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Pastor's Weekly Email for May 11, 2012....

Dear Oasis Extended Family and Friends,

I want to open our email today wishing all of our Moms a Happy Mother's Day! Whether you are blessed as I am with a Mom who is still with us or Mother's Day now is bittersweet since your mom is not still with you. Either way, it is a day to honor, remember and to thank those who gave us life.

I have learned over these many years that Mother's Day is not a monolithic day to celebrate. So many of us are blessed to celebrate with our moms for yet another year. That is a gift. But then many others take this day in a more reflective way since their moms are not here to hug, call or give a rose to. Some have had wonderful Godly moms like I do and then others have a less than honorable memory of a mom. So it's not easy on a day like this. But regardless we salute ALL moms this weekend.

I personally salute some of the best moms ever to walk this earth this weekend. I wish I could be with them all but we are scattered. But my love and respect is beyond words for each of them.

My Mom -- I love you mom. Thanks for raising 4 kids practically alone working 2 jobs.

My Wife -- Thanks Babe for not only being a wonderful mother for our sons but a great mother-in-law and grandmother. I love you.

My Mother-in-Law -- I fell in love with you before I did Tonia. Thanks for being the best Mother-in-Law I could ever have. I love you.

My Daughter-in-Law -- Jenni, you know I think you are the best mom and great wife. Your love for Nathan, Gavyn, Caleb and Raelynne is a constant blessing to me. I love you as my first daughter! I am blessed to call you my daughter-in-law.

My Daughter-in-Law -- Sabrina, have I "Thanked you for Marrying Corey lately"? LOL! Ok, that's a private line we use. I'll share it with the rest of you someday. You are not only a wonderful person inside and out but a great wife, mom and daughter-in-law. Thank you for loving Corey and Selah.

Thank you to all our Moms. We love you and honor you this weekend.

Just a few thoughts for this week at Oasis Church: 

* We conclude the "Man Up" Sermon Series this weekend with a special message geared for Mother's Day. This will be interesting. I hope our Moms will also bring all their men in their lives.

* "Rooted" -- I'll be sharing a special video from Israel I did this week introducing you to our next series. I can't wait. I did part of my first message in this series in Israel on location. 

* Our Teenagers will be doing a Car Wash NEXT Sunday in order to raise support for their Memorial Day weekend trip to Haiti. If you would like to donate to this, you can donate for a Car Wash ticket this week at all services. I hope you will get a ticket even if you can't have your car washed. You will help send a Teen to Haiti to bless an orphan they minister to there.

* Haiti Medical Missions Trip.  We have over 30 Oasis'ers going to Haiti over the Memorial Day weekend to minister to orphans and those displaced in the earthquake two years ago. Many are still living in tents. Our teens are also going on this trip. THE TRIP IS FULL. But if you want to go to Haiti we have another group going this fall with Pastor James Brown. You can mark your connection card and you will be given the info. Thanks to everyone who bought purses and have given to Bike for Haiti. It's through your giving that allows us to take medicine, furnish the orphanage with furniture and beds so the children won't have to sleep on the floor any longer and a host of other projects I'll share along the way.

I am looking forward to seeing you this weekend. What a great day to Celebrate our Moms.

Guy Melton

Pastor

P.S. You can give your Tithes and Offerings here, 24/7. If you have not been able to Worship yet this week in your giving, I hope you will make sure you do it now. It's your faithful and obedient giving to the Lord's Work that allows Oasis Church to continue to impact our community and communities around the world.

 

 

Security and Prosperity.............

My letter this week is a little different. Not because it doesn't focus on prayer as I do each week but the verse focuses on something we don't often think about. Having just landed after a 10-day tour of Israel and the Holy Land, this verse was used while we were there several times and it has been on my mind.

Psalms 122:6 - "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 'May those who love you be secure.'"

I wonder how many of us think about this verse? The Psalmist not only asked for the readers of his writing to Pray for Jerusalem but that those that do will be "Secure". Other versions say "Prosper". There is a lot that could be dissected here which I will forego but it is clear that God will bless those who love Israel and Pray for her. Jerusalem was given to God's people thousands of years ago and it is where His Holy Temple was destroyed twice. The Jewish people know that it must be built back before their Messiah they await comes.

