Deacons

Special Needs and Pastoral Care
Fellowship
Wellness Council
Presbyterian Women

Deacons                                                                      Women's Retreat Sock Auction to benefit Mercy Ships

Our board of Deacons at Oxford Presbyterian Church is composed of twelve members elected by the congregation. Through out the year, the Deacons are responsible for taking care of the special needs of the church, fellowship dinners and events, and helping to serve Communion.

Special Needs and Pastoral Care

Deacons will take care of special needs of the congregation, including:

~arranging for transportation to and from Sunday services

~"Keep In Touch" groups, connecting each church member to a Deacon or Elder

~"Card and Cookies" for college students

~CD recordings of Worship Services for homebound members

~Cradle Roll for new babies and their parents

~Thanksgiving Fruit Baskets for homebound members

Fellowship

Our church picnic goes for a hayride at Nottingham Park!!

Pot luck fellowship dinners throughout the year

Our Famous Deacons' Easter Breakfast! Every Easter morning in Fellowship Hall 7:30 -10:30 a.m.

Hanging of the Greens-dinner and decorating for Christmas, at the beginning of Advent

Wellness Council

A Christ-centered, wholistic ministry promoting healing and wellness of Body, Mind, Soul and Spirit, while proclaiming the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.

We want to see the church as a community where there is a supportive environment from the beginning of life until it ends.

Services and events we have provided include:

-Blood pressure screenings  monthly                    

-CPR classes                                                               

-Walking Club                                                              

-Healthy Living Fair 2008

-Health and Wholeness Bulletin Board

-Prayer Shawl Ministry

-Weight Management Program

Parish Nurse Ministry includes:                              

-home visits

-telephone visits

-hospital visits

-nursing home visits

-consultation: health issues, spiritual and emotional support

-prayer....for individuals and for health and wholeness of OPC

"We pray that you may enjoy good health, and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well...." John 3:2

Presbyterian Women,USA Website-click here                                   

All women in the congregation are invited to :

JOIN all Presbyterian Women in continuing our heritage in global mission, our advocacy for human rights, and in the empowerment of women, locally and worldwide-

SHARE your gifts and talents freely so that the community of faith and you, personally, will be spiritually enriched-

DEVELOP your skills in leadership for meaningful action and witness to God's love and saving grace-

TAKE an active part in gatherings and Bible study groups so that your horizons will be expanded-

CELEBRATE the Good News with others in our church family, recognizing diversity and uniqueness, so that we may become a strong voice for justice, peace, and love in our local, national, and world community.

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