21 April | Justice | Michael Bells

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21st Apr 2024
Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am. So this video is from Sunday 14 April 2024 but is being shown on 21 April 2024. Pastor Mike is speaking both online and in person at OCC. God calls all

14 April | Signs 1 | Michael Bells

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14th Apr 2024
Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am. So this video is from Sunday 7 April 2024 but is being shown on 14 April 2024. Pastor Mike is speaking both online and in person at OCC. God calls all

7 April | Easter | Michael Bells

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07th Apr 2024
Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am. So this video is from Easter Sunday 31 March 2024 but is being shown on 7 April 2024. Pastor Mike is speaking both online and in person at OCC. God

new series: signs & signposts

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04th Apr 2024
Over the next few weeks, we are going to be looking at... Signs of Glory & Broken Signposts One of the central themes of John's Gospel is glory. Glory is one of those big words that we all have a sense of what it might mean but it goes beyond that into other areas entirely. In ancient Hebrew, the word for glory kavod has to do with weight. something that

1 April

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01st Apr 2024
It's the day after Easter. Reality has set in, but the tomb is still empty. May we live as Resurrection people living in a Good Friday world

Bible Reading Plan

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01st Apr 2024
Here is the Bible Reading Plan through the end of June bible reading 2024b

1 April | After Resurrection

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01st Apr 2024
May the light of Jesus shine continuously to drive away all darkness and strengthen you in hope May Christ, the morning star who knows no setting find his light ever burning in our hearts and reach you with love May the God who gives his light to all creation fill you with joy in the faith Go now, sent out to be the Easter people proclaiming the good news. Amen

Grey Gum: A Jazz Story for Resurrection Sunday

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31st Mar 2024
This jazz-story was first told on Resurrection Sunday at Grandview Church, Vancouver. It creatively imagines how the whole creation may have responded on that day of Christ’s resurrection, by telling the story of Grey-Gum. Grey-Gum is an intuitive Australian eucalyptus tree, who dwells in the middle of a hot, oily, black bitumen shopping centre car park. I hope that you enjoy this jazz-story: “Once upon a time there was a

31 March | Palm Sunday | Michael Bells

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31st Mar 2024
Thank you for joining us on-line! OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line. Remember we are currently showing the video of the service on a week’s delay. The video goes live at 8:00am. So this video is from Palm Sunday 24 March 2024 but is being shown on 31 March 2024. Pastor Mike is speaking both online and in person at OCC. God calls

31 March | Running to the Tomb

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31st Mar 2024
Eugène Burnand’s 1867 painting The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection