Lent at Five Oaks: Prepare your heart for easter
With so many good things competing for our time and attention these days, we want to invite you to join us on Thursday evenings during Lent to slow down and prepare your heart for Easter. We’ll look to scripture as we focus on the most important parts of the Lent season. More details to come, but mark your calendar for Thursdays, 7-8 pm, starting February 23. Childcare provided.
Five Oaks Kids: Volunteer appreciation and training
As a volunteer in Five Oaks Kids, we know you make choices with your time to make it possible for you to serve in our ministry. We appreciate that sacrifice and want to take an evening to celebrate you AND share with you some ideas on how we can engage everyday faith. We have some exciting new strategies and goals, and we can’t wait to pass them along to you. Join us February 27, 6-7:30 pm. Dinner’s on us! If you have a student who volunteers, please also register them. If you have a middle school student who serves, please send one parent to our training. Register here. Questions? Email Kelly Bauman.
Five Oaks Students: Our special needs ministry is growing
If you have a heart for differently-abled students, we may have a way for you to share your gifts on Wednesday night with Five Oaks Students. We have a need right now for adults with your gifting to work directly with some of our special needs students. We’d like to invite you to shadow a volunteer at youth group for a week or two to see if it’s a good fit for you. If you’d like to start this conversation or jump in on shadowing, email students@fiveoakschurch.org.
Leading others through community
Do you love to help new people connect in relationships? Do you love helping facilitate people growing in their faith? Small groups are one of the major ways we connect with our church family and grow in our faith. If you are interested in helping lead or co-lead a small group, we would love to help you do that. We have training and resources to ensure you are equipped and prepared to lead well! Email Jonathan Haage with questions or to start the conversation about this much-needed role of leadership.
Do you enjoy people?
Do you have a heart for welcoming new people? Or perhaps do you love to make guests feel welcome in your home? If so, please consider joining one of our Connections Ministry teams. We have openings for Ushers, Greeters, Acorn Cafe, and Concierge. Most of these roles are once per month. Interested? Email Danny Martin.
Daily rhythm of Scripture
Would you like to be a part of helping hundreds in our church engage in Scripture daily? Well you can, by joining our DailyLife writing team. You write a few short devotionals every 4ish weeks in line with the scripture from the current series we are in. It’s a great way to serve from anywhere and on your own schedule. Plus, we have a writing mentor to help you on-ramp, we provide lots of resources, and you’ll be coached in our writing process! Email Jonathan Haage to learn more.
Ways to support the people and church of Ukraine
It’s hard to believe that it’s been over a year since the start of the war in Ukraine.lent at Since then, this Ukrainan church has hosted and fed thousands of refugees, shared the gospel, and sent more than 50,000 pounds of food to the army. The need in Ukraine is still high. Please pray for these relief efforts, and consider making a financial gift if you are able. More info on our website.
Bless Your City Grants: We’ll help your small group reach others
Even though the BLESS Campaign is over, we still have funds available for Bless Your City Grants. If your small group has an idea for serving your neighbors in the name of Jesus, and some additional funds would help make that idea real, please consider taking the next step of completing the simple grant application. Contact Dave Baar if you have questions or need a copy of the application: impact@fiveoakschurch.org.
Got design and communications skills?
Our Kids Hope USA leadership team is looking for a volunteer to help create a newsletter to share the amazing stories of what God is doing, through Five Oaks, at Woodbury Elementary! If you’re willing to help design and publish this newsletter, please contact our KHUSA leadership team at khusa@fiveoakschurch.org.
Kids are waiting - mentors and prayer partners needed ASAP
God is moving at Woodbury Elementary! Thanks to the amazing work of the Five Oaks Kids Hope USA leadership team and volunteers, our partnership with Woodbury Elementary is GROWING. We have two boys – (a kindergartener and a third grader) – awaiting a mentor, and two boys (a second grader and a fourth grader) awaiting a prayer partner. If you can set aside one hour per week, during the school day, to mentor a student or pray for a student and mentor team, please contact our KHUSA leadership team at khusa@fiveoakschurch.org. No tutoring experience needed!
Baby news!
Congratulations to Tom and Kelsey Vang on the birth of their baby girl, Beatrice. Baby Beatrice was born on February 1 at 8:25 pm. She weighed 8 lbs, 5 oz., and was 19.75 inches long. Mom, baby and the rest of the Vang family are doing well!