Oxford SDA Sabbath Service 17th January 2026

Communication team
5 days ago
4 min read

And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for He is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Hebrews 10:21-25 (KJV)

Announcements

Prayer Ministries:
1. Our Tuesday, Mid-week prayer and bible study sessions take place in-person at the Church and on Zoom. Please invite friends, and neighbours, as we stand in the gap, seeking the Lord in Prayer and bible study. We would also like to remind the church community (those who are willing and able) that we will be fasting and praying every other Tuesday of the week in our respective homes. Testimonies and breakthroughs will be shared when we meet for prayer at 7pm at Oxford Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Church Choir: The music department is inviting new members to join the Church Choir. If you are interested, please see Bro. Kofi or Sis. Nicole for more information.
Our Prison ministries team are planning the next visitation this January (details to follow). If you wish to join and participate, or if you need induction, please contact Sis. Patience (Oxford) to register (or Elder Barrett - Banbury). Please pray for this ministry as it grows from strength to strength.
Pastor Tim conducts Baptismal classes for anyone who would like to be baptised or would like to participate in the studies. Please contact one of the elders or Pastor Tim on 07971186530 if you would like to take part.
Next Sabbath, 24th January, 2026:
1. Service Emphasis: Pathfinders & Adventurers (all day programme)
2. Eld on duty: Eld. Martin Mupandare
3. Catering: To be coordinated by Sis. Boi and Sithabile.
Our next board meeting is scheduled to take place in the evening of Sabbath, 17th January, 2026, at 7:00pm on the usual Church Zoom link. All board members are requested to attend.
All members are invited to attend, in-person, a Church business meeting scheduled to take place on Sabbath, 24th January, 2026 at 4:45pm at the Church.
SEC, BUC and other external announcements:
1. The Latest SEC Newsletter #174 — 16 January 2026
2. If you are interested in joining the SEC walking challenge from 1st January to 31 March, please Join the Oxford SDA Churches SEC Walking Challenge 2026 group, click on StepUp, a fun step challenge app. Please share with family and friends to join this fun and health initiative. This will end with a 5k ADRA Fundraiser Run.
3. The SEC Personal Ministries Department are very pleased to share a newly launched evangelism project designed to inspire and equip our members for mission. The project is titled, Evangelism-One-On-One. This 40-part video discipleship journey is designed to move members from witnessing fearfully to witnessing faithfully. These short, powerful lessons will be released weekly, and are ideal for small group study, personal growth, or outreach preparation.

Order Of Service

09:45am - 11:00am

Sabbath School Service

09:45am - 10:00am

Welcome & Prayer

Praise and Worship

10:00am - 10:50am

Adult Lesson Review:

Church Sabbath School Session:

SS 2026 Quarter 1: Uniting Heaven and Earth

Lesson 3: Life and Death

Memory Text: "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Philippians 1:21, NKJV).

Life itself in this fallen world is hard, even for the "best" of us. Job was a righteous man; the Bible says that he "was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil" (Job 1:1, NKJV). And yet, overnight, calamity struck him and his family. Who hasn't learned, either by personal experience or by seeing what happened to others, that life here is lived, it seems, on a precipice, and you never know when you will go over the edge? Suffering, to some degree, is the lot of us all. In the end, though, better to suffer for Christ's sake than for anything else.