OAKRIDGE ADVENTIST CHURCH
Message Series
Tired of burnout, injustice, and broken systems? What if there’s a better way? Good News for Vancouver is a teaching series exploring how Jesus offers real solutions—not just for individuals, but for entire communities. From the gift of rest to the defeat of death, discover how His message is more relevant now than ever.
Weekly Topics Include:
✔ Your right to rest (March 22)
✔ Your life designed for love & purpose (March 29)
✔ An alternative to religious corruption (April 5)
✔ The problem beneath every problem (April 12)
✔ Hope beyond death (April 19)
✔ The ultimate rescue plan (April 26)
📅 When: Saturdays 11:30am , March 22 – April 26
📍 Where: 5350 Baillie Street Vancouver & live on the oacvancouver Youtube channel
EASTER PROGRAM
April 18 - Monday, April 21
Easter Trees
View a colourful display of decorated trees along the Baillie Street sidewalk. The colours of each tree represent a different emotional movement of the Easter weekend story. Post your pics or guess the number of eggs hanging in the trees.
Sabbath, April 19
10am - Kids Easter Celebration
11am - Special Worship Service
Good News! Jesus has a get-out-of-grave card and its free! Join us to celebrate His sacrifice of love and victory over death’s grip.
- Baptism
- Communion
12:30 pm - Easter Lunch
Stay for food and fellowship. Bring a vegetarian side dish or dessert to share.
Sunday, April 20
9:00 am - Brunch on The Beach
Gather to reflect on resurrection morning with Brunch on the Beach<br>
Stanley Park: Second Beach Picnic Shelter. From 9am till Noon.
Menu Lox Bagels / Vegan option
Easter Trees
The German tradition of decorating trees with eggs for Easter is centuries old but its exact origins are unknown. The egg is an ancient symbol of new life all over the world. No matter how dark the winter of your soul has been, this Spring season reminds us the One who created everything good has the power to call us into flourishing life again. He promises life rich in peace and hope.
Each Easter Tree in front of OAC is decorated with unique colours to tell the story of how Jesus is the promise and proof of new life. Scroll down for the details.
Green Tree for Hosanna!
It’s springtime, and the promise of new life is on full display with sounds and scents of animated hope. The Jewish leaders rejected Jesus as a rebel but the people gave Him a royal welcome. Thousands of travellers packed the road entering Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. Noticing Jesus in their midst prompts a spontaneous parade and they carpet the path with their own coats, waving green palm fronds and leafy olive branches as they shout “Hosanna!” an expression of praise and joy. With sharp sight those once blind whom the Messiah healed now navigate the rocky road, running ahead of the colt He rides. They who had been mute now raise the loudest voices in song. The disabled bodies restored by His touch jump with joy! Jesus had previously avoided such attention. He knew this escort would not lead to a throne but the cross. The procession ends as the sun sets over Judea and the city walls' shadows lengthen over Calvary’s hill.
Read it for yourself: Matthew. 21:1-11; Luke 19:36-40;
The Blue Tree of Sorrow
Treated as guilty before His innocence was established, Jesus is charged with two offenses: blasphemy in the eyes of the Jews and insurrection in the eyes of the Romans. Jesus is shamed, humiliated, beaten, mocked, and spat upon by His own people. Many who just days prior had shouted their hosannas now scream “crucify him!” As He hung from that dreadful cross Jesus prayed, “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.” It was a prayer for all of humanity past, present and future. We are all guilty of crucifying the Son of God but in turn we are all offered forgiveness. They had stripped Him of His clothes but not of His power to love and forgive. The sky darkens so that His suffering may be shrouded from exploitive entertainment. After hours of suffocating agony His heart breaks under the weight of evil. It is finished. As dusk approaches His body is taken to the garden tomb. No Saturday had been a sadder day.
Read it for yourself: Luke 23:26-56, John 19:16-42
Read it for yourself: Matthew. 21:1-11; Luke 19:36-40;
Purple Tree for Remember
The Passover feast was a time honoured tradition commemorating Israel’s final night under Egyptian oppression. On that historic evening, God’s people passed under lamb’s blood painted on their doorposts. It was a gesture of trust in the plan to save them from the plague of death that passed over the land. Centuries later the One who handed Moses the symbols of deliverance held them out to His disciples as Jesus introduced a new liturgy. “This bread is my body, broken for you. Take it and remember me.” “This cup is my blood poured out for your forgiveness. Drink it and remember me.” We keep the Lord’s Supper to celebrate our rescue from the chains of sin. We repeat His words as we consume the bread and sip the burgundy juice. In that moment Jesus fulfilled the ancient promises and declared another. We are part of a new covenant relationship that opens the invitation for anyone to be a child of God. Jesus eagerly awaits the day He will lift a glass to toast our long awaited reunion around heaven’s table.
Read it for yourself: Matt. 26:26-29, Luke 22:14-20
The Golden Tree - He’s Alive!
As dawn lit the sky a flash of glory split the sky and the Roman guarding the grave fainted as the tomb stone rolled aside. Angels stood ready and waiting to welcome the Prince of Heaven back to life. Out from the darkness of that tomb stepped Jesus our Saviour. In Jesus the life sin robbed can be restored. Death is just a sleep, a moment of dark, silent rest for the soul. Jesus was evidence that those who died believing in the power and love of God would be raised to new life on resurrection day when He returns. At His second coming all of His children will hear His voice and it will elevate them to a glorious future without end. “Weeping may last for a night, but joy comes in the morning!” Psalm 30:5.
Easter Trees Contest
- Take a picture of your favourite tree
- Tag your photos @oacvancouver #eastertrees to be entered into a draw for an Easter celebration gift basket!
- Enter a guess of how many eggs were used to decorate these trees and we will provide a small gift.
Oakridge Adventist Church
- Bible Studies 10am - Saturday
- Worship Service 11 - Saturdays
info@oacvancouver.ca
+1 6042666727
5350 Bailie Street
Vancouver, V5Z 3M5
Canada
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