News & Notes

Welcome to our “News & Notes” blog!
Here you can find all the latest updates on what’s happening at Community Church Oshkosh.

REMINDER! This weekend daylight saving time will end. Set your clock back one hour on Saturday night.

Vertical Worship in Concert is coming to Community Church Saturday, November 13th @ 7pm. Tickets are on sale NOW at community-church.com/verticalworship.

Make a difference in the life of a child! Fill an Operation Christmas Child shoebox! We have lots of empty shoeboxes, so make sure to pick one up today! Filled shoeboxes should be returned to church by November 21.  If you have any questions, please contact Kim Patterson in the church office.

November is National Runaway & Homeless Youth Prevention Month. Community Church is partnering with Boys & Girls Club and “Youth on the Move” to help spread awareness and shine a light on youth homelessness. You will notice green footprints on the front doors marking us as a safe spot and supporter. The footprints are a way to let youth know that as they walk, they are never alone, they walk with their community.

Perspectives is coming to Community Church in 2022, starting January 18th. Perspectives  is a fifteen-week course designed around four vantage points or "perspectives" — Biblical, Historical, Cultural and Strategic. Each one highlights different aspects of God's global purpose. God has a "world-sized" role for every Christian in His global purpose. Whether people go to distant countries or stay at home is a secondary issue. The primary issue is what most people are hungry to discover: vision to live a life of purpose. Discovering that vision makes this course valuable, and perhaps crucial, for any Christian. For more information or to sign up go to perspectives.org.

Bless a Family is a ministry to help families in need or to encourage families during the Christmas season. If you know of a family that could use assistance please nominate them at community-church.com/blessafamily.  Applications are due November 7th.

Fair Trade Festival November 13 9am - 2pm (Short presentation and style show at 11am) Shop fair trade gifts for the holidays. Your purchases create dignified employment for women escaping human trafficking and cyclical poverty.

Craft & Bake Sale Saturday, November 20th 8am-3pm at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Stop by 2450 W. 9th Avenue Oshkosh for this annual event.

Young Adult Taco Supper & Games November 14th 4:30-9:30pm at Community Church.  Sign up at community-church.com/youngadult.

Celebrate Recovery meets every Friday from 6-8pm at 100 City Center.  If you would like to get connected with the group, please contact Ron Paulick.  Come find freedom from your hurts, habits, and hangups and live the life God desires for you to live.  

Mission Guides is taking a team to Guyana July 30 to August 6, 2022. The team will be assisting the local church in holding a VBS for the children in Parika. If interested in joining the team, contact Deb Houts  at dhoutsie34@yahoo.com or Jeff Hollenbeck at MissionGuides@new.rr.com.   CLICK HERE for additional information. 

Community Kids will meet this Sunday for Nursery - 6th grade during the 8:30am & 11:00am service.  Foundations meets at 10am with classes for all ages.

Community Kids is hosting an Operation Christmas Child Packing Party & Bake Sale this Sunday during Foundations. Community Kids will be packing shoe boxes to send to children world wide. This is a great opportunity to share the Gospel with children that may have never heard about Jesus' love!
The Cafe' will be open all morning with a Bake Sale! The donations raised during the Bake Sale will be used to cover the cost of shipping the Operation Christmas child boxes.
We need your help with donations! Please sign up to help at community-church.com/packingparty.

FOUNDATIONS for Community Kids
November 7 - Service Project (Operation Christmas Child Packing Party & Bake Sale)
November 14 - Community Kids Choir*
November 21 - Community Kids Choir*
November 28 - No Foundations

*The Community Kids Choir will be leading worship during the 8:30am & 11am services in the Worship Center on Sunday, December 19th. If your kids would like to participate, please have them attend both November Community Kids Choir dates.

Snow Duels is the CSM Winter Retreat for Middle School and High School students you won't want to miss. Join us January 28-30, 2022 at Silver Birch Ranch Camp. Get ready for your relationship with God to grow deeper through a weekend of fun, fellowship, inspiration, and lots of snow! SIGN UP NOW with Early Bird Registration and receive $10 off.

CSM is looking for VOLUNTEERS to help serve in the Cafe' on Wednesday nights for our Middle & High School students. During the evening students have an opportunity to grab nachos, soda and popcorn in the cafe. Sign up to help serve these items at community-church.com/csmserve.

Join us for worship at 8:30am & 11am as we continue in our series, Manifest looking at 1 John 2:18-27. We will be celebrating the Lord's Supper during the morning service. Community Kids will be meeting during both worship services for children nursery - 6th grade. Foundations will be meeting at 10am with classes for children - adults.

The first Sunday of every month we collect a special offering for our Samaritan Ministry. This offering is for those in our community who may be going through a difficult time. You can also give online at community-church.com/give and select ‘samaritan’.

Here are the songs we will be singing:
We Are Royals - Hour Songs
Raise A Hallelujah - Bethel Music
Way Maker - Leeland
King Of My Heart - Bethel Music

Cafe' On Ryf
Stop in the Cafe' this Sunday and grab some baked goods from the Community Kids Bake Sale. They are raising funds to help send Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes to children this Christmas. The shoeboxes are a great opportunity to share the Gospel to children that may have never heard about Jesus' love!  

Here is the sermons from last week:

Community Kids
Sunday, November 7
Service Project (Operation Christmas Child Packing Party & Bake Sale)

CSM - The Bridge
5th-7th Grade (Room 7)
Foundation of Church Life

CSM - High School
Grades 8th - 12th (Room 6)
How To Read Your Bible

Adult Classes
Sunday,November 7th
Where'd Your Bible Come From (Worship Center)
Christian Disciplines (Room 1)
Starting Point  (Board Room)

Sunday service is available via live stream at 8:30 & 11am.  We will be celebrating the Lord's Supper during the morning service if joining us online, please prepare elements to participate with us.

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