2025 YEAR IN REVIEW
2025 Year in Review Introduction
2025 marks the close of my second year here at Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church, and what a ride it has been! Jesus’s faithfulness to our church has been overwhelming. We’ve welcomed new staff and members, witnessed the beginnings of new ministries and the continued flourishing of old ones, and seen God move over the fence, over the mountain, and over the sea.
As we enter a new year, let’s continue to fix our eyes on the same faithful God we have come to know in Jesus. He has never failed us, and he never will. No matter what comes, may we seek his face together, trusting in his love and provision, as we engage every neighbor with the surprising power of grace!
- Caleb Click, Lead Pastor at OMPC
“Mine would be no life lost, if I might wait on him to the world’s end…”
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Engaging every neighbor with the surprising power of grace.
Over the Pew | Over the Fence | Over the Mountain | Overseas
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We will accomplish our mission by:
Developing People
Cultivating Relationships
Pursuing Impact
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GRACE DRIVEN
We emphasize Grace as the good news of God’s unconditional love and transforming power, and the primary message of the church for all people.
RELATIONALLY AUTHENTIC
We strive to be a place of strength and restoration: a community where we can be honest about our brokenness as we call one another to the hope that is promised in Christ.
KINGDOM ORIENTED
We believe that God’s purpose is the gathering of his people from every nation and the renewal of all things through sharing the Gospel and expressing Christ’s lordship in every area of life.
Total OMPC Membership (Dec 2025): 1,288 people (not including non-communicant children)
New Members: 128 people
(New Child/Youth Communicant Members of the 128: 58 children/youth)
GRACE DRIVEN
Grace Driven growth in 2025.
“But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord.”
SERMON SERIES
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WORSHIP MINISTRY
Each year, our OMPC Worship Choir leads the congregation in special services during Holy Week and Advent to lead our hearts in worship during each of those significant seasons. You can watch the full replays of each service through the images below!
KIDS CHOIR
Our Kids Choir includes children from 1st-6th grades. They meet Sunday evenings before The R.O.C.K. and prepare seasonally for the Kids Musical (Spring) and Christmas Worship Service (Fall). The 2025 Kids Musical, “Coming Home,” is featured below.
Worship Ministry at OMPC is more than just what is seen and experienced on a Sunday Morning. Our Worship Minister, Jason Sears, gathers musicians of all ages, stages and levels to bring variety, foster growth, and shepherd hearts through Worship Ministry at OMPC. Take a look at some photos below that show a glimpse into Worship Ministry at OMPC!
2025 Church-Wide Reading Plan
We continued to encourage OMPC to read through Scripture daily in 2025 by using the Seeing Jesus Together Journal with our 2025 New Testament Reading Plan. Journals were distributed in December and the reading plan was referenced weekly as a part of our Call to Worship on Sunday mornings. To kick off the year, Journal Founder Tedd Sinn led us through a training during lunch in January to get the most out of our time in the journal this year!
OMPC STAFF UPDATES
One of our staff highlights this year was Braxton Baker, our (former) Youth Director becoming an ordained Pastor in the PCA and now serving as OMPC Youth Ministry Pastor. An ordination service was held for Braxton on Sunday evening, August 24, and the support for Braxton and his family was overwhelming!
NEW STAFF TEAM MEMBERS
NEW STAFF TEAM MEMBERS
Lori Johnson, Receptionist
Stephanie Bradley, College & Young Professionals Coordinator
Cathy Cunningham, Financial Assistant
Jana Keiffer, Engagement Coordinator
Sam McEachran, Facilities Assistant
In addition to working hard, our staff plays hard as well! Twice a year we spend time connecting with one another; in May we have a Staff Pickleball Tournament and in December we have a Staff Christmas Party. These gatherings, on top of daily/weekly interpersonal connection, allow us to become relationally authentic with one another, embodying one of our values as a church.
Being Kingdom-Oriented is also important to our staff team. We sent 16 of our staff team members on Missions Trips this Summer! Our Staff Team isn’t here to just get the job done but to also implement the values of OMPC in their work and extracurricular priorities.
It’s been another great year for Westminster School at Oak Mountain! Our new Community Life Center is well underway with an estimated completion of Spring 2026, and our students continue to grow and excel in wisdom, virtue and eloquence.
RELATIONALLY AUTHENTIC
Relationally Authentic connections in 2025.
“And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.”
OMPC continues to be a church who invites people in and provides opportunities for people to connect with one another as they grow deeper in their relationship with the Lord. Take a moment to review some highlights in ministries from 2025!
