What’s coming up? Mark your calendars!
 
October 31: Family Fun Fest, 6-8pm
November 1: Kids’ Choir will be singing during the morning worship service

FAMILY FUN FEST IS STILL HAPPENING! TO AVOID THE MUD, WE WILL BE SET UP IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT INSTEAD OF THE GRASSY AREA.  IF IT IS STILL RAINING BY THE EVENING, WE WILL MOVE AS MANY OF THE BOOTHS AS POSSIBLE INSIDE THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.
 
FAMILY FUN FEST
 
Make plans NOW to bring your family to our Oak Crest Family Fun Fest on October 31, from 6-8 pm!  We will have the same fun activities as last year, including 2 inflatable bounce houses, Creepy Critters petting zoo, hay rides, yummy food and many different games!
 
Also please set aside a bit of your time to volunteer in one of the many areas at the festival…sign up sheet in the foyer.  Just ask me if you have any questions!  We need help in the following areas:
 
Hay Ride helpers
Cotton Candy cotton candy helpers
Greeters
Milk Bottle game
 
 CHILDREN IN ACTION/MISSION FRIENDS
 
Come join us Sundays @ 6pm! Children in Action is for children in 1st-5th grade.  Mission Friends is for children 3 years through Kindergarten.  Childcare will be provided for children 2 and under.  It’s not too late to jump in!
 
This month in CiA/MF…
 
Serving in: Cambodia
Missionary Family: The Kims (Names have been changed)
Biblical Focus: Courage
Memory Verse:  “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
 
KIDS’ CHOIR
 
Kids’ Choir will be singing “Trust and Obey,” our hymn of the month, during the morning worship service THIS COMING SUNDAY, November 1st!
 
 Kid’s choir will be each Wednesday night during the 7pm service. We will be focusing on the “Hymn of the Month” and Christmas music.  This year, we will not be doing a Children’s Christmas Cantata, but we will be learning three different Christmas songs.  One will be performed with the Adult Choir during the adult Christmas cantatas (evening of December 13th),  and the other 2 will be performed during the morning service on December 13th.
 
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 
Unit Title: God the Covenant-Maker
Key Passage: Romans 4:3
Session Title: The Promise Reaffirmed
Bible Passage: Romans 4:3
Main Point: God reminded Abraham’s family that He always keeps His promises.
Big Picture Question: What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
Christ Connection: God’s wonderful plan to Abraham extended well beyond his lifetime. The plan
was shared with Rebekah, Isaac, Jacob, and eventually an entire nation leading to the birth of a
baby boy named Jesus. Jesus fulfilled God’s plan to provide salvation and redemption for all of
God’s people.
 
Thank you for continuing this journey of The Gospel Project® for Kids. In His covenant with Abraham, God promised land, descendants, and a blessing to all the nations of the earth. (Gen. 22:17-18) In today’s Bible story, God reaffirmed the promise to Abraham’s son Isaac and to his grandson Jacob. (Gen. 26:3-4; 28:13-14)
 
When Isaac’s wife, Rebekah, became pregnant with twins, the babies struggled with each other inside her. God explained their future. The older son (Esau) would serve the younger (Jacob). Their families would separate and become two nations, one stronger than the other. These things came true, but not in the way Isaac’s family would have expected. Jacob tricked his father and brother to steal the blessing. To escape his brother’s anger, Jacob fled to his uncle’s house.
 
On the way, God spoke to Jacob in a dream. Jacob saw a stairway to heaven, and he saw God there. God repeated the promise to Jacob. He promised to be with Jacob. Explain to your kids that, like the stairway in Jacob’s dream, Jesus bridges the gap between heaven and earth. (See John 1:51.) Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Sin separates people from God, but when people turn from their sin and trust in Jesus, Jesus brings them into God’s family.
 
 
Family starting points

Preschool

• What did God promise? God promised to bless His people
• God reminded Abraham’s family about His promises.

 Kids

• What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
• God reminded Abraham’s family that He always keeps His promises.

  
Check out the Gospel Project for Kids Family App or the Big Picture Cards for Families for ways to interact with the Bible content each week.
 
In Christ,
Stephenie

What’s coming up? Mark your calendars!
 
October 24: Oak Crest Kids to Mainstay Farm CANCELLED!
October 31: Family Fun Fest, 6-8pm

MAINSTAY FARM
 
Due to lack of ability to participate this Saturday, our trip to Mainstay Farm will be moved to the spring.
 
FAMILY FUN FEST
 
Make plans NOW to bring your family to our Oak Crest Family Fun Fest on October 31, from 6-8 pm!  We will have the same fun activities as last year, including 2 inflatable bounce houses, Creepy Critters petting zoo, hay rides, yummy food and many different games!
 
