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…
A Men’s Event… (…That just so happens to coincide with Super Bowl Sunday) Activities: Pickleball Ping Pong Basketball Duck decoy pellet shoot And…football Food: pizza, drinks, etc. Where: Duncan’s home (5 Stone Gate North, Longwood) When: Sunday, Feb. 3rd at 4:30 pm Please RSVP by January 31 by texting 407 227 2173.
Motivation to Multiply The vision for the CG ministry of our church is multiplication in the lives of the people of God: bearing fruit, making disciples, and growing in maturity. We aim to cultivate a small group culture that makes disciples across generations, and equips our members to keep doing Read more…
Wednesday Evening: Genesis We’ll continue the study we began in September by Nancy Guthrie, Promised One: Seeing Jesus in Genesis. This book compliments our Sunday morning corporate gatherings where we are also working our way through Genesis in the sermon series. However, Nancy Guthrie’s study has particular purpose — helping us Read more…
Reflecting on Bethlehem Click on over to Credo Magazine to see Pastor Lanier’s recent post discussing the birth narrative of Jesus in the Gospel According to Matthew. In this post (just in time for Advent!), Greg explores the interesting ways in which Matthew quotes the OT in explaining the significance Read more…
Word Made Flesh Christmas celebrates the coming of God’s light, life, truth and grace in the person of Jesus Christ! You are welcome to join us on the Sunday mornings in December as we study the opening chapter of the Gospel John together. As God’s Word is proclaimed, the light, Read more…
Build One Another Up As we make transitions in how we do various ministries at River Oaks, join us for a short series exploring the biblical picture of what the church is supposed to look like. We will explore the unity we have and the ministry we are called to Read more…
Join us for a classy evening out on the town! Listen to a killer jazz band perform your favorite Christmas tunes in the style of Frank Sinatra! Sip on fresh brewed coffee while enjoying a decadent slice of cheesecake! It’s an evening you don’t want to miss. December 14th or Read more…
The Bahamas Partnership On Sunday, November 4, 2018, River Oaks will be hosting Julian and Christiana Russell for our 2018 Missions Sunday! The Russells are missionaries to the Bahamas (and are originally from the Bahamas), serving as church planters and community developers with Mission to the World. Julian will be Read more…
New from Pastor Lanier Recently the result of Dr. Lanier’s doctoral work in England was published by Bloomsbury/T&T Clark, entitled: Old Testament Conceptual Metaphors and the Christology of Luke’s Gospel. That’s a mouthful! What is this book about? It explores how the Gospel according to Luke draws on ancient metaphors Read more…