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Minimal Facts

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Easter time is for pastors and churches the most wonderful and exhausting time of the year (along with Christmas). But I love it. I love the Tenebrae “Service of Shadows” on Good Friday, the Sunrise Service early on Easter Sunday Morning. But most of all I love the astonishing Truth that Easter celebrates, with is the keystone of our faith.

I don’t love the idea that Easter is all about springtime, the yearly cycle of birth-death- and reborn. And some vague sentiment of “what Easter means to us all”. And I especially don’t love the claim that Jesus’ resurrection was a myth.

I agree with the Apostle Paul: if Jesus didn’t rise for the dead, “we are of all people most to be pitied.” (1 Cor. 15:19) If I didn’t really believe that Jesus rose from the dead, I’d quit the ministry and go het an honest job.

Here are what are called the “minimal facts” about the death of Jesus and what happened next. Even unbelieving, skeptical scholars admit the following things:

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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 29, 2026

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Ofer Levy We are excited to have Ofer Levy from Jews For Jesus with us today to share the presentation “Christ in the Passover.”

5th Sunday Fellowship Join us tonight for our 5th Sunday pitch-in dinner! The church will provide pulled pork, bring a side to share! There will also be a chocolate-themed dessert bake-off to enter as well.

OCC 5th Sunday Offering Today is our first special love-offering for shoebox postage. You can give at the Welcome Center or by writing OCC on your check.

Good Friday This Friday, at 7:30 PM, we’ll gather in the sanctuary for a Tenebrae Service. We will sing some songs, read Scripture, and observe the Lord’s Table as we reflect on Christ’s sacrifice on the cross.

Easter Sunday We will have a Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM followed by breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM, and at 10:00 AM we’ll have our Easter Worship Service. Following the service, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt for our families. Would you consider praying for and inviting one person to come with you?

Easter Breakfast Sign up at the Welcome Center to bring a side for the Easter Breakfast.

Sunday Morning Snacks If you’re interested in helping with the snacks or coffee for Sunday mornings, there will be a brief meeting in the BYKOTA classroom after the morning service.

VBS Mark your calendars for VBS, June 22-26. More details to come!

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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 22, 2026

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Operation Christmas Child OCC items for March are personal care items. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Baby Shower The whole church family is invited to a baby shower for Sarah and Nathan Jones. The shower will be Saturday at 2:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. RSVP to Clarissa Just or see her for more details.

5th Sunday Fellowship Next week, we’ll have a 5th Sunday evening pitch-in dinner! Come enjoy fellowship and food with your church family. The church will provide the main dish. Bring a side to share! There will also be a chocolate-themed dessert bake-off to enter as well.

OCC 5th Sunday Offering Next Sunday will be a special love-offering for shoebox postage. You can give at the Welcome Center or by writing OCC on your check or envelope.

Good Friday We need 6 Scripture readers for the Tenebrae service. You can sign up at the Welcome Center (young people too!).

Easter Candy Donations We will have an Easter Egg Hunt for families on Easter Sunday. You can donate wrapped candy at the Welcome Center until March 29.

Invite a Friend There are Easter flyers available at the Welcome Center. Take one and invite a friend to join us to hear the good news of our Risen Savior!

VBS Mark your calendars for VBS, June 22-26. More details to come!

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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 15, 2026

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Operation Christmas Child OCC items for March are personal care items. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

March Prayer Meetings On Wednesdays in March, starting at 6:30 pm, there will be an unstructured time of prayer in the sanctuary. Come in, pray a while, then leave quietly when you are done.

Members Meeting There will be a Members Meeting today following the morning worship service. We encourage all of our active members to attend.

Baby Shower The whole church family is invited to a baby shower for Sarah and Nathan Jones. The shower will be on Saturday, March 28, at 2:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. RSVP to Clarissa Just or see her for more details.

5th Sunday Fellowship On March 29 we’ll have a 5th Sunday evening pitch-in dinner from 5:30-7:30 pm. The church will provide the main dish. Bring a side to share. There will also be a chocolate-themed dessert bake-off.

Good Friday For our Tenebrae service, we need 6 Scripture readers, 3 men and 3 women (young people welcome too!). Sign up at the Welcome Center.

Easter Candy Donations We will have an Easter Egg Hunt for families on Easter Sunday. Donate wrapped candy at the Welcome Center until March 29.