Unfortunately with the political conditions as they are today, the Muslims control the Mount where the temple must be rebuilt. It is in Jerusalem & in the heart of Israel but the Jews do not control it. This is the most fought over small hill top in the entire world. The wailing wall (Western wall) sits right below and along with the ruins of the early temples. It's a sacred site.

I would love to really get into all this but this is not the time and I don't have the space to do it. But what we do need to do as Christians is to Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem. Pray for the nation of Israel. Pray for the Jewish People. I take very serious the promise that those who pray for and support Israel will prosper. 

It is scary in these days to think that most of the world is turning its back on Israel and even in America we see vacillating opinions on how much our country should support Israel. I say Pray for Israel and support it in every way. I believe America will be judged by how we treat Israel. Please pray with me for Jerusalem and the Peace of this great land and City of God. It is a sacred place. Please pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.

Adapted from the Prayer Partner Prayer letter week of May 9th.

 

Pastor's Weekly Email Newsletter for April 22, 2012

Dear Oasis Extended Family, I am going to get right to the facts and detail of what is important to share with you this week. There is so much going on! None of my normal chit chat today! I'm sure you are glad! This weekend I will bring the second part of our "Man Up" series. The title of my message is "Breaking the Cycle of Bondage" This is aimed at the males but will be appropriate for all the family since it deals with addictions and how to break them and deal with them in the lives of your loved ones. I will be sharing for the first time ever via video from various locations MY STORY and how destructive addiction has been in our own family. It's going to be a very emotional weekend for me. Please make sure you or those you love get to one of our four services Saturday night at 6 p.m., Sunday at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and Noon. (If you have family or friends who might need this message and hear my story who are out of town you might recommend they join our International Internet Campus LIVE with us during our 10:30 a.m. and noon service.  Now for all the IMPORTANT THINGS COMING UP: (PLEASE CHECK EACH ONE OUT! THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO BE BIG) This Sunday our SURGE ministry is hosting "Smiles for Haiti" once again!Come and get a family portrait made for just $10 by our extremely talented Beca Companioni. All proceeds go to help our teens go to Haiti this summer! LADIES! Need a girl's night? Come to our movie night on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Cost is $5 and you can register online. Childcare is available. Also, remember that we are accepting donations of designer handbags & purses to sell on for our "Helping Handbags" sale on Saturday, April 28 at 9 a.m. If you come to the movie, you can take advantage of the pre-sale! All money will go to our Haiti mission partnerships. Bring a bag to donate or come prepared on Saturday morning to buy one!  MEN! We are having a Porn and Pancakes event on Saturday, April 28 from 9 - 11 a.m. It will be a morning filled with straight talk about porn and the issues surrounding porn. Cost is $10. Register online (Ages 12 and up). This year Oasis is one of the hosts for the Chick-fil-A Leadercast on Friday, May 4 from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Anyone is invited - some great speakers will be sharing including Tim Tebow, John Maxwell, Urban Meyer, Andy Stanley and more! Cost is $75 (includes lunch only) and you can register online. Check out this videoabout the Leadercast! Are you a medical professional with a heart for missions? Even if you aren’t a medical professional, you can join us for a medical mission trip to Haiti May 25 - 28. The cost is $550/person. Tonia and I will be there as well serving at an orphanage - come join us! For more info contact Amina Dubuisson at adubuisson@netzero.net / 305-389-9485 or Rose Toussaint at 305-322-9647. Donations of medications, snacks, kids clothes, money and toiletries are being accepted.   Have a great week, God bless you. See you this weekend! Guy Melton, Pastor P.S. Don't forget to give your tithes and His offerings ONLINE now - it's easy, fast and secure!

