Lots of info to share this week so I am posting my weekly email to our local Oasis Family for all those who follow Oasis as Friends or part of our Church family extended. Hope you have a great weekend. If you are local please join us. If you are out of town just a reminder we have two live "International Internet Services" each Sunday at 1-:30 and Noon (EST) .
Guy
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Dear Extended Oasis Family
P.S. First today. WE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO ISRAEL IN 2013. READ THE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS EMAIL. Now for the rest of my letter to you.
Hope you're having a great Thursday. I can't wait to see you this weekend at one of our 4 live services or one of our internet campus services if you are traveling or sick. This is going to be a great week. I am anticipating some BIG things happening. Pray that God will do something really BIG at Oasis this weekend. I think He is going to. Pray that He rocks some lives of our attenders and changes some of them dramatically. Pray He changes each of us matter of fact. We want Him to, right?
This weekend we are actually going to be giving away 5 Free Oasis T-Shirts in each service. There is a catch though. Five lucky Oasis'ers will get a FREE, yes, Free Tee in all 4 services. But the Catch is you have to be early. Just prior to each service we will be giving them away to those already in their seats. So see ya early this weekend. You really DON'T want to miss a single minute of this Service.
We wil conclude our "2012 - The Event" sermon series this weekend with a final look at Revelation and the End Times. Hey guess what? We WIN!!! Well sort of. Find out who the losers and who the winners are this week as we conclude this way too short Series on the end times. Bring a friend. They really, really need to hear this one. (If you missed any of these messages you really need to go here now and watch the video podcast.)
What in the world do Haiti, Isaiah 58 and Quilting have to do with anything? How are they connected? Seems strange to hear about a Quilting exhibit at Oasis Church. Just doesn't seem to fit does it? Well, maybe it does. For years some of our women who enjoy Quilting or wanted to learn have Quilted on Tuesday. It's not just a gossip session that some might suspect. No, it's an actual Missions group. They have given away scores of handmade Quilts to families as a ministry not only here in the USA but in other countries. Three Years ago they held an auction of their Quilts and raised about $4,000 to put a well in a village in Africa. How cool is that?
Here is how it works. Our women spend up to 150 hours hand making a beautiful Quilt. You come this weekend, look them over, make a Bid and the highest bidder for each Quilt gets a beautiful Quilt and all the Money goes to our Haiti Missions. Specifically it will be used with our group who is going in March to Haiti to work with viillages that are poor and totally forgotten by most. So come this weekend ready to do Missions. Donate for not a Quilt but to save a child's life and to give a child a chance at education or literally feed a starving person in Haiti. This past week one of our partners told me they are literally having a famine in two villages where they have a church. We are going there in March.
I have been reading and meditating this week on Isaiah 58. In verses 6-9 it actually tells us that God made a promise to His people. He said if you take care of the poor and feed the hungry I will answer your prayers. This is a conditional promise God made to His people. Some of us wonder why our prayers dont get answered. Maybe it is because we have neglected to give to those in need. To love those that others have forgotten. Through Oasis you are able to do this every week. Our minsitry continues to expand our reach to the poor and needy not only here but around the world and specifically closer to home in Haiti. I hope you are being a part of the incredible work that God is doing through Oasis and our ministry. If you have not yet given this week, you can do it now right here and now. Don't miss out on God's blessings and on your obedience to give back to God what is His already. I have some cool stories coming soon about giving. Can't wait to share them.
This weekend is the deadline for bringing your Hope Tote Bags back to help Broward Outreach Center minister to the homeless right in Downtown Hollywood. Bring them to the lobby. Remember the Purple Bags? Good way to live out Isaiah 58! WE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK TO ISRAEL IN 2013. SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS TRIP OF A LIFETIME YOU NEED TO GET REGISTERED ASAP. We will be going back this year. Time is short. Get registered today. The dates are April 30 - May 9th. You can go here and see the brochure and copy it out and send it in. If you have questions about the trip you can also call our tour company whose phone is listed in the brochure. All the info you ever wanted about the trip is right here.
Guy 
P.S. 2- The first two weeks in March we will be talking about the "Elephant in the Room". Next week I will bring a message on Mormonism and how it stacks up with Christianity and is it true Christianity? This has been in the news a lot lately with two presidential candidates this year being Mormon and other known radio and TV personalities Mormons. So what's the truth? The second week of March we wil look at the religion of Islam and see what Muslims truly believe and how it stacks up to Christianity! This is bound to be interesting, informational and maybe even controversial but it's the "Elephant in the Room" and everyone is afraid to talk about it. Well no more. We are talking about it in March. Be here. |
