Join us for Family Fun Night!
Looking for a fun way to connect with your family and others at Five Oaks? Join us on Friday, March 22, 6:30-8:30 pm at Five Oaks. You can look forward to games (active or not), crafts, and snacks. Come and connect with other families who also have preschool & elementary-aged kids. Details and registration here. Questions? Email Kelly Bauman.
Lent at Five Oaks: Bring God back to the center
Do you ever feel as though life gets a bit busier each day? Sometimes, the day’s tasks fill our time before we make room for God and Scripture. This upside-down template may seem fulfilling for a while, as the busier we are, the less relevant God seems sometimes. Lent is a time for reflection and renewal. If you’d like to flip the script and get God back to the center, join us in exploring the essential doctrines of the Christian faith that Jesus taught in his seven last words. We’ll equip you with the foundational teachings of our faith and reasons why it matters to walk with God every day. We meet on Thursday evenings during Lent at 7 pm, now through Easter. Childcare provided. Questions? Email Tom Vang.
Last call for Faith Milestone Classes (this weekend!)
Our next Faith Milestone Celebration is coming up in mid-April. To prepare for that weekend, we’d like to partner with your family to help prepare your children or students who are ready for baptism, and parents who are ready for dedication. Join us on February 25 for these classes: Dedication class at 9 am; Baptism/Communion at 10:45 am. Interested? Email Kelly Bauman to sign up.
Join us to pray for mission partners this weekend
Every month we gather to pray for our impact partners across the world. Join us next Sunday, February 25, 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. Not only is the power of prayer important, but also this is a great way to help make our mission partners real to us by partnering with them in prayer. Questions? Email Dave Baar, impact@fiveoakschurch.org.
Fifth grade event: Try to escape it!
All fifth graders and their friends are invited to our Escape Room at Five Oaks on March 1 at 6:30 pm. This Escape Room will be themed around the parables of Jesus, and once the kids solve it, we’ll have some additional fun planned. This is a great way to meet other fifth graders who attend at different times than your family, and a great way to get kids ready for youth group next year. Register here. Questions? Email Dan Eggum.
Serve your neighbor in need 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 Saturday, March 2, 9:30 am-1:15 pm. Interested? Please put “Dorothy Day” on your connect card, or email Cindy and Tim Wiant, wiynts4riverfalls@gmail.com. Tim and Cindy will get back to you with confirmation of your spot on our team and instructions on how to get signed up. Volunteers need to be at least 14 years old.
Adults: Are you interested in getting baptized?
Baptism is an important faith milestone for adults as well as kids. Adults, if you’re considering being baptized, join us for our baptism class on March 10 at 10:45 am in room 102. You will know everything you need to know about baptism and get a framework for how to prepare your story. We would be so excited to walk alongside you in your faith journey! Email Jonathan Haage to sign up.
Join our mission (membership)
Membership is important at Five Oaks. It’s a way of saying, “I want to be part of the mission of this local church.” If you have a personal relationship with Christ and you have completed the Story of God class, we would love to have you join us for our membership class on Sunday, March 10, at 9 am. Details and registration here.
Help with healing from divorce or separation
DivorceCare is a safe place where caring people come alongside you as you find healing from the pain of separation or divorce. Thirteen weeks, Christ-centered support. Meets Mondays, 7 pm at Five Oaks. Sign up here.
Students: Two summer travel opportunities you won’t want to miss
We still have several months of the school year remaining, but we have two important discipleship opportunities this summer for your middle school and high school students. Middle schoolers are headed to Camp Getaway, June 9-14, for the biggest event of their year. High schoolers are going to the Challenge Conference in Kansas City, July 1-6. Both of these events provide opportunities for big fun, spiritual growth, worship, and deepening friendships. Details and registration for both of these events can be found here. Questions? Email Kyler Albert with questions about Camp Getaway. Email Henry Michael with questions about Challenge.
Way to be the hands and feet of Jesus!
Eighty of you amazing Five Oakers helped to pack 29,592 meals at our Feed My Starving Children event back on February 10! It was fun to see so many faces and ages spanning from our younger to more seasoned church family! We saw families, adult small groups, & Five Oaks Students small groups all serving together! It was a great day serving together and praying over the meals we packed that are being sent to Cuba! Be on the lookout for our next event in October!