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November 21st 2024 marks our 149th birthday as a church and the beginning of our 150th year. This is an incredible milestone! Our church has existed longer than telephones, record players, or light bulbs! We would love to see you this coming Sunday November 17th for a 149th birthday celebration immediately after church in our new downstairs community room.
God of Justice, we sit with sadness in our hearts today. We come in the rawness of our pain, not hiding what we carry. This world feels fractured, and we feel pulled in every direction. God of the Stranger, we lament for those who have come to our shores, seeking refuge and safety, only to be met with rejection and suspicion.
Seasons change. As your Co-Lead Pastors, we are reminded of all that has unfolded at OSC over the past twelve months. Just over one year ago, Claire Watson joined our staff as a part-time Youth and Children’s Minister and has now become our nearly full-time Family Minister. Last fall, OSC was immersed in the migrant crisis...
June at OSC marks the end of our fiscal year, which means it’s time for our annual membership drive. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, we can only operate by the generosity of our supporters. So just like your favorite public radio station, once a year we invite you to become a supporting member of OSC.
Over the past several weeks during our Sunday gathering we have been exploring the different ways people experience God. The whole point of this series is to highlight that there is no one right way to feel close to God; there are as many different ways as there are people. Now we would like to hear from you!
For the past several weeks we have focused on exploring Jesus' central teachings in the “sermon on the mount,” found in Matthew chapters 5-7. This has been a broad overview intended to help us understand the big picture of Jesus’ core message. It turns out, Jesus’ sermon also helps answer two big questions many people are asking about Christianity today:
