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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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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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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There are so many facets to church life, so many ways to help and be involved. Every person has something to offer to help support Old First, help it run smoothly, and complete the many small details of the work that must be done each week, month, and year to keep the church going! Are...
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This coming Sunday, December 16, we will have our annual Children’s Christmas Pageant during the 11 am worship service. We hope to see you there!
Read more This coming Midday Meeting — Wednesday, Nov. 14, at 1 pm in the Social Hall — Michael will report on his trip to Guyana, the country itself, its multi-ethnic and multi-religious population, its history and current realities as well as the CANAAC Meeting and its outcomes. Oh...
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Book Group on Race and Racism Our book group on race and racism will meet after worship on Sunday, Nov 11 to discuss Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification, by David Waldstreicher. The word slavery does not appear in the Constitution, yet of its eighty-four clauses...
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We are running a little late getting ourselves organized for Sunday School this year. Samantha Baker-Evens will be a Co-Leader of the Christian Ed. Standing Leadership Group, but we are still looking for the Second Co-Leader. Once we get the leadership in place, we will quick call a...
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Michael had a funny experience with a visitor over the summer. A young man right out of college visited us in worship one day. That initiated a conversation between him and Michael. The young man explained that he grew up in a UCC church, and was new to Philly. Eventually, he got...
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On Friday, August 17 thru Sunday, August 19, the Pennsylvania Student Power Network will be hosting a workshop for students in the social hall. The Pennsylvania Student Power Network supports and connects students across the state to organize around issues of economic empowerment...
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