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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The Mott Campus Clowns from Mott Community College in Flint, Michigan will be staying with us this week. They will be participating in the St Patrick’s Days Parade and will be performing at various places around the city. If you see them around the church grounds, please say...
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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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The Old First Outreach Program welcomes St. John’s UCC, Fullerton from Whitehall, Pennsylvania. The group arrived to volunteer on Monday, August 6th, 2018 and be with us until Saturday, August 11th, 2018. Stop by and Say Hello! If you have any questions about our Outreach Program...
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We received an update from the Bethesda Project, St. Mary’s Chapel about their shelter program and the ways that Old First is assisting them: “In May, Bethesda Project’s winter shelter at Old First Reformed closed for the season and guests transferred to the summer shelter...
Read moreSend in the clowns! This St Patrick’s Day marks the 7th return of the Mott Campus Clowns to Philadelphia, and Old First, for their alternative Spring Break. If you’ve been around Old First a while, you know about the clowns. If you’re relatively new, here’s the deal. They call it an...
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Dear Old First and Friends of Old First, We’ve been diligently sorting through, organizing and reorganizing our clothing shed and realized that, in addition to our normal constant need for socks, underwear, shoes and toiletries, there is also another item that we are aways desperate to...
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This is what happens when a small group of ministry partners travel from the rural farmland of Berks County to the inner city of Philadelphia to serve those in need on July 15th. Mike, John, and Theo warmly welcomed Longswamp UCC’s delivery of approximately 30 bags of clothing and...
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Dear Old First and Friends of Old First, This upcoming week we will be hosting two more service camp groups: United Church in Walpole and St. John’s UCC. So if you see them on campus, please give them a big ole’ Old First welcome! If you are interested in welcoming either group...
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