May 18, 2018
(Image : Dove ascending from Jordan River at the traditional site of Jesus’ baptism.
Photo by Greg Hughes )
Join Us for Worship at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday!
Day of Pentecost Celebration
Scripture: Acts 2:1-21
Worship Led by the 2018 Mosaic of Peace Participants
Upcoming Events
Wear RED for Pentecost



Please join us in celebrating this great occasion by wearing RED , the traditional color of Pentecost Sunday, to remind us of the fire of the Spirit.

Children, please meet Carol Klumb in the Narthex at 9:45 a.m. to prepare to process during the first hymn.
Teacher Recognition / 2018 Jamieson Award


Pentecost will be a celebration of life-long learning and mission! On Sunday in worship, the Christian Education and Deacons ministries are thrilled to recognize our dedicated Sunday School teacher volunteers as well as present the S.R. and Luna Weede 2018 Jamieson Awards.

Pentecost Offering Helps Young People
Let’s invest in our greatest resource for the future – children and youth! The Pentecost Offering will be received on Sunday morning. Your gift to the Pentecost Offering equips the church to encourage, develop and support its young people as well as addressing the needs of at-risk children. 40% of your gift will be invested by OPC in the lives of young people in our own community. The remaining 60% is used to support ministries of the Presbyterian Mission Agency, including: Young Adult Volunteers, Church Wide Ministries for Youth, and Children-at-Risk.

CCNS Graduation


You’re invited to attend the graduation ceremony of the CCNS
(M-W-F) Class of 2018 on Monday, May 21 at 6:00 P.M.

Congratulations CCNS Class of 2018!
Mission Co-Worker Visit – Joshua Heikkila
Josh Heikkila will be visiting Oxford over the weekend of May 26-27. Since 2009, Josh has served in Ghana as a Mission Co-Worker and the PC(USA) regional liaison for West Africa. Click here to read a recent article about the investment that a Ghanaian congregation is making in this mission partnership – https://www.presbyterianmission.org/story/ghanaian-congregation-makes-gift-support-pcusa-mission-co-worker/

If you would like to support Joshua's missionary work please make a check out to Oxford Presbyterian Church and put Josh the Giant in the note field or place cash in a pew envelope and write Josh the Giant on the pew envelope."
Sunday School News


In lieu of Sunday School on Sunday, May 27, “Crafts with Carol” will be held in the 3-5th grade classroom for K-8. Preschool/Nursery will be offered in the preschool classroom. 
Community Meal

Wednesday, May 31. Please call or email Bill Fisher at
524-4504 or fisherwf@miamioh.edu if you can help.

Volunteers needed to:
Help setup at 4:30 p.m.
Help serve 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Help clean up 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Dinner items needed:
Salad (chicken, tuna, ham, other), Bread, Dessert
OPW Women's Retreat
Saturday, June 2, 9:00 am to 1:30 pm ~ Western College Lodge. Program presented by Rev. Melissa Tidwell, Pastor of the Xenia Westminster Presbyterian Church, Leading Discussion on “Writers, Readers, and Co-Conspirators: How we Help Translate Scripture”.

Also, dedication of the PW Birthday Offering, Installation of new OPW officers, Singing & Fellowship. Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. provided by evening Circle, Box lunches delivered by Miami Catering. Please register by calling Bridgite, Administrative Assistant in the church office at 523-6364 , $15 covers the cost of the meals and retreat. Please turn in reservation form and fee to the church office or place in the offering plate. Make checks payable to OPW.

Choose your Lunch selection:
All lunches include potato chips, cookie, & fruit. Choose your sandwich:
  1. Roast Beef & Cheddar Cheese
  2. Turkey & Swiss Cheese
  3. Hummus Veggie Wrap

Also choose your Beverage
  1. Bottled Water
  2. Pepsi Product

Reservation forms are available outside the office and in the Molyneaux Lounge. Please sign-up by May 25 . Ladies bring your friends, this will be a wonderful opportunity to share.
Welcome Rhonda Krehbiel



The Christian Education Committee is excited to announce that Rhonda Krehbiel has been hired as our Student Intern teaching Preschool beginning Sunday, June 10. We will be introducing Rhonda to the congregation on Sunday, May 20. Please give Rhonda a warm welcome when you see her!
Creating a Healthy Oxford Community
Relay for Life

Our Oxford Presbyterian Church Relay for Life team is starting their fund raising efforts for this year's campaign. The Relay is an event held in uptown Oxford to raise money for Cancer Research for prevention and to help find a cure. This year's event is on Saturday, June 23. If you have donated in the past, or if you would like to donate this year, please let one of our members know. Members this year include: Jennifer Lake, Janet Holmes, Candace Crist, Paula Foltz, Leanne Staley, Becky Quay, or Debbie Davidson.
Vacation Bible School
Oxford Presbyterian Church
101 N. Main Street, Oxford, OH 45056
(513)523-6364

Friday, July 6th 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.(dinner included)
Saturday, July 7th 9:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (lunch included)
Sunday, July 8th 9:45 a.m. - Noon (lunch included)

You may sign up your child as a participant online at: https://goo.gl/forms/0BjJZfZy8Li0SMEH2
You may sign up as a volunteer at the following link:
https://goo.gl/forms/2eV2qsw977nWGgli2 . Please consider helping in a volunteer role.
Your Stewardship Matters
Filled with the Spirit of Pentecost, the grateful life is a generous life.
Actions born out of gratefulness are not compulsive, rather free;
not somber, rather joyful;
not fanatical, rather liberating.
When gratitude is the source of our actions,
our giving becomes receiving and
those to whom we minister become our ministers.
-    Unknown
Oxford Presbyterian Church | 101 N. Main Street, Oxford OH 45056