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...
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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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Old First invites you to remember and honor your mother (or other cherished people in your life) by “purchasing” a blanket. Contributions of $5.00 (or more) allow Church World Service (CWS) to purchase blankets for people in crisis situations in the US and around the world. It also...
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Online privacy is in the news these days, so we thought it would be a good idea to review how we at Old First protect the congregation’s confidential information. Old First is a patchwork quilt of one-on-one relationships among individuals in the congregation. Our online member...
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The UCC Council for Climate Justice has spearheaded an interfaith effort to preach a thousand sermons in solidarity with the 21 children and youth who are suing the federal government over climate change. One of the youth plaintiffs is the son of a UCC pastor. In that landmark case...
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