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Strength in Weakness: Fourth year of our Women’s Ministry hosting an event where our women testify to God’s faithfulness and strength in their times of weakness, suffering, sin and difficulty.
Women’s Beach Retreat: Over 75 women traveled to beautiful 30A for a weekend of rest and connection with the Father and one another. This year’s theme verse was John 15:9 - “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.”
“Can We Do It All?”: The Fall event welcomed author, theologian and speaker Kelly Kapic to discuss how our human limits are by God’s good design. This event spilled over into great discussion among OMPC Staff and Leadership and is the launchpad for our 2026 Women’s Winter Study based out of Kapic’s devotional. We had over 225 women attend this event!
Women’s Crafting & Connecting Christmas Event: Our Women’s Ministry closed the year with a light-hearted time of connecting with one another and getting a taste of the upcoming Women’s Winter Study out of Kelly Kapic’s devotional. Over 75 women were led in a fun craft by OMPC Member Vallie Pate and had the opporutinty to connect at the start of the holiday season.
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Low Country Boil: The Fall kicked off with a Low Country Boil, inviting men to connect to community at OMPC for the start of a new “school calendar” year. Over 50 men attended this event.
Men’s BBQ: Our November Event was not only a night of great BBQ Meat but also involved various breakout sessions on topics ranging from automotive and home repair to family discipleship. Over 75 men attended this great event!
Men’s Scripture & Fellowship: All throughout the year, Dax Gibson led men on Thursday mornings through a time of reading and discussing the scripture from the week’s Seeing Jesus Together Reading Plan.
Men’s BBQ Lunches: Mark Long met men monthly at Creekside BBQ for a time of relational connecting and talking through the “real stuff” of life!
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Life After College Conference: Pastor of College and Young Professionals, Walker Byrd, has a heart for helping college students transition well from “college life” to “real life,” and therefore envisioned the Life After College Conference. This was the second year he has hosted this conference in an effort to have meaningful discussion with college students to prepare them spiritually, mentally and emotionally for “Life After College”!
Young Professionals Coffee Connection: Both the men and the women gather (separately) on Thursday mornings throughout the year for relational connection and also bible study, allowing them to dive deeply into relationship with one another and understanding of God’s Word.
Other YoPro Events: Theology on Tap, The Table, Trivia Night, and more! Our Young Professionals Ministry seeks to provide meaningful, connecting opportunities and is continuing to grow deeper and wider as a ministry.
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As usual, our Forerunners Ministry was active and engaged in the church, community and beyond in 2025! From seasonal gatherings, to game nights, to ministry-combined events with youth and young professionals, the Forerunners connected deeply with one another and with others in the church! In addition, they took a few trips this year including one to the Biltmore in Asheville, NC and to Nashville for Christmas.
One highlight for the Forerunners are the Lifelong Learning Seminars that they host a few times a year.
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
BEACH RETREAT RECAP
MEN’S MINISTRY
FORERUNNERS
COLLEGE/YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
ENGAGING OUR NEIGHBORS
We were blessed with a beautiful day of weather to have our Oak Kids Eggstravaganza all outdoors this year! We had over 300 people from our church and community, and even more exciting was the collaboration between our Children’s and Youth Ministries to put on this event. While our Children’s Ministry hosted the Egg Grab and inflatables/after party, the Youth House provided hamburgers fresh from the grill to fundraise for their Summer Missions Trip!
While our Fall Fest didn’t go as planned, we were able to pivot and have a church family dinner indoors! Walker Byrd and the Young Professionals grilled us an appetizer of Conecuh Sausage and Bacon-Wrapped Jalepenos, and all families were then invited into the Gym for some Full Moon BBQ and fellowship. Despite the weather pivot, it was a great night for diving deeper into community at OMPC!
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
There is never a dull moment in Children’s Ministry - especially during the Summer! Each year we kick off the Summer with VBS, followed by 3 weeks of Crazy Days of Summer, then Bloom Creative Arts Camp for Girls and concluding with Pine Cove City! While these camps are fun-filled and action-packed, the most important aspect of every moment of camp is to plant seeds in the hearts of the children with the love of Christ and truth of gospel.
Check out some stats, photos and videos from our Summer in Oak Kids below!
Record-high, over 450 children attended VBS! (ages rising K-6th)
Over 260 Adult & Youth Serve Team members made this amazing week happen!
165 Rising 3rd-7th Grade Girls attended Bloom!
25 Adult Serve Team Members (plus Youth Counselors!)
Over 380 children participated in Crazy Days of Summer throughout the month of June!
