Anticipating the Extraordinary Jump to today’s reading Holy Week—running from Palm Sunday to Easter—is a cherished time of year for the Christian church. In this final week of Jesus’s life, things quickly spiral downward as he goes from entering Jerusalem hailed as king to dying on a Roman cross outside Read more…
Palm Sunday: Hosanna to the King! Thank you for joining us for our remote/online worship for this Lord’s Day as we celebrate Palm Sunday together. You can follow the entire service by watching the video below. If you’d like to watch it on a smart TV, add the video to Read more…
Peace, Joy, Hope Thank you for joining us for our remote/online worship for this Lord’s Day. You can follow the entire service by watching the video below. If you’d like to watch it on a smart TV, add the video to your Favorites and then find it in your TV Read more…
The God of the Impossible Thank you for joining us for our remote/online worship for this Lord’s Day. You can follow the entire service by watching the video below. If you’d like to watch it on a smart TV, add the video to your Favorites and then find it in Read more…
“Should we cancel church?” How should the church respond to a crisis such as this? That is a question I continue to turn over in my mind and filter through a biblical framework. In the face of the present epidemic, there have been a variety of answers offered by Christians on this question. These answers Read more…
The Shelter of the Most High Greetings, River Oaks! As you know, the leadership of ROC, following guidance from local officials, has made the decision to suspend weekly services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This is not a decision made lightly, but it is a decision made in love for Read more…
* Update: March 13 * Please view our latest update from the elders regarding our Sunday worship services and ministries. This now supercedes the weekly update posted March 12 (below). Navigating Difficult Times Sunday Worship It is not ROC’s typical practice to adjust our worship service to the ever-changing tides Read more…
Sunday Worship Coronavirus (COVID-19) Precautions As with most churches, River Oaks leadership is monitoring the novel coronavirus outbreak to discern its impact on the ordinary operations of the church. As of now, we see no need to modify our service schedule or weekly activities. However, we would encourage all members Read more…
God is Patient with Us! Throughout February we have seen God continue to pursue His people even in the midst of their unfaithfulness and the dividing of the kingdom. In March we will finish learning about Elijah and Elisha and look at some of the other prophets God sent throughout Read more…
Sunday Worship Consider the First Service! As you may have noticed, we conducted an attendance survey in early February as part of a project to try to ease some of the crowding in the second service (which is a good problem to have!). At present, our 2nd service is often Read more…
Oaks of Righteousness The leadership of ROC is excited to announce that our men’s ministry, after a bit of a hiatus, is back! We have re-tooled it to bring a sharper focus on cultivating leaders, growing in knowledge, and making a generational impact in our church. It officially kicks off Read more…
Sunday Worship Child Protection Follow-up On Sunday, February 16, we completed a 3-week special Sunday school series on child abuse awareness and safety. Many thanks to everyone who attended to learn more about this important and difficult topic. If you missed any of the sessions and would like to catch Read more…
Interested in Joining ROC? Have you been attending River Oaks Church for some time? We would love to invite you to experience the joy of belonging to your local church through church membership. Our new members class is an opportunity to find out more about who we are and what Read more…
Sunday Worship The Romans: The Obedience of Faith sermon series will continue with Rom 2:12-29. Preparation questions: What is the point of Paul’s indictment of religiosity in verses 17ff? What is “true” circumcision, and why? The children’s ministry will be studying Elijah at Mt Carmel (1 Kgs 18-19) The MinistrySafe Read more…
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…