A Biblical Model for Church? “Church as we know it is over. Here’s what’s next.” This is the title of a recently published FoxNews opinion piece by self-defined “social media pastor” Dave Adamson. Of course, as a pastor, reading that the Church of Jesus Christ was “over” took me by Read more…
Update! Thank you to everyone who pitched in to help make this a successful workday! It was delightful to see all ages contribute to beautifying the church. Hover and click on the arrows to navigate Spring Cleaning! With our Easter worship service just around the corner, we will be holding Read more…
The Results are In! Thank you to everyone to responded to our bulletin survey. The results can be viewed by clicking on the screenshot below to open the file. Stay tuned as we analyze the results and figure out the future of our beloved bulletin! We Want Your Input The 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. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member, transferring a membership or an associate membership with River Read more…
Reaching the Lost On March 17, the ROC Mercy Team will be hosting a free lunch after the second worship service with guests from the Chaplains Ministry of Seminole County. These men and women diligently serve with the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry in order to spread the Gospel Read more…
Tracing God’s Promises During the month of March, we will be continuing our study of the center section of Genesis and God’s covenant promises to Abraham, particularly as they work out in the lives of his children/grandchildren. We will explore the wonderful truths of God’s faithfulness through the ups and Read more…
God Knows You From the Womb On February 25th, the U.S. Senate voted down the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” a bill sponsored by Senator Ben Sasse. This bill would have required a health-care practitioner to “exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to preserve the life Read more…
Interested in Further Study? During our Adult Sunday School series on the Book of Revelation, several questions have arisen about where folks could go to read in more depth about the book. There is so much published on this book that it can be bewildering. Many things out there are Read more…
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Does Your Child Profess Faith? If so, they may be ready to take the step towards becoming full communing members at River Oaks. River Oaks will be offering a Communicants Class during the month of March on Wednesday evenings from 6:00 – 7:30 (at the same time as men’s and women’s Bible Read more…
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Resourcing You! With the restructuring of our children’s and youth ministries into “family ministry” comes a desire for us as a church to grow in how we nurture our covenant children of all ages. This is the first installment of what will be a monthly update aimed at helping provide Read more…
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Viewing of “Wonder” Ladies of River Oaks! Please join us Friday, February 22nd, for a movie night together! It’ll be just like those fancy theaters (minus the cushy reclining seats). We’re watching the movie Wonder, which came out in 2017. Here’s a brief description: This drama is based on a bestselling novel about a young boy Read more…
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Ready to Launch! During November and December of 2018, we pressed “pause” on our children’s ministry to retool it over the holidays and emerge in 2019 refreshed for a new season. We now have a new curriculum, new team structure, new scheduling tool, new safety policies, and a new children’s Read more…
New from Pastor Lanier Recently Dr. Lanier’s new book, How We Got the Bible, was released by Christian Focus publishers. This book explores how the books of the OT and NT were delivered by God, received as authoritative (canon), and transmitted to the church today (text). The book emerged, in part, out of a Read more…