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
...waiting ...longing The 1st Sunday of Advent is 3 December 2017. Advent is about waiting. It's a bit of an odd thing, since we know that Jesus has already come. As John 1:14 MSG records "The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood." And we also know that while Jesus taught us to pray in Matthew 6:9-10 NLV "Father... may your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as
Thanks to an amazing team of pourers & people who took cups out to the street, this year we served 716 cups of Hot Chocolate
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, 13 November Reading the Gospels john Let me encourage you to post in the
It’s that time of year; many of you are packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. If you haven’t picked up a shoebox yet, we still have some at OCC. They are due back by November 19th. There is something very attractive about the shoebox model. It is simple, it allows the whole family to participate – teaching children valuable lessons about generosity and the results are easy to see and to
On Sunday, 22 October, Tricia from ILA Uganda - Africa Arise shared with us about the ministry of trauma counseling - discipleship - resettlement in the Acholi Quarter of Kampala and the Gulu area of northern Uganda. Here is a summary of ILA Uganda ministry and some reflection questions for our LIFEGroups this week. I live again uganda
It's time for Operation Christmas Child & packing those shoeboxes We've put some resources on this page How to Pack Your Showbox Where Canadian shoe boxes are going downloadable, printable labels (in case you didn't get a folder) For more information, you can check out Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes are due back at OCC the week of November 13-19
As part of the kick-off for Operation Christmas Child (or as it is often called "Christmas Shoeboxes" the film "Facing DARKNESS", the story of the recent ebola outbreak in west Africa is being shown Oct 14 @ 6:30pm @ OCC Free Admission