Time for Covenant Ministry Again? …Let’s Begin with the 5 pm Service on Christmas Eve
Who remembers Covenant Ministry? It was what we did when I first arrived at Old First. It was way back in 2009, so many of you were not here yet,
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What Christmas Meant this Season…
While the Creche has been up in the front courtyard, Old First has been encouraging visitors to write and share “what Christmas means to them this year.” We have received
Read more Christmas Eve Parking at Arch Street Meeting House
Old First has received permission to park at the Arch Street Meeting House (320 Arch Street), for our Christmas Eve services. Enter from 4th Street (look for the opening in
Read more Love First Christmas: Events for the Holiday!
ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS AT OLD FIRST Christmas is a great time to invite someone to join you at church. Because some folks can get lonely. Others may be more open
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Refugee Nativity Replaces Live-Animal Creche This Year
Old First United Church of Christ has used the live-animal creche for over 40 years to bring the Christmas story home to 4th and Race and alive for neighbors near
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Community Conversation, this Sun, 11/11, following worship
Elders Decide Not to Have the Creche this Year After months of discussion and careful consideration, and in light of our experience last year, the Board of Elders have decided
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Old First Takes a Step for Immigrant Justice
Concerned that our U.S. government’s current Zero Tolerance and other immigration policies not only fail the historic welcome our immigrant nation has been built on, Old First Church voted as a
Read moreOld First Immigration Protest? — Congregational Meeting on Sun., 07.29, after worship
The note on the chainlink fencing reads: This chainlink fence surrounds our Creche figures — Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus — standing off to one side of our
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Thanks to Woody for a LOOONG Interim as our Administrator
I’m not sure exactly how it first happened, but Woody began serving as a fill-in during Mindy’s tenure as our Administrator. Maybe it was during one of her sick leaves
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