Events – Open Door Presbyterian Church

News & Events

Be in the know.

you lost?

If you would like to sign up for our church-wide emails, please contact Anita at anita.lee@odpcec.org.

More and more of our urgent and time-sensitive news will be sent through these emails.

Coronavirus Updates
Please see the latest Coronavirus updates from Pastor John.

Regarding Sunday Worship on 8/9

1) You can either join us onsite at our 9:20 AM service or online at 9:20 AM or 11:20 AM (Recorded). Please check our website and our church-wide email up to the last minute as there may be changes in guidelines and decisions. 2) If you are joining us onsite, you will have to pre-register. You will not be allowed to enter the building unless you pre-register.

The link for this Sunday (8/9) is:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4DADA92DA7FF2-august1

We can now accomodate up to 94 people, but 20 of the spaces will already be taken up by staff and volunteers. Gradually, we will open the service to more and more people as we have more trained volunteers.

During the next few months, we will not be allowing children younger than 9th grade to attend. Parents bringing younger children will be asked to return home. There is no Children's Ministry onsite in the foreseeable future. And, the SMC will be open for rising Sophomores to rising Seniors (Class of 2021-2023) this Sunday.

3) Prepare to bring your mask. Members will be required to wear their mask while in the building.

4) Prepare to arrive 15-20 minutes early for temperature screening. To help us get accurate readings with our laser thermometer, please avoid drinking hot or cold drinks one hour before you are screened.

5) Park every other space. You will enter through the gym doors (2 doors on the left) where we will perform temperature checks and screening.

6) Follow instructions regarding our uni-directional traffic flow in the church, our 6 ft social distancing, and our assigned seating in the sanctuary. Hand sanitizers are available (especially as you enter our building and as you leave). Restroom use will be limited for emergency use only.

7) There will be limited fellowship in the gym after the service. Tables will be set up with 4 chairs per table. We encourage you to fellowship, but keep your masks on and continue to practice social distancing.

Our building will be professionally cleaned and disinfected before and after our service.

We will be posting more information in the upcoming days. If you have any questions, please contact any of our staff at odpcec@gmail.com.

ODPC EC Prayer Wall

Do You Have Prayer Requests?)

If you or others need prayer, please reach out to any of our staff or Pastor John at john.cha@odpcec.org. We will pray for you every Tuesday morning. You can also post your prayer requests at https://www.odpcec.org/prayer-wall

If you want to join us in praying for others, go to the prayer wall and click the "I want to pray" button as you pray for the requests on the wall.

Grove Pre-Registration for Sunday Worship

Starting from 6/28, the Grove will be worshipping at the SMC for 9:20am worship service (class of 2021 only).

For pre-registration and information, visit https://yg.opendoorpc.org/

Coates Elementary Fall Clothing Drive

Purge your kids winter clothes and please consider helping families in need prepare their children for the upcoming school year. Love Herndon will be collecting new or gently used children's (elementary school age) Fall/Winter clothing such as socks, underwear, girls leggings, sweat pants, long sleeve shirts, and winter jackets. Please leave them in the Bin at the EC church entrance. For questions, please e-mail: TK.Watanabe@odpcec.org

Diaconate Fund

NEW! Did you know our church now has a Diaconate Fund? As the newest part of our Care Ministries, the Diaconate Fund is a way for our church to take care of those in need in our midst through short-term financial relief.

What is our Diaconate Fund? Watch the video on our website (http://www.odpcec.org/mercy) for general info and details on how to apply and contribute to the fund.

Reserving the Turf Field

With the weather heating up, many people are using our turf field for activities. The turf field is OPEN, but please make reservations through the church office by emailing admin@odpcec.org. We want to make sure that the turf field does not get too crowded. Priority will be given to those with reservations. In the case of scheduling conflicts, please note that we do give priority to ministries that are meeting.

Please continue to keep social distancing rules even while on the turf. And please make sure to pick up your trash when you are done. Let's keep the turf field clean for all to enjoy.

Family Dinner with ODPC

"What should I make for dinner this week?"

"Maybe I should try something new, but what?"

Have you had these thoughts during this quarantine? Then, don't you worry! Come over to Odpcec.org for "Family Dinners with ODPC."

Every Friday, we will upload recipe videos from 1 or 2 of our church members. Try them out, try something new! And at the end of every episode, 1-2 more church members will be "challenged" to upload their recipe videos. Let's help each other out with food ideas.

Also, as a way to stay connected, we'd love for you to try out the recipes, take pictures of the food, and email it to Pastor Jee (jeehoon.song@odpcec.org). And we will share those photos on our Facebook/Instagram page.

Though we can't sit around the same table together... we can still "share" a meal together.

Save the Dates

EC Family Retreat Postponed
The new dates are August 6-8, 2021.

Everyday: Just Read It

As we set apart 2020 as the year of the Gospel, we want to learn the Gospel by reading the story of the Gospel as revealed by God through the Bible. We will read the Bible together starting on January 1/1 with Genesis 1:1 and will read 3-5 chapters per day. Please click this link to learn how.