The Deacons invite everyone to an ice cream social in Old Buttonwood Hall immediately following the 10 AM worship service. Please join us!
The Deacons are hosting our annual Welcome Back Brunch on September 13 at 10 AM between the worship services. The brunch will potluck/covered dish style so that folks across our congregation may share their cooking or baking skills! Sign up at fellowship hour sign up online to bring a main dish, a salad/side, or a dessert. Contact Katie Wu with questions.
Join our regular brunch outing on Sunday, August 9 after the 10 AM service (~11:45 AM). We’ll be going to Pub & Kitchen (1946 Lombard Street). Please RSVP to Laura if you’d like to join so we can make a reservation!
Join us for a day of sun and fun at the beach with our friends from fpcQ and the Twenties & Thirties group on Saturday, August 1st from 12 noon to 5 PM in Atlantic City! We’ll gather at Larry & Mete’s condo on the southern end of AC and head out to the beach. Please bring your beach gear, some snacks to share, and your own beverages for a day of relaxation. Please let Larry know if you can join us!
Join our regular brunch outing on Sunday, July 19, after the 10 AM service (~11:45 AM)! We’ll be going to Hart of Catering & Cafe at 21st & Sansom. Please RSVP to Laura if you’d like to join so we can make a reservation!
All Gen Xers (born between 1965-1980ish) are invited to join us for our July FPC Gen X Brunch after worship on Sunday, July 12! The group will be heading to Wilder (2009 Sansom) after 10 AM worship. If you’re interested in joining, please RSVP to Matthew Arlyck.
Join us on Thursday, July 9 for some minigolf at Puttshack (1625 Chestnut Street)! See how well you can compete against other T&Ts at Puttshack’s tech-infused course. If you’d like to join us, please RSVP so we can include you in the reservation!
Join First Church T&Ts for our regular brunch outing on Sunday, June 14. We’ll gather in Old Buttonwood following the 11 am service and walk together to dine at Goldie at 1911 Sansom Street. If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to Laura so we can include you on a reservation!
First Church is heading to an afternoon Phillies Game on Saturday, June 6 at 4:05 PM (against the Chicago White Sox). First Church will cover $24 of each ticket, so individuals will be responsible for $20 of the remaining price per seat. To reserve one of the 30 tickets we have purchased, please RSVP to Laura Colee (laura.colee@fpcphila.org).
Please join us in Old Buttonwood Hall for a “Welcome to Summer” fellowship brunch between our 9 AM Celebration! Service and our 11 AM traditional service. This combined fellowship is part of the Deacons’ efforts to maximize fellowship and connection between congregants from each service.
**Note that the Celebration service will be held in the sanctuary at 9 AM so the Deacons can prepare for the brunch in Old Buttonwood Hall.
Interfaith Philadelphia will be hosting their monthly Young Adult Brunch series this month at First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia! Join folks in their 20s-30s from all faith backgrounds monthly for meaningful dialogue across lines of difference, building community and explore timely social & cultural topics…all over brunch! Register here or on the Interfaith Philadelphia website.
After worship on May 10, our T&T Book Club will be discussing the final chapter entitled “Love” of Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader Howard Thurman.
If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
Join us after worship on Sunday, May 3rd as our T&Ts grab boba tea across the street at the Tea House Café. Please let Laura (youngadults@fpcphila.org) know if you’d like to join so we can look out for you!
We’re suiting up again! Join your fellow T&Ts as we attempt to crack codes, dodge lasers, and disarm a giant paint bomb within an hour. We’ll meet at Beat the Bomb (1218 Chestnut Street) on Thursday, April 23 at 7 pm for this escape-room activity. If you’re interested in joining us, please RSVP!
As part of its SpringFest, the Philadelphia Film Society is screening the documentary, Jane Elliott Against the World.
Premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival to excellent reviews, the film profiles a rural schoolteacher who becomes a national voice against racism after leading a 1968 lesson in discrimination with her all-white third day class. Now nearly ninety, she refuses to hold back amid today's fights about race, history, and power after a lifetime of speaking out.
Jane Elliott Against the World
Wednesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m. (runtime 99 minutes)
Philadelphia Film Society East
125 S. 2nd Street, Philadelphia 19106
We are currently negotiating tickets and pricing. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP ASAP!
After worship throughout the month of April, our T&T Book Club will be discussing individual chapters of Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader Howard Thurman.
On April 19 we’ll be discussing Chapter 4, “Hate.”
If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
We invite parents to join us for our Young Families Please Touch Museum Trip on Sunday, April 19. FPC Families will meet at the PTM around 11:15 am and spend a few hours playing together. FPC will cover the cost of entrance tickets. Please email Laura if you are interested and let her know how many tickets you will need.
