Announcements & Events
Baby Bottle Campaign 2019
Help Save a Life! Each year, River Oaks Church joins several other churches in Seminole County to support the Pregnancy Centers (Sanford and Oviedo) in their Baby Bottle Campaign (find out more). The Pregnancy Centers exist to offer women alternatives to abortion by modeling the love of Jesus Christ through Read more…
Announcements & Events
VBS 2019: The Incredible Race!
For Students & Parents ROC Vacation Bible School begins Monday, June 3! Registration begins at 8:30AM. Payment is due at this time: $10 per child, $30 max per family. On Tuesday through Friday, check-in opens at 8:45. Friday afternoon there will be a closing party with popsicles, inflatable water slides, Read more…
Announcements & Events
Bahamas Mission Trip Fundraiser
Baked-And-Other-Goods Sale! River Oaks Church is sending a short-term mission team to partner with Julian and Christiana Russell, MTW missionaries in Nassau, Bahamas, on July 6-13th. The team will be hosting a kids camp for one week, serving children (grades 1-6) in various activities such as reading, writing/composition, sports/activities, and Read more…
Equipping
Made to Worship (Part 1)
Let Every Knee Bow Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Praise the LORD! Ps 150:6 Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created. Rev 4:11 And he said with Read more…
Weekly Updates
Week of May 19
Sunday Worship Events & Reminders Buying Online? Mid-week Ministries Other Details
Announcements & Events
All-Church Picnic (June 12)
Fun for All Ages It’s that time of year. The Pleciae nearctica (love-bugs) are finally calming down. The air is cool and crisp. The mid-afternoon sun dances playfully on the leaves. We start debating whether to switch on our A/C or just leave the windows open to catch the evening Read more…
Equipping
Mother’s Day and the Body of Christ
An Annual Tradition During our weekly staff meeting, we have been discussing how, and even whether, to honor Mother’s Day during our Sunday corporate worship service. Wait…what? “Why wouldn’t you?” someone might say. It’s a complex issue for at least two reasons. First, Mother’s Day is not, strictly speaking, a Read more…
Equipping
Children’s Ministry Update (May)
God Saves His People! Through the month of May, we will finish up Genesis with the conclusion of Joseph’s story and move into the first portion of Exodus up through the parting of the Red Sea. Shortcuts: For Teachers | For Parents Over and over again we will see God’s Read more…
Equipping
Student Ministry Update (May)
Finishing Strong, Looking Ahead As we wrap up the school year and look toward the summer we want to make sure you are aware of all the opportunities for ministry and connection coming up! In this update, you will find out about… Our large group wrap-up MS and HS summer Read more…
Weekly Updates
Week of May 5
Sunday Worship Events & Reminders Mid-week Ministries Around the Web Other Details
Equipping
Missions Spotlight: The Cubases
Puerto Supe, Peru Cesar and Grace Cubas are missionaries in Puerto Supe, Peru, serving with South American Mission (SAM). Cesar is of Peruvian descent and came to know Jesus as a young man through the outreach of a missionary to Peru. He later met Grace when she was serving as Read more…
Weekly Updates
Week of April 28
Sunday Worship Our Matthew series will conclude with Matt 28:16-20 (the Great Commission). Getting prepared: What do the key elements of Jesus’s commissioning statement (baptizing, making disciples, teaching) tell us about the purpose of the church? What does Jesus mean by “all authority”? Preview the bulletin and songs Adult Ed Read more…
Sermon Series
Matthew: Jesus the Christ
“Tell us if you are the Christ!” As Jesus neared the final moments of his earthly ministry and was subjected to fabricated charges, mockery, and scorn by his opponents, the high priest asks him a pressing question that had been building all along: And the high priest stood up and Read more…
Announcements & Events
Seminar: Fundamentals of Bible Reading (Update)
“Your Word is Truth” The Bible is the very Word of God. As the Word of God, the Bible is God’s way of saving and sanctifying us (John 17:17). So understanding the Bible is vitally important for us as Christians. But the Bible is a long, ancient and unique book Read more…
Weekly Updates
Week of April 21
Upcoming Worship Events & Reminders Mid-week Ministries Other Details
Equipping
Missions Spotlight: Jeremy and Angel
Southall, London Jeremy and Angel (and their children) are missionaries with Serge who will be entering a new mission field in Southall, UK in late 2019 or early 2020. Originally from Orlando, Jeremy and Angel first began serving in global missions in Uganda in 2015. They are in the process Read more…
Equipping
Student Ministry Update (April)
Connecting the Dots This post marks the beginning of a new way for Joel (our Director of Family Ministries) to connect with the parents and youth who are involved in River Oaks’s student ministries. We hope this monthly resource will be a valuable way for everyone at ROC to “connect Read more…