On Friday, 13 September, at 7pm OCC in partnership with the Orillia Pregnancy Resource Centre is showing Unplanned 14A GORY SCENES, DISTURBING CONTENT Unplanned is the inspiring true story of one woman’s journey of transformation. All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women about their
We are kicking off this fall with a series we are calling "Take Heart" Jesus said in John 16:33 "take heart! I have overcome the world" In a world, where many struggle with: anxiety depression fear worry afraid and the like We want to be a people who offer more than cliches like: “you’ll get through it.” It is important that we learn to be present in the hurt, offering
Tim & Diane Fellows from Hidden Abilities (SIM) in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia will be with us on Sunday, 1 September. The majority of parents, throughout Ethiopia, with developmentally disabled children, are trapped in ignorance and frustration. Many do not know what is wrong with their child and have little or no medical guidance or resources to help them. Health professionals, teachers and churches, as well as the population as a
We introduced some physical motions to praying the beatitudes on Sunday. Here are the slides as a reminder of the postures as you pray. beatitude prayer
We can still use some help for Power Up Kids Camp pastor Brent is away until July 27 to confirm details, you can contact him @ brent@occweb.org
We are 1/3 of the way through the Psalms... If you have missed some (or many) of the readings, don't worry about it... start in with this week's readings... Psalm 51-56 Let the Psalms draw you into an awareness of God's presence Reflecting today on these verses from Psalm 52:8-9 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for
This summer (July & August) we will be looking at the Beatitudes at the beginning of what we call the Sermon on the Mount. These statements are key to understanding the Upside Down Kingdom
Rembrandt`s Return Of The Prodigal Son, was painted in 1668, near the end of his life. It is a truly astounding work of art. The original is a large painting 8’ by 6’, on display at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia, but even the print in our lobby conveys that which is almost inexpressible. The painting is, as the title says, about the Return Of The Prodigal Son. And
For 3 Sunday's in June, we are going to look at 3 big issues
At OCC we believe that we need to immersed in the scriptures, we need to be reading the scriptures. Starting June 10 we are reading through the Psalms... you can get a printed copy at the OCC Welcome Centre or you click on the link to download a pdf copy of the reading plan: Reading the Psalms As usual, our reading plan is for 5 days a week, giving you