The T&Ts are joining the Christian Association at UPenn (118 S. 37th Street) for dinner on Wednesday, April 8 at 6:30 PM. We’ll be having Thai food take-out and spending time in conversation with UPenn students and with the wonderful Rev. Megan LeCluyse. Everyone is welcome!! Please RSVP to Laura so we know how much food to order.
Our T&T Book Club has returned in 2026! From March 1 through April 12, we’ll meet every other Sunday after 11 am worship to discuss the book Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader, Howard Thurman.
On March 29, we’ll be discussing Chapter 3, “Deception.”
If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
Join First Church T&Ts for our regular brunch outing on Sunday, March 22 at 12:45 PM. We’ll gather in Old Buttonwood following the 11 am service and walk together to dine at El Rey at 2013 Chestnut Street. If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to Laura so we can include you on a reservation!
The Women of Wit and Wisdom will gather on Thursday, March 19 at noon in the MacColl Room for lunch and conversation. We’ll be able to connect over how the winter has treated us, books we have enjoyed and might suggest, favorite TV and streaming series, thoughts on the universe, aging (well, who really wants to talk about that!), and more.
Please join us! RSVP to Diane Rogers at so we can order lunch for you. We look forward to being in community with you.
Our T&T Book Club has returned in 2026! From March 1 through April 12, we’ll meet every other Sunday after 11 am worship to discuss the book Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader, Howard Thurman.
On March 15, we’ll be discussing Chapter 2, “Fear.”
If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
Young families, both caregivers and children, are invited to join us for a Family Movie Night at First Church on Saturday, March 7th, starting at 4 pm. This month, we will be watching the 2005 movie The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe together. Inspired by the character Edmund selling out his family for some “Turkish delight,” First Church families are invited to bring their favorite dessert to share! In addition to desserts, we’ll have pizza, popcorn, and drinks for the whole family in Old Buttonwood. Come spend time with other families and children at First Church! Please let Laura know if you’re interested in joining.
Our T&T Book Club has returned in 2026! From March 1 through April 12, we’ll meet every other week after 11 am worship to discuss the book Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader, Howard Thurman. If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
Join the Band of Boomers for an afternoon at the The Arden Theater Company (40 N. 2nd Street) on Saturday, February 28 @ 2 PM to see Good Bones, the Philadelphia premiere of the newest play by James Ijames, 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Fat Ham, about community, change, and the soul of our cities.
Synopsis
A new sports stadium is being built in the middle of a neighborhood. Aisha returns to her hometown to help the developers revitalize the place she grew up in and starts working with a local contractor who has a different vision for its future.
Special ticket pricing: $17.50
Only 20 tickets are available so please RSVP to boomers@fpcphila.org!
T&Ts are heading to Reading Terminal Market on Saturday, February 21st at 10:45 AM, first for a 45-minute tour led by City Food Tours, and then for time to share food together. If you are interested in meeting us at RTM that day, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org, so we can reserve you a spot on the tour!
FPC T&Ts and GenXers will gather together on Tuesday, February 17th at 6:30 PM at Ocean City Restaurant in Chinatown (234 N. 9th St), where we will enjoy dinner together. We’d love to have you join us! If you’re interested in being part of our dinner, please RSVP to Laura Colee.
Our T&T Book Club has returned in 2026! We are planning to meet after 11 am worship on Sunday, February 8 to begin discussing the book Jesus and the Disinherited by Black minister, theologian, and Civil Rights leader, Howard Thurman. If you’d like to join us and are in need of a copy of the book, please let us know at youngadults@fpcphila.org!
Join First Church T&Ts for our regular brunch outing on Sunday, January 18th at 12:45 PM. We’ll gather in Old Buttonwood following the 11 am service and walk together to Hart of Catering & Cafe on 21st & Sansom. If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to Laura so we can include you on a reservation!
First Church Deacons are looking forward to bringing our congregations from the Celebration! and Traditional services together on Sunday, January 11 at 10 AM at our Epiphany Fellowship Hour. Food will be served in between the services so our entire congregation can mingle and usher in the Epiphany season.
Young families, both caregivers and children, are invited to join us for a Family Movie Night at First Church on Saturday, January 10th starting at 4:00 pm. We’ll have pizza, popcorn, and drinks, plus a movie, for the family in Old Buttonwood. Come spend time with other families and children at First Church! Please let Laura know if you’re interested in joining, so we know how much pizza to order.
Our T&T Christmas Party with White Elephant Gift Exchange will be held on Friday, December 19 starting at 6:30 PM at Sydney Cardy’s house (22nd & Arch). We'll gather together for festive desserts and adult beverages. Everyone is welcome to bring a small wrapped gift to share in our White Elephant gift exchange (we’ll have extras too if you forget!). If you’d like to join us, please RSVP to Laura so we can send you the building info!
