, and Draft Minutes from last year’s Annual Meeting Community Ventures Report Pastor’s Report 2023 Slate
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