On May 6, please join us after the service for NYC Baked Potatoes and Bluegrass! There will be a baked potato bar, with all the fixings, and music courtesy of Scott Seidel and Bob Craig. All contributions will go to the youth fund. For more information, please contact Pam Young-Schultz ().
Please stay for a church photo immediately after worship service Sunday, Apr. 29. We will gather in front of the church. After the photo, a complimentary lunch will be served and a silent auction will take place to help the youth go to National Youth Conference. The photo will be used on the cover of the new church directory.
Mark your calendar for the All-Church Birthday Lunch on Sunday, February 24th. This year’s theme is Church-potle. We will serve our own version of a Chipotle-style meal. You will be able to build your own burrito, taco or bowl with all the fixings. In addition, we will have Mexican-themed desserts including rice pudding and ice cream sundae bar. All are welcome. Please contact Joel and Sue Comer with any questions.
All are invited to our Maundy Thursday observance, a re-enactment of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. We will gather downstairs in the candle-lit fellowship hall for a brief meditation, followed by footwashing, love feast and a service of communion. Please join us on March 29th at 7:30 pm.
More about Love Feast
In an act of great love, Jesus gave his life for ours. The Brethren, as Jesus’ followers, love God and each other—and take that love into the world. Once or twice a year, Brethren celebrate what the earliest Christians called agape: the outflowing love that seeks not to receive but to give.
Jesus taught us this practice, sharing with his disciples a last, loving meal the night before he died. He washed the disciples’ feet, ate supper with them, sought to draw them closer into the fold of his love, and offered them the symbolic bread and cup.
During love feast, we repeat these simple, meaningful acts. After reconciling any discord among ourselves, we lovingly wash each other’s feet, then enjoy a meal together. Quietly we share communion, the bread and the cup that remind us of Jesus’ great gift; we renew our commitment to follow his example of sacrificial love.
Love feast closes with a hymn; then follows the humble task of cleaning up, in which all are invited to participate. When we leave the feast, reunited in our dedication to Christ and to each other, the deep, nourishing love goes with us. More information on Brethren practices.
Please join us for our carry-in Easter breakfast! It will begin at 9:30 am in the fellowship hall.
Afterwards, we will have our Easter service upstairs in the Sanctuary. There will be no Sunday School.
The Transition Team is pleased to announce Randy Yoder will serve as Oakton COB’s interim pastor. Working part-time, Pastor Randy will begin on March 10, 2018 and will deliver the sermon on March 11, 2018. We look forward to welcoming Pastor Randy and Peg back to our church family, working together as we seek God’s path for us.
