Catch Up

In the final week of our series on Community Groups, Sanjay looks at Luke 24 and considers the power of communities to change the world. To find out more about our Community Groups and to find your place visit occ.org.uk/communities

Four men bring their friend to Jesus, seeking healing. When faced with a crowd blocking their way, they take a courageous choice to do whatever it takes to reach Jesus, even lowering their friend through a hole in the roof of the house! In this talk, Chloe and Liam look at this story in Mark 2, and consider what it looks like to build a community characterised by life and faith.

In the second week of our series on Community Groups, Andy O'Connell & Ben Price look at what it means to be a growing community. Reading from Psalm 1 and Ezekiel 47, they encouraged us to gather with intent, read the Bible with purpose, lean into openness & honesty, and commit together.

In the first week of this new series, Steve Jones looks at Romans 12.4–8, leads us in a game of bingo, and suggests 25 reasons for being part of a Community Group!

We are gathering our family of churches on 8th June at The King’s Centre, Oxford for the next Advance Celebration. This is Pentecost Sunday, a day when the Church traditionally celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, God’s living and transformative presence given to his people 2000 years ago but still very much active in our lives today. We’re delighted to be able to welcome Ele Mumford as our guest speaker. Ele, along with her husband John, was the founder and for many years leader of the Vineyard group of churches in the UK. She’s a great speaker, full of fun and joy and has been a key voice in the UK church for several decades. 

Life in the Holy Spirit has been a key characteristic of the Vineyard since its beginning and has also been at the heart of our own family of churches for many, many years and so we’re thrilled to be able to welcome Ele on Pentecost Sunday to stir us up again to be a people full of the Spirit.

On Sunday 18th May, we were delighted to host Pastor Bill Johnson, Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California. He spoke to us from John 5, and led us in prayer for healing. 

On Sunday, we were privileged to host Pastor Bill Johnson, Senior Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California. He spoke to us about the Kingdom of God, and the need to understand through faith.

Hebrews ends with the author unpacking ten instructions, exhorting us to respond across many areas of life. In this final talk of the series, Dan Kirk explores how the author encourages us to be the kind of people that Jesus wants us to be: "people-loving, co-suffering, sexually pure, financially content, faithfulness-copying, grace strengthened, hope focussed, worship overflow-ers, joyfully submitted, eagerly prayerful".

This Sunday, we will be joined by Steve Thomas as our Guest Speaker. Steve is the founding pastor of OCC and a leader within Salt & Light International. 

Dr Vishal Mangalwadi is an Indian intellectual and social reformer, known for his work on the role of the Bible in shaping world history and culture.

We look forward to him joining us as a guest speaker this Sunday at 10.30am.