Gospel Goodbyes are led by the spirit.

Gospel Goodbyes are affirmed by the church.

Temporary goodbyes hold weight and worth.

Acts 13:1-3; Acts 20

A movement without prayer is actually a movement without God.

Our desperation in prayer marks our dependence on God.

Psalm 127

This week, Dave walks us through Psalm 145:1-13 and we see the abounding love of the Father for us. Because of this love we get the joy of lifting our praise to Him in thanksgiving. As followers of Christ we get to share this mighty love and blessing to all of creation. This is why Church at the Oaks exists to send disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

Britton walks us through Advent week of peace.

This week is Joy Sunday! We get to celebrate the joy of Jesus coming down to earth as good news of Great Joy! Britton walked us through Luke 2:8-12 as we see the importance of keeping Jesus as the source of our joy as we serve him. At oaks we exist to send disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

As we enter into the season of advent Britton walked us through Ephesians 2. In this season we are reminded that if our hope is in anything but Christ it is not hope but simply luck. As a church our hope is built on Jesus and we want to see others know the Hope of Him. Church at the Oaks exists to send disciplemakers of Jesus by being disciplemakers of Jesus.

This week Dave walked us through Colossians 3:1-11. He explained to us what Paul meant when he told Believers in Colossae to "seek the things above" and encouraged us to live our lives for that which is eternal instead of the many things of the world that can steal our attention and our affections away from Christ.

This week Britton walked us through Colossians 2:16-23. He reminded us that following Jesus is not just about fixing our behaviors but building a relationship as Paul describes in this passage. Britton encouraged us to lay down our striving and our efforts at the foot of the Cross and respond instead with faithful obedience that comes out of the overflow of our relationship with Jesus.

This week Britton walked us through Colossians 2:6-15. He explained the pathway of discipleship that Paul lays out in this passage and encouraged us to pursue the fullness of a relationship with Christ in our own lives so that we might not fall prey to the empty and deceptive philosophies of the world.

This week one of our Ministry Residents, Brady Read, led us through the next passage in our series on Colossians. He broke down Paul's words of encouragement to the Church of Colossae regarding the plausible arguments of the world and explained how we can follow the same steps to avoid being led astray as we go and make disciples.