 

Oasis Weekly Email............ March 17, 2012

For our extended Oasis Family I am sharing our latest weekly email newsletter. There is alot happening at Oasis Church as we begin ramping up for Easter. There are some First's in this letter we have never done before and I am really excited . There is one first at the bottom you might want to explore , before you leave us today. Have a great weekend. ( I refuse to say anything about St. Patricks Day! )

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family, I have just received great news and I am so stoked to share it with you. We have just finalized the last details on the usage of Hollywood Beach and the Bandshell in order to have a Beach Baptism and Concert on Easter Sunday Evening, April 8th. This is one of the most exciting things I think we have done at Easter in all our 20 year History. This will be the first Easter Baptism we have ever had and to do it at the Beach and have a Concert by our Worship Bands and Teams is even greater. I am so excited I can't even stand it right now. This is going to be great. This will top off a great Easter Weekend. Plan to attend the Baptism at 6 p.m. and the Concert at 7 p.m. on the Holllywood Beach Broadwalk. More details to follow. (You can mark your connection card this weekend if you or a family member plan to be Baptized for this historic event.) This weekend you will see all our Easter Service Times in the bulletin. Make sure you mark them down and begin to invite your friends and family. If you invite them, they will come. If they come they will experience great Worship, friendly people and a life changing message. Start asking them now. We will offer our regular services along with, Maundy Thursday at 7 p.m., Good Friday at 7 p.m. and Easter Eve 6 p.m. I can't wait!!!!!!!! Leading up to Easter we will have an Easter Blitz! This will be Monday night March 26th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the church. We will have a FREE meal, then have a goal of calling 2,000 families on our church roll to invite them to Easter. We will blitz many who do not normally come on one night. Bring your Cell Phone, and we will provide the food, a short script of the info you will share and a great time. This will be so neat to have the auditorium full of people around tables calling our church roll all at once. If you have never done anything like this, you've gotta come - it will be fun. KidsWorld will provide classes up through 5th grade for those participating. "Worst Week" - This weekend we launch a new message series where we will study some people in the Bible who had some really, really bad weeks and how they survived them. Everyone is going to have one of those weeks! Those weeks you would never choose and that you will never forget. If you haven't had "One of those Weeks" you will someday, so you should come. It's going to be a great series. You will be encouraged, inspired and challenged in a way that can be life changing. It's another one of those series you will want to invite someone to if they have had "one of those weeks". "Discover Oasis" is a free luncheon for those who want to find out more about our church. Our pastoral team will join me in sharing our history, our beliefs, values and various ministries. You will learn more in an hour about Oasis Church than you would learn in years just sitting in a service. It's fast paced and full of information. If you desire to become more involved, or you might be thinking of becoming a member, this luncheon is a must for you. You will have all the info you need. Then it's your choice to decide. It's this Sunday at 1:30 following our Noon Service in the Auditorium. Children will be cared for through 5th grade. See you there. Haiti Spring Mission Trip  wraps up this Friday. Our team of 24 has been working hard in Haiti with one of our partners there this week. Pray for a safe return on Friday. Can't wait to hear their stories. I can't wait to go back. We have a Medical Trip going in May, (watch for details) and hopefully take at least one more trip in the Summer. Thanks to Pastor Brown and Oasis'ers for your love and sacrifice for those in Haiti. You took your spring break to minister to those you don't know. How cool. I hear there have been Haitians who our group have led to the Lord this week. Love it! Soooooooooo much I want to share. But gotta stop since you are tired of reading. I'll share more Sunday and next week. God bless and thank you for being such a wonderful part of Oasis Church and what God is doing here in Pembroke Pines and around the world. Guy Melton  P.S. In case you haven't heard we now have an Oasis Giving Kiosk set up in the Community Cafe, next to the Kona Cafe. It's easy and secure. If you choose to give when you come to church or forget your tithes and or check book. BUT DID YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALSO SIGN UP FOR A COMMUNITY GROUP THERE AND SIGN UP TO JOIN ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER TEAMS?

 

 

Before you go .............

Have you ever left someone only to realize you did not pray with them and wished you had? I know we all can look back with regrets many times throughout life. I did this just last week. After meeting with someone, I left in a hurry and then remembered I didn't pray with them, and they could have really used a prayer of blessing at the time. I regretted I missed an opportunity to pray with a friend. Just as the ol' saying goes, "Don't leave those we love without saying we love them." I think the story of Paul leaving his Ephesian church leaders gives a great example of "Pray before you Go". 

In Acts 20 Paul was saying good bye to the Ephesian Elders and felt they would never meet again. He was headed to Jerusalem and had a feeling his ministry would end before coming back to Ephesus. He gave them some parting thoughts and challenge and then at the very end of the chapter in vs. 36 it said "he knelt down and prayed with them".

