Missionaries to Missionaries Dale and Carmen Phillips serve with Paraclete Mission Group (FB), a unique ministry that focuses on coming alongside other missionaries and Christian leaders around the world to help them thrive in their calling. Paraclete recognizes that ministry, while an enormous blessing, brings with it the risk of Read more…
Lake Mary to Krakow, Poland On Sunday, January 15, River Oaks had the privilege of hosting Saško Nezamutdinov, who serves on the pastoral team of Christ the Savior Presbyterian Church in Krakow, Poland. Originally from Ukraine, Saško planted the church in the historical district of Krakow, and it is one Read more…
Sunday Worship ROC ON – All ministries are back Come join us at our Wednesday night ROC ON program. Our ministries are for all age groups. Children’s ministry includes nursery to 5th grade, Youth ministry is middle school and high school age, both the Women and Men’s ministry from 18 Read more…
Sunday Worship Mercy Opportunity: Serve Saturday – 1/21 The Mercy Team invites you to sign up and join them for Serve Saturday on 1/21, 9am – noon, at the Sharing Center in Longwood. This opportunity to serve our community is open to middle school age and up. The Sharing Center Read more…
Sunday Worship New Sermon Series: Philippians On January 8 we are beginning our new three-month sermon series on Paul’s joyful epistle from his imprisonment to the church at Philippi. You can find kickoff reflection questions and the schedule here ↓ Coming up in church life All Church ‣ Ordination/installation of Read more…
Sunday Worship Women’s Bible Study kicking off Women of all ages and backgrounds are invited to our next women’s Bible study kicking off on January 18/19. We will be studying Old Made New (by Pastor Lanier). Find out the details below ↓↓↓ Coming up in church life All Church ‣ Read more…
Sunday Worship Family Worship on Christmas Day (11 am) All ages are invited to join us for our Christmas Day worship service to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The service starts at 11 am. The nursery classroom will be available as a cry room for parents, but Read more…
The Word Became Flesh The turning point of world history was the incarnation of God the Son. In the flesh of Jesus of Nazareth, born of the virgin Mary, the everlasting God dwells with his created people and pours out his favor upon them. It is a story that can Read more…
Serving Young People with Disabilities River Oaks’ own Rachel (Halley) Johnson serves locally with Young Life Capernaum, a ministry dedicated to creating spaces of Christ-oriented belonging for teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (and their families). Rachel leads a team of volunteers to host events and do Read more…
Sunday Worship Christmas Eve Candlelight Service All ages are invited to join us for our Christmas Eve worship service to celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. The service will feature a children’s nativity play, a brief homily from John 1:14, and a final song by candlelight. The service starts Read more…
How Christmas Fulfills Ancient Hopes The hope for a deliverer begins way back in the history of ancient Israel and continued for centuries until the great moment when Jesus arrived. Sometimes we think that first-century Jews all had the same “job description” for a Messiah-figure, but that’s not really the Read more…
Sunday Worship Congregational Meeting – This Sunday! River Oaks Church’s annual congregational meeting will be on December 11th (this coming Sunday), from 10:15-10:45am for all members of our church. We hope it will be an encouraging time to reflect on what God has been doing in our midst during this season of ministry, Read more…
2022 Christmas Eve Nativity Play! Does your child want to participate in a nativity play? The Children’s Ministry is organizing an opportunity for all children from preschool to 5th grade to participate during the Christmas Eve Candlelight service on 12/24 at 6 p.m. There are also opportunities for older children Read more…
Sunday Worship Reception and Q&A with Dr. Ben Shaw As River Oaks grows, we have a greater need for leadership to help shepherd our people. One of the ways our Session of elders seeks to grow in this area is hiring Rev. Dr. Ben Shaw to serve as a part-time Read more…
“The Lord roars from Zion…” If you are familiar with the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, you will know that God is pictured in the story as a great lion named Aslan. When Lucy, one of the 4 children in the book, learns that Aslan is a lion, she Read more…
Sunday Worship Reception and Q&A with Dr. Ben Shaw As River Oaks grows, we have a greater need for leadership to help shepherd our people. One of the ways our Session of elders seeks to grow in this area is hiring Rev. Dr. Ben Shaw to serve as a part-time Read more…
Sunday Worship Mercy Team Annual Dove Tree Each year the Mercy Team partners with Christian HELP in the “Dove Tree Program” to help out families that are seeking job placement. To help, choose a gift tag from the Christmas tree in the church foyer, purchase, and return the gift by Read more…
Recap of Missions Sunday On November 13 we celebrated our annual “Missions Sunday” at ROC, where we devote the entire worship service, Sunday school, and a post-worship lunch to reflecting on God’s calling to build disciples among all the nations. This year we focused on mission work to Japan. We Read more…
Missions Sunday! Coming up in church life All Church ‣ Our Thankful November Night is Saturday 11/12, 6:00-7:30pm‣ Host or Be a Guest for Thanksgiving Meals‣ Save the date: congregational meeting on 12/11 during Sunday school Student Ministry ‣ Corn Maze event on Saturday 11/19, meet at church 4pm ‣ Read more…
A different take on church history Every Christian matters to God, but he has also used specific men and women in particularly important ways to advance his church from the very beginning. We rightly look up to and learn from this great cloud of witnesses. But no mere human is Read more…