Oxford Presbyterian Church

October 3, 2020

Our dear friend and sister in Christ Sue Huggins went home to be with 
her Lord yesterday morning. She was a wonderful woman who possessed a 
multitude of gifts and was a tremendous companion in the faith at 
Oxford Presbyterian. She will be dearly missed. Tomorrow afternoon, 
October 4, at 2 p.m. there will be a private graveside service that will
be livestreamed by the Eakes Funeral Home.
 Later on today we will provide links to the livestream should you wish 
to view Sue’s funeral service. In the meantime, let us be praying for 
Cobb, Brad, Rett, Nick, and all her other friends and family that are 
grieving her loss.

The live-streamed worship will be broadcast from the sanctuary 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 <mailto:opcpastor@ncrrbiz.com> ) or
text them to me (919-323-7192) and they will be included in the worship.

Our worship is also being 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.

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/.
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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:

18th Sunday after Pentecost, October 4, 2020:

Scripture readings: Philippians 3:1-21

Sermon title: “Politics, Pandemic, and Perspective”
 
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 Sue Huggins via livestream (link details forthcoming)

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

 
Mission of the Month –  Our October mission emphasis will be donations to the 
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

 
ACIM is in very short supply of canned goods. They will not be receiving
any donations this year from the State Fair due to its cancellation which
normally helps stock their shelves during the fall. We still have a bin at
our back door if you have any canned goods you would like to donate—we will
make sure they get to ACIM.

Announcements:

• 7^th – 10:30 a.m. – Morning Scripture and Prayer on our parking patio behind the church
• 8^th –
  • 12:00 p.m. – Nominating Committee meets via Zoom
  • 5:30 p.m. – Book Club discussion of Marilynne Robinson’s Jack via Zoom

On Wednesday mornings, we will be gathering for a brief time to read scripture and to pray. If you would like to join your brothers and sisters, we ask that we each bring a chair if possible (if not you can use a folding chair from the church), that we observe our distance (6ft from each other), and that we mask. Please come and take the opportunity to safely fellowship, and to lift up one another and our world to God in prayer.

The book club is meeting Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. We are reading Marilynne Robinson’s latest novel in her Gilead series, Jack. Please let Alan know if you are interested in joining the group.

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the OPC Men’s Group will sadly not be hosting it’s stew this year that was to be held on October 17^th. The men use the proceeds from the sale to support local mission and to help people in our congregation in need. Please be thinking of little ways you can do the same this coming year. God willing, in October of 2021 the delicious stew will reappear, and the men will be more than willing to let you buy twice as much to make up for not being able to have any this year!

Happy Birthday to:  Haley McFee Bott – 4th; Cobb Huggins – 5th; Chris Juterbock –7th; Abigail Juterbock – 7th; Alan Koeneke – 7th; Chloe Hightower – 9th; Lauren Rene Little – 9th;

Prayers for: Becky and Isabella Baird, Betty Baynes, Michael Boyd, Cynthia
Broaddrick, Ann Currin, Larry Delfs, Linda and Mike Diamond, Charlene
Dickey, Randy Downey, Julie Gaydon, Marlene Grenier, Fred Heath, Hannah
Hobgood, Terry Hobgood, Carole Jackson, Cotina Jones, Barbara
Laurent, Carlis Laws, Donnie Messer, Ally Milton, Will Newcomb, Greg and
Dottie Price, Mike Reavis, Lynn Stone, Kathy Webb, and Alice Evans Woodlief.

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;
3 he restores my soul.
He leads me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley,
I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff—
they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long. (Psalms 23 NRSV)

All blessings in Christ,

Alan

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