Category: Updates

This Wednesday, November 25^th, there will be no midweek service to allow for Thanksgiving preparations.

Sunday, November 29^th will be the First Sunday of Advent. We will also have a special guest that morning: Beth Ann Wade, Director of Development with Pregnancy Choices, will be speaking to us for about 5 minutes in our morning service. At the close of the service there will be a special freewill offering taken for the work of Pregnancy Choices.

Gifts intended specifically for our lighting project may be designated “Sanctuary Lights”.

There will be an Official Board Meeting this Sunday afternoon at 4:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm in our Bible Study series Getting to Know the Bible Better we will be looking at the book of Esther. Our weekly prayer time will follow.

OCC National Collection Week will take place here daily, Nov. 16-23. The process will be different this year due to Covid, and prayer would be appreciated for all those volunteering and participating during that time.

Sunday, November 29th will be the First Sunday of Advent. We will also have a special guest that morning: Beth Ann Wade, Director of Development with Pregnancy Choices, will be speaking to us for about 5 minutes in our Announcement time. At the close of the service there will be a special freewill offering taken for the work of Pregnancy Choices.

Gifts intended specifically for our lighting project may be designated “Sanctuary Lights.”

James 2:18 says “…I will show you my faith by my works.” This Sunday at 6:00 pm in the Fellowship Hall we will have an opportunity to show our faith by helping to pack Shoebox Gifts for Operation: Christmas Child. Each box will touch a child and a family somewhere in the world with the Gospel of Jesus. Plus: It’s a lot of fun to pack Shoebox gifts! We have made allowances for social distancing. Come out and box with the Baptists!

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm in our Bible Study series Getting to Know the Bible Better we will be looking at the book of Nehemiah. Our weekly prayer time will follow.

There will be an Official Board Meeting next Sunday, November 15th at 4:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Gifts intended specifically for our lighting project may be designated “Sanctuary Lights”.

The evening of Sunday, November 1st, our church will host the 50th Annual Meeting of the West Central Baptist Association. There will be two sessions: the first at 4:00 pm, followed by a dinner in our Fellowship Hall; then the second session after we eat. The two main sessions will consist of: a time of worship music; the presentation of reports and items for the Association to vote on; more worship music; and then a message. Pastor David will be preaching in the first session. Pastor Scott Kallem of New Life Baptist in Greencastle will be preaching in the second session. We have plenty of room to spread out in our sanctuary and worship together with our brothers and sisters from churches all across West Central Indiana.

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm in our Bible Study series Getting to Know the Bible Better we will be looking at the book of Ezra. Our weekly prayer time will follow.

Any gifts intended specifically for our lighting project may be designated “Sanctuary Lights”.

OCC Packing Party: Sunday, November 8, 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

Official Board Meeting: Sunday, November 15, 4:30 PM.

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm we will be watching Episode 7 of The Chosen, titled “Invitations”.

Any gifts intended specifically for our lighting project may be designated “Sanctuary Lights”.

Franklin Graham has called for a day of prayer and fasting for our nation today, Sunday, Oct. 25th. Next Sunday, Nov. 1st, we will have a special time of prayer for our country in our morning worship service, and in the combined worship services with the West Central Baptist Association that evening. However you choose to pray, please remember to pray for our troubled country.

Next Sunday, Nov. 1st, our church will host the 50th Annual Meeting of the West Central Baptist Association. There will be 2 sessions: the first at 4 pm, followed by a dinner in our Fellowship Hall; then the second session after we eat. The sessions will consist of a time of worship; the presentation of Association matters; and a message. Pastor David will preach in the first session. Pastor Scott Kallem of New Life Baptist in Greencastle will preach in the second session. We have plenty of room to spread out in our sanctuary and worship together with our brothers and sisters in the W.C.B.A.

OCC Packing Party: Sunday, November 8, 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

There will be a Trustee Meeting this Sunday following the morning service.

There will be a Deacons Meeting this Tuesday evening, October 6th, at 6:30 pm.

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm in our Bible Study series Getting to Know the Bible Better we will look at the life of King David in Second Samuel. Our weekly prayer time will follow.

We now have a line item in our church budget specifically for the lighting project for our church sanctuary.

If you would be willing to serve on a board or committee for 2021, please contact a board or committee member. Church membership is required to serve on a board, but anyone who attends can serve on a committee.

This morning our preacher will be Rev. Chad Wilkin, director of the Baptist Collegiate Mission house at Indiana State University in Terre Haute.

Tonight in the evening service Chad Wilkin will be bringing students from the BCM to lead the worship and give testimonies. Chad will also be sharing what’s been happening in the BCM ministry. Christian university students are on the front line in the conflict of cultures in our country. Come, encourage them, and be encouraged!

This Wednesday, Ted Wagner will be teaching the Bible Study at 6:30 pm. Our weekly prayer time will follow.

Sunday, September 27th our speaker will be Dr. Keith Gaddis of Terre Haute. Dr. Gaddis is a friend to our church and a dear friend and trusted counselor to Pastor David. He will be preaching in both the morning and evening services.

At the last meeting of the Official Board on August 16, 2020, it was voted to set up a separate account for our lighting fund. This is in response to those who asked about contributing specifically to new lights in our sanctuary.

This Wednesday at 6:30 pm we will be showing an episode of The Chosen called “Indescribable Compassion” in the Fellowship Hall. Our weekly Prayer Time will follow.