187 children rising 1st-6th grade attended Pine Cove City
In addition, part of hosting Pine Cove City at OMPC includes OMPC families serving as “Host Homes” to the counselors who work the week. 10 OMPC Families opened their homes to Pine Cove Counselors for the duration of the week!
YOUTH MINISTRY
Our Youth Ministry is also VERY active in the Summer, with retreats for JrHi (The Edge) and SrHi (Beach Retreat) in June, and the SrHi Missions Trip in June. In addition, the Youth keeps our 7th-12th graders engaged with weekly events and Sunday Night worship gatherings. During the School Year, our Youth gather multiple times a week for JrHi or SrHi Night at the YH, D-Groups, Bible Studies, morning breakfast, and special events. Our year concludes with the JrHi Getaway Retreat in November and SrHi Winter Advance over New Years week.
The goal is for our Youth to grow in relational authenticity with one another, have opportunities to easily invite friends in to the community at OMPC, and of course to grow deeper in their relationships with the Lord.
Stats and videos below!
61 JrHi Students attended The Edge at Covenant College!
72 JrHi Students went on The Getaway in November.
85 SrHi students went on the beach retreat (compared to 71 in 2024!)
64 SrHi Students are registered for 2025 Winter Advance!
KINGDOM ORIENTED
Kingdom Oriented Impact in 2025.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
Over the Fence, Over the Mountain, OverSeas
Every year we spend the last week of February focusing on what God is doing in and through our Global Missions Partners around the world. We host over a dozen missionaries who travel from all across the globe to spend the week with us and share stories of God’s work and faithfulness. Our prayer is also for our Ministry Partners to leave their time at OMPC feeling encouraged and inspired to continue the good work they’ve been called to do.
Take a moment to view some photos from the impactful week, when Missions was infused into every event and activity at OMPC!
SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS
This year we sent out over 80 youth and adults across the globe on short-term trips throughout the summer. In addition, we had four college students spend several weeks on summer internships in Australia, Africa, and Asia!
One Voice
Washington, D.C.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
New City Church
Calgary, Canada
London, England
College Team
Athens, Greece
Women’s Shepherding Team
Athens, Greece
London, England
SrHi Youth
Costa Rica
VBS MISSION PROJECT
While VBS Week is always full of fun and activity, a major focus of the week is our Mission Project. We encourage our VBS kids to get creative in thinking about how they can help raise money to fund the global missions project focus of the week, and every year we are BLOWN AWAY by our kids’ commitment to the mission + God’s faithfulness to provide!
This year’s project goal was to provide funds for a VBS-style camp in Bulgaria for children in an at-risk community, and we EXCEEDED our goal of $7,000, reaching nearly $11,000 raised!
SERVING OVER THE PEW, OVER THE FENCE & OVER THE MOUNTAIN
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Our College & Young Professionals host an annual serve day in partnership with Christian Service Mission and/or Urban Hope Community Church.
Forerunners and Youth served at Christian Service Mission on Veterans Day.
Our Forerunners continue to serve our ministries “over the pew” by assisting Oak Kids with taping eggs for the Eggstravaganza, wrapping Angel Tree Gifts, sorting Missionary Care Gifts purchased/donated by our church members, and more!
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For years OMPC has sponsored 250 Thanksgiving Boxes that are packed and distributed by Urban Hope Community Church and Christian Service Mission. This year was no different as our church fulfilled the 250 boxes in less than 2 weeks and then sent a team to help pack and distribute the boxes on the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
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While our original vision for Harvest House has not been fulfilled (temporary housing for incoming refugees), we continue to use the space to host events for our former families who have stayed there, we hosted a family needing temporary housing while the mother received cancer treatment at UAB, and even the male Youth Interns were able to stay on campus and live in the house for the summer.
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This year we provided more gifts than ever before through Angel Tree! These gifts were given to individuals and families connected to a local ministry, Oak Mountain Missions.
Also receiving gifts through Angel Tree were the refugee families we continue to support through the Harvest House Ministry. They shared with Missions Pastor, Tom Patton, that they have never experienced such generosity in their entire lives.
FAITH PROMISE MAGAZINE, issue 1
This year our Missions Department published the first edition of our Faith Promise Magazine, a publication with impact stories of how God is working in and through our Ministry Partners around the world. The publication also includes all of our ministry partners, where they serve, and how the money given by OMPC toward Faith Promise is having ripple effects for the Kingdom! This magazine made a huge impact on the congregation, inspiring us to continue to pray, give, and go and “moving the needle” even farther along in fulfilling our Kingdom Oriented value as a church! Due to the sensitive nature of some of our ministry partner locations, we cannot share a link to this publication online. However, copies are available to pick up in person on Sundays at OMPC!
“...and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”