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Take a look at the Earth Day clean-up around Gloria Dei Episcopal Church in South Philadelphia

Gloria Dei Church is the oldest church building in Pennsylvania. It has been designated a National Historic site. In honor of Earth Day, on Sunday parishioners gathered after the service to collect trash along the outside perimeter and clean out the flower bed in the parking lot.

Flowers bloom in the church yard at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
Flowers bloom in the church yard at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, Pa. on Sunday, April 25, 2021.Read moreMONICA HERNDON / Staff Photographer
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