Oxford Presbyterian Church

November 13, 2021

Good morning everyone.

I hope you are all enjoying our fall colors this year. We seem to have been given a superabundance of gold and red and orange this year, a wonderful gift to feast our eyes on as the trees clap their hands.

Every year, our Book of Order stipulates that we must hold an annual meeting. Under normal circumstances, we turn this pro forma affair into an event where we all feast together following worship. But under our current circumstances, our meeting will be opened toward the end of our 11 a.m. worship service tomorrow morning and ended moments later. We hope and pray that the day will arrive sooner rather than later where we will once again feast together and our annual meeting will be more “eat” than “meet.”

You are once again invited to participate in one or more of the following worship opportunities:

At 8:08 a.m. on Sundays, we have our early worship service that now meets in the sanctuary. If you want to come and remain in your automobile, you may park on Gilliam Street and turn your FM radio dial to 89.50 and you will be able to listen to the worship service.

At 11:00 a.m. we gather together in our sanctuary for our Service for the Lord’s Day.

 Our 11:00 a.m. service is 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.

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.

25^th Sunday after Pentecost, November 14, 2021:

Scripture reading: Ruth 3:1-18

Sermon title: “Ready for the Moment”

Liturgist: Paul Hesse

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

8:08 a.m. – Worship in sanctuary with shortrange broadcast on 89.50 FM

11:00 a.m. – Worship with brief Annual Meeting 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 – This month, our mission emphasis is the collection of donations and foodstuffs for Area Congregations in Ministry (ACIM).

Announcements:

• 16^th – 7:00  p.m. – Choir meets in Sanctuary
• 17^th – 10:30 a.m. – Book Club meets at The Strong Arm Baking Company to discuss The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
• 17^th – 12:30 p.m. – Midday prayer in Sanctuary
• 18^th – 5:30 p.m. – Book Club meets at the Tobacco Wood Brewing Company and via Zoom to discuss The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

Hey Kids! It’s almost Advent. Don’t you want to know “Who is on the way?” There is an Advent Activity Packet made just for you. You can learn about some symbols of Advent and have a little fun along the way. Some activities are on paper and some will show up each Sunday morning on Facebook Live’s Faith 4 Five! Request your Advent Activity Packet by calling or emailing Ellen Gould. Copies will also be available for pick up at the church. Activities are appropriate for school-age kids and all former kids. Don’t miss out on the Advent fun!

Book Club – Meets Wednesdays and Thursdays at our normal times and places. We are discussing The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh, a very funny satire on both American religion and American responses to death, whether the loss of a loved one is a human or a pet.

Midday Prayer – Meets Wednesdays in the Sanctuary

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, Cotina Jones, Barbara Laurent, Wiley Leonard, BK McCloud, Donnie Messer, Laura Messer, Jeanette Owen, Jason Parkin, Greg and Dottie Price, Mike Reavis, Kelly Ann Sterner, Lynn Stone, Melvin Weaver, and Alice Evans Woodlief.Weaver, and Alice Evans Woodlief.

Happy Birthday to: Dellarose Sharon – 15^th; William Yancey – 19^th

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¹ Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
² I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”
³ As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble,
in whom is all my delight.
⁴ Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows;
their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
or take their names upon my lips.
⁵ The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.
⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
I have a goodly heritage.
⁷ I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;
in the night also my heart instructs me.
⁸ I keep the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices;
my body also rests secure.
¹⁰ For you do not give me up to Sheol,
or let your faithful one see the Pit.
¹¹ You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16 NRSV)

All blessings in Christ,

Alan