It’s Choir Time Again
As the Old First family begins the fall season by restarting or creating activities, the Music Department joins the rest of you with the return of our Church Choir. Beginning
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Join Us for Worship this Sunday for Special Music from Center City Chamber Orchestra
Please join us this coming Sunday, December 18, for a special music Sunday! The Center City Chamber Orchestra will be joining us to play 3 special music pieces for the
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Live Organ Music Returns!
Dear Old First family, After a two-year hiatus due to Covid and our renovations, the sound of our Schantz organ returns THIS Sunday at 10 AM. To celebrate I have
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Choir Update for Summer Worship
Dear cherished singers, So, it has been quite the year and a half living in this altered reality in our one-dimensional Zoom boxes. Indeed, I feel our church family has
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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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All Saints Sunday Music – If We Only Have Love
If We Only Have Love, written by the Belgian singer-songwriter-actor-director, Jacques Brel, and used as the final song in the celebrated off-Broadway musical review, Jacques Brel Is Alive & Well
Read more Trinity Sunday, Order of Service, 06.07.2020
A Service of Worship for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020 — Old First Church, Philadelphia, PA...
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Music Sunday Tradition Reimagined in the Time of Covid
Well, here we are a couple months into our new and interesting lifestyle of social distancing, mask wearing and maintaining balance as we “stay at home“ and try to stay
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Composing Commission Project – ALL Are Invited!
From Holly Phares, Music Director I am delighted to share some exciting news that I have been given a generous gift of a commission by a dear friend and huge
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