Also please set aside a bit of your time to volunteer in one of the many areas at the festival…sign up sheet in the foyer.  Just ask me if you have any questions!  We need help in the following areas:
 
Food
Hay Ride
Cotton Candy
Greeters
Milk Bottle game
  
CHILDREN IN ACTION/MISSION FRIENDS
 Come join us Sundays @ 6pm! Children in Action is for children in 1st-5th grade.  Mission Friends is for children 3 years through Kindergarten.  Childcare will be provided for children 2 and under.  It’s not too late to jump in!
 
This month in CiA/MF…
 Serving in: Cambodia
Missionary Family: The Kims (Names have been changed)
Biblical Focus: Courage
Memory Verse:  “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
 
KIDS’ CHOIR
 Kid’s choir will be each Wednesday night during the 7pm service. We will be focusing on the “Hymn of the Month” and Christmas music.  This year, we will not be doing a Children’s Christmas Cantata, but we will be learning three different Christmas songs.  One will be performed with the Adult Choir during the adult Christmas cantatas (evening of December 13th),  and the other 2 will be performed during the morning service on December 13th.
 
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 Unit Title: God the Covenant-Maker
Key Passage: Romans 4:3
Session Title: God Tested Abraham
Bible Passage: Genesis 22:1-19
Main Point: Abraham trusted God even when he didn’t understand God’s plan.
Big Picture Question: What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
Christ Connection: Abraham showed his love for God by being willing to sacrifice his son Isaac.
This is how God showed His love for us: He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross so that we
could have eternal life through Him.
  
This week in The Gospel Project® for Kids, our journey takes us to an event that occurred after Abraham and Sarah had their son of promise, Isaac. Abraham received another message from God. It was a test, actually. God instructed Abraham to take his son Isaac, the son of promise, and sacrifice him on a mountain God would tell him about.
 
Abraham had waited so many years for this child! But what did Abraham do? He woke up early the next morning and set out with Isaac to do what God commanded. By this point, Abraham had supreme faith that God was able to do anything. Hebrews 11:17-19 gives us a peek inside Abraham’s mind: “He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead.”
 
Abraham showed his love for God by being willing to sacrifice his son Isaac. God provided a ram for the burnt offering in place of Isaac, who was spared. This is how God showed His love for us: He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross so that we could have eternal life through Him.
  
Family starting points
Preschool

• What did God promise? God promised to bless His people
• Abraham trusted God.

Kids

• What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
• Abraham trusted God even when he didn’t understand God’s plan.

 
Check out the Gospel Project for Kids Family App or the Big Picture Cards for Families for ways to interact with the Bible content each week.
 
 
In Christ,
Stephenie
​

What’s coming up? Mark your calendars!
 
October 18: Visit to Midlothian Healthcare Center Nursing Home
October 24: Oak Crest Kids to Mainstay Farm
October 31: Family Fun Fest, 6-8pm

MAINSTAY FARM
 We’ll be going to Mainstay Farm on October 24th, leave Oak Crest at 10:30 and take a sack lunch.  Children 8 and up may attend without a parent.  Children under 8, must be accompanied by an adult.  Children’s ministry will purchase each member child’s ticket, 3 yrs-5th grade.
Please reserve your child’s ticket by October 14th.
 
 FAMILY FUN FEST
 Make plans NOW to bring your family to our Oak Crest Family Fun Fest on October 31, from 6-8 pm!  We will have the same fun activities as last year, including 2 inflatable bounce houses, Creepy Critters petting zoo, hay rides, yummy food and many different games!
 
Also please set aside a bit of your time to volunteer in one of the many areas at the festival…sign up sheet in the foyer.  Just ask me if you have any questions!
 
CHILDREN IN ACTION/MISSION FRIENDS
 Come join us Sundays @ 6pm! Children in Action is for children in 1st-5th grade.  Mission Friends is for children 3 years through Kindergarten.  Childcare will be provided for children 2 and under.  It’s not too late to jump in!
 
This month in CiA/MF…
 
Serving in: Cambodia
Missionary Family: The Kims (Names have been changed)
Biblical Focus: Courage
Memory Verse:  “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
 
Don’t forget: Visit to the Nursing Home…10/18 @ 5pm
 
KIDS’ CHOIR
  Kid’s choir will be each Wednesday night during the 7pm service. We will be focusing on the “Hymn of the Month” and Christmas music.  This year, we will not be doing a Children’s Christmas Cantata, but we will be learning three different Christmas songs.  One will be performed with the Adult Choir during the adult Christmas cantatas (evening of December 13th),  and the other 2 will be performed during the morning service on December 13th.
 
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Unit Title: God the Covenant-Maker
Key Passage: Romans 4:3
Session Title: God’s Covenant with Abraham
Bible Passage: Genesis 12:2-3; 15:1-21; 17:1-9
Main Point: God promised to bless all the world through Abraham.
Big Picture Question: What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
Christ Connection: God called Abraham to leave his country and family to go to another land. God
promised to bless all the world through Abraham. God sent Jesus from His home in heaven to be
born on earth into Abraham’s family. Through Jesus, all the nations of the earth are blessed.
  
