{"id":119,"date":"2020-05-30T15:41:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T15:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test2.ocf.org.uk\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2021-04-10T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T20:04:55","slug":"ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/?page_id=119","title":{"rendered":"Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Small Groups<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">During the week, smaller groups will meet in the homes of church members to pray, worship, study the scriptures and enjoy being together.\u00a0\u00a0Most church members join in these activities which are led by committed members of the church.\u00a0\u00a0Learning together to grow and be transformed by God\u2019s Word is a feature of our regular church life, as well as periodical \u2018special classes\u2019 (e.g. for those wishing to be baptised, or for stages of life such as marriage or parenthood).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Kids Church<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">For ages 4-10, this takes place during the Sunday morning service.\u00a0 Cr\u00e8che facilities are also available for younger children and babies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Youth Group<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">11-16 Youth Group meets during the Sunday morning service to explore and study the Word of God in a relevant and vibrant way.\u00a0 Social activities are also arranged, such as concerts, bowling and cinema visits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Street Pastors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ormskirk Street Pastors started in January 2011, and is part of a national initiative under the auspices of Ascension Trust.\u00a0 As volunteers, we patrol regularly at weekends in Ormskirk town centre, listening, caring and helping.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>School Pastors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ormskirk School Pastors was launched in September 2019.\u00a0 We support two local high schools: St. Bede&#8217;s and Ormskirk High School.\u00a0 Teams patrol outside the schools offering friendship, safety and care to the pupils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Debt Advice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">West Lancashire Debt Advice is a free face to face debt advice service set up by Churches Together in Ormskirk and run from Langham hall at Emmanuel Methodist United Reformed Church, Derby Street, Ormskirk, L39 2DE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">They have client sessions by appointment twice a week:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Monday Evenings<\/strong>\u00a07:00 \u2013 9:00 pm<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Thursday Afternoon<\/strong>\u00a02:00 \u2013 4:00 pm.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Thursday afternoons<\/strong>\u00a0are also drop-in sessions when you can come along without an appointment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Ormskirk Foodbank<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ormskirk foodbank was set up by the local churches to help in times of crisis by providing much needed food.\u00a0 We don\u2019t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry. That\u2019s why we provide three days\u2019 nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people who are referred to us in crisis.\u00a0 We are part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by The Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ormskirk Ambassadors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">At the request of WLBC and in conjunction with Ormskirk Street Pastors, we have a presence in Ormskirk Town Centre on market days, offering a friendly face and reassurance to local people and visitors to the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Community Blessings<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">We give gifts to encourage and bless staff in shops and new businesses in the town, as well as to people who serve our community, such as teachers, refuse collectors, station staff, hospital staff and postal workers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small Groups During the week, smaller groups will meet in the homes of church members to pray, worship, study the scriptures and enjoy being together.\u00a0\u00a0Most church members join in these activities which are led by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocf.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}