Month: July 2022

31 July | Sean Angel

Thank you for joining us on-line.
OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line.

Welcome to OCC | 31 July 2022

God calls all of us into his presence;

  • He calls us to be together both with him and with one another;
  • He calls us to wait with and for him;
  • He calls us to serve & bless others – those who are part of God’s kingdom and those who have not yet responded to God’s grace

As you prepare to watch our service video, we encourage you to take a few moments…

  • Get your coffee or tea, or maybe some lemonade this summer. Settle in, be still…
  • Take 2 or 3 deep breaths… in and out… breathe,
  • Invite the Lord to make himself present with you as you watch – he is with you – it’s just that often we are not aware that he is.
  • Focus on the reality of God’s Holy Spirit not just with you but in you.

Today Sean Angel is speaking at OCC. Here is the video service for Sunday, 31 July 2022.

57 words – the spiritual practice of praying.

Click the events tab to discover what is coming up.

Click on news & updates to get other updates.

living out JUSTICE

The 3rd message in our Love. Walk. Do. series from Micah 6:8 was on what it means to “Do Justice.”

There is always a danger in attempting to find solutions to justice issues with the political system where all solutions are ambiguous in nature. We are called to actively DO justice in our church and communities as a sign-post of the beautiful Kingdom of God because all of humanity has unsurpassable A person’s worth has nothing to do with any of the outward markers we normally associate with success. Every person has unsurpassable worth because Jesus thought they were worth dying for. Our main task of discipleship and our most fundamental call is to agree with God about the worth of all people. To serve and regard all people from that point of view is the ultimate determiner of whether we are acting justly towards another person. On the other hand, to the degree that we define others by our judgments is the degree to which we are acting unjustly towards another. We are called to DO justice. We are called to model the beautiful justice of the Kingdom in every corner of the globe.

3 Actions Steps:

  1. Examine yourself to see what parts in your own life you are not living out the justice of the Kingdom. Fighting for justice in the world will always feel like sacrifice.
  2. Learn before you take any action. It is possible to run into situations with the desire to help and to do more harm than good.
  3. Partners with others. Everything in the kingdom works better when done with others.

Reflection Questions:

  • What areas of injustice are within your reach? What is one step you could take in that direction?
  • Where have you seen God move as you have sacrificed for those needing justice in the world?
  • Are there people in the world that you see through the lens of a stereotype rather than seeing them as individuals made in the image of God?
  • If you didn’t care about the worth and justice of people, how would the way you spend your time and money be different than it is now?
  • How do your loves, passions, and interests match up with Jesus’ loves, passions, and interests? Do the things that break His heart also break yours?
  • What resources do you have that you could present to Jesus to help bring about justice in our world?
  • What things might be holding you back from giving your resources to Jesus? Do you feel overwhelmed by injustice?
  • What is one small and concrete way you could work towards being God’s light for justice?

24 July | Do Justice

Thank you for joining us on-line.
OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line.

Welcome to OCC | 24 July 2022

God calls all of us into his presence;

  • He calls us to be together both with him and with one another;
  • He calls us to wait with and for him;
  • He calls us to serve & bless others – those who are part of God’s kingdom and those who have not yet responded to God’s grace

As you prepare to watch our service video, we encourage you to take a few moments…

  • Get your coffee or tea, or maybe some lemonade this summer. Settle in, be still…
  • Take 2 or 3 deep breaths… in and out… breathe,
  • Invite the Lord to make himself present with you as you watch – he is with you – it’s just that often we are not aware that he is.
  • Open your Bible and read Micah 6:8. Why not read it in several translations.
  • Focus on the reality of God’s Holy Spirit not just with you but in you.

Today we start a new series from Micah 6:8 Love. Walk. Do.

Here is the video service for Sunday, 24 July 2022.

57 words – the spiritual practice of praying.

Click the events tab to discover what is coming up.

Click on news & updates to get other updates.

17 July | Walk Humbly

Thank you for joining us on-line.
OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line.

Welcome to OCC | 17 July 2022

God calls all of us into his presence;

  • He calls us to be together both with him and with one another;
  • He calls us to wait with and for him;
  • He calls us to serve & bless others – those who are part of God’s kingdom and those who have not yet responded to God’s grace

As you prepare to watch our service video, we encourage you to take a few moments…

  • Get your coffee or tea, or maybe some lemonade this summer. Settle in, be still…
  • Take 2 or 3 deep breaths… in and out… breathe,
  • Invite the Lord to make himself present with you as you watch – he is with you – it’s just that often we are not aware that he is.
  • Open your Bible and read Micah 6:8. Why not read it in several translations.
  • Focus on the reality of God’s Holy Spirit not just with you but in you.

Today we start a new series from Micah 6:8 Love. Walk. Do.

Here is the video service for Sunday, 17 July 2022.

57 words – the spiritual practice of praying.

Click the events tab to discover what is coming up.

Click on news & updates to get other updates.

10 July | Love Mercy

Thank you for joining us on-line.
OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line.

Welcome to OCC | 10 July 2022

God calls all of us into his presence;

  • He calls us to be together both with him and with one another;
  • He calls us to wait with and for him;
  • He calls us to serve & bless others – those who are part of God’s kingdom and those who have not yet responded to God’s grace

As you prepare to watch our service video, we encourage you to take a few moments…

  • Get your coffee or tea, or maybe some lemonade this summer. Settle in, be still…
  • Take 2 or 3 deep breaths… in and out… breathe,
  • Invite the Lord to make himself present with you as you watch – he is with you – it’s just that often we are not aware that he is.
  • Open your Bible and read Micah 6:8. Why not read it in several translations.
  • Focus on the reality of God’s Holy Spirit not just with you but in you.

Today we start a new series from Micah 6:8 Love. Walk. Do.

Here is the video service for Sunday, 10 July 2022.

57 words – the spiritual practice of praying.

Click the events tab to discover what is coming up.

Click on news & updates to get other updates.

Love. Walk. Do.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are going to explore Micah 6:8

Love. Walk. Do.

In Micah 6:8 the prophet shares three things that God requires of us.

He tells us to love mercy, act justly, and walk humbly with our God.

In the first message of the series pastor Mike will focus on what it means to love mercy.
If justice is about collecting a debt or someone getting what they deserve,
then a good way to think about mercy is someone not getting what they deserve,
or not having to pay the debt they owe.

Loving mercy is very countercultural
and we aren’t able to do it
unless we first start with a truthful picture of our own standing before God.

3 July | Mark 15

Thank you for joining us on-line.
OCC is made up of people who are meeting in-person and who are meeting on-line.

Welcome to OCC | 3 July 2022

God calls all of us into his presence;

  • He calls us to be together both with him and with one another;
  • He calls us to wait with and for him;
  • He calls us to serve & bless others – those who are part of God’s kingdom and those who have not yet responded to God’s grace

As you prepare to watch our service video, we encourage you to take a few moments…

  • Get your coffee or tea, settle in, be still…
  • Take 2 or 3 deep breaths… in and out… breathe,
  • Invite the Lord to make himself present with you as you watch – he is with you – it’s just that often we are not aware that he is.
  • Open your Bible and read Mark 15 and Mark 16:1-8.
  • Focus on the reality of God’s Holy Spirit not just with you but in you.

Today we are in the Gospel of Mark – chapter 15 and the opening verses of Mark 16

Here is the video service for Sunday, 3 July 2022.

57 words – the spiritual practice of praying

Click the events tab to discover what is coming up.

Click on news & updates to get other updates