Oxford Circle Mennonite Church
900 Howell St
Philadelphia, PA 19149
info@ocmcphilly.org

JESUS is the center of our faith.

COMMUNITY is the center of our lives.

RECONCILIATION is the center of our work.

Adolescence

April 17, 2024

Why Adolescents Need More Healthy Risk Taking Activities

By Pastor Ron Can healthy risk-taking help young people deal with failure and improve their mental health? All children are creative and risk takers in kindergarten. During …

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July 26, 2023

How Can We Help Young People Understand the Power of Responsibility?

By Pastor Ron Can young people develop into healthy adults without real world responsibilities? Since the end of the COVID pandemic, many large U.S. cities are struggling …

March 26, 2023

Lamenting to God on Behalf of Youth

By Pastor Ron Young Black men are killing each other indiscriminately. We must respond. On Sunday, March 19, OCMC had a service…we did not stream. It …

March 8, 2023

Are Adolescents Disconnected from the Adult Community?

By Pastor Ron American adolescents need access to same sex adults, not peers. Western youth are increasingly living through an extended adolescence. This is a time …

February 25, 2023

Isolation Comes with American Adolescence

By Pastor Ron Native born American adolescents embrace hyperindividualism at a young age that often leads to loneliness. Ten years ago, I was a high school …

February 17, 2023

Youth Oriented Industries: Part 1

By Pastor Ron What if I told you that today’s youth oriented industries have helped extend adolescence with a profit motive? Youth oriented industries did not …

September 17, 2022

The Problem with Adolescence

By Pastor Ron As Philly struggles with rising crime among our youth, I have been thinking a lot lately about the confusion and alienation American youth …

May 17, 2022

Children and Youth are the Next Battleground

By Pastor Ron I was prayerwalking in the neighborhood today and asked God to reveal things to me. This is what came to mind: 1. American …