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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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- 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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Getting the shelves for the shed has become something like waiting for Jesus to come back. We have been talking about it for years, but one might wonder if it was ever going to happen. But, it did! The Service Camp from Marlborough Congregational in Connecticut put them together and...
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There are so many facets to church life, so many ways to help and be involved. Every person has something to offer to help support Old First, help it run smoothly, and complete the many small details of the work that must be done each week, month, and year to keep the church going! Are...
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Proposed for Saturday October 20, the Good Shepherd Meal proceeds would support a few single women with children this Christmas. It is a good idea because it targets an under-served population and it complements Old First’s Winter Homeless Shelter and Saturday Morning Breakfast and...
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Our Saturday Morning Breakfast program is in need of men’s spring and summer clothing, including short sleeve shirts, plain white T’s, shorts, jeans and of course shoes and underwear. All sizes are needed, so as you’re transitioning from winter to summer, keep in mind that the men of...
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The kids in our Sunday School will be baking cookies this year to raise money for the guests at Old First’s Saturday morning cupboard. The proceeds will go to making gift bags for the 80 guests we serve every week (to be presented on 03.31, the Saturday before Easter). We are...
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