Palm Sunday / Passion Sunday
The Passion Narrative According to the Gospel of Luke
Including the dedication of our gifts and coin banks
for One Great Hour of Sharing.
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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Don't forget! Return Fish Banks! |
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"ALL Glory, Laud, and Honor!" Children and youth please meet in the Narthex at 9:50 a.m. to prepare for the palm processional.
This Sunday, April 10, Palm Sunday, we’ll be collecting the familiar Fish Banks as we take up our One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering. The gifts raised go to provide relief to those affected by natural disasters, food to the hungry, and help to empower the poor and oppressed. Please remember to bring in your Fish Bank for our special offering. We invite you to give generously on April 10.
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The spiritual practice of walking a labyrinth brings balance to lives through these sacred and challenging days. In the Sanctuary of the Seminary Church, the labyrinth will be available to walk throughout Holy Week.
- Palm Sunday, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
- Good Friday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
- Holy Saturday, 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Easter Sunday, 11:00am - 12:30 pm
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Learning and growing together … |
Our Christian Education team seeks to offer a safe, healthy, and faithful environment for our youth and students at Oxford Presbyterian Church. Our K-5th Grade Sunday School students meet in the Kindergarten room on the second floor of the Memorial Building following the Time with Young Disciples in worship (approx. 10:20 A.M.) 7th-12th Grade high school students in the youth room next door.
We hope that you will join us for church school as we learn and grow together!
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The Wired Word links current events to Bible study to spark conversation and help us put the taxing problems we hear and read of, into conversation with a Christian perspective. Our theme this week: "Oscars Lead to Altercation.”
Join us Sunday after worship in the Molyneaux Lounge.
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Youth Group!
Capture the Flag This Sunday!
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Youth group will be meeting at Oxford Community Park this Sunday night for Capture the Flag! We will meet in the picnic area over by the small playground across from the Oxford Aquatic Center from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Sandwiches will be provided. We hope to see you there!
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Easter Special Music Fund & Spring Flower Fundraiser |
Spring flowers will be placed at the front of the church on Easter Sunday. Cost is $19.00.
Orders are due by Sunday, April 10.
The number of flowers will be limited to the first 30 people.
Donations and dedications to the Special Music Fund also gratefully received.
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Maundy Thursday - April 14 |
On this holy evening, we will gather as a church family in the Seminary Church. A simple, catered dinner will begin at 5:30 in the Community Room. Around 6:15 p.m., we will move to the Sanctuary for worship that will include the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper and invite us into deep reflection on the final moments of Jesus’ life.
The dinner will cost $10 per person – payable the night of the event. Please contact the Church Office by April 11 to make reservations.
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Good Friday – Walk of Witness |
On Good Friday, April 15 invite friends and neighbors to join your OPC family and our brothers and sisters in faith from Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and Oxford United Methodist Church for a Walk of Witness.
At noon, we’ll begin a time of prayer and scripture readings in which we depart OPC on foot taking turns carrying a homemade, life-size wooden cross. Following a reading of the Passion at OUMC and the park, we will continue along the streets of uptown with a series of readings and prayers. The walk will conclude at Holy Trinity around 1:00 p.m. All are invited!
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An ancient tradition of Christians, the deeply moving Vigil draws us into the story of salvation, moving from the culmination of Lent to the dawning 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.
All are invited! Come let your heart, mind, and body be engaged in an experiential celebration of the new life we are given in Christ!
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Ukrainian Refugee Food Packing Event |
Thank you! Currently we have 47 people of all ages registered for the Kids Coalition Against Hunger (KCAH) food packing event. We are nearly 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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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 cablackmar@yahoo.com.
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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 by April 17.
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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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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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A Great Weekend at Kirkmont! |
What an AWESOME weekend at the Kirkmont Spring Youth Retreat with the Miami Valley Presbytery from April 1-3! Three of our youth, Noel Albarran, Jacob Kollin, and Eric Staley traveled with our adult chaperones, Carrie Ann Sharitt and Pastor Marc. We can’t wait to go back next year!
You can check out some of the images from our trip here!
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"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world."
-John Muir
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
“God allows himself to be humiliated and crucified in the Son,
in order to free the oppressors and the oppressed from oppression
and to open up to them the situation of free, sympathetic humanity.”
- Jürgen Moltmann
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Oxford Presbyterian Church | 101 N. Main Street, Oxford OH 45056
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