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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January 2021 Outreach Updates Here
Hello Old Firsters, Hope everyone’s January is going well so far. I know I still haven’t been able to meet many of you in person yet, but I am doing
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Happy New Year’s from Outreach!
Happy New Year Old Firsters, 2020 is now officially over, and we’re now into 2021! Hopefully this year will bring us more peace, love, and happiness. To start of the
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Initial Call for 2020 Annual Reports
Hello! Devan here- the church administrator. As January approaches, it is time to begin thinking about the Annual Reports, which we will share at the Annual Meeting on January 31,
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Happy holidays Old Firsters! So wow we are really nearing the end of 2020! Although these past 9 months have been quite a difficult time for many, there is still
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