warm up a chilly evening at our coffeehouse
Join our Five Oaks family for a fun night of espresso and live music! (Don’t worry! Decaf will be available too!) This is a great opportunity to meet other folks at Five Oaks and enjoy an evening out. You can also look forward to treats, games, and puzzles. And it’s all free right here at the church. This event is adults only and will be held in our Acorn Commons on January 20, 6:30 -9 pm. Start looking for your sitter now! Register here.
Join us for our Christmas services!
As you make plans for celebrating Christmas with friends and family, we hope to see you for worship at one of our five Christmas services. We’ll gather on December 23 at 4 and 5:30 pm, and on December 24 at 2:30, 4, and 5:30 pm. We will have programing available for kids in the nursery and preschool. Kids ages kindergarten and up will worship with their families. The Retreat, for our differently-abled kids, will be open at the 2:30 service on December 24. Questions? Email Kelly Bauman, kbauman@fiveoakschurch.org.
Have you signed up to help out yet?
Looking for a way to give back and serve this Christmas season – possibly with your family or small group? We’d love your help at any of our five Christmas services — (see announcement above for dates and times) — to help welcome visitors, serve refreshments, help take care of our youngest Five Oakers, and more. We have many easy ways to get involved and help make Five Oaks a welcoming place for all. Five Oaks Kids volunteer options are here. Connections volunteer options are here.
Kids choir at our final Advent service!
Staying focused on Jesus during the chaotic Christmas season can be challenging. Join us as we shine his light this season at our Advent services. The final one is this Sunday, December 18 at 4:30 pm, and will feature our children’s choir! It’s a family-friendly service, and week we’ll have interactive activities for families following See you there!
Bring us all your old shoes by this Sunday!
We’re partnering with the local nonprofit, Good in the Hood, with their Shoe Away Hunger program to collect new or used shoes in the commons through December 18. For every pair of new or gently-used footwear donated, they can feed one person with up to seven days of essential groceries. Questions? Email Dave at impact@fiveoakschurch.org.
Join us in prayer this Sunday
Missionary prayer is this weekend! Join us as we pray for our missions partners between the services on Sunday, December 18, from 10:15-10:45 am in Room 102. We’ll pray over specific requests sent from our local and global missionaries and mission partners. If this Sunday doesn’t work for you, we do it every month on the final Sunday (except for this month!). Not only is the power of prayer important, but also this is a great way to help make our missions partners real to us and get to know them a little better by partnering with them in prayer. Questions? Email Dave Baar.
Guys, you deserve a break today…
Men, we know that as dads, husbands, employees, grandpas, and uncles, you need a break to recharge and renew with other guys. Our annual men’s summit is a winter weekend with fellowship, games, learning, and relaxation at Ironwood Springs Ranch, January 27-29, 2023. You can look forward to learning from MN Football Hall of Fame Coach, Steve Johnson, our guest speaker for the weekend. Don’t miss the chance to re-engage with your faith and be equipped for everyday life with God. Register by December 31 for the early bird discount here. Questions? Email Jonathan Haage.
Bless others and stay warm indoors!
As winter settles in for its extended stay, consider joining our DailyLife writing team. This is one serve role that can be fulfilled from a coffee shop, the beach if you’re a snowbird, or even from the comfort of your couch. If you enjoy writing and appreciate the blessing that our DailyLife devotions have provided you, we’d love to chat with you. Email Danny Martin to start that conversation.
Serve a meal at Dorothy Day
If you’d like to make a difference to our neighbors in St. Paul, join us to prepare and serve a meal at the Dorothy Day Center on January 7, 9:30 am-1:15 pm. Interested? Please email Cindy and Tim Wiant, wiynts4@sbcglobal.net. Tim and Cindy will get back to you with confirmation of your spot on our team for this date. Volunteers need to be at least 13 years old.
Middle School Meltdown: Register now!
Need to get your middle schooler out of the house over President’s Day weekend!? Your middle schooler is invited to a weekend at Camp Forest Springs in Westboro, WI, February 17-19, 2023. Students can look forward to snow tubing, downhill and cross-country skiing, plus some solid Bible teaching and time hanging out with friends old and new. Register here. Only 50 spots are available! Questions? Email us at students@fiveoakschurch.org.
Looking for a summer internship?
If you’re a high school junior or senior, now is the time to be thinking and planning for a summer internship! Consider applying to be our IMPACT intern this summer. It’s a great opportunity to get hands-on experience working with various ministries, connecting with resources for careers in global ministry, and experiencing a short-term mission trip (scholarship included!). If you’re interested, or just want to get more information, email Dave Baar at impact@fiveoakschurch.org.