Everyone is invited to a big feast this Sunday, Oct. 4, as the whole church — all around the world — celebrates that it’s one meal and one Table that God gathers us around. World Communion Sunday was founded by the Presbyterian Church in 1936, another time when the...
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The Power the Polls campaign has asked us to share the following information and encourage those who are able to become poll workers for the November 3 election! Protect the Vote! Be a Poll Worker on November 3. You might have heard that in the June primary, there was a staggering...
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Here is some information you can send the friends you have invited to join us for worship on September 13, 2020 at 11:00am. You can also forward to your guests a copy of Saturday’s “Fear Not” as it usually contains the Order of Service for Sunday. Here is one more request, if you...
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Virtual Town Hall Series, Imagining Civilian Police Oversight, Wednesday, September 9 at 7pm Join on Facebook at facebook.com/powerinterfaith
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The Covid-19 emergency has not stopped the work of the Joint Venture Mission Team in preparing for constructing 34 apartments with supportive services and office and classroom space on our campus. The archaeologists have completed Phase 1 of their investigation of our property, and...
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Everything is different this year. Yes, many of us never really got away for a summer break. And many are still working from home. Or having various other COVID-related intrusions in our regular schedules. But still Fall arrives. School starts up, different as it is. And, church gets...
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Hi Old Firsters, I hope everyone is having a great week and doing well. A couple of things on the agenda which I would like to share. The first on the list pertains to the Saturday Cupboard. As usual, we continue to serve up to 50 guests each morning with the help of our dedicated...
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We’re already thinking about Advent, and how to strengthen everyone’s in-home experience of the 4 weeks before and the 12 days of Christmas. Part of this is providing every family with an Advent Candleholder. The idea is that we will decorate them in the fall (with each...
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POWER Virtual Town Hall Series: “Imagining Civilian Police Oversight, Part 3” Wednesday, August 12 at 7pm.
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Dear Old First, May I ask folks to join me this week in a social media action for the continuation of $600 a week unemployment benefits? Here’s the plan: working with some of the big unions (Mike and I work for Unite Here, the hospitality Workers’ union), there is a campaign to take...
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