Andy has been part of OCC since 1986, when he came as a student. He loves helping people grow and make a difference. He is married to Ruth, and they have four adult children.
The title is borrowed from 1 Corinthians 3, where Paul says, of the church in Corinth, which he planted: “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
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This Sunday, Sanjay Mahtani continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by speaking to us our money.
Andy and Tom lead our meeting, with Beth Summers leading us in worship.
We've just started a new series looking at Jesus' teaching and invitation to follow his narrow way. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7:13-14)
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This Sunday, guest speaker, Rich Ellwood continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by building on last week's talk and speaking to us about community. Rich Ellwood leads Salt and Light Advance, our family of churches, with his wife Anna.
Sanjay Mahtani leads our meeting, and we are also very fortunate to have Anna Ellwood leading us in worship.
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This Sunday, Steve Jones continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by speaking to us about community.
Andy & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Dan & Jenna Wood leading us in worship.
Everything healthy is part of something bigger! That's a deep longstanding conviction for our family of churches – it's why we are in fact a family of churches – and it helps us understand the point of conferences. Mark and I had this conversation recently with our apprentices, and we thought it was worth sharing more widely.
Before we talk about conferences specifically, 'everything healthy is part of something bigger' is about more than conferences:
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This Sunday, Andy O'Connell introduces our new series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way' by speaking to us about the things that Jesus uses to help us grow and mature.
Jenny Mahtani and Liam Thatcher lead our meeting, with Bex Lawton leading us in worship.
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This Sunday, Liam Thatcher finishes our series: "Worship in the Spirit", by speaking to us about listening to the Spirit. Andy O'Connell and John Snelson lead our meeting, with Dan & Jenna Wood leading us in worship.
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This Sunday, our normal services resume, and we gather together for our first Sunday of the New Year. Steve Jones is preaching, Andy & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Elizabeth Clayton leading us in worship.
We are restarting 0-18s activities (Tiny Tots, King's Kids and Youth), after the Christmas break.
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This Sunday, Al and Caroline McNicoll continue our series on the book of Galatians: "The Gospel for All People". Andy O'Connell and John Snelson lead our meeting, with Beth Summers leading us in worship.