Invite a Friend There are Easter flyers available at the Welcome Center. Take one and invite a friend to join us to hear the good news of our Risen Savior!

VBS Mark your calendars for VBS, June 22-26. More details to come!

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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 8, 2026

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Members Meeting There will be a Members Meeting today following the morning worship service. We encourage all of our active members to attend.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us for Bible Explorers on Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30!

Youth Group (6th-12th) Join us tonight from 6:00-7:30 out at the ROC!

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for March are personal care items. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Gideons Thanks to your generosity, over $1,300 was given to hand out more copies of the Bible.

March Prayer Meetings On Wednesdays in March, starting at 6:30 pm, there will be an unstructured time of prayer in the sanctuary. Come in, pray a while, then leave quietly when you are done.

Baby Shower The whole church family is invited to a baby shower for Sarah and Nathan Jones (guys, you too). The shower will be on Saturday, March 28, at 2:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. RSVP to Clarissa Just or see her for more details.

5th Sunday Fellowship On March 29 we’ll have a 5th Sunday evening pitch-in dinner! Come enjoy fellowship and food with your church family.

Easter Easter is just around the corner on April 5th! Check out the flyer in the bulletin for more details.

Easter Candy Donations We will have an Easter Egg Hunt for families on Easter Sunday. You can donate wrapped candy at the Welcome Center until March 29.

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Trust

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When I was little my grandmother would often get out a small plastic box labelled “Precious Promises.” She would open the lid to reveal about a hundred small rectangular cards in different pastel colors. On each card was printed a verse of Scripture, a promise from God written in the Bible. She’d pick one, then let me pick one, and then she’d read them both aloud. Then she’d smile and say, “Now we’ve had our promises for today.” It was just one more way that she communicated to me the importance of the Bible, and how encouraging its words could be.

A few years later, after an aunt and uncle gave me my first Bible, my grandma showed me Proverbs 3:5-6, which says:

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” (NKJV)

Many of us are familiar with those verses, and maybe we’re a little too familiar. We gloss over them without really contemplating what they mean. There are three admonitions for us, followed by one promise from God.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, March 1, 2026

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us on Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30!

Youth Group (6th-12th) Join us tonight from 6:00-7:30! Parents, you can drop off and pick up your teens at the front door of the ROC.

Church Camp Our youth are going to summer camp at Twin Lakes July 12-17! Parents, please register as soon as possible. If you have questions about camp, registration, or the church scholarship, see Pastor Bobby.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for March are hygiene items (no soap).

Gideons International Today we welcome Tim Moody from the Gideons to give a presentation during the service. At the end of the service, there will be a traditional open Bible free-will offering to support the work of the Gideons.

DST Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead next weekend!

Members Meeting Next week there will be a Members Meeting following the morning worship service. We encourage all of our active members to attend.

March Prayer Meetings On Wednesdays in March, starting at 6:30 pm, there will be an unstructured time of prayer in the sanctuary. Come in, pray a while, then leave quietly when you are done.

Baby Shower The whole church family is invited to a baby shower for Sarah and Nathan Jones (guys too)! The shower will be here on Saturday, March 28, at 2:00 pm. RSVP to Clarissa Just or see her for more details.

5th Sunday Fellowship Mark your calendars for a 5th Sunday evening pitch-in on March 29! More details to come.

Easter Services Easter is just around the corner on April 5th! More details to come for our celebrations here at the church.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, February 22, 2026

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesday from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Youth Group (6th-12th) Join us tonight from 6:00-7:30! We’d love to have your teen with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and study the Bible. Parents, you can drop off and pick up your teens at the front door of the ROC.

Church Camp Parents of rising 6th graders through graduating seniors, we are going to summer camp at Twin Lakes July 12-17! Please register as soon as possible. If you have questions about camp, registration, or the church scholarship, see Pastor Bobby.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for February are hats, gloves, and scarves. Drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex!

Baby Shower The whole church family is invited to a baby shower for Sarah and Nathan Jones (guys, they’d love to have you too!). The shower will be on Saturday, March 28, at 2:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall. See the invitation that will be passed out today for more details, and you can RSVP to Clarissa Just (see printed bulletin for details).

Gideons International Next Sunday, we will have a representative from Gideons International with us to give a brief presentation during the service. There will be a traditional open Bible free-will offering after the service.

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