Over the next few weeks, kids will learn that God is a covenant-making God. After the people spread out over all the earth when God mixed up their languages, He spoke to a man named Abram. God called Abram to leave behind his family and his lands to go to a place God would show him. God made a covenant with Abram, promising to bless all the world through one of his descendants. (Gen 12:1-3) By faith, Abram obeyed.
 
God was serious about the covenant; He always keeps His promises. God even changed Abram’s name to Abraham, which means “Father of a Multitude.” God promised to bless all the earth through Abraham. At just the right time, Jesus was born into Abraham’s family. (Gal. 4:4-5) Jesus fulfilled God’s promise to Abraham. (See Gal. 3:8.) Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Through Him, all the nations of the earth are blessed.
  
Family starting points
Preschool

• What did God promise? God promised to bless His people
• God promised to bless Abraham.

Kids

• What did God promise? God made a covenant to bless His people.
• God promised to bless all the world through Abraham.

 Check out the Gospel Project for Kids Family App or the Big Picture Cards for Families for ways to interact with the Bible content each week.
 
 In Christ,
Stephenie

​What’s coming up? Mark your calendars!
 
October 18: Visit to Midlothian Healthcare Center Nursing Home
October 24: Oak Crest Kids to Mainstay Farm
October 31: Family Fun Fest, 6-8pm

MAINSTAY FARM
 
We’ll be going to Mainstay Farm on October 24th, leave Oak Crest at 10:30 and take a sack lunch.  Children 8 and up may attend without a parent.  Children under 8, must be accompanied by an adult.  Children’s ministry will purchase each member child’s ticket, 3 yrs-5th grade.
Please reserve your child’s ticket by October 14th.
 
 
FAMILY FUN FEST
 
Make plans NOW to bring your family to our Oak Crest Family Fun Fest on October 31, from 6-8 pm!  We will have the same fun activities as last year, including 2 inflatable bounce houses, Creepy Critters petting zoo, hay rides, yummy food and many different games!
 
CHILDREN IN ACTION/MISSION FRIENDS
 
We are so excited about the great turnout we had for our first night of Mission Friends and Children in Action!  A big thank you to Tonja Adams, Paul Cheek, Courtney Steele and Connie Bowers for all of their help each Sunday evening!  Come join us Sundays @ 6pm! Children in Action is for children in 1st-5th grade.  Mission Friends is for children 3 years through Kindergarten.  Childcare will be provided for children 2 and under.
 
This month in CiA/MF…
 
Serving in: Cambodia
Missionary Family: The Kims (Names have been changed)
Biblical Focus: Courage
Memory Verse:  “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9
 
Don’t forget: Visit to the Nursing Home…10/18
 
KIDS’ CHOIR
 
 Kid’s choir will be each Wednesday night during the 7pm service. We will be focusing on the “Hymn of the Month” and Christmas music.  This year, we will not be doing a Children’s Christmas Cantata, but we will be learning three different Christmas songs.  One will be performed with the Adult Choir during the adult Christmas cantatas (evening of December 13th),  and the other 2 will be performed during the morning service on December 13th.



 
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 
Unit Title: God the Creator
Key Passage: 1 Corinthians 8:6
Session Title: The Tower of Babel
Bible Passage: Genesis 1:26
Main Point: God created people to give glory to Him alone.
Big Picture Question: Why did God create the world? God created the world and everything in it for
His glory.
Christ Connection: People chose to give glory to themselves instead of God. They ignored God’s
plan, so God confused their language and scattered the people all over the earth. One day, Jesus
will gather together all of God’s people—people from every tribe and people who speak all kinds
of languages—and they will worship Him. (Revelation 7:9-10)
 
This week’s Bible story is about the tower of Babel. Following the flood, God wanted to have a fresh start. God commanded Noah in Genesis 9:1 to “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” In Genesis 11:2, Scripture indicates that instead of filling the earth as God commanded, the people built a city and a large tower into the heavens. The people didn’t want to be scattered. They didn’t believe God would give them what was good if they obeyed Him. They sought to obtain for themselves what they believed was good.
 
The people tried to build a monument with its top in the heavens, but they succeeded only in separating themselves from God and from each other. God confused their language and scattered them over the earth. They were unable to finish building the city, so the city was called Babel—which sounds like the Hebrew word for “confused”—because there the Lord confused the people’s language. Teach your kids about God’s better plan: His plan not for people to reach up to Him, but His plan to reach down to people by sending His Son, Jesus, to live the perfect life we couldn’t live and die the death we don’t want to die. That is the gospel.
 
Family starting points
Preschool
Kids

• Why did God create the world? God created the world for His glory.
• What is sin? Sin is breaking God’s law.
• God created people to give Him glory.

• Why did God create the world? God created the world and everything in it for His glory.
• What is sin? Sin is breaking God’s law, and sin separates people from God.
• God created people to give glory to Him alone.

 
Check out the Gospel Project for Kids Family App or the Big Picture Cards for Families for ways to interact with the Bible content each week.
 
 In Christ,
Stephenie