Sharing God's love, justice, and welcome on our corner, in our city, and in the world for 175 years.
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Old First Presbyterian Church enthuiastically invites all people into our community!
This church was the first Protestant congregation established on the west coast of the U.S. during the gold rush. And we are proud now to continue sharing Christ's love, justice, and welcome to modern seekers who arrive in San Francisco now 175 years later. We have taken a leadership role both locally and nationally welcoming LGBTQIA+ Christians into full participation in the life and leadership of the Presbyterian Church. We strive to bring hope, joy and justice reaching out to people of all ethnicities, incomes, races, and life situations, and like Jesus, we always try to offer a smile and welcome the outcasts.
We hope you will come visit and consider becoming part of our community. We want to know you and share your own particular gifts, experience, and insights with us on our corner, in our city, and in our world.
We worship every Sunday at 11:00 am both in person in our beautiful sanctuary and on line via YouTube livestream. We celebrate communion on the third Sunday of the month. Worship is our joyful praise and thanks to God - our celebration of God's Love.
We have a wonderful choir singing a mixture of classical and modern music and singers are always welcome. Our organ is one of the most renowned in the city. We founded and support an amazing variety of new artists each week in our Old First Concerts programs.
Bringing God's love, welcome, justice, in our neighborhood, city and world and working to make the world a better place for all are important to us. We are a founding member of the weekly interfaith food pantry every Saturday and host a free community meal on the 4th Saturday of each month. We work with many local, national, and international groups to promote racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, and other human rights, to end gun violence, and to help immigrants.
We feed the hungry, comfort the afflicted, and work for justice. We always need volunteers to help with all of these projects.
We believe that learning and growth are important for all ages. We offer regular book studies, Bible studies, theological discussions, and topical classes for adults on issues important in our culture. Small groups meet on Zoom and in members' homes for study and support. We make time and space for children in worship and offer regular, broadly graded children's church school every 1st and 3nd Sundy. We also have excellent childrens' and adults' libraries.
We love to read and support the Little Free Library on Sacramento Street. Bring you books to share with the community.
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God,
We today pray for Fathers near and far.
We pray for Fathers alive and Fathers who are dead.
We pray for Fathers who were present with their children
and those who were absent.
We pray for new Fathers and old Fathers.
We pray for those who loved well and those who did not love as well.
We pray for Fathers who play(ed) with their children and those who don’t.
We pray for those who take their fathering seriously and those who don’t.
We pray for biological dads and dads who raised us.
We pray for those who don’t get to be dads at all.
We pray for Fathers who were let down by their dads,
We pray for Fathers who were not loved by their fathers.
We pray for Fathers who missed out on the presence of fathers.
beginning May 10
Old First Church is committed to giving to others who work for justice and peace in the world. Over the next few weeks, we will be highlighting some of the groups we support in doing this work.
June 14
The mission committee of our church is highlighting some of the non-profit groups we support because they help further our church's mission to bring God's love, justice, and welcome to the world. This week, we focus on a group providing "life-changing access" and "life-saving affirmation" to trans folk in need of health and wellness care. Point of Pride has awarded $5,863,000 in financial aid and provided gender-affirming support to people in all 50 states and around the world. They strive to build a world where trans and gender diverse people of all ages see a bright, safe future for themselves—living in their authentic truth. More information can be found on their website http://www.pointofpride.org.
May 24
Last month we celebrated the Day of Pentecost 50 days after Easter. According to the Book of Acts, the Holy Spirit came to the the people like "tongues of fire." Traditionally, we celebrate this day with red and orange colors as you can see in the banners in the sanctuary from several years ago. On this day, too, the people in Jerusalem were gathered from all over the world speaking their own languages, and yet the disciples were able to communicate the love of God to them in their own languages. This year we prepared new ceiling art symbolizing the tongues of fire descending from the heavens.
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