A Special Lenten Collection before Easter
A Special Lenten Collection before Easter… For Food Insecure Indonesian Families in South Philly. Last Sunday’s sermon was about Abram leaving home. Actually, God sent him away to a distant
Read moreA Special Lenten Collection before Easter… For Food Insecure Indonesian Families in South Philly. Last Sunday’s sermon was about Abram leaving home. Actually, God sent him away to a distant
Read morePOWER is inviting us to help make the mayoral race’s emerging focus on public safety to be about something bigger / more hopeful than “more cops on the streets.” There
Read moreUpcoming Events — Details Below Feb 18 from 4-6pm @ Asian Arts Initiative (1219 Vine Street) Feb 19 from 12-4pm in Chinatown 34 people – 6 from Old First – gathered
Read morePOWER has two campaigns for us to consider this Winter / Spring: THE MAYORAL RACE The crowded mayoral race already has 10 candidates declared; it’s rumored that others are yet
Read moreThere’s always a lot going on at church. I mean, how can there not be when we gather to thank God for all that God has done for us? It
Read moreFreedom Express: Healing Our Faith in Democracy You can’t be a Christian and be a white nationalist. Having faith — any faith — is always about inclusion and abundance. The
Read morePOWER will have its next in-person phone bank next week, Thursday, October 13, at Society Hill Synagogue. They will be hosting two phone banks that day, to accommodate folks with daytime and
Read moreThe choices before us in the fast-approaching Nov. 8 election — for both Governor and Senator — and the elections are crucial. Where is our nation going? Old Firsters have
Read moreOne of the most powerful tools we have as human beings is the ability to tell our own stories. We share about the world we want to build through our
Read moreWe are trying to find a location where there might be numbers of unregistered voters (or voters needing to update their registration) that we can engage. Our sister congregation
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