We have 3 current Old Firsters that I know who were baptized as adults— Adam, Liz and Jillian. Trixie was baptized as a confirmation age person, I think as a 12 year old. So were Prince, Aiden, McKenna. When people are old enough — or cognizant enough! — to make their own promises at...
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We will celebrate Old First’s 292nd anniversary with a potluck lunch after worship in the courtyard (weather permitting). Please bring food to share with others. People with last names starting with A – G, please bring appetizers, H – R bring casseroles/entrees, S – Z...
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World Communion Sunday will be on October 6 this year. The Worship Standing Leadership Group (SLG), thinking about the special services (Anniversary Sunday, World Communion and Reformation Sunday) in early fall, has some ideas for each occasion. For World Communion Sunday, the Worship...
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Ok, this is clearly a clergy fantasy. Or at least mine as a minister. What am I fantasizing about? That one Sunday when EVERYONE shows up for church. I mean everyone from this community. The regulars. And the everyone-once-in-a-whiles. And the C and Es. And so and so’s sister or...
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Monthly Post Confirmation Youth Group Begins with a Splash! Who is going to go tubing down the Delaware with us on Sunday, Sept. 15 after worship? We’ve done it in the past. It’s fun for all ages. It’s safe even for non-swimmers. And there is an island halfway down the float where you...
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Midday Meeting is our monthly fellowship group for people who are free during the day. It is open to anyone who wants to participate, and it’s a great way to get to know others from church and what is important to and going on in their lives. We are a welcoming and friendly group. Our...
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One of the mothers of one of our pre-schoolers, who has herself been a pre-school Sunday School teacher in the church she grew up in, said to me last Spring: “With all these little kids around, we should have something more than just nursery for them. We should have a pre-K Sunday...
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Do you have 90 minutes a month to spend in conversation with other church members about the Wellspring Outreach Ministries? We meet on the first Tuesday of the month at 7pm. That leaves you plenty of time to get through traffic, grab a quick snack, and get to Old City. When asked, many...
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Anniversary Sunday is September 22!! We will celebrate Old First’s 292nd anniversary with a potluck lunch after worship. Stay tuned for more details.
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So on Sunday, August 4, we re-purposed the silence with which we begin each worship service. Usually, it’s a moment to stop, center ourselves, and take stock as we prepare to worship. I asked, instead, that it serve as a moment of respectful silence before the loss of life in El...
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