I think this is a form of prayer that can be so powerful. When he prayed over the leaders it says they wept knowing they would not see him again. The fact of the matter is that none of us know if we will see those we love again when we say good bye, whether they be family or family of God.

Wouldn't it be great to know before "we go" so those we care about have our blessing as their last memory of us? This is not really something we think about much and I am not sure I have ever noticed that verse before until this morning while I was having my devotions in this chapter of Acts.

I think the real reminder here is to never take for granted the need to pray at anytime or any place. What a gift we can give our family and friends as our last act of love. Praying with them before we "Go away". Whether for a day at work or at the end of a visit or even a long trip.

(Taken from my weekly prayer partner newsletter) 

 

Missions Update from Burkina Faso..........



Many of you remember the Riddering Family who spoke in November to Oasis and Challenged us in Missions. In December they left for the country of Burkina Faso in Africa. 

 One of our own Young Adults Kendra Bucher traveled to spend two and a half months assisting them. Kendra is an awesome young lady who has grown up in Oasis Church and is the daugher of Phil and Chris Bucher. We are all so proud of her.

 

Below is the Riddering update which Features Kendra Bucher. Please read this and pray for Kendra and the Riddering family. Many of you promised to give to help keep them there. We are sending them monthly support as you give. You can give through our Missions account. On your giving Envelopes or online just look for the Missions line and put your gift in the box and that goes to continue to support the Ridderings and our other missionaries like them. God bless you and have a great day.



 

Visit Website     Visit Our Blog Where We Share More About Life in Burkina Faso Click Here! Featured Article What action, if any, do you want your members to take? Add a "Find out more" link to additioyou may have hosted on your website.   Praise! Baby Wendemie is out of the hospital and doing well. Kelly, the young girl living with a local missionary family and who got very ill has returned to the states and is being treated. She is at home with her family getting well. Moises, a boy with a severe injury to his leg that did not heal was able to have surgery which saved his leg and ultimately his life.   Quick Link 2 Quick Link 3     Prayer Requests Two new babies have come to the orphanage. A one month old and the other only a few  days old. The newborn is dehydrated and being fed every hour on the hour. Twin babies just went home with their mother after a year with us. A week after they left we got word that one of them died. This is devastating news to everyone at the orphanage. There are a few adoptions in the process . Paperwork can be an issue and delay these children starting their new life. There are a few special needs children who desperately need a forever home.     Quick Link 2 Quick Link 3     You can get a HOPE t-shirt! Click here for details! Quick Link 2 Quick Link 3     Dear Guy,   February has been a very busy month! We have had many moments where it was evident that God has a definite plan and incredibly perfect timing! There have been times of great joy as well as times of tremendous sorrow, but we have only felt stronger about our call here to Burkina Faso and are still amazed that honored that He would allow us to be here.   Sponsorship in Action    This month we have held two gift distributions for our sponsored children and a gift distribution for our sponsored widows.   These sponsorship programs offer assistance to those who cannot help themselves. It is a priviledge that we get to see God at work, and see people make sacrifices to be the hands and feet of Christ, helping the widows and orphans.   Child Sponsorship provides an education, school supplies, school uniform, a hot lunch and two distributions each year to help provide for their families. Without sponsorship, these children would not be able to go to school and would likely work from morning until evening. Sponsorship gives children a future.   Widow Sponsorship helps provide supplemental grain and soap each month to women who cannot care for themselves.   The special gist distributions this month were in addition to our regular distributions. Many sponsors gave additional money at Christmastime and speacial gists were bought for the children and widows.   Most of the children received additional food and new school uniforms. With their education being so important, additional supplies to help them succeed were given and some children received animals for their family or bicycles to help them get to school.   Our widows received extra items like mats, blankets, coffee, tea, sugar, cookies and other food items and extra grain.   It was a lot of fun and each distribution was successful because everyone chipped in to help put bags together, take pictures and even haul large sacks of grain   Thank you to all the sponsors who make such a big difference in the lives of these children and widows! If you are interested in sponsorship, please visit www.sheltering-wings.org or email us a reachburkina@gmail.com.   We love our Visitors!    We are blessed to welcome Kendra Bucher to Yako! Kendra is from South Florida and attends Oasis Church. She is staying with us for a little over two months and has already dove in and started helping in many areas. One of the things she will be doing is holding an art class on Thursday mornings. The art projects tie in to a bible lesson and these are offered to our primary school students. This is significant because many of our school children come from Muslim or animist homes. We are excited to see how God will use Kendra to make a difference.   They say that missionaries are always having to say goodbye. We have many short term visitors come and go and each of them leaves a part of themselves in our hearts when they go. Recently we said our goodbyes to Stephanie Holmen and Tim Hunn.   Stephanie was able to jump in and use her nursing skills in a few different ways. Administering a malaria test to a student, caring for one of our toddlers who hurt her leg and visiting a boy in a nearby village with our resident nurse to reapply bandages to his leg which he recently had surgery on. She also was ready to help out in any way and had fun getting to know the children of the orphanage.   Tim was a huge help in assisting with projects and repairs. He was very popular with the children at the orphanage as well as the village children of Doure where we hold a weekly bible club. I am not sure we would have been able to move the large sacks of grain without him at our gift distribution. While he was here he earned the nickname "Zeus". Tim was ready and willing to try anything.   Tim's family greeted him with HOPE t-shirts

