The confirmands are leading the Old First team in this year’s Walk Against Hunger, on Saturday, April 27. Please join us! You can donate toward the Old First team goal by using this donation link, or with a donation in the offering plate (write “Hunger Walk” on your envelope or the...
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An Interim Report for the Old First Congregational Meeting on Sunday, March 24 Concerning Planning for Housing for the Homeless at Fourth and Race Streets In the next two weeks the congregation of Old First Reformed Church will need to authorize moving forward on the next steps toward...
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The Elder’s met on March 11 and would like to share a few thoughts and highlights from our meeting: First of all, there is a lot going on; it often feels hard to keep up with. Tonight was an opportunity for the Elders to meet with members of the Joint Venture Ministry Team (JVMT)...
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For our April meeting, we chose: The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, by James McBride. Because of Easter, the April meeting will be on April 28. Our summer reading will be The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic...
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In her recent workshop on well-being (a really interesting conversation for those who missed it!), Fay said, “You really need to practice something for at least 6 weeks if you want to have any hope that it will stick, become a habit; six months would be better.” Lent is the...
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As we go through Lent, the Old First community is gathering in small groups to spend time together, to get to know each other more, to go through Lent and look to Holy Week together. This year’s theme is “What will I give up for Lent?” We have scheduled the following...
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First it was green, yellow and red lines painted all over the ground, sidewalks and parking lots. That was for the underground radar scanning of the property. Nancy hoped it might show whether or not the crypts extend out from the building under the yard towards Race Street. She thinks...
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Civic Series, a new public event series in Philadelphia, is hosting a free workshop on how to have difficult (especially political) conversations, based on the book Breaking Through Gridlock: The Power of Conversation in a Polarized World. The workshop will share clear-cut and...
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The Rev. Cean James will be back for our next session of Natural Church Development. Rev. James introduced us to Natural Church Development in a presentation after worship in early November. He will be back this Sunday for the second installment. (Sorry, we sort of lost sight of this...
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