Ladies of Okemos Community Church will meet on the 4th Wednesday morning of the month at Dusty’s Wine Bar at 7:30 a.m. This will be an informal time of conversation, lasting about an hour.  Any questions please cont the Okemos Community Church office at 517-349-4220

The Okemos Community Church Spring Break Work Project for youth and adults will take place April 1-5, 2012.  We will work with the Sunset Gap Community Center in Cosby, Tennessee.  Middle and high school youth are able to participate.  There is one more opportunity to help raise funds for this trip.  On Sat., Feb.11th, we will be baking cookies from 8:30am-12:30 pm. And will be selling them after both worship services on Sunday, Feb.12th.  The OCC Youth will be engage in our annual service project on Sat., March 24^th9-12 noon, when we will clean the sanctuary. From 11am to noon, we will meet with the parents of the youth going on this trip to deal with final questions or concerns.  This work project, in the past, has been a powerful and meaningful experience.  Make plans now to be a part of the project and the fund-raising activities.   If you have not expressed your interest yet, please contact Paul Hartman, plhartman@okemoscommunitychurch.org, or call the Okemos Community Church office at 517-349-4220, for more information.

The Okemos Community Church  Book Club will be meeting next on Tuesday, February 21st, at 7:00 p.m., in the Lounge, to discuss I Still Dream About You, by Fannie Flagg. This light-hearted novel tells the story of Maggie Fortenberry, a former beauty queen living in Birmingham, Alabama, and searching for meaning in her life.  A complete list of all O.C.C. Book Club selections and meeting dates are available from the church office.  We welcome everyone who likes to read and talk about books!

Okemos Community Church is planning our next “Sunday on Saturday” for April 21^st. at 5pm in our Chapel. Please save the date for a wonderful time of worship and fellowship.

Okemos Community Church Food Bank   has been serving our community for over 25 years. We are a member of the Greater Lansing Food Bank. (Pantry b-O-00448-30) Client referrals come from the Ingham County Department of Social Services 517-8874957 and also from Meridian Township Human Services.  As we have very limited facilities for fresh or frozen items, clients are also given a gift card, according to size, to shop at Meijers. It has been exciting to see youth involved in food drives from churches, schools and scouting . This year as over half of the recipients of the OCC Food Bank are ages 0-17years.  We are grateful for your support to meet the  increasing need for food assistance in our own community. Our February  Shopping list includes the following :  Canned Meat - chicken, stew or  chilli, Peanut butter, Pasta Sauce, Hot & Cold Cereal, Tea, Hot Chocolate, Evaporated Milk   Please leave your non perishable food donations in the shopping cart outside the Church office or call the office (349-4220) to set up a drop off time.

Please note cash donations are always needed to purchase food to round out the donations so we can insure we are providing the recommended food assortment. Checks should be made payable to Okemos Community Church noting food panty in memo line. Thank you.  Please call the church office for more information. (517) 349-4220