Last Saturday, New Goshenhoppen UCC came down from East Greenville, PA for the Saturday Breakfast and Clothing Cupboard. They cooked and served breakfast for the guests, and also brought nearly 20 boxes of donated pants! After serving breakfast, their volunteers stayed to help...
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Some of you know that I can be like Jesus’ disciples when it comes to taking a long time for things to sink in and reach that ‘ahah’ moment. I know that Old First is down two staff, Tony and Natania. I know that we are in the midst of two major building projects, the
Read more Old First is answering a call for help! The Defender Association of Philadelphia has asked the City of Philadelphia to support 500+ people who were arrested last summer and fall during the civil rights protests that followed the murders of George Floyd, and later Walter Wallace in...
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Would you like a chance to lead at Old First? We are looking for a couple of church members that can lead a breakfast team for our Saturday Breakfast & Cupboard. You only need to commit about 2 hours to volunteer. You will not have to lead every Saturday, unless you’d like...
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Would you like to provide breakfast to go for 30-40 people? Outreach is looking for a group to prepare breakfast that can be dropped off for our Saturday Breakfast & Cupboard for June 26th. There will be no cooking on site. Any fresh/hot food must be prepared at home and brought...
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Natania has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Human Services. While working at Mental Health Partnerships and Horizon House, she gained experience supervising and working with people experiencing homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues and other community agencies...
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Hello Old Firsters, Hoping everyone has been having a good February thus far! This was our third week of providing clothes and again it was a success! Pants/jeans + shoes/sneakers were provided and as long as there is room in the shed I am still accepting donations for all seasons! If...
Read more Happy February Old Firsters, Some announcements for you: This was our second week distributing clothes and it was another success! Thank you to everyone who continues to donate clothing items! Advertising for Old First’s Online Service Camp has officially begun! Stay tuned 🙂...
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Hello Old Firsters, Hope all is well and everyone is staying warm! I wanted to share the following:: On Tuesday night, I presented the first module of Old First’s online virtual service camp platform on food insecurity to middle and high school students of Grace Presbyterian. It was a...
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Hello everybody! We are officially 22 days into the new year. Can you believe it?! Time really does fly by even during Covid times. As always I have announcements for you: Outreach has decided to slowly bring back clothes! Starting this Saturday 1/23, we will be adding a jeans table...
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