By JOY KINGSBURY/for The Herald — The Church of the Nazarene, pastored by Mark Pounds for the past six years, is minister to a busy, bustling church congregation of approximately 170. The church has become a beacon of outreach for the Oakridge/Westfir area. Mark has been ministering to his flocks in different locations for some thirty-nine years. He is married to Kathryn, who teaches music in the Oakridge schools.
The Nazarene’s find it very important to support the communities. They have a long list of outreach programs including providing meals for the Warming Center, a food pantry for the general population, among the many others listed here. Their church is here for your spiritual, emotional, and physical needs and are prepared to serve you.
Pastor Mark welcomes all persons to attend services. Services are each Sunday morning at 9:45 for Bible study and 11:00 AM for worship service for adults and children. There is a Youth Group for 6th to 12th graders on Sunday at 4:30 PM in the afternoon, with a meal, Bible lessons and Games. The membership is growing with fifty students currently enrolled.
Services provided by the Church of the Nazarenes:
- Advocate for the homeless
- Help provide meals for the warming center
- Care team
- Backpack/school supplies giveaway
- Monthly grief recovery group with a licensed therapist
- coat closet
- Food pantry
- Benevolence fund
- Community “Trunk or Treat” at Halloween
- Meals on Wheels and senior meals
- Hosting of community groups
- Thanksgiving community dinner
- Scholarship program for summer camps
- Age 50+ fellowship and activity group
- Angel Tree Christmas program
- Youth groups for junior and senior high school students
- Prayer ministry
- Sponsoring of fellowship of Christian athletes at Oakridge Jr High
- Friendship bread giveaway
- Help firefighters during fire season
- Fitness group for the community
If your are new to our community, or unchurched at this time, please consider calling on Pastor Mark. Or, you may simply attend services and you will be welcomed. The church is here for all residents and visitors to Oakridge and Westfir. It’s located at 48187 Highway 58. The phone number is 541-782-3265.
George Custer lives in Oakridge with his wife Sayre. George is a former smokejumper from his hometown of Cave Junction, a former captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. and ran a construction company in Southern California. George assumed the volunteer duties as the Editor of the Highway 58 Herald in 2022. He loves riding his Harley-Davidson motorcycle, building all things wood, and playing drums on the weekends in his office.
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