Outreach welcomes Slatersville UCC and Bridgewater UCC, our next two service camps that will be staying with us from July 14th – July 20th. Both groups will be volunteering at various service sites, including Old First’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cupboard, participating in...
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At the end of June, there will be a culinary and nutrition training hosted by the Health Promotion Council, the American Heart Association, and Get Healthy Philly. The upcoming training will focus on creating healthier takes on summer classics. The training will include a short...
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Old First, I know it’s the summer, and everyone is off to vacation, but we are still operating our Saturday morning breakfast program. This program does not stop and operates every single Saturday morning from 7:00 am to 10:30 am rain or shine, sleet or snow. Because it is an...
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In approximately 2 weeks, Bethany Children’s Home, located in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania (an affiliated ministry of the United Church of Christ), will be welcoming 65 displaced children into their community. These children, ranging in age from 5 to 14, have been separated from their...
Read more Our first official urban service camp group of the summer will be coming this weekend! St. Paul’s UCC will be joining us Friday, May 31st – Sunday, June 2nd as they take part in service/volunteer work throughout the city of Philadelphia, including serving dinner at Chosen...
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MAKE A DIFFERENCE: CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING No experience required! We need help in the Saturday Morning Breakfast and Clothing Cupboard over the next few months when some of our usual volunteers are on vacation, visiting families, etc. A trained Host will give you options on ways you can...
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OLD FIRST WILL CONTRIBUTE $2,500 TO THE “GENERATIONS OF SERVICE” CAPITAL CAMPAIGN OF THE UNITED CHURCH BOARD OF MINISTERIAL ASSISTANCE Meet financial assistance needs for 14,412 retirees in 2027 150 new Next Generation Leadership Initiative participants 1,000 participants in the...
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One of Michael’s favorite organizing memories in recent years was from June 2015, a favorite because it involved a bunch of Old Firsters. Michael had responsible for organizing the UCC Clergy Day at POWER’S “Camping Out” Protest on the Capitol Steps in Harrisburg on Monday, June 20...
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Misty Sparks, one of our main contact associates at Bethesda’s church shelter program, has asked that we keep our shelter open a few more weeks. As you may know, one of Bethesda’s 3 church shelters — St. Mary’s — has been closed for several months now...
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Old First- We’ve made HUGE progress on our clothing shed, thanks to one of our recent service camps, Marlborough UCC. This service camp, along with Janice, constructed shelving units, and organized, sorted, re-arranged and labeled all of the clothing and toiletries in the shed. Today...
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