Lent Sessions
Introduction Here is the introduction to our Wednesday Lent sessions Go to our Events page to get the zoom link for Wednesdays @ 1:30pm or 6:45pm Shrove - Pancake Tuesday Dust Bread Cross coins Shoes Oil Shoes Towels Nails Stones
This week
Join us this week click on the links for links & details Maundy Thursday Good Friday Easter Sunday @ 9:15am & 11:00am
Holy Week
Walk with us this week towards Easter In some traditions, the week from Palm Sunday (28 March) to Easter Sunday (4 April) is known as Holy Week. Palm Sunday | 28 March ON-LINE 8:00am The link for our online service is posted by 8am 9:00am OOCKids on Zoom LINK 9:15am OCCHigh Zoom class LINK 6:30pm Prayer Zoom Room LINK IN-PERSON 10:00am OCCKids in Theatre 1 10:00am OCC Service in the
praying for and with you
Prayer is one of the practices of followers of Jesus that is vital for our growth in Christ. bringing our lives to him talking with God listening to God bringing our needs before him At OCC we offer several opportunities for prayer Since the beginning of this pandemic, we have been meeting on sunday nights @ 6:30pm to pray via zoom for the needs of folks connected to OCCers for
Lent 2021 & Covid
What we are, and have been, experiencing changes everything. It changes what we thought was desirable and what we deemed as necessary. It changes our expectations of life and the degrees in which we find satisfaction. We have had longer to ponder the “old normal” than we thought. One of the dangers, as this pandemic and lockdown season drags on, is that we might lazily find ourselves out the other
Normal
What is normal? (other than a setting on the dryer) What is the normal Christian life? What is to mark the life of one who calls themself a Christian, a follower of Jesus, a disciple? During the rest of lent (that period leading up to Easter) we are going to be exploring what is normal, in the sense of normative, for those who call themselves Christians. Commitment to Jesus Life
Lent – Luke
We are reading the Gospel of Luke this Lenten season. Today, 6 March, we begin with Luke 1:1-45 Here is the reading schedule
Lent 2019
Lent is that season of the year that the church has used to help us understand the journey of faith and Jesus' journey to the Cross and to resurrection. Here are the key dates for 2019. Shrove Tuesday | 5 March Ash Wednesday | 6 March Palm Sunday | 14 April Maundy Thursday | 18 April Good Friday | 19 April Easter Sunday | 21 April As part of Lent
Reading Gospels during Lent
During Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday (14 February this year) we are encouraging you to read through the Gospel accounts, from the time of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem through to the end of the Gospels. One chapter a day (not including weekends) will get you through all the texts before Easter. You can pick up the reading schedule at the welcome desk at OCC in person download it here: Lent
Easter Sunday & Egypt
Coptic Christian churches in Egypt have decided to cancel Easter services after bombing attacks killed 49 people and injured more than 100 others at two churches on Palm Sunday. The more than 100 wounded Christians are still in hospitals suffering pain, devastation and the uncertainty of the coming days. For them, the hope of staying alive for another day is uncertain due to their critical conditions. Christian Today reports that, although Easter celebrations have