Reaching refugees with the love of Christ Scott and Tiffany Kelley lead a ministry known as The Refuge, which focuses on mentoring/discipling refugee youth and young adults and equipping them to serve Christ’s kingdom in the US and overseas. The Refuge has three main priorities: regular mentoring of former refugees 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 Support our Summer Mission Trip River Oaks Church is excited to be sending a three-person team for the London LEAP mission trip to partner with Serge and our supported missionaries (Jeremy and Angel) in Summer 2023 (July 3-10)! The team will participate in LEAP (London Evangelism And Prayer). We encourage you to support our River Read more…
Sunday Worship Spring New Members Class – 3/25 Our new members class (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 to Read more…
ROC ON Wednesday – Date Changes! Our new addition to River Oaks Church is almost finished! This is great news, but also means that parts of the current building will be unavailable for a few days while the finishing touches are continued into the current church space. Due to this Read more…
Mercy Opportunity River Oaks Church’s Mercy Team is organizing a service project with Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries (RLOM) on Saturday, February 25, 2023. The event will be held from 9:00-12:00 pm. We will be cleaning the inside and outside of the transitional home and the maternity home, so we are asking for volunteers. Read more…
Sunday Worship Men’s Monthly Breakfast – kickoff on 3/4 Come enjoy fellowship at the Men’s Ministry Monthly Breakfast the first Saturday of the month. The first breakfast kickoff is 3/4 at 7am. Sign up at the church Welcome Center table. Coming up in church life All Church ‣ Spring 2023 Read more…
Sunday Worship Mercy Opportunity – Serve Saturday 2/25 Come join the Mercy Team of ROC in serving the Redeeming Life Outreach Ministry on February 25, 9-noon. We will cleaning inside and outside of the Maternity Home and the Transitional Home in Sanford. Sign up at the church welcome center. See Read more…
ROC ON Wednesday! Our spring session of ROC on Wednesday is back in full swing! The ROC On Kids program is from 6-7:30pm. A family dinner will be served from 5:30 – 6 pm. The menu is posted on the bulletin board in the church hallway. As a reminder, the Read more…
Sunday Worship Young Adult Fellowship – Lake Day Come join the Young Adults of ROC at Lake Day on February 25, 10-1pm at Sylvan Lake Park in Sanford. Drinks, burgers, brats, and hot dogs are provided. Bring a side dish or snack. Invite your friends, feel free to bring your Read more…
Reaching College Students for Christ Hardy Reynolds is a campus minister for Reformed University Fellowship, serving on the campus of the University of Central Florida. RUF is a ministry of our church’s denomination, and it seeks to make disciples of Jesus on college campuses around the country and the world. Read more…
Sunday Worship Installation of Rev. Dr. Ben Shaw We invite all ROC members for the installation service on February 5, at 5:30pm. As River Oaks grows, we have a greater need for leadership to help shepherd our people. One of the ways our Session of elders seeks to grow in Read more…
Growing in Wisdom Our goal for the River Oaks Men’s Ministry is to provide opportunities for men to grow in wisdom as leaders in their home, workplaces, communities, and church. We also aim to create a place where men can build vital relationships with one another. To that end, we will Read more…
Want to know the Bible better? We invite you to join us in a study created by our very own Dr. Greg Lanier – Old Made New. He has created a study guide that we will use alongside his book to help grow our skills in interpreting how the New Testament Read more…
Sunday Worship Prayer Team The River Oaks prayer team meets weekly on Thursday mornings to pray for the needs of our church body. It’s not flashy. It doesn’t get a lot of press. But the team believes that God hears and answers faithful prayer. Come out to join us any time, Read more…
Missionaries to Missionaries Dale and Carmen Phillips serve with Paraclete Mission Group (FB), a unique ministry that focuses on coming alongside other missionaries and Christian leaders around the world to help them thrive in their calling. Paraclete recognizes that ministry, while an enormous blessing, brings with it the risk of Read more…
Lake Mary to Krakow, Poland On Sunday, January 15, River Oaks had the privilege of hosting Saško Nezamutdinov, who serves on the pastoral team of Christ the Savior Presbyterian Church in Krakow, Poland. Originally from Ukraine, Saško planted the church in the historical district of Krakow, and it is one Read more…
Sunday Worship ROC ON – All ministries are back Come join us at our Wednesday night ROC ON program. Our ministries are for all age groups. Children’s ministry includes nursery to 5th grade, Youth ministry is middle school and high school age, both the Women and Men’s ministry from 18 Read more…
Sunday Worship Mercy Opportunity: Serve Saturday – 1/21 The Mercy Team invites you to sign up and join them for Serve Saturday on 1/21, 9am – noon, at the Sharing Center in Longwood. This opportunity to serve our community is open to middle school age and up. The Sharing Center Read more…
Sunday Worship New Sermon Series: Philippians On January 8 we are beginning our new three-month sermon series on Paul’s joyful epistle from his imprisonment to the church at Philippi. You can find kickoff reflection questions and the schedule here ↓ Coming up in church life All Church ‣ Ordination/installation of Read more…