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Sacred Gifts
This Sunday we continued our "Creating Space" conversation as Greg led us in a reflection around our physical bodies. In our culture we've tended to see our bodies in unhealthy ways, and our hope is that we'll learn to see them instead as God does- as a sacred gifts capable of experiencing and reflecting God's love. This week was also a 3rd Sunday so we donated our entire ($546.20) to Oakland Elizabeth house to support their work with single moms and their families!
Typically our Sunday conversations are live streamed on facebook, but due to technical issues we weren't able to post this week's. If you'd like to check past week's services click here. Over the coming weeks we'll continue to explore how we might "create space" in various areas of our lives including our finances, our digital lives, time, and more. This coming Sunday we'll be considering how to practice spaciousness and simplicity when it comes to our DIGITAL LIVES, something that connects with all of us today. As always there are lots of things going on beyond Sundays in the life of our community, be sure to check it all out!
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Things Going on In and Through Oak Life:ROOTS:
Lent Worship/Prayer/Communion Gathering: As part of our Lenten journey, we'll be hosting an special time of worship, prayer, and communion on Wednesday March 27th at 7pm at Chapter 510.
Lent/Ash Wednesday Introduction:
We've posted a brief introduction to Ash Wednesday and Lent on the Oak Life Blog that includes a few ideas for how to engage this season of the church calendar.
Stuff Exchange Sunday April 14th: Bring in your "stuff" that you don't need anymore and you'll get to take whatever you want- just make sure it's not garbage. This will be part of our "Creating Space" conversation as we reflect on our relationship to our material "stuff" Afterwards the leftovers will be donated to the City Team Shelter.
Life Groups: Oak Life runs two main "sessions" of life groups, one in the Fall and one in the Winter/Spring.
Click here to see what groups are running for the Spring session or to sign up. Got a Prayer request? Every week, the Oak Life Prayer team spends time praying for Oak Life. If you'd like to have us pray for you during the week, please submit your prayer request
here, http://bit.ly/oaklifeprayers . Feel free to include your Name and contact info if you'd also like one of us to reach out personally to you. For those who would like to know more info or to join the prayer team, contact monica.a.tzeng@gmail.com.
Volunteering at Oak Life: Pretty much everything that happens in Oak Life is a result of folks from the community participating in making us what we are.
If you'd like to check out the places to volunteer click here.Generosity Towards Oak Life: Oak Life's roots and branches depend on the generosity of it's community members. If you'd like to practice financial generosity towards Oak Life, which pays for our rent, staff, and ministry expenses-
you can do so online through our website here. There are options to give on a one-time, monthly or periodic basis. If you have any questions regarding financial stuff at Oak Life you can send an email to the team: finance-team@oaklifechurch.comFacebook Group: Got a prayer request or community event you'd like to share?
Join our Facebook Group to keep the conversation going. Also, most Sunday's we live stream part of the service!BRANCHES:
Community Justice Team: This team is re-starting and will be having their first meeting on March 23rd from 1-3pm (note the date change from 3/16). Anyone is welcome to join as they discuss next steps and continue to cultivate Oak Life's heart for peace and justice. If you'd like to attend or have questions email Darren: dfnewell693@gmail.com
Earth Day Cleanup: One of Oak Life's values is Creation Care and we hope you can join us at our next opportunity to live it out! On Saturday April 20th at 10:00AM join some Oak Life folks as we clean up a local creek. For more info or to RSVP email Sadie: sgaff25277@gmail.com
Third Sunday Giving Update: Once a month we give away our entire offering to a local group or cause and it's been super encouraging to see the ways
we've been able to join in good work in our community. Over the past 12 months Oak Life has given away almost $8,000!!! This month we heard from and donated $546.2 to Oakland Elizabeth house to support their work with single moms and their families! If you'd like to watch a thank you from some of our
third Sunday partners click here.Homeless Community Support: Oak Life is connected to a local camp community and we're always looking for donations to bring our friends. Current needs include: bottle waters, clipper/bart cards, packs of socks, cold meds, and gift cards. If you'd like to donate, just bring something in on a Sunday and we'll deliver it that week.Other Stuff? Got ideas for other ways we can serve our community? Want to start a new group? Interested in organizing a hike our outing? Oak Life is a community led church- so let's make it happen. Just shoot us back an email.That's all for now!
Grace and Peace,
Chris Scott
Oak Life Church
www.oaklifechurch.com
Sundays 10AM at The New Parkway Theater
337 17th st #102, Oakland, 94612
Twitter / Instagram: @oaklifechurch
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Sundays 10AM at The New Parkway Theater
472 24th St. Oakland, 94612
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