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A New Community, Week 1: Love What does it look like to live together as the family of God? In this new series, we'll dive into some of the fifty-nine “one another" commands found in Scripture to see how we are called to live together as the Church. This week we'll look at Jesus' command to love one another. Jesus reveals the way we love one another will show the world that we are His disciples. T...

All In Sunday It's All In weekend at Oak Pointe where we celebrate the faith commitments of individuals who are being baptized and families who are dedicating their children. During the service our Oak Pointe pastors explain more about why and how we practice these ordinances and traditions. Speaker: Charlie Koopman, Worship & Creative Arts Pastor

We Are The Church, Week 6: Mandate Although we have come to Christ singularly, we do not live in Him separately. Our mandate is to not only come to Jesus, but to be transformed by Him; to not only belong to Him, but to proclaim Him. “Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy." 1 Peter 2:10 Guest Speaker: Pastor Sonny...

We Are The Church, Week 5: Members When it comes to the church of Jesus Christ, every member matters. God has given each of us gifts. He has a plan for those gifts, and He calls you to utilize yours. However, His goal for those gifts is not just to have individual members fulfilled, but to unify the body and to build His church. As a member of God's church, you are essential! So...where are you se...

We Are The Church, Week 4: Mission Everybody wants a mission in life. That makes sense because "mission" implies purpose and focus. But what about the mission Oak Pointe Church has to know Jesus and make Him known? This week Pastor Charlie explores the church's mission statement, and the results may not be exactly what you'd expect. However, should you choose to accept it, this mission will change...

We Are The Church, Week 3: Message Since the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, and beginning with the apostles, the message of the Gospel has been passed down from generation to generation of believers. But to keep it moving on to future generations, three questions always need to be answered: What is the gospel? Why do I share it? How do I share it? Speaker: Rick Barry, The Rock Middle Sc...

We Are The Church, Week 2: Method God works in and through the community of believers. In Acts 2:42-47, we see the early church gathering in community, teaching one another, regularly sharing meals together, and praying frequently and fervently. The result? God added to their numbers daily (v. 47). Our greatest personal growth happens in community. As we grow, the community of faith grows as well....

We Are The Church, Week 1: Movement It all started way back in the Old Testament when God made a promise to Abraham to build a holy and set apart people to bless the nations. In the New Testament, it was commissioned by the risen Christ, and empowered by the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. Today it continues as the most influential and world-shaping movement in history. Of course, we're talki...

In Step, Week 9: Self-Control Self-control literally means the ability to direct one’s will. This is also known as will power – keeping our emotions, impulses, or desires in check. The self in us is very strong, and that's what makes self-control difficult. But self-control is far more than exertion of sheer discipline to keep from doing certain things...like eating donuts. Self-control is really...

In Step, Week 8: Gentleness Gentleness was not an overly exciting character trait to possess in the first century. It was seen as the halfway point between excessive anger and complete ambivalence – a very meh place to be. Not much has changed in the take-charge culture of today where gentleness is seen as weakness. So why does Gentleness make it into the list of fruit that the Spirit develops in...

In Step, Week 7: Faithfulness At the end of our life, we all want to hear the Lord say to us, "Well done good and faithful servant!" (Matthew 25:21) What is faithfulness? What does it look like for the Christian? Along with those questions, this week we'll also seek to uncover the ancient mystery of what a chainsaw has to do with being faithful. Speaker: Brent Buttermore, Missions Pastor

In Step, Week 6: Goodness God is the source of all goodness. Indeed, he defines what goodness is and he calls us to show it to others. Of course, this is easier said than done. In this message, Pastor Rick shares three steps we can take to consistently reflect God's goodness to a world that needs it. Speaker: Rick Barry, The Rock Middle School Ministry Pastor

In Step, Week 5: Patience Let's face it, we don’t like to wait. This makes having patience very difficult in our culture. First molded by God toward us, patience is the Spirit-generated ability to bear with, endure, and wait. This week, we'll examine what biblical patience looks like lived out? Speaker: Adam Schultz, Sozo Young Adult Ministry Pastor

In Step, Week 4: Kindness It seems that everywhere we look in culture, people are talking about kindness. Whether it's on a t-shirt, in a new book, or a way to pay it forward, kindness is everywhere. This tells us two things: that people respond to kindness and that the world is full of a lot of unkindness. Have we missed the mark on what kindness means? This week, we will take a look at the spiri...

