Dear members of Old First, My name is Viveka Hall-Holt, and I currently serve as a summer intern for Interfaith Philadelphia and am a rising senior at St. Olaf College. I am reaching out to you about a research study that I am doing which includes a short, 20 minute anonymous...
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(Pastor’s note: This is part of a presentation I am making for the UCC’s Conference for “Partners’ in Building.” I’m sort of blowing my horn about you all, so I thought you should know. Also, it might help you think about all we’re accomplishing…) I’m Michael Caine, the pastor at Old...
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Beloved, This Sunday’s Scripture reading is about David and the building of the Temple. More accurately, about David not building the Temple. But we’ll hear about that on Sunday. I’ll be preaching on our building renovation in its crucial context of our ministry. But looking towards...
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Beloved, I think this is the last Fear Not I’ll be sending. (I know, never say never!) I said I would write until we were re-gathered for worship. And hoping there’s no more lockdowns or need for any more of the extreme COVID precautions, we are now offering in-person worship each...
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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...
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We have an updated parking permit and placard for Sundays this year. Old First has relaxed parking along the east side of 4th St, between New and Arch, and on the the south side of Race St, between 3rd and 4th. (This is exactly the same as previous years). Relaxed parking is allowed...
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We want to take a minute to thank all of you for your contributions to the work on the Sanctuary, your helpful input, and visits to see the space. We are about to start a new step in the work. The Sanctuary has been painted, and it looks great! Some of you have seen it
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.
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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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