A Salute to the Real Lifesavers
We toss around the term “lifesaver” rather casually these days, but if you have ever been in a life-threatening situation, you can certainly appreciate those who put their lives on the line to save ours. Firefighters, paramedics, police officers, doctors, nurses, and other emergency personnel are true heroes.
This Sunday, Oak Chapel will honor our local First Responders and medical professionals at our worship service and immediately following at our monthly Fellowship Dinner. We hope you can join us and bring a side dish, salad, or dessert to share. Former College of Wooster head basketball coach and current Evangelism team captain at Oak Chapel, Steve Moore, will deliver an inspirational message for our guests after our meal.
The Gospel of John makes clear the significance of one’s willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice with this familiar passage from Verse 13 from Chapter 15 — “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down [one’s] life for [another].” First Responders do this every day as part of their call of duty, so we thought it would be appropriate to show our gratitude.
We hope that you can join us, and make our local heroes feel welcome by bringing your favorite food, displaying your trademark hospitality, and showing them just how much we appreciate all that they do.
Also, don’t forget that this is “Jingly Buckets” Sunday. We will be collecting loose change (and paper currency, too, if you wish). Money collected will go to Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.