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
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POWER Mayoral Primaries Training, Feb 27 & 28
POWER 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
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No Arena in Chinatown Solidarity (POWER)
Upcoming 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 more Upcoming POWER Philadelphia Campaigns
POWER 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
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A Lot Going on for All Saints Sunday
There’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 more POWER Interfaith Freedom Express Manifesto
Freedom 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
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Phone-Banking with POWER, Thurs, Oct 13
POWER 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
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Texting for Turnout, Sunday, Oct 30
The 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 more POWER Interfaith Announces “Freedom Express Bus Tour”
One 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 more Voter Registration, South Street, Friday, July 22, 7-9 pm
We 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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