Sunday Worship Men’s Study of Pilgrim’s Progress! May 17th, the River Oaks men started a Summer 12-week study of A Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan. This famous allegory of the Christian life, though written in 1678, remains an enduring and relevant resource for spiritual growth today and is one of the best-selling Read more…
Sunday Worship Baby Bottle Campaign – 2023 The Mercy Team partners with the Pregnancy Centers in the Baby Bottle Campaign – The Difference is Life! We encourage you to join us by taking a bottle home, praying for the women, filling the bottle (with cash, coins, or a check) , Read more…
Christ and Him Crucified “Crux” is Latin for Cross. A “crux” is also the most important point of any topic. For Christianity, the Cross of Christ is the crux; the most important point, the decisive issue. We invite you to attend this vital series as we explore together the reasons Read more…
End-of-Year ROC ON Wednesday Party! ROC ON Wednesday ended its year on May 10 with a bounce house celebration for everyone! All groups (kids, youth, Women’s bible study and Men’s bible study) joined together for food and fun. The ROC On Wednesday kids program will restart in August! Spots Are Read more…
Sunday Worship ROC ON End-of-Year Potluck Picnic – May 10 Everyone is invited to our ROC ON End-Of-Year Party on Wednesday, 5/10 from 5:30-7:30pm. This is a potluck picnic and bounce house celebration. Please bring a dish to share and folding chair or blanket to picnic on. The party will Read more…
Serving Women and Children in Need One of our favorite annual community support initiatives is joining several other churches in Seminole County to support the Pregnancy Centers in their Baby Bottle Campaign (find out more | watch video). The Pregnancy Centers exist to offer women alternatives to abortion by modeling the love Read more…
Sunday Worship Next Men’s Monthly Breakfast – May 6 Come enjoy fellowship at the next Men’s Ministry Monthly Breakfast on 5/6 at 7am. River Oak’s Senior Intern from RTS (Reformed Theological Seminary), Luther Tate, will be the featured speaker. Luther is scheduled to graduate this May and become assistant pastor at Read more…
Sunday Worship All Church Board Game Day – May 6 The River Oaks Church is planning an all church Board Game Day on Saturday, May 6, 1pm – 10pm . Bring games, food, and friends. You can play whatever games you want the whole time or join in the teaching/playing Read more…
GPT, deepfakes, and more… Books and movies have long hypothesized about dystopian future scenarios where robots take over. But only in recent months has Artificial Intelligence actually become a real thing that is all around us, seemingly overnight. From ChatGPT to Dall-E to deepfakes … and from Microsoft to OpenAI Read more…
Sunday Worship Women’s Ministry – Movie Night The River Oaks Women’s Ministry will be screening The War Room on Friday 4/14. The doors will open at 6:15pm and the movie starts at 6:45 in the sanctuary. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair. Popcorn and snacks will be provided. We Read more…
Register Now for Vacation Bible School! Hear ye, hear ye! River Oaks Church is excited to host a medieval-themed Vacation Bible School from July 17-21, 2023. VBS will run daily from 9:00am-12:00pm. Children from pre-k to rising 5th graders are encouraged to participate as campers. Rising 6th to 12th graders Read more…
ROC … but on Wednesdays! In August we kicked off our River Oaks Church on Wednesdays. For short, it’s called ROC ON! This mid-week program is part of River Oaks Church’s larger vision for fellowship and biblical teaching opportunities for all ages on Wednesday night. ROC ON evenings will kick-off with a dinner served from 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. followed by the different Read more…
Sunday Worship – Easter Sunday Good Friday Service, April 7 Our service of worship (7:00-8:00pm) will include a time of singing, prayer, a homily on Psalm 22, and the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Nursery will be available. Coming up in church life All church ‣ New Member Sunday is Read more…
Reaching the world in your backyard Jeremy and Angel serve in the areas of evangelism and church planting support with Serge in Southall, London. They have been missionaries for over a decade, and in London they primarily support the ministry of New Life Masih Ghar church. Southall and High Wycombe Read more…
Register for Keeper of the Kingdom VBS! Hear ye, hear ye! River Oaks Church is excited to host a medieval-themed Vacation Bible School from July 17-21, 2023. VBS will run daily from 9:00am-12:00pm. Click here to register! For more information about the VBS theme or volunteer planning, visit the 2023 VBS page. Read more…
Sunday Worship – Palm Sunday Holy Week Service Times! Coming up in church life All church ‣ All are invited to a church workday at 9am on Saturday, April 1 Missions ‣ Support our summer London LEAP mission trip!‣ Our March missions spotlight is The Refuge (Scott & Tiffany Kelley) Read more…
“Christ is Proclaimed, and in that I rejoice” The apostle Paul visited the city of Philippi (in northern Greece) on his second missionary journey (roughly 50AD), and as a result of his preaching, the city was the first in Europe to receive the gospel! Several years later he wrote a Read more…
Sunday Worship Church Workday – 4/1, 9am – noon Join our church family in the annual cleaning of our worship facility and grounds 4/1 at 9am – noon. It is our congregational privilege to serve cleaning inside and outside of our church home. All ages are welcome. Everyone is encouraged Read more…
Sunday Worship Spring New Members Class – 3/25 Our new members class (Saturday, 3/25 8:30am-12:30pm) is an opportunity to find out more about who we are and what we believe. It is a great way to learn about the church, meet new people, get plugged into ROC, and see why belonging Read more…
How well do you know the life of Jesus? While many Christians within the Reformed/Protestant world know a lot about the writings of Paul (like Romans), surprisingly the Gospels are often somewhat unfamiliar other than, say, popular parables or the Sermon on the Mount. But the Gospels are essential to Read more…