Current Bulletin
Welcome to OakStone Community Church
November 1, 2026
Message: “He is the image of the invisible God”
Passage: Hebrews 1:1-4 | Speaker: Pastor Bill Wolter
Upcoming Events & News
Save the Date
Women’s Ministry Christmas Brunch, December 12th at the Church from 10AM
to 12PM.
Women’s Ministry Christmas Brunch Meeting
November 15th, immediately after service in the Fellowship Room. All ladies are welcome to attend.
Women’s Monday Morning Bible Study – 9-10 AM
Our study is cancelled this coming Monday
We will be meeting at the church in the Fellowship Room. You are invited to join us this week as we continue our study that focuses on the Attributes of God. For more information contact Janet at janetwolter51@gmail.com.
Tuesday Evening Bible Study – 6:30-7:30 PM
You are invited to join us as we continue our study in Philippians. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Bill at (951) 970-2262.
Birth Choice Baby Supplies
Please remember to pick up some supplies for Birth Choice as you are out and about today. Thank you for being His hands and feet to those who have babies.
Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
Bringing joy and Jesus to children around the world. You can return your boxes to church any time between now and November 15th. Debbie will get them to the drop off location. God bless you for your generosity!
Missionaries to Pray for This Month – Global Recordings Network
GRN is a leading provider of Christian evangelistic and discipleship audio visual materials to the least reached language groups of the world. Their passion is to work where there are no translated Scriptures and no viable local church, or where a written Scripture or portion is available, but where there are few if any who can read it or make sense of it. Audio visual materials are a particularly powerful evangelism medium as they communicate the gospel in story format suitable for oral learners. Since they began in 1939, they have produced recordings in around 6,500 languages. That’s over 1 language per week! Many of these are the least reached language groups in the world.
Please pray for the ministries & missionaries that OCC supports on a monthly basis
Birth Choice of Temecula; Colina de Luz: Jim Drake; Global Recordings Network; Mercy Projects: Pastor Jeff & Paula Thompson; MAF Missionaries: John & JoAnn Munsell; Calvary Chapel Bacolod: Pastor Joe & Billie Rosmarino; MAF Missionaries: Will & Julie White.
Important Information
PLEASE there is no food or drink, except water with a lid, allowed in the sanctuary. We thank you for your co-operation.
Our FOOD PANTRY is available for those who need it.
An AUDIO LISTENING DEVICE is available for those who need assistance in hearing the message. Inquire at the sound booth.
The Heart of a Shepherd
Isaiah 55:8-9 “‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,’ says the LORD. 9 ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.'”
I received a phone call many years ago from a father who wanted to talk about fear, his. He explained to me that his son had just been diagnosed with lymphoma and he was troubled that his first thought was to expect and to fear the worst. He asked me if his
response was a normal response. I assured him that for most of us, expecting the worst and fearing the worst is usually our first thought.
We question our Lord: Lord, how will we get through this?
We ask God for a plan: Lord, what can I do to get my son out of this mess?
We confront our Lord as to why: Father, why have you allowed this to come upon my beloved son and our family?
Amazingly, God has a plan and I assured him that God’s plan was for his son’s good, even though it was hard to understand this part of the plan. God’s provision for his son is all that his son had need of. This is just the part of the plan where he would get to walk by faith and not by sight.
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.”
It is in the fiery furnace of life that we realize just how close our God is to us and we are to Him.
Hebrews 13:5b-6a “For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ 6 So we may boldly say: ‘The LORD is my helper; I will not fear.'”
As we start each and every day, let us live life in light of His promises and His provision and His Plan.
Pastor Bill
(reprint from January 3, 2010)