Oxford Presbyterian Church

June 26, 2021

Good morning everyone,

At 8:00 a.m., we have a short, outdoor worship service that meets on the parking pad behind our church. If you want to come and remain in your automobile, you may park in the office lot next door and turn your FM radio dial to 89.5 and you will be able to listen to the worship service.

At 10:00 a.m. we gather together in our sanctuary for our Service for the Lord’s Day.

This service will also be 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 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.

At 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 (June 20^th worship will be broadcast tomorrow on June 27^th, June 27^th worship will be broadcast July 4^th, and so on).

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 à https://oxfordpres.org/media/#sermons, and at The Oxford Exchange, found here à 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 à https://oxfordpres.org/give/).

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.

5^th Sunday after Pentecost, June 27, 2021:

Scripture reading: Psalm 30

Sermon title: “The Clothing of Joy”

Thanks to Carolyn Steger, Rachelle Messer, Ellen Gould, and Kathy Webb for leading our music.

8:00 a.m. – Worship outdoors on the parking pad behind the church

10:00 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 June continues to be Families Living Violence Free (FLVF), which works for lasting prevention of violence within the home. Donations can be made anytime during the month.

Announcements:

• June 30th – 10:30 a.m. – Book Club meets at The Strong Arm Bakery to discuss our newest book, Chaim Potok’s The Chosen
• June 30th – 12:30 p.m. – Midday Scripture and Prayer (and coffee!) in our sanctuary
• July 1st – 5:30 p.m. – Book Club meets via Zoom (and at Tobacco Wood Brewing Co.) to discuss our newest book, Chaim Potok’s The Chosen

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, Boyce Harvey; Fred Heath, Mary Hamilton, Hannah Hobgood, Cotina Jones, Barbara Laurent, Miriam MacDowell, Sis McCarty, BK McCloud, Donnie Messer, Ally Milton, Sheila Moore, Jeanette Owens, Jason Parkin, Greg and Dottie Price, Mike Reavis, Lynn Stone, Melvin Weaver, and Alice Evans Woodlief.

Happy Birthday to: Angie Arnold – 27^th; Marlene Grenier – 3^rd

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. (Psalms 30 NRSV)

All blessings in Christ,

Alan

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