Last Call to Register for VBS 2022! We’re going down under for an Australian-themed Vacation Bible School this summer from June 20 – 24! Registration is almost at full capacity! Please email Jane@riveroakschurch.com to find out if there is any availability in your child’s age group or to be added Read more…
A Study of Gentle & Lowly Coming out of the Advent/Christmas season, our hearts are freshly aware of the humanity of Jesus: God enfleshed in a baby born in Bethlehem. But even then, so often it is easy to see Jesus Christ as distant from us. Does he really love Read more…
Vacation Bible School is June 20 – 24! We’re going down under for an Australian-themed VBS this summer! According to the Answers In Genesis website, “Zoomerang is a sanctity of life VBS in the land down under! Be prepared to experience the jaw-dropping beauty of the Great Barrier Reef, the Read more…
Pardon Our Dust! River Oaks Church is officially under construction! While this is an exciting time for our kids, safety around the construction site is our top priority. Please help us enforce the following rules: Do not enter the construction site inside the fenced area. Absolutely NO climbing on the Read more…
Starting 2022 with A Firm Foundation The Children’s Ministry will start the new year with Unit 33 of the Gospel Project, called A Firm Foundation. This month, we’ll answer the question: What is the Bible about? This unit explores through the old and new testament how, “The bible is the Read more…
Happy New Year! Welcome to 2022 everyone, we made it! Although 2021 may not have been the big comeback many of us were hoping for in other areas of life, it was a great year for ROC student ministry and we are looking forward to another great one coming up! Read more…
Sign Up for the Christmas Eve Nativity Play! The Children’s Ministry Team is organizing a nativity play during the Christmas Eve Candlelight service on 12/24 at 6 p.m. All children from preschool to 5th grade can register to participate! There are also opportunities for older children in the youth program Read more…
Fall Rock Blocks Party! Save the date (November 14) for the Fall Rock Blocks Party. But shhh…don’t share with your kids just yet! Each Sunday, your children have received ROCK blocks for memorizing Bible verses, participating in Sunday School/ROCK and treating their classmates with respect. Children have been adding their blocks to build a fall tree and they Read more…
ROC ON Wednesday…ROCKED! The children’s ministry kicked off their ROC ON Wednesdays Kids program in September! Children in preschool through 5th grade enjoyed the extra time of fellowship and biblical exploration. The ROC ON program builds on The Gospel Project lesson taught during the previous Sunday School and ROCK during Read more…
“Grace and Peace to You All” 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 Read more…
Are you ready to ROC ON Wednesdays? The children’s ministry is excited to announce another opportunity for fellowship and biblical exploration for children in kindergarten through fifth grade! Starting September 15, we are launching River Oaks Church on Wednesdays (ROC ON). ROC ON evenings will kick-off with a family dinner served from 5:30 – 6:00 Read more…
Let’s Do This! Welcome to the new school year, everybody! We’re really excited for the new year, especially to welcome a massive upcoming class of 6th graders. This is the largest new class we’ve had in years and we are really looking forward to getting all the new families involved. Read more…
Moving Up and Growing in Faith! As the summer winds down, it’s time to move on up! Starting Aug. 1, children are invited to promote to the next grade level during Sunday school and ROCK. Grade level divisions are: The new Children’s ministry team—Jane O’Dowd and Amanda Knowles—will be in the hallway between both services on Sunday to make Read more…
Exciting Times What a lot of exciting things we’ve had going on in Children’s Ministry this summer! And this is only the beginning as we look ahead and see God opening doors of opportunity for growth and ministry expansion in the coming year. Don’t Call It A Comeback (or Do?) Read more…
Fun in the Sun The past month has been a real whirlwind but a great start to the summer! After wrapping up our Sermon on the Mount series at the end of May we had an awesome first summer fellowship on the lake at the Gregorys’ house. Then we went Read more…
We are Family! With the rise of vaccinations, the lightening of mask mandates throughout the country, and the general sense that things are trending towards “normal” around here–it feels more and more like we’re getting the church family back together again. It feels like a family reunion. So let’s do Read more…
Welcome to Summer! Congratulations on making it through this past school year, I (Joel) think it’s safe to say that was quite a feat for all of us. We’re hopeful about the coming year as things seem to be getting back to normal and we look forward to reconnecting as a Read more…
Being the Adults in the Room It goes without saying, perhaps, that 2020 and the start of 2021 have left many of us disoriented and discouraged, for a host of reasons. A big one that touches every area of life is the sharpening division in not only the culture but Read more…
Happy Holy Week! As we celebrate Easter this week and look around at creation continuing to ‘spring’ back to life after the cold death of winter, it’s a powerful reminder of the new life Christ won for us that morning 2000 years ago when he walked out of that tomb. Read more…
Off to a Great Start Greetings youth and parents! I hope 2021 is going well so far for each of your families. Looking over the first half of the semester as we come into spring break this week, it has been a great year so far for student ministry at Read more…