This past weekend, we participated in Doors Open Oshawa. Doors Open is a province-wide architectural/historical festival, and this was our first time joining in. We had 130 guests, mostly from Durham Region, who came to learn the history of our 1899 building. This also gave us an opportunity to showcase some of the great things [...]
Got home from the first night of our small group “How to Study the Bible” a couple hours ago now. What a great time! We talked about our feelings about the Bible, about small groups, and about Christianity in general, then worshiped God and watched the “Living by the Book” DVD by Howard Hendricks, did [...]
Man, I can’t wait for our small group to start tomorrow! Yvonne and I just had a great time at Matt & Theresa Capson’s place, hanging out and praying together for our group. They’re hosting it for us at their home, and we’re going to have 12 people altogether, learning how to study the Bible [...]
This past weekend, OCC hosted our Reignite the Fire Marriage Conference, with guests Bill & Pam Farrel. It was an incredible weekend, and we sent an anonymous survey out to gather feedback to help us plan the next one. Here are the highlights, followed by a few testimonies.
Stories From Participants
The best part by far was [...]
You may not know that we have been working on getting our Highway to Maturity Courses online. At OCC, we have three 10 week courses to help you grow in your relationship with God and your understanding of the Bible. Of course, the best thing to do is take them in person, as we offer [...]
Guess what? Get A Grip Ministries just launched their website today! Get A Grip is our Jr. High to Young Adults umbrella of ministries at OCC. Remedy is for Gr. 7 & 8, Riot is for High School, and YA is for young adults.
The site features a really cool flash map on the home page, [...]
Received this testimony last week from someone who has been attending our “Breaking Free” small group. These guys are studying through Beth Moore’s book, with a DVD series, discussion and prayer ministry to help them break free from the chains of the past:
…We went back to our childhood dreams and wishes, hurts, failures, and strongholds [...]
Octane, our men’s small group, has been praying for many needs each week, and one of them has been for Denise’s health. And God is answering our prayers! She just dropped in this afternoon, with the doctor’s report below, which, after jumping for joy, I got her permission to scan and share with you.
As you [...]