OakTown
NEWS
SERMON NOTES TODAY!
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"FALL FUN!"
Hi Kids and Parents! Happy Fall!
Here are some projects you can do this month:
1) OakTown Elements. Give a welcome, host our news, sing the OakTown Song. If interested email oaktownlive@gmail.com and we will give you the details.
2) Mission Song. Learn our Mission Statement Song and record yourself singing all or part of it! See "Mission Statement Song" section in this newsletter for details.
3) BFF. Baptized Friends/Family Forever. Send in names of five children to oaktownlive@gmail.com who we can pray for that you want to see give their life to Jesus through baptism in 2024. Please only send their first name and if you like you can keep their name anonymous and give them a number--person 1, person 2, etc. As those children make decisions for Jesus this year we will celebrate and also have a huge party at end of year! (If you're not baptized, you can be one of those names. Also, no more than five but you can have less than five.)
All videos or pictures must be emailed to oaktownlive@gmail.com. Your welcome pictures may be sent at any time. Your BFF can be sent at any time, but please send as soon as possible so we can begin praying for them as soon as possible.
Finally, we update our newsletter with information and opportunities regularly, so please revisit our newsletter as often as you can!
CALENDAR
Play and Pray Back! Wednesdays @ 7pm
ANNOUNCEMENTS
REGISTER TODAY
If you have not registered your child in OakTown, please do so as soon as possible. OUC members please register your child as well @ oucsda.org/oaktown. If you are not sure if you registered, please register again.
Registration allows for us to do four things: 1) Know your child's name (and pronunciaton if you add it), 2) Include them in our weekly giveaways, 3) Send updates, and 4) Acknowledge their birthdays during OakTown Live (if registration is received at least 14 days in advance of birthday. If you are registered at least 14 days in advance of birthday and we miss it, please let us know.)
Regarding birthdays, if you would like your child to receive a birthday greeting during our Praise Cafe, please email your child's name and birthdate to information@oucsda.org the week prior to their birthday. (This is different than registration. To register you must go to oucsda.org/oaktown.)
ADVENTURER CLUB
The Adventurer Club, our Pre-K to Grade 4 children's group comparable in some ways to Boys' and Girls' Scouts, meets on Sundays. Adventurers is a great opportunity for parents to watch and help their children learn more about Jesus with the assistance of our dedicated Adventurer Club staff. Please email oaktownlive@gmail.com for more information on joining Adventurers.
CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Our Children's Choir sings monthly for our 11 o' clock worship service. Rehearsals are on Fridays at 5:30 pm in our Multipurpose Room South. Kids, please join so that you can come to know Jesus and go to serve Jesus through song! Parents, please don't miss this opportunity to help your children learn and live songs about Jesus! Please email oaktownlive@gmail.com for more information on joining our choir.
SABBATH SCHOOL
Please join our Sabbath School program on Saturdays at 10 a.m. Sabbath School is a time for children to discuss Bible stories and Bible principles that Parents teach their children. Each week Parents can help their children read and/or learn the lesson for that week so that their children can discuss it in Sabbath School class on Saturday, but most of all so their chldren can live it at home, school, and play. We have classes for all ages: Beginner Class for ages 0-3; Kindergarten Class for ages 4-5; Primary Class 1 for grades 1-3; and Primary Class 2 for grades 4-5. Go to gracelink.net for the lesson. To attend classes, please see OakTown hanging banners in our Family Life Center.
PRAYER MEETING for Kids!
Play and Pray is back! Wednesdays @ 7pm FLC 108. Bring sermon note tickets to get prizes!
CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION
Here on the Oakwood University campus we have a fine Christian academy--Oakwood Adventist Academy (OAA)! OAA serves students Kindergarten through 12th grade, preparing students for a lifetime of service to God and humanity. Parents, please prayerfully consider sending your children to OAA. And if you are already sending your child to OAA, please tell others about your experience. Finally, Parents, please contact the school to see how you can help the academy grow and soar even more! Call 256-801-0534 or visit https://oakwoodadventistacademy.org for more information.
For more information about OakTown
please contact
Pastor Marc Raphael @ oaktownlive@gmail.com
Or go to www.oucsda.org/oaktown
Mission Statement Song
Join the Mission!
Learn the Mission Statement Song, "Becoming the Church,"
Here is the link to the lyrics and music with vocals.
CHILDREN'S CHURCH HELPER SIGN UP
Please click blue link below to sign up to help with Children's Church when it returns.
"SEPTEMBER" UPDATE
Kids and parents, thank you so much for your pictures and videos that you sent in for our recent series. If you sent in pictures or videos by the due date but your picture or video was not shown, please let us know.
Finally, we would like to announce that videos of our recent series are on our OUC YouTube channel and if you have not subscribed you can access them by searching for "OUC Worship Experience" on YouTube and type in the date of the Sabbath Service you would like to watch. You can then fast forward to our OakTown Live segment. Please take time to catch up on episodes you may have missed and/or would like to see again. And please invite your friends to go online as well. It is a great way to "Go for Jesus!"
VIDEO GUIDELINES
SERMON NOTES
Sermon Notes are back! Please show yours at our OakTown Welcome center in Family Life Center (FLC) lobby after church each Sabbath and you will get tickets for prizes on Wednesdays @ 7pm in FLC 108 during Play and Pray. Online viewers can also download sermon notes from the top of this newsletter on Sabbaths, complete them, take picture of completed notes, and then email to oaktownlive@gmail.com and we will share your name and/or notes during OakTown Live.