Sharing God's love, welcome and justice on our corner, in our city, and in the world

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1751 Sacramento St, San Francisco | Free Parking | Kid Friendly |  Get Directions  

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We Choose Welcome

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.

Old First Presbyterian Church is an Open and Affirming Church

Donate to Old First here 

Volunteer for Old First here

Worship & Music

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.  

Service

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.

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Education

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. 

Welcome to our new web page!

We are excited to present our new web page!  We hope it is easier to navigate, gives more information, and has pictures which reveal some of the spirit of our vital, lively congregation.  Feel free to click around and discover all the new things.  

We will have some bugs in the first few weeks of going live, so let us know if you see any problems.

Thanks go to Amir Sadeghi, Erwin Barron, Chris Burt, and Brad Peterson for all of their work getting this going and maintaining the page!

We need new pictures of life at Old First. Please send your photos by clicking the button below.

E-Mail OldFirst with Photos

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The weekly food pantry needs YOU any Saturday morning! 

Volunteer at the Food Pantry and make a real difference! The Interfaith Food Pantry feeds 350 people every Saturday morning! We work from 7:30 to 11:30 am at Old First Presbyterian Church. If you have a compassionate heart, strong arms, and you are able to be on your feet all that time, please come. We need 20 people a week.

Click here to sign up

What's Happening at Old First

Glenda Hope

Celebrated

On Sunday, September 28 we celebrated the Reverend Glenda Hope who was ordained at Old First Presbyterian Church 55 years ago. Glenda was among the first women ordained to the ministry of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church. She preached for us and we celebrated her ministry of love and justice that continues today. Worship was followed by a special coffee hour in her honor.

The president of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education sent a proclamation to honor their almuna, Glenda.  

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Sunday, October 5

Peace & Global Witness

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On the first Sunday in October we join with Christians around the world all celebrating the sacrament of the Lord's Supper together on this one day. World Communion Sunday began in 1933 at Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The celebration spread significantly during World War II, with  the National Council of Churches endorsing it in 1940, making it a global observance across various denominations to affirm oneness in Jesus Christ.

In the Presbyterian Church, This is also a day to celebrate and support peacemaking by praying for peace and unity and taking an offering that supports peacemaking, reconciliation and global witness. Please give generously by clicking below and choosing "peacemaking offering" in the dropdown list.

Donate to Peacemaking here 

Coming Soon

Old First Mural

for our Neighborhood

This mural at Laguna Honda Hospital shows the style of painting of our artist Deirdre Weinberg.

Weinberg and our own Kirk Schwartzmann will design the mural for the garage wall behind the church on Sacramento Street. The theme is "Love and Justice in our Neighborhood" as we celebrate the Polk Gulch neighborhood and Old First's contribution to it. It will feature our feeding ministries, music, and inclusiveness. A group of church and community members met with the artists in August to share ideas.  Deirdre and Kurt are in the design process now.  We hope to have church and community members participate in painting process beginning in October.

This is the blank wall on the side of the garage where the mural will go:

Contact Chris Burt by clicking below to volunteer in the project.  

Volunteer to help with mural

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Photo Contest

for the new website

Our wonderful new website is badly in need of new photos like this picture of Easter this year. We seem to have lots of photos from previous years, but we need more current ones. We invite you to look through your phone or picture files and see what you've got of events happening at the church within the past year.  Even better, pull out your phone during worship, food bank, community dinners, or coffee hour and take some fresh photos.The best photos will be on display on the website in the coming months.  And the photographers will be recognized on the website. When you have a few good ones, before July 31, email the files to Erwin Barron by clicking here:  (or email to erwin@oldfirst.org)

Send current church pics