Week of March 15

* Update: March 13 * Please view our latest update from the elders regarding our Sunday worship services and ministries. This now supercedes the weekly update posted March 12 (below). Navigating Difficult Times Sunday Worship It is not ROC’s typical practice to adjust our worship service to the ever-changing tides Read more…

Week of March 8

Sunday Worship Coronavirus (COVID-19) Precautions As with most churches, River Oaks leadership is monitoring the novel coronavirus outbreak to discern its impact on the ordinary operations of the church. As of now, we see no need to modify our service schedule or weekly activities. However, we would encourage all members Read more…

Week of February 23

Sunday Worship Child Protection Follow-up On Sunday, February 16, we completed a 3-week special Sunday school series on child abuse awareness and safety. Many thanks to everyone who attended to learn more about this important and difficult topic. If you missed any of the sessions and would like to catch Read more…

Week of February 16

Sunday Worship The Romans: The Obedience of Faith sermon series will continue with Rom 2:12-29. Preparation questions: What is the point of Paul’s indictment of religiosity in verses 17ff? What is “true” circumcision, and why? The children’s ministry will be studying Elijah at Mt Carmel (1 Kgs 18-19) The MinistrySafe Read more…

Week of February 2

Sunday Worship Our Romans: The Obedience of Faith series will continue with Rom 1:18-32. Preparation questions: What does the “downward spiral of sin” in this passage teach us about ourselves and God? What does Paul mean by the “wrath of God”? Preview of bulletin and song lyrics The children’s ministry Read more…

Week of January 26

Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will host a 3-week child protection awareness training (MinistrySafe) in Sunday school the first three weeks of February Children’s ministry ‣ The next quarterly teacher training (agenda) will be on Feb 2 (12:30pm)‣ Lunch and childcare will be provided. Read more…

Week of January 19

Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will host a 3-week child protection awareness training (MinistrySafe) in Sunday school the first three weeks of February Children’s ministry ‣ ROCK Blocks season two begins, working towards an H₂0 Party! ‣ Save the date: quarterly teacher meeting/training on Read more…

Week of January 12

Sunday Worship Our new Romans: The Obedience of Faith series will begin with Rom 1:1-7. Preparation questions: What does Paul say this letter is about? To whom is Paul writing? Why does this matter? Preview of bulletin and song lyrics The children’s ministry will be looking at God’s wisdom for Read more…

Week of December 22

Sunday Worship Coming Up in Church Life All church ‣ We will be holding a Christmas Eve worship service at 6pm on 12/24 Missions ‣ Mark your calendars: 2020 Bahamas mission trip interest meeting, Jan 19 Women’s ministry ‣ The winter/spring women’s Bible studies (Wed/Thur) will kick off in January Read more…