Oxford Bible Fellowship

Sunday, March 10--John 11
2024-03-10 09:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York)
This Sunday Pastor Emanuel will preach through John 11. We encourage you to read the passage beforehand and make use of the study guide provided here.

Baptism Sunday
2024-03-10 09:00 - 11:30
Are you interested in being baptized as a public profession of your faith in Christ? The next baptisms will take place on Sunday, March 10th. If you would like to learn more about baptism and the opportunity to publicly declare your faith in Christ, please complete this interest form. Pastor Emanuel will follow up with you based on your submission!

Sunday Sermon: John 10:22-42
2024-03-03 09:00 - 11:30
Join us this Sunday as Pastor Emanuel walks us though the second part of John 10. Our passage of study will be John 10:22-42. We invite you to read ahead in preparation for Sunday’s message! Discussion questions for John 10 can be found here.

Membership Class--Postponed
2024-03-03 09:00 - 10:00
Our Membership Class is postponed until a later date. The majority of those interested aren’t available this weekend. Pastor Emanuel will reach out to those interested and we will communicate the new date, once scheduled.

Weekly Prayer
2024-02-27 18:30 - 19:30
Join Pastor Emanuel on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30PM to pray for our church, our town, our country, and our world!

Week of February 25th: Women's Spring Bible Studies
2024-02-25
We are looking forward to gathering again to study God’s Word in the spring 2024 season! We will study the second part of 1 Corinthians, chapters 10-16. There is no need to have studied 1 Corinthians in the fall to participate this spring. All are welcome! The 9-week study is expected to run from approximately February 25th – April 28th.
Please register here. You can pick up your book anytime during the church office hours Monday – Thursday, 9:00 – 4:00 PM, or in the Next Steps area after Sunday services. It will also be available at the first Bible study gathering, if you aren’t able to pick it up prior. If you have any questions, please contact the Women’s Ministry at women@obf.org.

Sunday, Feb 23- John 10:1-21
2024-02-23 08:00 - 17:00
We invite you to join us this Sunday as we spend time in John 10:1-21 looking at how Jesus is our Good Shepherd. We encourage you to read ahead in preparation for Sunday. If you are interested in accessing discussion questions for Sunday’s sermon, click here.

Community Group Luncheon
2024-02-18 12:00 - 13:30
Join us on February 18th from 12-1:15pm for the Community Group Luncheon. If you’re already in a community group, or are considering joining one, this lunch is for you!
We’d love for you to come connect with others from OBF, meet the community group leaders, and hear about how to take the next step into a community group! During our lunch we’ll talk more in depth about the vision for community groups over the next year and provide clear next steps to join a group. Click here to register so we can adequately prepare food.

Sunday, February 18: John 9
2024-02-18 09:00 - 11:30
This Sunday we have the joy of hearing from one of our elders as Jim Samland will be preaching from John 9. We encourage you to read ahead in preparation for Sunday morning! As always, we are also making discussion questions available for anyone interested. You can click here to access this week’s discussion questions.

Financial Peace University Class
2024-02-18 09:00 - 10:00
Join us for Financial Peace University, a 10-week program beginning February 18th at 9AM. It will be held in the Fireside Meeting Room downstairs, led by Brian Schlake. Each lesson will discuss a different topic designed to change the way you think about personal finance. Learn how to save money, live on a budget, communicate about money, eliminate debt, find bargains and experience the joy of financial freedom! Most importantly, you can gain confidence in how to steward the money God has entrusted to you well.
Please click here to register and pay the $69 for class materials. This amount will be reimbursed, if you attend 9 of the 10 weeks!

February 11: College Super Bowl Party
2024-02-11 18:00 - 21:00
Inviting all college students to kick-off the semester and join the Super Bowl party next Sunday at 6pm! Festivities will be hosted at Pastor Emanuel & Melissa’s house, 6314 Fairfield Rd, Oxford. There will be no college group this Sunday, the 4th.

John 8:31-59
2024-02-11 09:00 - 11:30
This Sunday we will be looking at these famous words of Jesus as he continues teaching in the temple. Our passage is John 8:31-59 and we encourage you to read ahead in preparation for Sunday. Discussion questions for this week’s passage can be found here.

