Events

We are excited to enter the season of Advent with you beginning this Sunday! The word advent comes from the Latin word adventus meaning arrival. Our Advent series this year is titled “Unto Us” as we take the next four weeks to walk through Isaiah 9 celebrating that unto us Light, Joy, a King, and Salvation has came! This Sunday we have the pleasure of hearing from Steve Hricko as he preaches from Isaiah 9:1-2. We encourage you to consider reading all of Isaiah 9 ahead of time to better follow along. To help us better reflect and celebrate Advent, Pastor Emanuel will once again this year be emailing a short devotional put together by Every Moment Holy. Each devotional comes with a fun Scripture memorization activity and discussion questions. This week’s devotional can be found here.

Coffee, snacks, quiet individual & group study spaces available

December 24: Christmas Eve Service On December 24th from 5-6pm, we invite you, your families, and friends to participate in this year's Christmas Eve service! Celebrate Jesus' first coming with us through song and scripture reading. Afterwards, there will be a time to enjoy Christmas cookies together.

December 24: Midnight Carols Join us (much later) on Christmas Eve from 11:30pm - midnight to usher in Christmas morning with candlelight and carols! This gathering, in the blackness of night, will give a beautiful picture of Jesus, the light of the world, breaking into darkness. As John 1:4-5 tells us, "In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it" (ESV; emphasis added).

Happy New Year! This Sunday Pastor Emanuel will be starting our sermon series through the book of Micah. We encourage you to read all seven chapters of Micah this week. Discussion questions are also available here. We will be having communion at the beginning of service this Sunday. Families with children (including Club 45 students), please check-in your nursery-age through 5th grade students and begin service with them in the sanctuary. They will be dismissed to their classes after we take communion.

Join us this Sunday as we gather and worship our God like whom there is no other! Our sermon passage will be Micah 1:1-7. We encourage you to read ahead in preparation for Sunday’s message. Discussion questions for Micah 1:1-7 can be found here.

There will be a budget meeting the Sunday prior to the Annual Meeting, January 19th, immediately after the service. This will be an opportunity to ask questions of Justin Kailer, the OBF Director of Finance, on the proposed 2025 budget. This meeting is open to both members and regular attenders.

This Sunday Pastor Emanuel will be continuing our series in the Book of Micah. Our passage of study will be Micah 2:1-5 and we encourage you to read ahead in preparation for the sermon. Discussion questions for Micah 2:1-5 can be found here. This Sunday we will resume two services and welcome back our Miami students! Our Student Ministry will also resume meeting in the Loft at 10:30am.

Sam Perry invites you to join him at theSummit Men's Retreat in Lebanon, OH next Friday, January 24th - Saturday, January 25th. Registration is only $25 for this event! For men interested in attending, please register here. Email Sam to coordinate travel and lodging, available in Lebanon. Scholarships are available to cover costs.

"Grow in your faith–celebrate life." Making Life Disciples is a course created by Care-Net, a gospel centered pro-life ministry, to equip individuals in the church community to offer compassion, help and hope to women and men facing pregnancy decisions. Register here and join us Sunday, January 26th, at 10:30am to start this 12-session course. You will learn how women and men can be transformed by the gospel of Christ and in turn, empowered to choose life for their unborn children and abundant life for their families.

Let's get ready to celebrate what God has done at Oxford Bible Fellowship this past year and look forward with great expectation for what He will do this year! Please join the Annual Meeting on January 26th at 5:00 PM! We would love to have every member and regular attendee come! We will be voting on the proposed budget and elder nominee, David Kahre. If you are unable to join us in person, the meeting will be live-streamed. If you're unable to attend, grab a proxy form. Any member who is unable to attend the Annual Meeting in person on January 28th should pick up a proxy form at the Next Steps area in the lobby or stop by the church office during business hours to pick one up. Lastly, sign up here for the chili cook-off (or bring another food item to share)! If you aren't interested in making chili, please write your name down in the Next Steps area to bring a side dish to contribute to the dinner. We will also email about the additional food items and you can let us know what you're bringing there.

It is hard to believe, but this Sunday we will already be in the month of February! Thank you to all of you who attended the annual meeting and participated in the chili cook-off this year. Our three judges had a delicious and difficult job Sunday night choosing a winner! Congratulations to Molly Cary on taking home the trophy this year! Thank you to everyone who helped make Sunday night a fun and huge success! We welcome and congratulate our newly appointed elder, Dave Kahre. May God grant him and the rest of the elders wisdom and tenderness as they lead and shepherd this church. Thank you to Page Farmer and Bob Mack for their faithful service to Christ and to Oxford Bible Fellowship these past several years. As the preacher in Hebrews 6:10 writes, "For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do." We are looking forward to being together again this Sunday morning as we worship Christ! We have a full and rich service planned. We will participate in the Lord’s Table, sing songs of worship, and hear God’s Word from Micah 2:6-11. In preparation for Sunday’s message, we encourage you to read the passage. Each week we provide discussion questions to help connect God’s Word to our lives. You can access this week’s discussion questions here.