I had an experience this week, that I bet you have also had a time or two. I was going to pay a pastoral call on Jim and Margaret. I decided to ride my bike. Ok, maybe that’s an experience that we haven’t all had! But I had my reasons! Because the weather was nice
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Old First is answering a call for help! The Defender Association of Philadelphia has asked the City of Philadelphia to support 500+ people who were arrested last summer and fall during the civil rights protests that followed the murders of George Floyd, and later Walter Wallace in...
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“In a world where General Synod is being held online, one Conference found a way to connect and gather outdoors, hiking and biking their way from their northern mountains to their southernmost city. The finest Conference of the United Church of Christ presents: PSEC Strong, a...
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STILL SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL: 100% FAIR FUNDING NOW! Join us for a statewide, multi-site action in support of the proposed budget that includes 100% Fair Funding for PA schools! In-person actions will be taking place in Philadelphia, Allentown, Pottstown, and Lancaster. Part of the...
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As we plan for returning to in-person worship, we want to share what we’ve put together so far. Those who decide to attend in-person worship should plan to be masked and socially distanced. We will have room for 40 worshippers. To continue to follow covid safety precautions, and...
Read more For the remainder of the Sundays in June, worship will be online on Zoom at 11am (as usual). Starting Sunday, July 4, Old First will have 2 services:: an in-person, outdoor service at 9am, and an online on Zoom service at 11am.
Read more POWER’s Education Campaign has celebrated success some of us never expected to see. We have been organizing for a full, fair funding formula for years, at least since 2012 — a way that the state’s education dollars might be not only adequately, but distributed fairly...
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A contest will begin worship on Sunday. Two prizes: One for the best red outfit. The other for the best red / Pentecost background. We are going to begin worship with the kids this week. So they can show off their red first. And then we will look for the other outstanding examples /...
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Old First will be celebrating its 2021 graduates during worship on Sunday, June 13. The church office has been gathering the names of our current and upcoming graduates to share in the E-pistle and during service on that Sunday. If you have a child who is graduating from high school...
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Join us Saturday, May 22, at 9:30am to help clean up the courtyard and gardens around the church property. We’ll also be planting all the flowers that were purchased in honor and memory of loved ones ahead of Easter Sunday! We will need lots of volunteers, so even if you can only...
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