Big news this weekend at Five Oaks!
In a time of uncertainty, it’s tempting to wait until things settle down to move forward with our mission. Scripture tells us otherwise, and we are excited for the next chapter at Five Oaks!
This weekend we’re launching the BLESS Campaign during our services, and we’re looking forward to sharing with you what God is calling us into: making some improvements to our spaces to be more welcoming and inviting, strategically impacting our city and community, and strengthening our financial foundations.
We're going to reveal our specific plans, including renderings of changes to the building, plus we'll have treats and refreshments available between services.
If you're considering returning for in-person worship, this is one weekend you won't want to miss! We're having a party!
Pancakes and prayer
Guys, join the men of Five Oaks for delicious catered pancakes, courtesy of the famous Chris Cakes, and some teaching on prayer from The Gospel Coalition contributor and Twin Cities leader, Jeremy Adelman. You won’t want to miss this time of connection and food. September 26, 8 am at Five Oaks. Bring your friends and neighbors! Register online at fiveoaks.church/pancakes.
Five Oaks Students: Use your gifts for the next generation
Community is one of the most crucial ingredients for growing in your faith. Five Oaks Students is committed to connecting students to God and to each other every week. Providing a space that fosters spiritual growth takes dozens of volunteers. If you’d like to jump in with serving snacks, helping set up, cleaning spaces, leading groups, or welcoming students, we need your help! Reach out to Henry Michael at henrymw@fiveoakschurch.org in order to get connected!
Five Oaks Kids: Serving is easier than ever!
We are so happy to open some Five Oaks Kids classrooms again. Fun fact: Did you know that serving in our classrooms requires no preparation on your part? Our staff gets everything ready for you in advance of Sunday mornings. And, class sizes are limited to keep everyone safe. We also have non-classroom roles for hallway supervisors or helping sanitize rooms between services. Please email Kelly Bauman, kbauman@fiveoakschurch.org, to get involved in serving or to ask more questions.
Want to serve at home on your own schedule?
If you have a strong grasp of the written word, we’d love to talk to you about becoming a writer on our DailyLife team, the volunteer team who creates our daily Five Oaks devotionals. This is an opportunity to write on your own time (after the kids are in bed, maybe?) and use your gifts to help shepherd our congregation in their daily time with God. Your commitment: write one lesson about every 6-8 weeks. We’d love to have you join the team. Please email Jonathan Haage, jhaage@fiveoakschurch.org, for more info.
Loving Your World: Feed My Starving Children (Impact Passport “Ready” opportunity)
Hope begins with food! Join us Saturday, October 3 as we partner with Feed My Starving Children to pack meals for the desperately poor at the FMSC headquarters in Eagan. Two shifts available: 12-2 pm or 3-5 pm. This is both a great opportunity to serve as a family (ages 8 and up are welcome) and a chance to reach out to friends and neighbors. Inviting them to join you is an easy way to involve them in what’s important to you. Register on Realm or email impact@fiveoakschurch.org.
Remember that passport?
If you’re planning to worship in-person this weekend, you may pick up your copy of the BLESS Impact Passport. It contains great opportunities for you to engage in over the next three months to bless your city, the immigrant, and the world. It contains kids’ Impact activities as well. Not planning to worship in-person this weekend? Click here to access the Bless Passport digitally. Bonus -- the digital version contains direct links to sign up for all of our Impact opportunities! Questions? Please email Kevin Johnson, kjohnson@fiveoakschurch.org.
How can I thrive and not just survive?
For all of us, this season of life has made clear our need for connecting with others, especially since we need the support of others to be intentional and thrive. We want to help you grow spiritually with others. We have in-person and online small groups meeting every day of the week. Please click here to sign up for a group starting this fall! It’s just an 8-week commitment during our upcoming Bless series, so try it out!
Looking for a new sweet spot?
The great news: We’ve added a second worship service on Sundays: we now offer a 9 am and an 11 am service. The blessing of this: We need more volunteers on the weekends to continue to make Five Oaks the welcoming place of worship we all know it to be. Got a serve role in mind you’ve never tried? Or something you tried in the past and may want to revisit? We’d love to share vision with you for our current openings on the serve front.
Click here to check out volunteer options within the Connections ministry.
Click here to check out volunteer options within Five Oaks Kids.
Check out our NEW Five Oaks Church podcast!
We know you want to be connected to Five Oaks, whether you’re on the go or at home. We have a NEW way for you to connect to our weekend sermons. The Five Oaks Church podcast makes for great listening while walking the dog or driving to the cabin. Click here to read a short blog post from Pastor Henry that will provide you with all the ways to access it.