Hello Old First! On behalf of the Joint Ventures Ministry Team, you are invited to a congregational presentation on April 10, at 1:00 pm on Zoom (to allow time for a break following worship). The JVMT has been working at warp speed towards breaking ground on our new building. In a...
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With so much going on, we as a congregation have not been as active in POWER as we were earlier. Beth W. and Barbara G. are very involved in the Live Free work of POWER, working on issues of policing and mass incarceration. And Michael is still Co-chair of the Board of Directors which...
Read more “Value Statement” for – the Memorandums of Unity by which the various regional organizations will covenant together to form – POWER Interfaith statewide. This is a document still in formation, as it is being shared with various stakeholders. But I thought that the Old First community...
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Dear Neighbors: We received the award of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency we had been waiting for. Added to earlier funding awards from the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Housing Authority, we now have in place the funding for “Old...
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5PM in-person worship outdoors in the courtyard– Candlelight and carols for the baby Jesus. Join us as we gather and pray. People will be masked and social-distanced. Please bring a blanket to donate for the homeless (and to stay warm with during worship!) A certain wise man who...
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JVMT Gets Us Going Preparing for Construction to Begin We announced in October that our Joint Vision Mission Team has been awarded the necessary funding to build the 34 Units of Supportive Housing, offices and classroom space on the portion of our church property adjacent to 4th...
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There are so many reasons to feel joy and love during the Advent and Christmas season! The season’s events at Old First are all listed below. Join us ~ Invite your friends ~ Let’s all celebrate together! Thursday, Nov 25- Thanksgiving Prayer Service Sunday, Nov 28- First...
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Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
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(These are the words Michael used in Harrisburg on Wednesday to open POWER’s protest against “the rainy day fund” that denied school across PA full and fair funding.) I am the Rev. Michael Caine, Pastor of Old First Reformed Church in the Old City historic district of...
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We announced in both worship services last week that we had gotten word from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency that Old First House had received an award of $11,000,000 in tax credits. That with the earlier $2,500,000 grant from the city for building affordable housing means that...
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