In Step, Week 3: Peace The peace that Jesus provides surpasses understanding, as evidenced by the event in Luke 8 where we find Him in a boat with the disciples during a tumultuous storm. This week we'll seek to answer the following three questions. What is biblical peace? How do we get peace? How do we experience this peace daily? Speaker: Rick Barry, The Rock Middle School Ministry Pastor

In Step, Week 2: Joy Joy is something hard to define, but we know it when we feel it. If you look Joy up in the dictionary it just says “extreme happiness,” but I think we all know joy is more than happiness – it is deeper, broader, more enduring, more fulfilling, and is connected to core things, not circumstances. But here's the question: where do we get it? Speaker: Paul Jenkinson, Milford Campu...

In Step, Week 1: Love Beginning this weekend, our summer series will explore what it means to keep in step with the Spirit. Each week we'll examine an aspect of the fruit the Spirit produces in our lives. This first week we'll talk about “LOVE” and ask ourselves, "What does it really mean to love my neighbor?" In his letter to the Galatians, as the Apostle Paul is addressing the basics of the Chri...

Made For More It is possible to do the right things and end up in the wrong place? That's the question Aaron Hicks asks in his message, Made for More. What we'll discover is that obedience involves a surrender of your plans in exchange for the plans God has for you. Guest Speaker: Aaron Hicks, Pastor at Rise Church in Romulus, Michigan

God With Us Epilogue: The Three Gardens The message of the Bible is really pretty simple. God lost something, and He wants it back. That’s the story in 8 words. And while it is a big love story, God tells it in a lot of little chapters. As we complete our God With Us journey, we take one last look at this love story by observing the three gardens where the major acts in the story play out. The thr...

God With Us: Revelation, Week 4 God With Us Jesus repeatedly said that He would come a second time. Here is the fulfillment of His promise. This final act of revelation and judgment sees the Son of God descending from heaven to establish His righteous rule upon the Earth. In one powerful appearing He destroys the remnants of Satan’s kingdom in the battle of Armageddon, after which He establishes H...

God With Us: Revelation, Week 3 The Counterfeit Kingdom From the Garden of Eden forward it has been Satan’s intention to thwart God’s rule on Earth and to establish his own kingdom. This was the offer he made to Jesus during the wilderness temptations. In the last days, a final conflict will ensue between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan. These chapters show that conflict unfolding in t...

God With Us: Revelation, Week 2 Jesus’ 2nd “Triumphal Entry” While the first three chapters of Revelation deal with the past and present, the remainder of the book focuses on the future. It opens with John being caught up to the throne room of heaven where he will be given visions of the final events leading up to the 2nd coming of Christ. The time has come for those on earth to give an account fo...

God With Us: Revelation, Week 1 The Glorified Lord Addresses His Churches The book of Revelation is about the return of Christ and the revealing that His is the King of kings and Lord of lords. That's what "The apocalypse of Jesus Christ" means - the unveiling of Jesus Christ. While the words of Revelation were for the whole world to read, they were originally sent to the seven churches of Asia Mi...

God With Us: Later Letters, Week 13 Walking in the Truth Much like a modern postcard, Second and Third John are very short letters that would have fit on a single sheet of papyrus. John's brevity was due to his audience - people that he was hoping to visit "face to face" in the near future. Second John is addressed to “the chosen lady,” likely a reference to the church in a certain city. Third Joh...

God With Us: Later Letters, Week 12 Walking in Love Love is central to who God is, and is a big focus of the Apostle John's theology. Of all the letters in the New Testament, John gives the most attention to the theme that love for others is proof of one’s love for God. Various forms of the word “love” occur 34 times in this short letter – significantly more than other New Testament epistles of si...