Author: OUMC Staff

Beautiful Beloveds, This Sunday is UMCOR Sunday. UMCOR (the United Methodist Committee on Relief) represents our connectional system at its best. Utilizing the resources and generosity of our global denomination, UMCOR shows up in times of need to respond to natural and man-made disasters with compassion and tangible relief. In 2020, in the midst of a global…

Beautiful Beloveds, As the rates of COVID-10 infection decrease, and our community moves into the yellow, our COVID-19 leadership team continues to meet, and consider next steps in our re-entry process.  We meet at least twice a month to review available information and our current practices.  We are not always of one mind, and we…

  Beautiful Beloveds, Healing can take so many forms.  A return to health, repair of relationship, courage to try again.  Our Lenten worship series explores different aspects of healing each week.  This Sunday, we’ll dive into community and economic healing.  What will healing look like for our community post pandemic?  I don’t think it’s as…

Beautiful Beloveds With Ash Wednesday behind us, we enter the season of Lent.  We try on new or bring out familiar spiritual practices.  And, we enter a new worship series: Holy Vessels.  This year, we remember we are all created in the image of God as “Holy Vessels” of love.  And, we remember that in…

Beautiful Beloveds, Tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday, and we’ll celebrate with a Super Singing Sunday.  Our worship, both virtual and in the parking lot will celebrate the singers and musicians in our midst.  We’ll also give thanks for music’s ability to give form to praise, deepest emotions, and even unspoken thoughts and feelings.  You’ll also…

Beautiful Beloveds, Have you filled out your pledge, or estimate of giving yet?  Is it on your to-do list, but not done yet? If you have, thank you!  Your estimate of giving helps our finance team plan wise and careful spending on mission and ministry in the coming year.          If you haven’t, please do. …

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received. – 1 Peter 4:10 Beautiful Beloveds,             As our stewardship month draws to close, I invite you reflect on the ways God is using you to bless others.  How is God using your prayers, presence,…

Beautiful Beloveds, As we enter the third week of our stewardship series, we invite you to re-imagine.  Reimagine your relationship to money.  Reimagine the ways you support our church with your prayers, presence, gifts, service and witness.  Just one of the ways we support the church is with our financial resources.  To make it as…

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.                           – Romans 12:17-18 Beautiful Beloveds Today, we observe another form of “New Year,” the inauguration of a new president and…