Celebration of Resurrection: Easter Sunday
In preparation for worship,
we encourage you to read the Scripture passage
and reflect on what God’s word might be to you.
Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Message - "The Most Important Thing Is... To Talk About It”
JOIN us for WORSHIP in the SANCTUARY or from HOME.
on Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
joining us for worship over the livestream.
Sunday School in-person for our youth to connect with teachers.
We offer nursery care for children aged infant - 2 years,
a preschool class for children 2-5 years old, and
Sunday School through 12th grade.
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Ministry News and Upcoming Events |
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Good Friday - Friday, April 15 |
Join your brothers and sisters in faith from Oxford area churches on our Walk of Witness. This reflective worship service leads us on a walk with Jesus through these holy hours. Our prayer focus this year is the war in Ukraine as we recall how our Lord stretched out his arms to save the world and continues to transform us today.
We begin in the sanctuary of the Memorial Church at 12:00 p.m. and will arrive in the sanctuary of Holy Trinity by 1:00 p.m.
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The spiritual practice of walking a labyrinth is a very meaningful way for us to engage the journey of Jesus deeply during Holy Week.
In the Sanctuary of the Seminary Church, our labyrinth will be available for prayerful walking on Friday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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It's Earth Month! Our Caring for Creation team can use your help. We'll be giving away seedling trees at Earth Fest (4/16, 10-1), Kiwanis Fresh Air Fair (4/23, 9-12) and at church (4/24, after worship). We'd love to have you volunteer with us at any of these events. You can sign up to help here. For our worship on 4/24, we'd love to feature photographs of trees from our "Trees for Life" program that you have planted. You can email your pictures to office@oxfordpresbychurch.org.
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Easter Vigil - Saturday, April 16 |
An ancient Christian tradition, the Easter Vigil is a moving worship service that holds the tension between the loss of Good Friday and the longing for resurrection on Easter. The sure and certain reality of God’s love is set to break through chaos and despair. Yet first, we wait with hope on the promise of Easter.
This worship service hosted by OPC Campus Ministries will be held at 8:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary of the Memorial Church.
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Easter Day - Sunday, April 17
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Resurrection is coming!
Easter is on the horizon!
Come one and all to join in the joyous music and proclamation of the good news for all people at 10:00 a.m. in the Memorial Church. Following worship, an Easter egg hunt for our younger children will take place in the courtyard.
Come for the joy-filled celebration of our life through Jesus Christ!!
Don't miss the worship, fellowship and fun!
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No Sunday School / Youth Group on Easter Sunday |
K-12th Grade Sunday School classes will not meet on Easter. Enjoy the worship service, Easter Egg hunt, and Sunday with your families! Sunday School classes will resume at their normal time directly following the Time With Young Disciples on April 24th. Youth Group will be back at its normal time on May 1st. |
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Will your family be all dressed up in your Sunday best for Easter Sunday? What a great time for a family photo! There will be an opportunity for that photo after our Easter service. Marcia Perry has offered to take a few photos of your family and provide you with the digital copies.
If you are interested, please meet Marcia near the piano after worship on Easter Sunday.
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Nursery Attendant Needed! |
OPC is both saddened but also excited for our wonderful nursery attendant, Rhonda Krehbiel, who is graduating at the end of May. Rhonda has been an absolute blessing for our very littlest of children, so we’re sad to see her go.
OPC is looking for a new nursery attendant to succeed Rhonda after she graduates. If you or anyone you know is interested, please contact Kay Estes, chair of Christian Education, or contact Pastor Marc. We’ll be posting more information about this position soon. In the meantime, please help us get the word out!
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Spring is everywhere… especially in the CCNS classroom! The children had a great week learning about why we celebrate Easter and then we ended the week with an Easter Celebration… Bunny shops with prizes, Easter egg number hunt, relay egg races, the resurrection egg story, Easter crafts and hot egg. Thank you to the CE committee and OPC for donating the book The Most Important Prayer for All to each CCNS child. The children were excited to take their very own book home! THANKS AGAIN and HAPPY EASTER!
