It's cold out there. On February 26 (or thereabouts), we are going to do something about it. Together with thousands of Canadians across the country, we're walking and fundraising to support and serve people and families experiencing homelessness, hurt, and hunger in our community. Please, give generously by going to the CNOY site and click on the "Donate Now" button. Thanks!
TEXT Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,
Here is an update on our giving & expenses to the end of January 2022 Thank you for your faithfulness January 2021 income 10,714.00 2021 expense 19,750.12 2022 income 18,566.00 2022 expense 14,919.64 2022 budget 20,416.67
We are learning or re-learning to practice spiritual disciplines. Ways of being with God, of being shaped or formed in his presence. Some of these practices are individual, others are corporate. This month we are going to practice a personal – private – on your own disciple. It’s about learning to be in God’s presence – resting – listening – soaking in his love. I encourage you to try this,
welcome Thank you for joining us on-line. Some of us at OCC are meeting in-person, some are meeting on-line. God calls all of us into his presence; calls us to be together with him and with one another; calls us to wait with and for him; 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. OCC is meeting on-line – that’s right here; we
TEXT Read all of Mark 5 THEOLOGY Jesus is a demon chaser and liberator—and he is also a trouble maker. He is not afraid to journey to the margins of decent society and find the destructors and the self-destructors. And everyone is uncomfortable when he makes the insane asylum no longer necessary. This remarkable passage not only teaches us compassion and hope for the obsessed and depressed, the cutters and
welcome Thank you for joining us on-line. Some of us at OCC are meeting in-person, some are meeting on-line. God calls all of us into his presence; calls us to be together with him and with one another; calls us to wait with and for him; 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. OCC is meeting on-line – that’s right here; we
TEXT That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples
welcome Thank you for joining us on-line. Some of us at OCC are meeting in-person, some are meeting on-line. God calls all of us into his presence; calls us to be together with him and with one another; calls us to wait with and for him; 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. OCC is meeting on-line – that’s right here; we
Here are some ways into the text for Sunday, 23 January 2022 TEXT Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He
