Olean Community Church

Hello friends and church family. Here's a reminder about a significant event, honoring the life of our brother in the Lord, Charlie Brown. On Charlie Brown Day 05/23 (yes it is), we will thank God and express gratitude as we remember the remarkable life of our friend and mentor!

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilisationsthese are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploitimmortal horrors or everlasting splendours. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn: We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriouslyno flippancy, no superiority, no presumption. And our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinnerno mere tolerance, or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment. C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory

Here's a beautiful cover of the song, Defender, by our own Nadine Garrett. Thank you for the reminder of God's faithfulness toward us!

Here's your Monday Morning Minute. :-) BE ENCOURAGED!

A2Q, Answers to Questions... do you have questions about the Bible's answers to life's questions? Just Private Message us and we will, with your permission, answer them as honestly as we can, with a gracious heart!

This week's Monday Morning Minute is a bit longer, but well worth your time. Take a listen and be encouraged. Thank you Emily Scull for the beautiful reminder, performed beautifully. Happy Monday everyone and have a blessed week!