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Join us in Barranquilla Colombia July 12-19th |
OPC is showing God’s love this summer by joining our sister church in Colombia, La Séptima, in their many missions. Sign up here to join us this summer!!! Sign ups are due today - April 17.
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Creating a Healthy Community |
Our Caring for Creation team encourages you to attend this public meeting for the City of Oxford Comprehensive Plan update on April 18, 6:00-7:30pm at Oxford Bible Fellowship, 800 South Maple Street. This plan will guide the future of sustainability and equity in our community over the next decade or more, and your voice is essential. Register here.
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The Tuesday Afternoon Circle will meet on Tuesday, April 19 at 1:30 p.m. in the Molyneaux Lounge.
We will be discussing Lesson 7, “Mary”, from the Horizons Bible Study “What My Grandmothers Taught Me”
Visitors are welcome to join. Please call the church office, 513-523-6364, for more information.
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Connections Monthly Deadline |
Got news?
We would love to include it in our May newsletter. Article submissions are accepted at any time. Oh, but wait... there is a deadline for submissions that we aim to meet... we would love to receive all submissions no later than Wednesday, April 20th. Please email articles to the office at office@oxfordpresbychurch.org.
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New Member Experience,
Spring 2022!
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Oxford Presbyterian Church will be offering a spring New Member Experience on Sunday morning, April 24, and May 1. The group will meet in Pastor Marc’s office right after worship. New Member Sunday will be May 15. If you are interested in registering or would like more information, please contact our church office. |
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Ukrainian Refugee
Food Packing Event
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Thank you! Currently we have 56 people of all ages registered for the Kids Coalition Against Hunger (KCAH) food packing event. We are over half way to our goal of 100 volunteers.
Share the invitation with your family and friends, colleagues and neighbors to pack 20,000 meals for KCAH in support of Ukrainian refugees. We’ll gather on Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Seminary Church.
Call the church at 523.6364 or click here to register and become the hands of Jesus helping heal this world with two hours of your time.
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Oxford Kiwanis Pancake Day |
Oxford Kiwanis 66th Annual Pancake Day
Saturday, April 23 - 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Talawanda High School
Tickets
$6 in advance
$7 Cash at the door
Children under 5 free
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ESP and Caring for Creation invite you to join our Call Teams |
Join our Call Teams for fun and education at the Fresh Air Fair after your Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast! ESP, with the help of Miami Nutrition students, will provide helpful nutrition information and games, as well as demonstrations and giveaways of healthy snacks. C4C is giving away tree seedlings and demonstrating how to plant them, including an interactive Lego activity to help children understand where to plant trees! The fair will be held outside at the high school unless it is pouring rain. Hope to see you there!
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Stewardship is everything we do after we say, ‘I believe.’
- Clarence Stoughton, former president of Wittenberg University
To give via QR code, scan the code in the image below with your phone and follow the brief prompts. View a video tutorial here on giving through QR code.
To give via text message, text opc1825 and your designated amount to 73256. For example, text "opc1825 25" to 73256 for an offering of $25 and follow the prompt. View a video tutorial here on giving via text message.
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Living into Hope
The proclamation of Easter Day is that all is well.
And as a Christian, I say this not with the easy optimism
of one who has never known a time when all was not well
but as one who has faced the Cross in all its obscenity as well as in all its glory,
who has known one way or another what it is like to live separated from God.
In the end, his will, not ours, is done.
Love is the victor.
Death is not the end. The end is life.
His life and our lives, through him, in him.
Existence has greater depths of beauty, mystery, and benediction
than the wildest visionary ever dared to dream.
Christ our Lord is risen.
- Frederick Buechner
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Oxford Presbyterian Church | 101 N. Main Street, Oxford OH 45056
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