Oxford Presbyterian Church

April 28, 2022

Good morning, everyone.

This Sunday is the first day of several special months and weeks. In May, our denomination observes Mental Health Awareness Month, Foster Care Month, and Older Adult Week. It may seem that we observe special times every day. Setting aside special dates remind us of issues and conditions that are important and meaningful to many people. In a way, we can consider it a service when someone adds special dates to our calendar because we can take time to consider and pray for others among us who have special life circumstances. We can seek to raise awareness of special causes and take time to recognize those who make a difference. Here’s hoping that every day will be special to us as we remember, “This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.”

As always, we invite you to participate in one or more of the following worship opportunities:

8:08 a.m. in the sanctuary. If you want to come and remain in your automobile, you may park on Gilliam Street or behind the church building and turn your FM radio dial to 89.50 and you will be able to listen to the worship service.

11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary. This service is also broadcast via Facebook Live if you are unable to join us. If you have a computer or tablet or smartphone with an internet connection, you should be able to receive the stream. You do not need to have a Facebook account to participate. Our stream appears on the church’s Facebook page which is here:  https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/. If you miss the broadcast, the service will remain on our Facebook page for the next several days.

3:00 p.m. our worship is also broadcast on WCBQ 1340 on the AM radio dial. The radio broadcast of our worship is an easy way to listen in and participate. If you know of someone in our community that does not do computers or finds them frustrating to use, please let them know of this alternative. Please note that as we have returned to in-person congregational worship, the radio broadcast of each service is aired the following Sunday.

The Sunday worship bulletin for those who are unable to join us will appear in your emailbox late Saturday evening or early Sunday morning, complete with hymns and sermon so that you may have your own house-church worship. As always, you can listen to sermons through our website right here: https://oxfordpres.org/media/#sermons, and at The Oxford Exchange, found here: http://theoxfordexchange.blubrry.net/. Sermons are posted the Tuesday following the Sunday they were preached.

Our website, www.oxfordpres.org, has calendars, newsletters, the OPC WEEKLY, sermons, and even ways to give your offerings (right here: https://oxfordpres.org/give/).

We also have an offerings drop-box situated next to the door on the back side of the church at the top of the ramp if you want to drop off an offering. Or, you can mail offerings to Oxford Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 652, Oxford, NC 27565. They will be collected and deposited.

Third Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2022

Scripture readings: Isaiah 61:1-3 and John 21:1-19

Sermon title: Unbelief Overcome

Liturgist: Rett Jackson

8:08 a.m. – Worship in sanctuary with shortrange broadcast on 89.5 FM

11:00 a.m. – Worship in sanctuary also broadcast via Facebook Live. The stream can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/

3:00 p.m. – Worship broadcast on WCBQ 1340 AM

Mission of the Month – Our monthly mission emphasis for May is Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. The offerings are used for communities both near and far that have suffered natural disasters. Online gifts can be made here à https://pma.pcusa.org/donate/make-a-gift/gift-info/DR000148/.

Announcements:

• 3^rd – 7:00 p.m. – Choir rehearses in sanctuary
• 4^th – 10:30 a.m. – Book Club meets at Strong Arm Baking Company
• 4^th – 12:30 p.m. – Midweek Prayer in Sanctuary
• 4^th – 6:30 p.m. – Presbyterian Men meet for supper in Fellowship Hall
• 5^th – 5:30 p.m. – Book Club meets at Tobacco Wood Brewing Company and via Zoom

Book Club – Our Book Club resumes this week with a new book.

Midday Prayer – Meets Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.

OPC Men’s Supper – Resumes this month with supper in the Fellowship Hall

Prayers for: Frank Anderson, Becky and Isabella Baird, Betty Baynes, Michael Boyd, Cynthia Broaddrick, Linda and Mike Diamond, Randy Downey, Julie Gaydon, Marlene Grenier, Millie Hartford, Heather Hightower, Randall Hightower, Hannah Hobgood, Cotina Jones, Barbara Laurent, BK McCloud, Donnie Messer, Laura Messer, Jeanette Owen, Rufus Owen, Jason Parkin, Greg and Dottie Price, Mike Reavis, Donald Rogers, Kelly Ann Sterner, Lynn Stone, Ed Street, Keith Street, Melvin Weaver, Alice Evans Woodlief and Cathy Yancey.

Happy Birthday to: D’Mighty Chavis – 2^nd, BK McCloud – 5^th

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¹ I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up,
and did not let my foes rejoice over me.
² O Lord my God, I cried to you for help,
and you have healed me.
³ O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol,
restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.
⁴ Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
⁵ For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.
⁶ As for me, I said in my prosperity,
“I shall never be moved.”
⁷ By your favor, O Lord,
you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
I was dismayed.
⁸ To you, O Lord, I cried,
and to the Lord I made supplication:
⁹ “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?
¹⁰ Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!
O Lord, be my helper!”
¹¹ You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,
¹² so that my soul may praise you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. (Psalm 30 NRSV

Blessings in Christ,

Alan