Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ Interested in joining ROC? Find out details about our Spring membership class ‣ The next church-wide Board Game Day will be on February 22 Student ministry ‣ Middle School winter retreat is Feb 28 – Mar 1‣ Guys’ and gals’ Read more…
Viewing of “Overcomer” Ladies of River Oaks! Please join us Friday, February 21st, for a movie night together! The evening will begin at 6:30pm and wrap up by 9:15pm. We’ll be watching the movie Overcomer, which came out in 2019. Here’s a brief description: High school basketball coach John Harrison and his team face an Read more…
Sunday Worship Our Romans: The Obedience of Faith series will continue with Rom 1:18-32. Preparation questions: What does the “downward spiral of sin” in this passage teach us about ourselves and God? What does Paul mean by the “wrath of God”? Preview of bulletin and song lyrics The children’s ministry Read more…
Seeing Ourselves Clearly in 2020 We hope that the 20’s have gotten off to a great start for you so far. They sure have in the student ministry here at ROC! We’ve started a new series for the semester in the book of Ephesians — Chosen: Life in the Family Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will host a 3-week child protection awareness training (MinistrySafe) in Sunday school the first three weeks of February Children’s ministry ‣ The next quarterly teacher training (agenda) will be on Feb 2 (12:30pm)‣ Lunch and childcare will be provided. Read more…
Winter Sunday School Series “I want to talk about Jesus with my non-Christian coworker, but I don’t feel like I know the answers to all their questions.” Many of us have expressed a sentiment like this. Life is complicated. Ideas, philosophies, religions, arguments, counterarguments, hot-takes, and viral memes that go Read more…
Going Deeper Two exciting women’s Bible studies in 2020 will provide an opportunity for members, visitors, and friends of River Oaks to grow in their love for the Lord through the study of his Word together. Women of all ages are invited to join in. Find out more below about Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will host a 3-week child protection awareness training (MinistrySafe) in Sunday school the first three weeks of February Children’s ministry ‣ ROCK Blocks season two begins, working towards an H₂0 Party! ‣ Save the date: quarterly teacher meeting/training on Read more…
Protecting the Vulnerable Unfortunately, any glance at the news on any given day is a reminder that sexual abuse and predation, particularly of children, is and has been on the rise for years. And even more unfortunate is that the church is not immune from it. We at River Oaks Read more…
Sunday Worship Our new Romans: The Obedience of Faith series will begin with Rom 1:1-7. Preparation questions: What does Paul say this letter is about? To whom is Paul writing? Why does this matter? Preview of bulletin and song lyrics The children’s ministry will be looking at God’s wisdom for Read more…
God is the Source of Wisdom! After taking a break to look at the wonder of Advent in the month of December, we are jumping back into our journey through the timeline of the Bible with Solomon. Previously we looked at great King David and heard God’s promise that a Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will be holding a Christmas Eve worship service at 6pm on 12/24 Missions ‣ Mark your calendars: 2020 Bahamas mission trip interest meeting, Jan 19 Women’s ministry ‣ The winter/spring women’s Bible studies (Wed/Thur) will kick off in January Read more…
Making Progress! At our annual congregational meeting on December 8, the Building Committee (chaired by Steve O’Dowd, who represented the team) gave a progress report on the building expansion. We will provide audio of the meeting and the full presentation in a separate post soon, but we wanted to go Read more…
Sunday Worship Congregational Meeting Recap Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will be holding a Christmas Eve worship service at 6pm on 12/24. Communion will be served Youth ministry ‣ Final meeting of the year on Wednesday night: Christmas party! Mercy ‣ We will be “ringing the Read more…
Bounce Time All the children have been working hard this Fall to earn ROCK Blocks. The model bounce house is nearly complete…so let’s get ready to celebrate! On December 15th, we will have two mega awesome bounce houses (fit for younger and older children), popcorn, pizza, and more! It’s a Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life JJJ ‣ Last call! Buy tickets to Jingle, Jazz, and Java (Saturday night) Children’s ministry ‣ Teachers: don’t miss our quarterly training via video! ‣ ROCK Block celebration, December 15! Mercy ‣ We still need volunteers to “Ring the Bell” on December 14th Read more…
Gloria in excelsis deo What would it be like to be a witness to the coming of Jesus Christ, the king? The first two chapters of the Gospel according to Luke record the birth of Jesus, as well as the exciting details leading up to it. The appearance of Gabriel…Mary’s Read more…
Emmanuel: God with Us! As we enter the month of December, one of the highlights is obviously Christmas, the celebration of Christ’s birth. But do we let familiarity with the story dull us to the wonder of it? The birth of Jesus is without a doubt one of the most Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All-church ‣ Buy your tickets to Jingle, Jazz, and Java (December 7)!‣ Next Sunday: reception of new members and congregational meeting‣ Check out the free performance of Handel’s Messiah at Bob Carr Theater, Dec 1 Children’s ministry ‣ Teachers: want another meeting on Read more…
Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All-church ‣ See the recap of David’s birthday party and Thankful November Night‣ Buy your tickets to Jingle, Jazz, and Java (December 7)!‣ Annual congregational meeting, December 8 Mercy ‣ Get involved in our Christmas Dove Tree project (due Dec 1)‣ Volunteer to Read more…