Description: Built on a Foundation of Love Each year we serve over 16,000 free meals here on our downtown campus. Hundreds of volunteers help to plan, prepare, and serve the meals. A Church for the CityHelping hands to the Community First Reformed Church is a host for the Lancaster County Meal Program, a loose network of
Each year we serve over 16,000 free meals here on our downtown campus. Partnering with other “Meals for the City” churches, we ensure that men, women, and children can enjoy free meals, 2 days a week, all year round. We reach out to those overcoming addiction by hosting six 12-step programs each week, including AA, NA, & SA and many more programs and events for our community.
First Reformed United Church of Christ of Lancaster, an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ, first gathered in 1729. Its earliest members were German, Swiss and French settlers who built the First church in Lancaster in 1736. Today our congregation is a diverse group of spiritual travelers joined together by our belief in God and our continuing commitment to put the city first in our ministry.