Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent. First Church will hold services with imposition of ashes at 12 noon and 7:00 PM. The evening service will be live streamed.
On street parking is available with placard.
Join us for a fun Mardi Gras Celebration service on Sunday, March 2 at 9 AM. Let the good times roll!
Please join us for a joyous Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve.
On-street parking is available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
Christmas Eve Family Worship for all ages. Communion will be served.
On-street parking is available with placard.
A Service of the Longest Night will be held in Old Buttonwood Hall. This is a winter service of hope and healing that encourages those going through times of sorrow and grief during the holidays. Inspired by the solstice, winter’s longest night, this service will have special music and liturgy while allowing you space “to be.” We hope you will join us as we worship God during this special time.
On-street parking is available with placard.
A memorial service for Heather Boyd-Monk will be held at First Church on Saturday, October 19 at 11 AM. There will be a reception immediately following with light refreshments.
Please note that on-street parking with placard is not available, but discounted parking at Metropolis (2107 Sansom Street) is available. See signs next to the office or in the narthex for directions of how to scan our personalized QR code to get the discounted rate.
Bring your pets (leashed or in a carrier) for Blessing of the Animals at our Celebration! service on Sunday, October 13 at 9 AM in the sanctuary. If you can’t bring your pet, bring a photo of your pet to be blessed.
From July 7 through September 1, there is a single combined Celebration! and Traditional worship service at 10 AM.
The service will be held in the sanctuary or in Old Buttonwood Hall depending on the weather.
The service is available via livestream.
On Sunday, July 7, at 10 AM we will combine Celebration! and Traditional worship in a single service in the sanctuary to sing God’s praises together. Hymn requests from our blue hymnal will be taken at the service.
After the service the Deacons will host an ice cream sundae social in Old Buttonwood Hall. Please join us!
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent. First Church will services with imposition of ashes 12 noon and 7:00 PM. The evening service will be live streamed.
On street parking is available with placard.
Join us for a fun Mardi Gras Celebration service on Sunday, February 11 at 9 AM. Let the good times roll!
Please join us for a joyous Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve.
On-street parking is available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
Christmas Eve Family Worship for all ages. Communion will be served.
On-street parking is available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
On Christmas Eve, we will have 3 services:
Traditional Worship @ 11 AM
Fourth Sunday of Advent
Christmas Eve Celebration! @ 4 PM
Christmas Eve family worship service for all ages.
Service of Lessons & Carols @ 8 PM
Our annual joyous Service of Lessons and Carols.
On-street parking is available with placard and live stream will be available for all services.
A Service of the Longest Night will be held in the church sanctuary. This is a winter service of hope and healing that encourages those going through times of sorrow and grief during the holidays. Inspired by the solstice, winter’s longest night, this service will have special music and liturgy while allowing you space “to be.” We hope you will join us as we worship God during this special time.
On-street parking is available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
On December 3 we will celebrate traditional worship at 11 a.m. with a Service of Lessons and Carols for Advent. This service, different from our Lessons & Carols for Christmas on Christmas Eve, will be focused on the Advent texts and music, allowing us to focus on the prophetic news of the coming of Christ.
A memorial service for Eve-Ann Wilson will be held at First Church, with a reception in Old Buttonwood Hall immediately following the service.
Our year of commemorations concludes on Sunday, November 5. As we celebrate All Saints Sunday we will give thanks for the generations who have gone before us. Following the Celebration Service we will place our time capsule in the church vault to remain for the next 25 years. For the traditional service, our choir is preparing special music with guest music director Donald Nally, director of the Grammy-winning vocal ensemble The Crossing. Former clergy of First Church will be present and participating in worship. The day culminates with a champagne reception in Old Buttonwood Hall. Please join us!
On Sunday, July 9, at 11 AM we will combine Celebration! and Traditional worship in a single service in the sanctuary to sing God’s praises together. Hymn requests from the blue hymnal will be taken at the service. If you would like to request a hymn that is not in the blue hymnal, please send your request to Andrew Senn so we can include it in a hymn booklet. (We can’t promise that we’ll be able to sing every requested hymn during the service!)
After the service the Deacons will host an ice cream sundae social in Old Buttonwood Hall. Please join us!
On Sunday, June 4, there will be a celebration of the history of music at First Church as part of the observance of the 325th year of the congregation. Trinity Sunday’s worship will reflect liturgy appropriate for the observance of the day.
Following the 11 AM service there will be a special reception in Old Buttonwood Hall to mark the occasion.
At 1 PM Andrew Senn will give a presentation on music at First Church in the sanctuary that will feature the organ. This will be an excellent opportunity to get a primer on the organ and the music at First Church.
Felix Mendelssohn's unfinished oratorio "Christus" & John Sanders Reproaches.
On-street parking available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
Communion; Music of the French Baroque: François Couperin and Jean-Baptiste Lully
On-street parking available with placard. This service will be live streamed.
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent. First Church will offer in-person services with imposition of ashes 12 noon and 7:30 p.m. The evening service will be live streamed.
On street parking is available with placard.
Please join us for a fun Mardi Gras Celebration service on Sunday, February 19 at 9 AM.
On Christmas day, we will offer one service of worship, at 11 AM. Our worship service will take the form of a Moravian Lovefeast. The Lovefeast is an historical liturgy that involves singing hymns (in our case, Christmas Carols) and an Agape Meal. An Agape Meal is different from communion in that there is not a memorial component, but similar in that it seeks to draw Christians together in fellowship. Join us for this worship service to sing carols and have a cookie!
On-street parking is available with placard.
Please join us for our annual joyous Service of Lessons and Carols, held this year on Christmas Eve. Festive brass prelude music starts at 8:30 pm, and will then join with the choir, congregation, and organ to lead our favorite carols in the service at 9 pm.
On-street parking is available with placard.
Christmas Eve family worship service for all ages.
On-street parking is available with placard.
A Service of the Longest Night will be held in the church sanctuary. This is a winter service of hope and healing that encourages those going through times of sorrow and grief during the holidays. It is also for those who may be discouraged, depressed, or hopeless, or may be reliving past memories of holidays spent with loved ones or family—for better or worse. Inspired by the solstice, winter’s longest night, this service will have special music and liturgy while allowing you space “to be.” We hope you will join us as we worship God during this special time.
On-street parking is available with placard.
A memorial service for Virginia Mesibov will be held in the sanctuary on Saturday, December 10 at 2:30 PM. On-street parking is available with placard.
On December 4 we will celebrate traditional worship at 11 AM with a Service of Lessons and Carols for Advent. This service, different from our Lessons and Carols for Christmas on Christmas Eve, will be based around the seven ancient “O Antiphons.” Each of the antiphons highlights a different Messianic name for Christ from the Old Testament. It is a more mystical and introspective service than its Christmas counterpart, and really helps us to focus on the prophetic news of the coming of Christ.
