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Weekly Update for Sunday, October 19, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Bible Explorers is back! 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.

Fall Cookout Tonight is our annual church-wide cookout. Come on out from 5:30-7:30 for a fun evening together as a church family! The church will provide hot dogs and drinks. As you are able, please bring a side or dessert.

Trunk or Treat We’ll host our Community Trunk or Treat on Thursday, October 30 from 6:00-7:30 PM! Sign up at the Welcome Center to help decorate a trunk or drop off candy donations (wrapped candy only) in the box near the Welcome Center.

West Central Baptist Association Our church will be hosting the annual meeting for our regional association on Sunday evening, November 2 from 4:00-8:00 PM. There will be Workshops from 4:00-5:30, the association’s business meeting, Worship from 6:30-7:15, and then we will provide a fellowship meal for those involved.

OCC Packing Party Mark your calendars for the OCC Packing Party on Sunday, November 9 from 5:00-8:00 PM. Join us to help pack over 370 shoeboxes! See Ralph or Tammy Hart with questions.

Wednesday Night There will be no adult prayer meeting and Bible study this week. We’ll be back together on November 5.

Weekly Update for Sunday, October 12, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) There will be no Bible Explorers this week. We’ll be back together on Wednesday, October 22!

Youth Group (6th-12th) Join us tonight from 6:00-7:15! We’d love to have your teen with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and explore the Bible together.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for October are prayer and postage.

Fall Cookout Next week is our annual church-wide cookout. Come on out from 5:30-7:30 for a fun evening together as a church family! The church will provide hot dogs and drinks, please sign up at the Welcome Center to bring a side or dessert.

Trunk or Treat We’ll host our Community Trunk or Treat on Thursday, October 30 from 6:00-7:30 PM! Sign up at the Welcome Center to help decorate a trunk or drop off candy donations (wrapped candy only) in the box near the Welcome Center.

West Central Baptist Association Our church will be hosting the annual meeting for our regional association on Sunday evening, November 2 from 4:00-8:00 PM. There will be Workshops from 4:00-5:30, the association’s business meeting, Worship from 6:30-7:15, and then we will provide a fellowship meal for those involved.

Wednesday Night There will be no adult prayer meeting and Bible study this week. We’ll be back together on November 5.

Church Office The church office will be closed on Monday.

Weekly Update for Sunday, October 5, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays 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 6:00-7:15! We’d love to have your teen with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and explore the Bible together.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for October are postage and postage.

First Sunday Offerings We are thankful for those who partner with us financially through their offerings. As a reminder, any loose cash given on the first Sunday of each month is designated for the church’s benevolence fund.

Fall Cookout Mark your calendar for our annual church-wide cookout on Sunday, October 19, from 5:30-7:30 PM. Come on out for a fun evening together as a church family! The church will provide hot dogs and drinks, you can sign up at the Welcome Center to bring a side or dessert.

Trunk or Treat We are getting ready for our Community Trunk or Treat! Sign up at the Welcome Center to help decorate a trunk or drop off candy donations (wrapped candy only) in the box near the Welcome Center.

West Central Baptist Association Our church will be hosting the annual meeting for our association on Sunday evening, November 2.

Wednesday Night There will be no adult prayer meeting and Bible study this week. We’ll be back together on November 5.

Weekly Update for Sunday, September 28, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays 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 6:00-7:15! We’d love to have your teen with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and explore the Bible together.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for September are school supplies. You can drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex.

Fall Cookout Mark your calendar for our annual church-wide cookout on Sunday, October 19, from 5:30-7:30 PM. Come on out for a fun evening together as a church family! More details will be announced about how you can pitch in.

Trunk or Treat We are gearing up for another Community Trunk or Treat! As we prepare for this outreach event, we need your help. You can sign up at the Welcome Center to help decorate a trunk. There will also be a box near the Welcome Center for you to drop off donations of wrapped candy.

Weekly Update for Sunday, September 21, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays 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 6:00-7:15! We’d love to have your with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and explore the Bible together.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for September are school supplies. You can drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex.

Weekly Update for Sunday, September 14, 2025

Special Business Meeting The Pastors and Deacons are calling a special business meeting to be held today, following the morning worship service, in the sanctuary. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on the proposed amendments to the constitution that were passed out on June 8. Only active members will be allowed to vote.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays 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 6:00-7:15! We’d love to have your with us as we build relationships, play crazy games, and explore the Bible together.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for September are school supplies. You can drop your items in one of the boxes in the Narthex.

Not Again!

I turned on the radio in my truck, listened a moment, and my heart sank. I thought: “Not again!”

I’d only listened for a moment before I realized that the announcer was describing yet another senseless, horrific shooting. Children in a Catholic school in Minneapolis had gathered in the connected church for a service, when someone fired indiscriminately though the stained-glass windows. Seventeen were wounded and two were killed. And first reports say that all the victims were children. The two who died were 8 and 10 years old.

That hits hard hit hard when you have children or grandchildren that same age. And it didn’t happen in a bar, late at night, in a rowdy crowd of grownups who were in a drunken rage. It happened at a church, in broad daylight, to a group of children who’d gathered in a church for a back-to-school service for their parochial school. This was unthinkable and unheard of not so very long ago. Now, when I hear news like this, my immediate reaction is: “Not again!”

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Weekly Update for Sunday, August 31, 2025

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Bible Explorers, our midweek discipleship program for kids 3 years old through 5th grade, kicks off on Wednesday. Come join us from 6:15-7:30 PM out at the ROC. 

Youth Group (6th-12th) There is no youth group tonight. We will begin our fall semester on September 7!

Move Up Sunday Our kids and teen classes will be “promoting” on Sunday, September 7. On that day, they will start in the appropriate class based on their grade or age for the school year:

  • 0-2 years old – Nursery
  • 3-4 years old – Little Sprouts
  • Kindergarten-5th Grade – Elementary Sunday School and Treehouse
  • 6th-12th – Teen Sunday School and Youth Group

Baby Shower Ladies, you are invited to the baby shower for Kassandra Wence! The shower will be Saturday, September 6 at 2:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. If you would like to bring a gift, you can search for her registry on Amazon.

Operation Christmas Child OCC collection items for August are school supplies. Next Sunday, there will be a special 5th Sunday love offering for shoebox postage. You can give at the Welcome Center or by writing OCC Postage on your check or offering envelope.

OCC Event On Saturday, September 13, from 6:30-7:30 PM, our church will be hosting an OCC Shoebox Recipient. The whole church family is invited to come out and hear Schimea Nguessan’s story