Returning to Acaba Mundo The Session and Missions Committee of River Oaks is excited to announce that we’ll be sending another short-term mission team to Acaba Mundo (in Belo Horizonte, Brazil), aiming for summer 2025. We had a fantastic experience in November 2024 through a four-person team, and we are Read more…
Acaba Mundo, November 8-16 ROC is excited to be partnering with Isaiah 61 Ministries to participate in a 10-day mission trip to Belo Horizonte, Brazil in November 2024! This ministry serves the underprivileged in a “favela” (roughly equivalent to a slum) in Acaba Mundo. ROC will be doing four main Read more…
“Go and make disciples of all the nations” River Oaks Church is excited to be sending a team to London 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), focusing on learning about world Read more…
A Church Merger Completed ROC has supported Julian and Christiana Russell in Nassau, Bahamas, for many years now. Last year the leadership of their church, Covenant Life Presbyterian, announced the intention to combine ministries with another church with a 200+ year history in the city, Saint Andrew’s Kirk. The merger 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…
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…
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…
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…
Serving Young People with Disabilities River Oaks’ own Rachel (Halley) Johnson serves locally with Young Life Capernaum, a ministry dedicated to creating spaces of Christ-oriented belonging for teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (and their families). Rachel leads a team of volunteers to host events and do Read more…
Recap of Missions Sunday On November 13 we celebrated our annual “Missions Sunday” at ROC, where we devote the entire worship service, Sunday school, and a post-worship lunch to reflecting on God’s calling to build disciples among all the nations. This year we focused on mission work to Japan. We Read more…
Church Planting in Asia This post is the start of a new monthly series where our Missions Committee will update you on the missionaries we are praying for as a church that month. October is Micah and Blair! Micah and Blair, along with their four children, live in Southeast Asia Read more…
Learn More About Our 2022 Trip ROC is excited to be partnering with MTW missionaries Julian and Christiana Russell for another short-term mission trip to Nassau, Bahamas! We have supported the Russells for several years. We’re excited to be planning another trip for summer 2022: July 16 to 23! The Read more…
Reaching Students for Christ On Sunday, November 7, 2021, River Oaks will be holding its annual “Missions Sunday” to celebrate the global movement of the kingdom of God! We will be hearing from two ministries that serve on the campus at UCF with Reformed University Fellowship, our denomination’s outreach to Read more…
East Asia Micah and Blair (and their family) serve as overseas church-planting missionaries in a prominent city in East Asia, where they have lived for nearly a decade. Micah serves as assistant pastor in a Presbyterian church that is led by an indigenous team. He assists with regular pastoral duties Read more…
Serving Youth with Special Needs On Sunday, November 3, 2019, River Oaks will be hosting a lunch to hear about the ministry of our own Rachel Halley! Rachel serves with YL Capernaum, a division of Young Life that reaches students with various kinds of disabilities. During this free lunch, Rachel Read more…
The Refuge Scott and Tiffany Kelley are engaged in mentoring refugee youth and young adults to understand and live out their God given purpose to make Jesus known. They do this through a ministry called The Refuge, based in north Georgia. Scott and Tiffany began mentoring refugee kids in 2009. Read more…
Orlando ⇄ Japan Warren and Yukari Griffith are based in Orlando but seek to advance the gospel of Christ around the world through Mission to Japan. This ministry focuses on hosting Japanese students in Orlando (with a focus on learning English), which then provides opportunities for Bible studies, retreats, sightseeing, Read more…
Young Life Capernaum Rachel Halley serves with Young Life in a special ministry called Capernaum. This unique ministry reaches students with various kinds of disabilities with the love of Jesus Christ. Rachel helps lead monthly gatherings of these youth (often with their parents) with a team of local student leaders. Read more…
July 6th-13th! ROC is excited to be partnering with MTW missionaries Julian and Christiana Russell for a short-term mission trip to Nassau, Bahamas! We have supported the Russells for a few years, and our church recently hosted them for our 2018 Missions Sunday. The Russells focus on church planting (Covenant Read more…