Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All-church ‣ Annual vision dinner, August 25 (RSVP required) Community groups ‣ Leaders are invited to the fall training on August 18‣ All CGs are ramping back up in September (details) Youth ‣ Fall kickoff on August 14 Children’s ministry ‣ Teacher training Read more…
Young Life Capernaum Rachel Halley serves with Young Life in a special ministry called Capernaum. This unique ministry reaches students with various kinds of disabilities with the love of Jesus Christ. Rachel helps lead monthly gatherings of these youth (often with their parents) with a team of local student leaders. Read more…
Looking Back…And Forward Everyone is invited to attend our annual River Oaks Church vision dinner! This is a wonderful (new-ish) tradition where we gather as a church family to look back on the past ministry year and look forward to what lies ahead. It will be a time of reflecting Read more…
God Fights for His People! As we move through the month of August and transition into a new school year, we will see the Israelites make a significant transition as well from the wilderness into the promised land. We will see Moses pass the baton of leadership to Joshua, but Read more…
The Order of Worship Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! Psalm 150:6 God is passionate for His glory, so He made all things to magnify Himself in worship. The Westminster Shorter Catechism famously begins:Q. 1. What is the chief end of man? A. Man’s chief end is to Read more…
Fun For All! On July 27, from 1:00pm to 11:00pm, River Oaks will be transformed into an all-out, no-holds-barred, board game extravaganza! Everyone is invited to join in for a time of conversation, education on how to play new games … and competition! Who? Everyone! All ages are welcome. There Read more…
Summer Sunday School Series “The frozen chosen.” That’s about all many people think about Presbyterians, if they know anything about them at all. Maybe that’s what you believed once, too! River Oaks is part of the Presbyterian tradition within the global church. But what does that really mean? While we Read more…
July 6th-13th! ROC is excited to be partnering with MTW missionaries Julian and Christiana Russell for a short-term mission trip to Nassau, Bahamas! We have supported the Russells for a few years, and our church recently hosted them for our 2018 Missions Sunday. The Russells focus on church planting (Covenant Read more…
God Guides His People! During the month of July, we will follow the Israelites as they continue on their journey towards the promised land. During each lesson we will trace how God continually guides his people on the way to the place where he has chosen for them to dwell Read more…
RUF at UCF Lee and Sarah Wright serve with Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) on the campus of UCF (Orlando, FL). Lee is an ordained pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America, and he focuses is on ministering to college students as an extension of the local church. His team leads Read more…
Sunday Worship The Genesis sermon series will continue with Genesis 32 (Jacob wrestles with God). Getting prepared: What does this scene reflect about the life of Jacob up until now? Why does Jacob walk away with a limp? How can this image apply to us personally/spiritually? Preview of bulletin and Read more…
Like a Garage Sale…But Free! Our annual “Swap Shop” is set for July 20, from 9:00-11:00am in the River Oaks main building. What is Swap Shop? It’s one of our favorite events of the summer, sponsored by our Mercy Team, where we offer truckloads of stuff for free to anyone Read more…
Sing Joyfully At River Oaks, we believe the congregation is the primary instrument and vocalist during our corporate times of singing. We also believe there is great benefit that comes from singing “hymns, psalms, and spiritual songs” (Eph 5:19)—individually, in small groups, and as families. To help all members of Read more…
The Race Goes On! On Friday, June 7, we wrapped up an incredible week of Vacation Bible School. Nearly 90 kids and dozens of youth and adult leaders took over River Oaks for The Incredible Race, an adventure through the world to learn about God’s beautiful vision to bring a Read more…