A few of OBC's children's ministry leaders weigh in on some resources for engaging your children with the gospel during a global pandemic -- or any time....
A Spiritual Care Survey for Occoquan Bible Church April 2020...
Watch this video from the elders to learn more about what's happening in OBC's ministries as we practice "social distancing." Let us consider how to stay connected and care for one another during these days!...
Dear OBC Family, In response to the global pandemic of COVID-19, your elders want to share a few thoughts with you related to our gatherings at Occoquan Bible Church. While we are not medical professionals and cannot tell you what to do medically, and while we do believe that this illness is serious, we also believe that the reporting of this disease has often been deli...
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son,that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 John 3:16 is a wonderful and familiar verse. It is wonderful, as it encapsulates the gospel in a single verse. Impelled by love, God sent his son to die in the place of sinners, so that in the resurrection, those who believe on him will...
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Our sermon series is called "Seeing is Believing." And this week we will see why. Throughout John 1, we see how John leads his readers to look at Jesus. This is achieved by an overwhelming attention to words that focus on seeing and actions that facilitate sight. Consider a few ways this happens. First, you have fourteen places where sight is mentioned explicitly. Joh...
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We invite you to check-out the OBC Bookshelf, and learn what we'll be reading in 2020!...
Keep Reading This Sunday we begin a new sermon series called Seeing is Believing, a study on the Gospel of John. As we look forward to hearing God's message in this book, it might be helpful to begin to consider the why John wrote this book, how he wrote this book, and why we are going to spend many months learning from it. First, John makes it really simple to understand why he w...
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This Sunday, our church is focusing our attention on global missions as we welcome Darren Carlson. Darren is the founder of Training Leaders International, an organization dedicated to equipping pastors and strengthening churches all over the world. As a point of connection, one of our members, Bruce Forsee, is teaching overseas with TLI this week. Please remember Bruc...
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January 22 marks the Anniversary of Roe v Wade. In the 47 years since that Supreme Court case, and its accompanying case (Doe v Bolton), more than 61 million babies have been aborted in our country. Put into perspective, this means that 61 million babies created by God, made in the image of God, and created for the glory of God, have been killed in the place where God bri...
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Do you find yourself in God's gospel story week to week? How does the gospel inform worship? What should we include and exclude in our Sunday morning services? These are just a couple of the questions Mike Cosper answers in his book, Rhythms of Grace: How the Church's Worship Tells the Story of the Gospel. Written by a pastor who has led music in the church for decades,...
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