Great presentation Sunday, 03.24 after worship on our new building plans along 4th Street. (Thanks, Bob and the rest of the JVMT, and Morry and our partners at BWA Architecture + Planning, Troy and partners at Community Ventures and Sandra from DePaul USA.) If you have questions about...
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There are so many facets to church life, so many ways to help and be involved. Every person has something to offer to help support Old First, help it run smoothly, and complete the many small details of the work that must be done each week, month, and year to keep the church going! Are...
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The 2018 Giving Year is coming to a close. In order for gifts to be counted for the 2018 tax year, they must be received at the church office by 12PM (Noon) on Monday 12/31/2018. All gifts have been entered online in Breeze, and you can check your pledge and your giving online there...
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To pledge online, please go to our online pledge card. November 19, 2018 Dear Fellow Old Firster, As a father, I spend a lot of time reading children’s books, teaching lessons about right and wrong, and showing Chelsea the importance of helping and being kind to others. Of all the...
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In the first week of our “Giving Tree” Stewardship Campaign, we were asked to name the gifts of others in our community that touch or inspire us. While it’s hardly an inclusive list — in fact, as it happened in worship, it’s just sort of an accidental list, but maybe the gifts...
Read more The first week of our Stewardship Drive “The Giving Tree” asks us to appreciate the gifts that others bring to our church community, particularly those gifts they share that really touch or inspire us. Whose service or generosity or spirit or presence do you give thanks for? A phone...
Read more We have finished 10 months in our fiscal calendar and now have some important updates on our finances. Through the end of October we are $23,000 behind budget. This represents an important and adverse change from my last update. As always, this situation is driven by the 3 drivers of...
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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 congregation to use our Christmas creche figures to put forward an alternative. Our...
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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 or just when she took a few days of vacation. But ever since then, and when Teresa was the Administrator...
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Andrew volunteered 4 or 5 years ago to come over and cut the grass. He explained when he first offered that he likes doing yard work, and as an apartment-dweller… Well, we have to say thank God and thank you to Andrew. For these past years, Andrew starts in the Spring, and just...
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