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food drive, good works, mercy ministry, outreach, Super Bowl
No, that’s not a typo. I meant the play on words with “souper.” As you know this Sunday brings us to Super Bowl XLVI between the Patriots and Giants. Many plan to watch and enjoy with family and friends. The whole deal has turned into something of a national holiday. For the last several years [...]
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Africa, Digo, Esther's well, Missions, outreach
I’ve had Toto’s 1982 hit song Africa in my head all week as I’ve been thinking about our team going to Digoland in July. “Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you. There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do. I blessed the rains down in Africa…” (I change the lyrics [...]
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groundbreaking, New Building, outreach, website
It has been so long since I’ve done a blog post, I’m not certain I remember how to do it! Fortunately our website has returned to the land of the living. Thanks, Greg, for going the extra mile to get us back in service. What better way to return to the blogosphere than by reminding [...]
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building, groundbreaking, outreach
Some building committee updates take on more significance than others. Last Sunday our chairman, Ross, stood in the pulpit to give his monthly update on our campaign to get into our own facility. He kept things short and sweet. In fact, he mentioned only one thing. In light of our recent congregational meeting and by [...]
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bridge building, compassion, distress, outreach
Undaunted by the rain and wind, a bunch of us worked at Walmart today from 10 AM to 4 PM wrapping gifts for patrons for free. Due to the inclement weather we got stuck under an overhang away from the main traffic going into the store. So for a good bit of the afternoon I [...]
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devotion, justification, outreach, service
Today’s good word on PC’s day off comes from Octavius Winslow and his devotional entitled Morning Thoughts. God never appears so like Himself as when He sits in judgment upon the person of a sinner, and determines his standing before Him upon the ground of that satisfaction to His law rendered by the Son of [...]
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Calling, mission, outreach
God calls His exiled people to create and consume for the good of the city, and for their own good.
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equipping, Gospel in Life, mercy ministry, outreach
“It’s never been cleaned before,” Darlene said. “I’ve never seen more dirt on a driveway,” Randy said. “Sorry we took so long to get to it,” I said. Almost a year ago to the day, the OGC faithful descended on my widow neighbor’s home for a massive painting project. We sought to put James 1:27 [...]
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abortion, crisis pregnancy, outreach
Will you join us? Tomorrow, March 27, at 9 AM at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, people from all over the city will gather for the annual “Walk for Life” hosted by True Life Choice, a crisis pregnancy ministry. Their mission statement reads like this: True Life Choice is a mission in active obedience to [...]
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outreach
Our mission as a church stands on record as this: engaging peoples everywhere to pursue ultimate satisfaction in Jesus. One important way we seek to do that is by building bridges into the community through works of service and acts of mercy. After all, Jesus commanded us to do this very kind of thing in [...]
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