Old Cambridge Baptist Church (OCBC) is a lay-led congregation. We welcome and encourage all members of our community to contribute to the life of the church by participating and serving on one of our ministry teams. Each team is led by a designated chairperson who also serves as a deacon.
- Spiritual Life Team. Chairs: Martha Collins and Maureen Power
- With the Pastor and Music Director, we plan worship services (including the regular Sunday services), review recent services, and engage in spiritual centering. We also recruit and prepare preachers, liturgists, and other volunteers as needed.
- Pastoral Care Team. Chair: Ginny Wallace
- With the Pastor, we respond to the individual needs of church members, especially in times of personal distress (illness, death) and transition (birth, marriage). We coordinate visits, flowers, and notes, and provide more specialized support as needed.
- Membership and Outreach Team. Chair: Brian Greene
- With the Pastor, we work to build community within the congregation and organize our church's efforts in reaching out to the wider community of Cambridge and beyond. We oversee small groups at OCBC as we seek to fully engage and integrate all members into the life of the church. A major focus is on ministry to newcomers. We also maintain the church's website and coordinate all publicity and advertising for the church.
- Social Action Team. Chair: Betsy Sowers
- We plan and lead the congregation in taking action on social justice issues. We develop recommendations for communion offerings and benevolences, and coordinate nominations for the annual Pauline Swift Award.
- Christian Education Team. Chair: Kevin Henze
- We plan Christian education experiences for children and youth, recruit and support teachers, and choose and order curriculum materials.
- Community Events Team. Chair: Sherri Tucker
- We organize community events such as hospitality after worship services and meals before congregational meetings. We also coordinate our annual Recognition Sundays.
- Building and Long-Range Planning Team. Chair: Jim Wallace
- With the Church Administrator, we oversee the use of the church building, including developing rental agreements and managing tenant relations. We also plan and schedule major renovations to the building and coordinate grant proposals to support them.
- Finance Team. Chair: Doug Koch
- With the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, and other members selected by the Deacons Council, we maintain the church budget, conduct pledge campaigns, and manage the church's investments, real estate, and insurance.
Old Cambridge Baptist Church rents space to various organizations. With the exception of the José Mateo Ballet Theatre, all of these use office space in our newly remodeled basement.
- José Mateo Ballet Theatre
- OCBC presently enjoys a unique partnership with the José Mateo Ballet Theatre, in which the ballet occupies the worship space of the congregation for six and a half out of seven days per week. The church and the ballet company are long term partners, with a forty year lease. On Saturday nights, the worship space is reconfigured from a ballet studio into worship space, as chairs, altar table, organ, piano, and choir risers are moved into place for the worship service on the following day.
- Homeless Empowerment Project
- The Homeless Empowerment Project publishes the Spare Change street newspaper.
- Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance
- Founded in 1993, Adbar Ethiopian Women's Alliance is the first Ethiopian women's organization in the United States.
- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- Solutions at Work
- Since 1989, Solutions at Work has helped people transition out of homelessness by empowering homeless people to advocate for their own needs and by breaking the economic chains that bind people in homelessness.
- Cambridge Child and Family Associates
- Cambridge Child and Family Associates is a group of mental health clinicians who work to raise awareness of and educate the public about the variety of therapeutic services available to children, adolescents, adults, families, and schools available in their community.
Jesus interpreted the Scripture to mean that God had sent him to bring good news to the poor, to proclaim the release of captives, to recover the sight to the blind, and to let the oppressed go free. In the spirit of that tradition, our people, individually and collectively, seek to offer prophetic witness as it bears upon various social concerns. Members of our congregation are active in areas of social change locally and throughout the world.
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