Oxford Presbyterian Church

September 4, 2021

“Worship is the way of seeing the world in the light of God.” – Abraham Joshua Heschel

God’s gift of worship is the activity that shapes our hearts and minds for the sake of seeing ourselves, one another, and the world through the lens of Jesus Christ and the salvation God has wrought in and through him. The more we worship, the more we live the truth as people who have been set free from sin, evil and death, free to love one another and neighbor and even enemy.

To this end, we endeavor to provide weekly many options to engage in worship while we continue to live under pandemic conditions:

At 8:00 a.m. on Sundays, we have our 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 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.

15^th Sunday after Pentecost, September 5, 2021:

Scripture reading: James 2:14-26

Sermon title: “What kind of Christian are you?”

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

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

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 – This month, our emphasis is the collection of donations for Murdoch Center, especially for the celebration of Christmas at Murdoch with Secret Santas delivering presents for the residents

Announcements:

• 7^th – 7:00  p.m. – Choir meets in Sanctuary

Book Club – We will resume meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15 and Thursday, Sept. 16 at our normal times and places.

Noonday Prayer – We will resume meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 15

Presbyterian Women’s Circle – PW Circle will resume meeting on Monday, Sept. 13, at 6:30 p.m.

OPC Men’s Stew returns! – After last year’s pandemic hiatus, the OPC Men’s Stew returns on Saturday, September 25. Get your orders in soon to Dudley Barnes or Jim Ingram to make sure you get some!

Prayers for: Frank Anderson, Becky and Isabella Baird, Betty Baynes, Michael Boyd, Cynthia Broaddrick, Pam Byrd, Linda and Mike Diamond, Randy Downey, Julie Gaydon, Marlene Grenier, Mary Hamilton, Fred Heath, Hannah Hobgood, Cotina Jones, Barbara Laurent, Wiley Leonard, BK McCloud, Donnie Messer, Sheila Moore, Jeanette Owen, Jason Parkin, Greg and Dottie Price, Deelane Reavis, Mike Reavis, Kelly Ann Sterner, Lynn Stone, Melvin Weaver, and Alice Evans Woodlief.

Happy Birthday to: Hannah Hobgood – 6^th; Daniel Overton – 9^th; Sondra Oakley – 10^th; Ally Milton – 11^th

¹ Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
² I will praise the Lord as long as I live;
I will sing praises to my God all my life long.
³ Do not put your trust in princes,
in mortals, in whom there is no help.
⁴ When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.
⁵ Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the Lord their God,
⁶ who made heaven and earth,
the sea, and all that is in them;
who keeps faith forever;
⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed;
who gives food to the hungry.
The Lord sets the prisoners free;
⁸ the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
the Lord loves the righteous.
⁹ The Lord watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.
¹⁰ The Lord will reign forever,
your God, O Zion, for all generations.
Praise the Lord! (Psalm 146 NRSV)

All blessings in Christ,

Alan

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