Fear Not 2.0 — …And Not Going to Take It Anymore?
An older friend told me about losing his political anger. He wasn’t sure exactly when, how or why, but it happened sometime towards the end of the Vietnam War. He
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Old First Can’t Do All It Does Without Help From Its Friends
It was a good Annual Meeting. The worship Elsa created for us about affirming each other’s giftedness was well-received and helpful for where we are in our church life these
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Accomplishing BIG Things by Faith
We unanimously passed the Resolutions last Sunday that are our final sign-off of the documents for the Old First House project. We have approved the leases and the financing that
Read more Congregational Meeting this Sunday, April 30, 2023
The Church is meeting this Sunday after worship is an officially called congregational meeting for the purpose of receiving and approving the Resolution that is set forth below at the
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An Ahah! Moment
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
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Opportunities to Serve the Shelter in Its Last Year
Opportunity to Serve the Shelter in its last year with us… The shelter dinners that are scheduled for the next few weeks are few and far between (it’s not unusual
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Old First House Announcement
Dear Neighbors: We received the award of Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency we had been waiting for. Added to earlier funding awards from the City
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Welcome Our New Outreach Coordinator, Natania Harris
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
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“Old First House” receives $2.5m; first step toward financing!
We are happy to report that we have now secured the first major parts of the financing for Old First House: $2.5 million capital grant from the Philadelphia’s Dept of
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Saturday Cupboard and Outreach
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
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