Fear Not 2.0 — There Has Always Been a Fight for American Democracy
Pastor’s note: We run the risk in our imperiled time of forgetting the struggles in earlier times. We remember easier days and in our memories we create a “good old
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Fear Not 2.0 — In a Panic, Pray…
Pastor’s Note: our “Fear Not” today first appeared as one of the UCC’s Daily Devotionals during Advent. “Enter In” was written by Vicki Kemperer, the pastor of First United Church
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Fear Not 2.0 — Somewhere in the Pitched Deep of our Grief, Crouches our Power
While Renee Nichole Good appears to be the first person killed by immigration officers while specifically monitoring or protesting their presence, her death was the ninth reported instance of immigration
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Fear Not 2.0 — …And Not Going to Take It Anymore?
An older friend told me about losing his political anger. He wasn’t sure exactly when, how or why, but it happened sometime towards the end of the Vietnam War. He
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Resolution for the 10.22.23 Congregational Meeting
Editor’s Note: This resolution text is updated from its original post last week. This information will also be printed and available on Sunday for the Congregational Meeting, along with a
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Reredos Update
We’d only really had one snafu with the renovation so far – hiring an initial contractor whose price was good but whose workmanship was not. In the end, I think
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Progress Around the Church!
May 26 (update): There is really progress being made: The carpenters have almost finished the wainscot. It looks very smart how they have handled the chair rail and the window
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Rededication of Old First Headstones at West Laurel Hill: Old First E-pistle 11-05-21
Old First has a section of plots at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Merion. We bought them after the City of Philadelphia reclaimed our first graveyard by eminent domain (under
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Rededication Ceremony at West Laurel Hill for Old First Church Lot
You are Cordially Invited to the Rededication Ceremony of the Old First Reformed Church lot at West Laurel Hill The Friends of Laurel Hill & West Laurel Hill Cemeteries are
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Black History Month Facts
THE ORIGIN AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH Black History Month celebration began as “Black History Week.” It was started in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson, a noted African-American,
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