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Hey Brother, Can You Share Some Change? It's probably happened to you. You're at church one Sunday morning and see a face that doesn't look familiar. Wanting to be a good host, you approach and introduce yourself. "Are you new to OBC?" you ask. "Well I've been attending for about 6 months," they reply. After overcoming your initial embarrassment for failing to recogniz...

Yesterday, Ben Purves, our Pastor for Student Ministries at Occoquan Bible Church, continued our series on spiritual disciplines. What follows are some discussion questions and resources to go deeper in Psalm 119....

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in him." Lamentations 3:2224 With every new day, God grants new mercies. And the same is true with the dawning of a new year. Just as Israel participated in annual feasts that...

As we begin 2017, our church has taken January to focus on a handful of spiritual disciplinespersonal and public. The first in our series is prayer. But instead of just commending its importance and techniques to help, I took the route of seeing how God forms desire for prayer in our hearts. By drawing near to God, by remembering the promises of his Word, and by desiring ...

The new year is always a good time to recalibrate habits and reconsider spiritual disciplines. Over the next month, we will do both at Occoquan Bible Church. First, as we begin the new year, we will be starting some new habits with regards to worship services, church communications (in the form of an app), and Bible reading. Read these blog posts to learn more: A new ...

Do you have a Bible reading plan for 2017?...

Taking your child to the Sunday worship service can be jarring, but helpful! Pastor Jared Bridges, Elder over Family Ministry at OBC, believes this is helpful for discipleship, education, tradition, and opportunity....

A story from WWI reminds us that there's still hope in the worst of times. In December of 1914, British soldiers heard German troops singing Christmas Carols. In the dark, huddled in their cold trenches, the British soldiers wondered what to make of this. But soon, they joined in the singing. And so, through Christmas Eve, the two warring armies celebrated the birth of the...

Few passages of Scripture are heavier than Matthew 2:1618, the historical account of Herod's slaughter of the innocent children in Bethlehem. But few passages are also able to reach the depths of human loss and comfort the grieving in their deepest pain. When read in conjunction with Jeremiah 31:15, which Matthew quotes in verse 18, we find in Matthew's Gospel a promise o...

As we are getting close to the new year, I'm glad to share news about a few things that are coming quickly this January: (1) We have created an Occoquan Bible Church App, and (2) we are transitioning to an improved mobile and desktop giving system. The OBC App In the next few weeks we will be launching an Occoquan Bible Church app for iOS and Android devices. As we live ...