To members of the Old First Family: If you’re reading this, it’s either Friday evening, Saturday morning, or Sunday before worship. Were you aware that Monday – Sunday, 7 days a week from 6:30 pm – 6:30 am, there are 30 gentlemen living in the Social Hall? So while you are...
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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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Happy New Year! Continuing in the holiday spirit, Old First would like to invite all who are interested in celebrating New Years day with the guys from our shelter. On New Years day, those who are interested in spending some time with our guests are invited to take 2 hour incremental...
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Merry Christmas Old First and Friends of Old First, With your help we were able to keep the shelter open on Thanksgiving Day, which allowed for 30 men who would otherwise be out on the street to rest, relax, and eat whatever their hearts desired all day long. This Christmas Day, we’re...
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The Outreach SLG will have its next meeting on Wednesday, December 19, at 6pm in the Fox Building.
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Thanksgiving Volunteers 2018 This Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 22, 2018, Old First is looking to keep the Men’s Shelter open all day so that the men can have a relaxing and festive holiday, but we’re going to need your help! Our goal is to keep the shelter open from...
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November 1st is a special day in the life of Old First and for the 30 homeless guests who will sleep each night in our Social Hall throughout the winter months. The church provides foam mats for our guests to sleep on the floor. As a welcome gift, we would like to offer each guest
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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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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...
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A couple of weeks ago, Holly organized the first Singing Circle. It gathered people from Old First, people from Holly’s Healing Presence Singers and men from our shelter. The men who joined had a great time, and promised to tell others and to bring others. The second meeting of...
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