How many times have you been told to take charge of your own destiny?  In her sermon “One Life to Live?” Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West challenges common cultural ideas about success.  As we continue to sit with our longing this Lenten season, she asks, “What true life might we discover when we willingly surrender the life we think we control?”  Click to watch.

Based on Mark 1:9-15, Pastor Lauren Colwell offers an invitation for us to enter the wilderness, join with the God of the desert, and sit with our longing this Lenten season.  Click to watch.

Well, do you?  Can you answer, "Certainly, Lord"?  With James 2:14-26 as his backdrop, Rev. Brandon Maxwell challenges us to have a faith that is not dead.  Click to watch.

The band CubanaSong shares their rendition of “Siento la nostalgia de palmeras” by Angel Peña and Guadalupe García.  CubanaSong members are Judith and Lisset Rodés, vocals and percussion; Karen Shipp, piano; and Jordan Dayan, bass.  Oakhurst member Lynn Farmer shares a story of her experiences in Cuba.  Click to watch.

Oakhurst Baptist members promise one another “...I will offer to know and love my sisters and brothers in this fellowship, and am willing to be known and loved by them…” As writer Glennon Doyle Melton shares, “We can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved.” Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West along with Oakhurst members Terri Sarratt, Bob Duvall, and Mary Margaret Yearwood share their experiences of being known and loved in the OBC community.  Click to watch.

On Sunday, January 21, Deacon Chair Sharlyn Menard charged the new and returning deacons with the integral work of caring for the needs of our congregation.  We grateful for these willing servants who offer love and compassion to others.  Click to watch.

In her sermon, Pastor Melanie Vaughn-West asks, "Who exactly does God love?"  Click to watch.

On Epiphany Sunday, Minister of Music Karen Bryant Shipp takes a look at the words of Frances Chesterton's poem "Here is the little door," set to music by Herbert Howells.  She asks us to consider what gifts we offer to the Christ child, and what consequences those hold for us.  Click to watch.

How can we possibly believe that God's light cannot be extinguished when evil seems rampant and our lives are filled with personal struggles?  Oakhurst member Anna Hall offers wisdom from the Gospel of John, the Cotton Patch, Watch Night traditions, and gardening to help us affirm God's light in our messy lives and strengthen our commitment to growing and shining that light in the New Year.  Click to watch.

As we continue to wait through the darkness of Advent, Pastor Lauren Colwell encourages us to allow the hope, peace, and love of all the earth to not simply perch on the outskirts of our lives, but live fully and completely in our hearts.  Click to watch.