Today - December 11, 2007 it has been 10 months since our launch! What a ride it has been.
How many of you remember our first Sundays out on the parking lot as we waited for our building to be finished? The weather was awesome and we had an incredible time. Ceylon of Desert Stars Performing Arts was so gracious to rent us her dance studio for KidSplash and J&J Jumpers provided a bouncer! We gave away an iPod to Anderson Thomas and we got to meet several hundred new friends in Maricopa. The second week we were also outside but finally by week 3 we moved into the building.
Since that time we have seen our Dream Team Grow to 85 Adults plus children for a total of 130 or more people who are serving and actively involved in seeing Oasis Life Church become all that it is to become. Out stats show that nearly 350 people call Oasis their home church and weekly about 200 show up for services. Most importantly - we've seen at least 25 people commit their lives to Christ. Over 100 people got involved in Oasis groups this fall and many are taking a serious look at what discipleship means! We are on the journey together.
Another incredible thing about Oasis this year is that you all have stepped up to help families in need - over and over again. Our belief is that the church should be doing so much more of what has be relegated to the government. Thank you for helping to provide meals to dozens of families. Thank you for helping to provide furniture and goods to furnish an entire house. Thank you for the dozens of boxes of diapers. Thank you for the donations that helped to keep utilities on for emergency situations. Thank you for the clothes, the toys and so much more! You truly are making a difference in our community.
In the next two months we will be finalizing our plans for our one year celebration! You are not going to want to miss this. We'll be planning a family event, kids events, concerts, bless-the-community events and more give-aways as we look to the weekend of Feb 9 & 10, 2008. Keep checking back for more details and spread the word!
Caryl & I love being your pastors!
Let's do life!
How many of you remember our first Sundays out on the parking lot as we waited for our building to be finished? The weather was awesome and we had an incredible time. Ceylon of Desert Stars Performing Arts was so gracious to rent us her dance studio for KidSplash and J&J Jumpers provided a bouncer! We gave away an iPod to Anderson Thomas and we got to meet several hundred new friends in Maricopa. The second week we were also outside but finally by week 3 we moved into the building.
Since that time we have seen our Dream Team Grow to 85 Adults plus children for a total of 130 or more people who are serving and actively involved in seeing Oasis Life Church become all that it is to become. Out stats show that nearly 350 people call Oasis their home church and weekly about 200 show up for services. Most importantly - we've seen at least 25 people commit their lives to Christ. Over 100 people got involved in Oasis groups this fall and many are taking a serious look at what discipleship means! We are on the journey together.
Another incredible thing about Oasis this year is that you all have stepped up to help families in need - over and over again. Our belief is that the church should be doing so much more of what has be relegated to the government. Thank you for helping to provide meals to dozens of families. Thank you for helping to provide furniture and goods to furnish an entire house. Thank you for the dozens of boxes of diapers. Thank you for the donations that helped to keep utilities on for emergency situations. Thank you for the clothes, the toys and so much more! You truly are making a difference in our community.
In the next two months we will be finalizing our plans for our one year celebration! You are not going to want to miss this. We'll be planning a family event, kids events, concerts, bless-the-community events and more give-aways as we look to the weekend of Feb 9 & 10, 2008. Keep checking back for more details and spread the word!
Caryl & I love being your pastors!
Let's do life!
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