Events Dec 2 3pm The.Best.Bedtime.Story.EVER Dec 3 10am The.Best.Bedtime.Story.EVER Dec 13 7pm GriefShare: Surviving the Holidays Sundays at 10am Coming Home sermon series Dec 10 Home for Christmas Dec 17 Home for Christmas HELP! Dec 24 Unwanted Gifts Dec 31 No Place Like Home Dec 24 5:45pm Christmas Eve Resources Be part of Mary & Joseph's journey through Orillia #NoRoomAtTheInn Advent reflections: Introduction | Hope | Peace | Joy | Love | 10,000 moments
10,000 LITTLE MOMENTS Trading One Dramatic Resolution For Ten Thousand Little Ones ‘Tis the season, but not the Christmas season anymore. ‘Tis the season for New Year’s resolutions. This time of the calendar year comes along and almost everywhere we have lists... lists of the best and worst of 2017 lists of what to look forward to in 2018 We have blogs, newspaper articles, TV magazine shows, tweets, instagram and
READ For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to love those who are foreigners… (Deuteronomy 10:17-19a NIV) “A new command I give you: Love one
READ But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. (Isaiah 65:18 NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we
READ For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time
This fall at OCC we are reading through the gospels …one chapter a day, five days a week, letting the gospels speak into our lives, allowing the gospels to shape our thinking, letting the gospels influence our actions… so that’s God’s name is glorified and his kingdom is proclaimed. We are moving into John on Monday, 11 December Reading the Gospels matthew Let me encourage you to post in the
READ The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness, a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2 NIV) UNDERSTAND I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been good at waiting. I’ve never been good at not knowing what’s ahead. Looking forward to an unknown future with hope and excitement just doesn’t come naturally to me. I doubt it does to
A D V E N T 2 0 1 7 Born is the King Advent is a season filled with expectation. It’s a time when we remember the world waiting for a coming Savior, and celebrate the way the world changed when Christ was born. It’s a season filled with the light and love of Jesus, the King, born to save us. But if we’re being honest, it’s also a
Sign up at the Welcome Desk to have our Mary and Joseph figurines stay at your home. After their stay with you, your household will take Mary and Joseph to their next host home and enjoy some refreshments together. That home will take them to the next home and enjoy some time together ... and the cycle continues until the final family brings Mary and Joseph to church on Christmas
Thank you to everyone who filled an Operation Christmas Child shoebox This year we filled 102 shoeboxes
