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Worship October 2016

Church Family,

I pray and hope you and yours have had an incredible start to the Fall Season, as I know God has been moving in mighty ways throughout our Church.  Last month was a busy month with many highlights throughout, but I want to mention a few:

We had our Kids Praise Choir help lead in worship and it was an unbelievable time of worship led by them.  Our desire here at Oakhill is to not only have a children’s choir to sing for us on Sunday, but we want to raise up Worship Leaders in our Church starting with our youngest!  This was a huge step in accomplishing that and I cannot wait to
continue to have them lead us in worship in the months to come.  I want to thank Tanya Thornton.  She has done an incredible job leading our children through the music and we could not do it without her.  I am so thankful for her leadership and her desire to partner together to raise up worship leaders in our Church!  Our children will have many more opportunities to lead worship in the coming months, so please consider having your children be a part!

We also had our first Church-Wide Night of Worship and it was a great experience.  As a church with 3 separate worship services, there aren’t many times that we all get to worship together in the same room, but our Night of Worship was one of those nights.  The presence of God was felt in mighty ways that night.  I’m thankful for so many great people in our music ministry who put in a lot of time and effort to make that night happen.  Be sure to be on the lookout in the future because we will be doing it again!  When we do, I ask you to make an effort to be there with your family, it will be a time you will not want to miss!  Many things are coming up throughout our Church, and
especially our music ministry.  We want you to be involved!  There is a place for you.  So whether it’s choir, praise band, praise team, or media team, if you are interested in being involved, let us know!  There is always room for more, and there is room for you!

I am so thankful to be your worship pastor.  I love you all!

Spare Change October 2016

Missions Update

Food Pantry:

During the month of October, we will be collecting personal care items.  Along with each food box we like to offer our clients a couple of personal items.  You would be surprised at how many people desperately need these items and sometimes they can be some of the most expensive items; there will be a collection bin in the foyer of the church.  We are collecting items like: toilet paper, shampoo, body wash, soap, razors, shaving cream, feminine products, deodorant, etc.  The next time you go shopping pick up an item and drop it off, this will greatly bless our clients!

We are also looking for more volunteers for the food pantry ministry.  There is a job for
anyone.  If you are interested, please see me or Deanna Comer.

Hispanic Church Plant:

The Hispanic church plant that we are sponsoring is gearing up for a big event Oct. 14^th-16^th.  This will be a three-night kick-off event.  They want to invite everyone to this event.  There will be a translator to help non-Spanish speakers.  Friday and Saturday is at 6 pm and Sunday starts at 4 pm.  They will be meeting at the Life Change Central campus.  Please be in prayer for this plant.  If you are interested in helping with set-up or serving food let me know, they could use a few extra hands.

AIS Partnership:

Mark your calendar!  We will be helping with our first AIS event on Oct. 27^th.  We will be preparing a meal for students and families, as well as helping to serve the meal.  This is a great way to encourage the students and minister to the faculty.  Please consider volunteering.  If you are interested see me or Dana Comer.

We are also mentoring students at AIS.  If you have an hour a week to help a student, please let me know.  No special skills are required.  You just need to love students and want to help them.

 
Charis House:

The Charis House ministry is taking applications.  If you know of a family that is homeless, or near homeless, please direct them to the church office so they can get an application.  This is a program that includes a place to live, but there are very strict guidelines and the applicants must allow our team members to mentor them.  There is also a background check and drug test (if needed).