Orillia Community Church

Orillia Community Church A Jesus-centered church in Orillia helping people connect, grow, and live out their faith. You don’t have to have it all together to belong here.

At OCC we believe church is for everyone – a place of enthusiasm and joy where the relevance of Jesus’ message for today is explored and celebrated. OCC isn’t perfect, but it’s real, honest, and a place where you can bravely ask questions about God and not feel uncomfortable. You don’t have to dress up. You don’t have to pretend your life is perfectly in order. You can find love no matter who you

are, where you’ve been, or what you’ve done. It’s a place where you can find hope and discover what having a relationship with Jesus is all about.

Share with a young friend!
06/23/2026

Share with a young friend!

This Sunday we were reminded that following Jesus was never meant to happen alone.Hebrews 10 calls us to "hold fast" to ...
06/23/2026

This Sunday we were reminded that following Jesus was never meant to happen alone.

Hebrews 10 calls us to "hold fast" to our hope in Christ, but it also reminds us that God often strengthens us through His people.

We all have a tendency to drift toward isolation. Life gets busy. We get discouraged. We pull back. Yet one of God's gifts to us is Christian community—people who encourage us, pray for us, remind us of truth, and help us keep following Jesus.

Church is not simply a place we go.
It is a people we grow with.

"Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works." — Hebrews 10:24

Midweek reminder:Growth isn't always visible.If you stood and watched a tree for an hour, it would seem like nothing was...
06/17/2026

Midweek reminder:

Growth isn't always visible.

If you stood and watched a tree for an hour, it would seem like nothing was happening.

Watch it for a year, and the growth becomes obvious.

The Christian life often works the same way.

God is often doing deep work long before we can see the results.

Keep showing up.

Keep praying.

Keep trusting.

Keep taking the next faithful step.

God is still at work.

What if spiritual growth is slower than you expected... and that's okay?One of the key truths we explored on Sunday is t...
06/16/2026

What if spiritual growth is slower than you expected... and that's okay?

One of the key truths we explored on Sunday is that Jesus never promised instant transformation.

Instead, He invites us into a relationship where He patiently forms us over time as we learn from Him.

The disciples spent three years walking with Jesus and were still learning, growing, and struggling. Yet Jesus never gave up on them.

The same is true for us.

Following Jesus is not primarily about arriving somewhere.

It is about walking with Someone.

Take the next step this week and trust that God is still at work, even when the growth feels slow.

What a great morning together at OCC.We celebrated baptisms, heard stories of God's faithfulness, and were reminded that...
06/08/2026

What a great morning together at OCC.
We celebrated baptisms, heard stories of God's faithfulness, and were reminded that the God who was faithful yesterday will be faithful tomorrow.

Thank you to everyone who shared their story with us.

"We will use these stones to build a memorial..." – Joshua 4:6

Midweek encouragement:Sometimes spiritual drift doesn’t look dramatic.It looks like prayer becoming occasional.It looks ...
06/04/2026

Midweek encouragement:

Sometimes spiritual drift doesn’t look dramatic.

It looks like prayer becoming occasional.
It looks like exhaustion replacing attentiveness.
It looks like slowly trying to carry life in our own strength again.

But Paul reminds us in Ephesians 6:
“Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.”

You do not have to manufacture the strength you need.
God has already provided what you need in Christ.

So before the week gets any busier today:
Slow down.
Pray honestly.
Stay connected to Jesus.
And remember you were never meant to stand alone.

On Sunday we talked about how spiritual drift rarely happens dramatically. Most of the time it happens gradually through...
06/02/2026

On Sunday we talked about how spiritual drift rarely happens dramatically. Most of the time it happens gradually through distraction, compromise, discouragement, or simply losing attentiveness to Christ over time.

In Ephesians 6, Paul reminds believers that we are not on neutral ground. The Christian life requires alertness, dependence on God, and a willingness to keep standing firm even when life feels heavy or distracting.

But the encouragement in this passage is that God has not left us on our own.

He gives us strength.
He gives us truth.
He gives us prayer.
He gives us one another.
And most importantly, He gives us Christ.

We are not fighting for victory. We are fighting from victory.

Midweek reminder:Christlike love is often much less dramatic than we imagine.Most of the time it looks like:• patience• ...
05/13/2026

Midweek reminder:

Christlike love is often much less dramatic than we imagine.

Most of the time it looks like:
• patience
• paying attention
• serving quietly
• carrying burdens nobody else sees
• continuing to love when it’s inconvenient

The world already knows what selfish relationships look like.
But humility, tenderness, forgiveness, and sacrificial love reflect something true about Jesus.

“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” — Romans 5:8

One of the big things we learned yesterday from Ephesians 5 is that this passage is not ultimately about power or contro...
05/11/2026

One of the big things we learned yesterday from Ephesians 5 is that this passage is not ultimately about power or control, it is about Jesus.

Before Paul ever speaks to husbands and wives, he says:
“submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21)

The foundation underneath Christian relationships is humility, sacrifice, service, and love shaped by the gospel.

The real centre of marriage is not the husband or the wife.
The real centre is Christ Himself.

And as the gospel shapes people, it begins to reshape how we speak, forgive, serve, and love one another.

Happy Mother’s Day from Orillia Community Church 💐Today we’re thankful for the many women who have loved, served, encour...
05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day from Orillia Community Church 💐

Today we’re thankful for the many women who have loved, served, encouraged, prayed for, and cared for others in quiet and faithful ways over the years.

We also recognize that Mother’s Day can carry many different emotions. For some it is joyful, for others it can be difficult or complicated. Wherever this day finds you, we want you to know you are welcome here.

Join us this morning at 10:00 AM as we worship together and continue our series through Ephesians.

📍 Orillia Community Church
🕙 Sundays at 10:00 AM

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64 Colborne Street E
Orillia, ON
L3V1T6

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