Please join us for Holy Week at Oikos.  We will be celebrating the death and resurrection of Christ with three services.

On April 6:

Good Friday service at 7:00 pm at the church.

On April 8:

Sunrise service at 6:15 am at Zuanich Point Park (for directions, click here).

Easter service at 10:00 am at the church.

We hope to see you there!

Ash Wednesday is a day set apart for considering our weakness and mortality. At the same time, it begs us to be overwhelmed with a love for the Christ who saves us. As we seek him, he will—every day, and through disciplines like the celebration of Lent—give us a distaste for the sin in our own lives and the strength to overcome it.

As we begin our Lenten journey, we hope you’ll join us for our Ash Wednesday service on

February the 22^nd at 7:00 p.m.
You can RSVP here.

No childcare will be provided, families with children are encouraged to join us for the service.

In addition, we have prepared a prayer guide to help us as we enter Lent together. Copies of the booklet are available online, but you are welcome to take home a print copy after the Ash Wednesday service.

You can pick up your Prayer Guide on Sunday, or follow along online.

This prayer guide has been adapted from Redemption Hill Church in Richmond Virginia.

Want to learn more about Lent?

Week One | February 22-28

Fast: Treats & Self Indulgence

This week, resolve to spend nothing on yourself but what is absolutely necessary. Buy no new clothes or gadgets, books or music, don’t go to the movies or buy coffee or candy. Eat cheaply, save money (or give what you would have spent on coffee, treats, entertainment for the week to our benevolence offering). Keep journal entries of what happens inside when you deny yourself something you’ve become accustomed to or something you really want. How does it affect you? Why?

WED: Simplicity / Read: Matthew 6:19-34

Consider: In what ways have the things you own ended up owning you? Where could you simplify if you only had the will to do so? What are we really saying to God when we place such an importance on things? When we worry?

Pray: That your worry would melt into trust, that your desire for things would be redirected into a desire for God and His kingdom.

THU:

Pray your reflections from yesterday,use the Lord’s prayer as a prayer guide.

FRI: Greed / Read: Luke 12:13-21

Consider: Why does Jesus talk so much about money? How is an over-emphasis on material things corrosive to our souls and our world?

Pray: That God would show you where and how you are overly concerned about and tied to money, possessions and acquisition.

SAT:

Pray your reflections from yesterday, use the Lord’s prayer as a prayer guide.

SUN: Corporate prayer and feasting

MON: Relationship / Read: John 15:9-17

Consider: What has been the story of your relationship with Jesus? How has He pursued you? How have you pursued Him?

Pray: The God would help you know, feel and lean into the love of Jesus for you on a daily

basis.

TUE:

Pray your reflections from yesterday, use the Lord’s prayer as a prayer guide.

Date:              December 24th
Time:            6:00pm
Location:   Oikos Fellowship (map)

Please RSVP so we know you are coming!

 Christmas is coming up and we’re excited to celebrate together at the first Oikos Fellowship Christmas Party in our New Location! Come and join us on Saturday, December 3rd at 5:00pm for Food, Fun & Games, Songs and a Gift Exchange, and even a Gingerbread House Competition; more details below!

Who:

Friends and family of Oikos

What:

The 2011 Oikos Christmas Party; including Games, White Elephant Gift Exchange, a Feast, Candy House Competition and a Carol Sing-a-long!

When:

Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 5:00pm

Where:

Oikos Fellowship 216 Prospect St

Why:

A celebration of Christmas in which we gather in fellowship to remember the significance of the Birth of Christ Jesus!

Contact:

Mary Smith (360-970-9895) or visit the Facebook page.

What to Bring:

Food

• Marrieds bring desserts
• Singles bring sides and salads
• Families bring main courses.

Please bring serving utensil and label your food with what it is and what allergens might be/are present.

White Elephant Gift

• To exchange as a game at your table.
• $5 or under, could be a joke or something wonderful.
• Ornaments are an option.

(Optional) Gingerbread/Candy House for Competition:

• You are invited to make a house a community group or individuals to compete against others from the church.
• Feel free to make a house with a theme, as grandiose or as simple as you would like.

The most immediate change will be felt on Sunday mornings as we will now have the space to return to a single service! Please continue to pray for us as we take this next step: that God would bless this move, that He would equip us with what we need to handle to new challenge and opportunities that will come with it, and that He would give us a renewed desire to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed in the heart of Bellingham!

Please Join us at our new location Sunday Morning.

New Service Time: 10 AM