Weekly Lenten Prayer Meeting
Starting Wednesday, March 4 at 7pm, and every Wednesday evening during Lent — March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 8 — Old First will host a “Prayer Meeting” call. Anyone
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Young Adult Get-Together, Sat., February 29
Allison K. is gathering the young adults at her home this coming Saturday, Feb. 29. (It’s the 4th generation of people “re-starting” Young Adult programming since Michael arrived a decade
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Lenten Dinners: Planning for a Jubilee Year in 2027!
Can you host a dinner? Will you join a dinner? This year, the Elders are leading our Lenten program as they invite the church into a planning process looking to
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Book Group on Race and Racism, Sunday, March 8
The Book Group on Race and Racism: We will meet on March 8 to discuss Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope, by Nicolas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors
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Midday Meeting, Wed, Feb 12 at 1 pm
What is Christian fasting? It’s in the New Testament, and Catholics eat fish on Fridays in Lent. And these days, dieters even talk about intermittent fasting. At the Worship Standing
Read more Book Group on Race and Racism, Sunday, Feb. 9
The Book Group on Race and Racism: We will meet on February 9 to discuss The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein.
Read more Midday Meeting, Wednesday, January 15 at 1 PM
Midday Meeting really should have been this week; it’s traditionally on the second Wednesday, which was the 8th. But with the holidays, my vacation and the 1st being a Wednesday,
Read more Book Group on Race and Racism, Sunday, Dec. 8 after Worship
For discussion on December 8, not a book, but the introduction to a book. Bob Polk will join us to discuss The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, by W.E.B. Du
Read more Book Group on Race and Racism, Nov. 10 after Worship
We will meet on Sunday, November 10 to discuss Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed: The Story of the Village of Le Chambon and How Goodness Happened There, by Philip Hallie.
Read moreFinding “Worship Partners” for Alex
Michael often tells the story of the older woman who sat with him in church when he was in high school. Michael’s family had sort of fallen apart when he
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