Sheltering Wings / P.O. Box 29565 / St. Louis, Missouri 63126 (314) 635-6316

 



Free T's & the Elephant in the Room

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

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.

 

Deep "V" T-Shirts & To Cut or Not To Cut!

To all our extended Oasis Family I am sharing our Pastors Weekly Email with you . Have a great weekend.

 

If you missed last week's services you missed some of the most powerful worship services we have ever had at Oasis Church. It was a fantastic start to our new series, "All are Welcome Here". You also missed our discussion of me wearing a Deep "V" neck T-Shirt. Now before you stop reading, if you watch the video of the service online you will hear the whole story. That's all I will say here. Ben also suggested I needed to change my hair style during the message we were teaching together. I almost popped him one right in front of hundreds. But I restrained myself. We had suggestions on the cards that said they agreed that I needed to cut it all off like "Pastor James" - the bald look and someone else said wear it Mohawk style. OK, how in the world could all that happen in the first message of the series? But it did. So I guess I'm taking suggestions of what new hair style I should adopt? What say you? I'm bored with this one anyway?

This week we continue the series "All Are Welcome Here" and I can't wait to finish the Pembroke Strategy. It is going to be another great weekend. Don't miss it. If you haven't tried our Saturday night service, come out at 6 p.m. Same great music and messages. Last Saturday night we had the largest attendance in at least 3 years. It was awesome. I hope to see many of you. Our 10:30 and noon were full and overflowing! It would be great to see some of you at the Saturday night or Sunday morning early service at 9 a.m. BTW, just a reminder: did you know we serve Communion every week at Oasis Church? At 8:45 a.m. prior to the early service, we have a Communion Service led by our pastoral team. We also serve communion the first Saturday night of each month during the Saturday service. This week on Saturday we will be serving Communion, the first of the new year.

Discover Oasis is this Sunday. If you have not registered you can go online now (click on "event sign-up") and do so or put how many in your family will be with us at church this weekend. It's this Sunday at 1:30 following our noon service. There is a FREE complimentary lunch for you and your family. Our pastoral team will share with you not only all there is to know about our ministry but how you can become a member of Oasis Church or get more involved. There is no obligation to join. I promise we have never and will not this weekend hard sale you to join our church. We lay out who we are and if you want to join, "All Are Welcome Here" . We will give the scoop of how to do so. I hope to see you this Sunday. It's about an hour and a half including the meal time. There is child care for nursery through elementary. 

Holy Land Tour 2012 is fast approaching. If you have not picked up a brochure and registered you need to this week. The brochures will be in the Information Center in the lobby. All the details are in the brochure including the toll free number to call to get your questions answered and to register. There are only 30 Airline tickets reserved and enough rooms for 30 so you need to act fast. Once it's full there is no guarantee you will get to go this year with us. It will be trip of a lifetime. Tonia and I invite you to go with us, April 29-May 9th. No trip, cruise or vacation you will ever take will even come close to being as life changing as this as we walk in the steps of Jesus and the great men and women of the Bible. Check out the Live announcement about the trip I made in December right now for more info.

Have a great weekend and I hope to see you at Oasis as we celebrate "All Are Welcome Here" .

