February 13, 2021

Our live-streamed Sunday worship will once again be broadcast via Facebook Live. Worship begins at 10:00 a.m. 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 à  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. If you have prayer requests or announcements, please email them to me (opcpastor@ncrrbiz.com) or text them to me (919-323-7192) and they will be included in the worship.

Please note, in certain web browsers sometimes our livestream does not appear due to bugs on the Facebook side (meaning they have to make repairs). So far, we have found Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari to be the most reliable browsers for our livestream (more than Microsoft Edge or Microsoft Internet Explorer). If our livestream does not appear on Sunday morning, try a different browser and see if that makes the difference. Thanks.

Our worship is also broadcast on WCBQ 1340 on the AM radio dial at 3 p.m. on Sundays, If you are not a computer hound, then 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.

Tomorrow afternoon, there will be a live-streamed Memorial Service of Witness to the Resurrection for Ann Williams Currin. that will be broadcast via Facebook Live at 2:00 p.m. Ann, as you know, was a wonderful friend and companion in the faith to all of us at Oxford Presbyterian. There was a graveside service held for her in early December that was private due to COVID concerns, but tomorrow we will have opportunity to give thanks to God for the gift of Ann, grieve her passing, and be reminded of the hope we all share in the resurrection from the dead. If you would like to watch, all you need is a computer or tablet or smartphone with an internet connection to receive the stream. You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch. The memorial service stream will appear on our church’s Facebook page which is at https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/. Like all other broadcasts, the service will remain on our Facebook page for the following week. There will be a funeral bulletin for the service sent out later on this evening.

As always, the Sunday worship bulletin 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. Worship is always critical, but especially at a time like this. Our faithful witness in this difficult time and world is nourished by lifting our hearts to the Lord. As always, you can listen to sermons through our website right here à https://oxfordpres.org/media/#sermons, and at The Oxford Exchange, found here à http://theoxfordexchange.blubrry.net/.

Hey kids! Another Faith 4 Five is on the way. The video will be posted Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. Continue to tune in every week and watch for five minutes of fun and learning about God’s love. The video can be viewed on the church’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/. You do not need to have a Facebook account to watch.

Our website, www.oxfordpres.org, has calendars, newsletters, the OPC WEEKLY, sermons, and even ways to give your offerings (right here à https://oxfordpres.org/give/). It is a great resource in times like these.

Oxford Presbyterian Church also has 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.

Here is our schedule for the week:

Transfiguration of the Lord, February 14, 2021:

Scripture readings: Mark 8:22-9:10
Sermon title: “’Listen to Him!’ Well, are we?”
Thanks to George and Cathy Yancey and Kathy Webb for providing our music.

9:00 a.m. – Faith 4 Five video posted at https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/

10:00 a.m. – Worship via Facebook Live. The stream can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/

2:00 p.m. – Service of Witness to the Resurrection for Ann Currin Williams. Livestreamed at https://www.facebook.com/Oxford-Presbyterian-Church-152011345379561/

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

Mission of the Month – Our February mission emphasis is our annual blanket drive with Church World Service. These blankets are sent to populations and communities that have suffered natural disasters, and the need for them has not abated during our pandemic. Each blanket is $10. Just earmark your check to OPC and earmark it Blanket Drive. More information on this critical ministry can be found here: https://cwsblankets.org/.

Announcements:

• 17^th
  • – 10:30 a.m. – Morning Scripture and Prayer (and coffee!) on our parking patio behind the church
  • – tbd – Ash Wednesday worship via livestream
• 18^th – 5:30 p.m. – Book Club meets via Zoom. We are discussing Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory

On Wednesday, we mark the beginning of the Lenten season with Ash Wednesday worship. Details regarding the time of the livestream will be forthcoming in the next couple of days.

Our Book Club has reconvened and is reading Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory, a story of a not-so-pious drunk priest during a difficult political era in Mexico. If you need a copy you can get it from the big behemoth here: https://www.amazon.com/Power-Glory-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107550/ref=sr_1_1?crid=326WCX4Q3MLH6&dchild=1&keywords=the+power+and+the+glory+graham+greene&qid=1611239108&s=books&sprefix=the+power+and%2Caps%2C175&sr=1-1. If you are interested in joining us, please let Alan know so you can receive the link.

 Volunteer opportunity: ACIM (Area congregations in ministry) is in need of volunteers who can unpack boxes of food and place food items on shelves. Times to serve are Tuesday and Thursday at 6PM. Saturday mornings are also a possibility. If you would like to serve, please call ACIM at 919-690-0961.

Prayers for: Frank Anderson, Becky and Isabella Baird, Betty Baynes, Michael Boyd, Cynthia Broaddrick, Linda and Mike Diamond, Randy Downey, Julie Gaydon, Marlene Grenier, Fred Heath, Hannah Hobgood, Marie Hobgood, Terry Hobgood, Cotina Jones, Barbara Laurent, Donnie Messer, Ally Milton, Jason Parkin, Greg and Dottie Price, Mike Reavis, Lynn Stone, and Alice Evans Woodlief.

Happy Birthday to: None this week

¹ The mighty one, God the Lord,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
² Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.
³ Our God comes and does not keep silence,
before him is a devouring fire,
and a mighty tempest all around him.
⁴ He calls to the heavens above
and to the earth, that he may judge his people:
⁵ “Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge. (Psalms 50:1-6 NRSV)

All blessings in Christ,

Alan

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