February 10: Registration Deadline for Women's Conference
2024-02-10
The Gospel Coalition will be hosting its Women’s Conference, Behold and Believe, in Indianapolis from June 20-22nd! This will be a special time for worship, discipleship, and training from keynote speakers like Jen Wilkin, Ruth Chou Simons, and David Platt. In the keynote sessions, attendees will study passages from the gospel of John, dovetailing with our church’s current sermon series! Click here for a video encapsulating the themes of Behold and Believe and for more information.
Register here with discount code OBF20 for $20 off. Food and housing will be an additional cost. We are thankful to Barb Schrag for arranging the carpooling and housing details! Please email Barb at barbschrag@gmail.com by February 10th so she has time to book hotel rooms.

January 28: Annual Meeting + Chili Cook-off
2024-01-28 17:00 - 19:00
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! Here are a few ways you can prepare for this year’s Annual Meeting:
1. Click here to access the 2024 proposed budget. Physical copies are also available for pick up at the Next Steps area. Please note that our final year-end 2023 Financial Report will be available next week.
2. Come to the Budget Meeting on January 21 at 12:00 PM: We will meet in the sanctuary after the second service. During this time, questions surrounding the 2024 proposed budget will be covered. You can also email any questions to the elders at elders@obf.org.
3. Join the Annual Meeting on January 28 at 5:00 PM: We would love to have every member and regular attendee come to the annual meeting! We will be voting on the proposed budget and elder nominations. The elder bios are available in the Next Steps area. If you are unable to join us in person, the meeting will be live-streamed.

4. 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.
5. Sign up for the Chili Cook-Off: Sign up here to compete in the chili competition or sign up in the Next Steps area to bring something to contribute to the dinner! We will also email about the needed food items.

John 7:53-8:11
2024-01-28 09:00 - 11:30
This Sunday we return to two worship gatherings at 9:00AM and 10:30AM. We will continue our sermon series in John 7:53-8:11. There is much dispute over this “passage” and as such, we will examine it the same way we do every text: with careful study and plain explanation. As we encourage you to do each week, make sure to take a few minutes and read through our passage before Sunday! You may access this week’s discussion questions here.

January 21: Budget Meeting
2024-01-21 11:30 - 12:30
Members, please mark your calendars for a budget meeting after second service on Sunday, January 21. This will be a time for questions regarding the proposed 2024 budget.

Weekly Prayer Meeting- Tuesday 6:30-7:30PM
2024-01-09 18:30 - 19:30
Let us begin this new year submitting ourselves and this church to the Lord in prayer! As we’re encouraged in Philippians 4:6-7, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let [our] requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard [our] hearts and [our] minds in Christ Jesus” (ESV).

Sunday, Jan 7- John 6:1-21
2024-01-07 10:30 - 11:30
This Sunday we will be resuming our series through the Gospel of John. Pastor Emanuel will be preaching from John 6:1-21 as we look at the miracle of Jesus feeding the five thousand. We encourage you to read ahead in preparation for this Sunday. Discussion questions for this week’s passage can be found here.

Sunday, Dec 31- Revelations 3:7-13
2023-12-31 10:30 - 11:30
Happy New Year! We praise God for His faithfulness and provision in 2023 and look forward to how God will lead and direct us in the year ahead. This Sunday, Pastor Emanuel will be leading us through Revelation 3:7-13 as we look to become the kind of church that Christ calls us to be. We invite you and your family to join us this Sunday morning as we close out 2023 together as a church family. We will be resuming our preaching series in John after the new year.
Questions for reflection:
1. If you could only use one word, what word would describe your walk with Jesus in 2023?
2. What steps or actions are needed for you to build on where you are today in your journey of faith?

We will have one family service at 10:30am this Sunday, December 31st. There will be no Children’s Ministry and no Student Ministry. We invite all families to participate in the service, together!

December 24: Christmas Eve Service
2023-12-16 08:00 - 17:00
We are days away from our Christmas Eve service on December 24th, from 5:30-6:30pm! Following the service, there will be a cookie reception. This will be a special evening of anticipation and celebration as we gather as Christ’s body to remember His arrival. Please invite neighbors, family, and friends and participate with us on Christmas Eve!

