Author Archives: OHPC Admin

We welcome Kevin McAllister. We do not belong to the world, we belong to God. Imagine Pagan worship being in all aspects of your life. Are there places in your life that you’re made to feel unwelcomed? Are you the … Continue reading →

FaceBook has over 800 million users and growing, with an average of 130 friends per user. Good friends are only a “click” away. How many meaningful friends do you have on FaceBook, in church and in life? Christ isn’t a … Continue reading →

David had every right to bash Saul in his eulogy…yet he chooses the graceful way. Where and with whom do we need to be graceful, especially when we are in the gripes of grief?      2 Sam. 1   … Continue reading →

We don’t do to well with following in this day and time. The fact of the matter is: we can really identify more with the hired hands in this passage that the whole sheep business! That’s too bad…     John 10.11-18 … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe this brief passage of Acts! Really? Not a needy person among them? All things in common (My house is your house?) What happened between then and now? The fact of the matter is: “great grace is … Continue reading →

It’s hard to believe that the way a single word was pronounced could be the difference between life and death…but it was for the Ephraimites! What do the little things WE SAY (and do) communicate to others about where our … Continue reading →

Can you imagine how Mary must have felt when she looked into the tomb? We will try to imagine this morning what she felt, saw and thought on that resurrection morning.    John 20.1-18

At the end of Aron’s story he cries out I NEED HELP! So do we! AND…we celebrate those who have helped us. We will have a litany of healing and wholeness this morning.     John 12.12-19    2 Cor. 1.3-11

We welcome Rev. David Van Brakle.             Just like the  Berenstain Bears and the Messy Room, are your homes cluttered?  Your offices and  desks?  Maybe even your “lives” are cluttered?  Clutter becomes easier to live with, the longer we live around it.   Jesus saw clutter … Continue reading →

Our indulgence, arrogance and ignorance can create a big OOPS in our lives! The apostle helps the indulgent, arrogant and ignorant Greeks see that relationship with Christ can transform them. Acts 17.22-31 (portions)