Sunday, December 17
2023-12-16 08:00 - 17:00
Hello church family!
This Sunday we will be celebrating the third week of Advent and lighting the third candle which symbolizes joy. This has also been called the shepherd’s candle because of the declaration received by the angels–good tidings of great joy.
Our passage this Sunday will be Luke 1:59-80 and Pastor Emanuel will be walking us through the birth of John and the hymn of Zechariah. This passage is traditionally called the “Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel” because of Zechariah’s opening expression—“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel”. It is a song of benediction and praise for how God has worked to bring about the dawning of light in the coming birth of Christ.
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.” (ESV, Luke 1:66-68)
We encourage you to read the passage ahead of time and join us in God’s Word corporately on Sunday!

Sunday 12/10 --Isaiah 9:1-7
2023-12-10 09:00 - 11:30
Last week, as we began our advent series, we examined the darkness that resides, not only in our world, but in each one of us. This week our Director of Student Ministries, Justin Kailer, will continue our advent series by looking at Isaiah 9:1-7. We will examine how, at a particularly dark point in history for God’s chosen people, God promised a glorious light to dispel the darkness and bring illumination to the world.

Advent: December 3
2023-12-03 09:00 - 11:30
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. For the next four weeks we will study passages that foster our celebration of Christ’s first arrival, when Light broke into darkness. And together we will look ahead to His triumphal arrival, yet to come!
This Sunday we have the pleasure of hearing from our Pastoral Resident, Taylor Scott as he preaches from Genesis 6:1-8. Consider reading the passage ahead of time to better follow along.

Christmas Giving Tree
2023-12-03
November 5 & 12: Information Packets Available
The Christmas Gift Drive is Oxford Bible Fellowship’s ministry to help local children who are in need by partnering with Talawanda School District. Our goal is to provide 100 children with Christmas gifts this year!
WHY PARTICIPATE
This ministry gives us an opportunity to share Christ’s love by helping meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of local children.
HOW YOU CAN HELP

Select a child’s information packet on November 5th or 12th and receive a gift tag.
Purchase and wrap the child’s desired Christmas gift(s). Affix gift tag to the wrapped Christmas gift(s).
Return wrapped Christmas gift(s) to the church by December 3rd.
It is important that Christmas gifts are returned on time!
If you would like to help deliver the gifts, please contact Ellen at eljo13@yahoo.com.

Woman's Christmas Blitz
2023-12-01 18:00 - 20:30
Ladies, mark your calendar for Friday, December 1st! We hope you will join us for the women’s ministry Christmas Blitz from 6-8:30PM. The gathering will be a festive time of food, fun, and frenzied activity as we deck the halls of the church! This is a great opportunity to kick off the Christmas season in fellowship over dinner and decorating. Invite a friend and get to know other women in our community. Please RSVP here by November 24th so that we have an accurate headcount for catering! Festive/ugly Christmas sweaters are highly encouraged! We can’t wait to see you there!

November 26: Thanksgiving Family Service
2023-11-26 10:30 - 11:30
We will have one family service at 10:30am on Sunday, November 26th. There will be no Children’s Ministry and no Student Ministry. We invite all families to participate in the service, together!

Memorize John 1:1-14 With Us!
2023-11-26
During our John series, we invite you to memorize the first 14 verses with us. This can be something fun to work on as a family, small group, or within your friend group. Consider using this process from the Navigators on how to memorize scripture.

Finance Meeting (Rescheduled)
2023-11-19 11:30 - 12:30
The Finance Committee will be hosting a 3rd-quarter finance meeting after second service on November 19th. This meeting will take place in the sanctuary.

Baptism Sunday
2023-11-19 09:00 - 11:30
Are you interested in being baptized as a public profession of your faith in Christ? The next baptisms will take place on Sunday, November 19th. If you would like to learn more about baptism and the opportunity to publicly declare your faith in Christ, please complete this interest form. Pastor Emanuel will follow up with you based on your submission!

Discipleship Jumpstart
2023-11-19 09:00 - 10:15
We all need others. We need others who will ask how we are doing, concern themselves with our growth and maturity, and offer love and grace in our brokenness. We also need others that we can come alongside to encourage, strengthen, and mentor towards a more mature relationship with Christ.
If you have considered inviting someone to invest in your own spiritual maturity but didn’t know how or what that could look like, Discipleship Jumpstart is for you! If you have wanted to invest in the spiritual maturity of others but didn’t know how to get started, Discipleship Jumpstart is for you!
Join us on November 19th from 9-10:15am, for an interactive time that will help to jumpstart a culture of discipleship at OBF! Please register here.