Guy Melton

Sr. Pastor/Founding

Oasis Church of South Florida 

P.S. As I do most weeks, I want to remind you that a very importatnt part of our Worship is our giving back to God His tithes and our offerings. The bible says it's the Lord's Tithes, we return them to him. We get to keep 90%. That is awesome. He will bless the 90% you keep more than if you steal the other 10% that is His and try to keep it for your own needs. Try it. I guarantee He will provide. I have lived it for more than 40 yrs. You can give online now, 24/7.

 

 

Israel Tour 2012

                                       

   Check out the video I did in preparation for the trip.  

http://t.co/eg7wJKqp

BIG Announcement Saturday Night Live online

Dear Extended Oasis Family; (this is the weekly email sent to our local family. There is an important announcement at the bottom you might be interested. Merry Christmas) I HAVE A HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHICH I’LL BE BRINGING LIVE THROUGH OUR INTERNET CAMPUS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. I’LL SHARE IT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.   Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Is Christmas really just 10 days away? How could this be? Unbelievable! But true. I’m sure by now if you were here last weekend and heard the message you are prepared and have planned ahead! Right! Ok, if not, there is always next year. Remember in our Series, from Week #1 "We are Rich" Yes we are. Week #2- Preparation and Planning is important. (Check both out on our Video Podcast at www.visitoasis.org)  Week #3 in our "One for the Books" Series will be another practical yet powerful truth from the Word about how to make this the Best Christmas Ever. A record Breaking Christmas! Not much time to make it that. See you this weekend. 6 live opportunities: 4 at our Pines Campus, and 2 on our Live International Internet Campus @ Visitoasis.org   "Christmas at the Oasis" has been incredible the first 2 weeks. The best is yet to come though. Even though our "Guinness World Record Nativity Display" is put away for another year we have sooooooooo much more to bring your friends to for the next 3 weeks. This weekend, Friday - Sunday, is the last weekend of the Live Nativity with the live animals and the drama by our Surge/Youth. Lights are on 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. every night. Ice Skating Rink is open every night through Christmas beginning Friday night. Don't miss out on the opportunity to skate on a 22nd Century Ice Rink and Snow every night. Thanks to all the volunteers and for those who brought your nativities again this year. I know it’s a lot of work, but so worth it when THOUSANDS GET TO SEE THEM and experience Live Music while reliving the Christmas Story.   Start inviting your friends and Family to our Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. We have 7 to choose from Next Weekend. Christmas Eve Candlelight Services are at 5 p.m., 7 p.m., 11 p.m. Christmas Morning 10:30 a.m. and Noon. (We will not have a 9 a.m. service Christmas day or New Years day).  For those traveling, there will be two Christmas Morning services with our Live International Internet Service 10:30 a.m. and Noon. (All services are identical. More details in your bulletin this Weekend)   Christmas outreach and Mission Offering has three more weeks to raise our goal of $100,000. (Over and above our Tithes and regular offerings.)  This year 50%, 1/2 of the offering is going to our Missions Partners here locally and internationally. I am praying each one of us will give the Largest Gift this Christmas to the Lords work. I can’t think of a better place than Oasis Church. You know us, you know our ministry and you know how hard we work at being good stewards at spending the Lord’s monies given by you and me. You can go on now and give your Christmas offering here. You can also use the special Christmas Offering envelope you have been given and will receive this weekend at church again. You can add it to your regular envelope with your tithe and mark "Christmas” on the other line.  Your gift each Christmas is what allows Oasis Church to touch 50,000 people in our Community. I don’t know of any church in our South Florida area that touches so many in such a personal way right on our property. It’s amazing. It’s all because of your giving. If you want to give some each week, you can break up your Christmas Giving through December 31st.   NOW FOR THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT 7:07 P.M. I WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE DATES OF OUR ISRAEL 2012 TRIP.  For those who WATCH live you will have a chance to Register Early and save $50.00 and to find out how you can get an application this weekend. We only have 50 limited Applications for this weekend. The first ones that pick them up and register have the best chance of getting the Early bird discount. But you have to be Listening Live!  I will be making the Announcement LIVE on our internet Campus at www.visitoasis.org, just click it on and go to WATCH NOW! You can remain anonymous or you can get on the chat and ask questions and ill try to answer them live right then and there. If I can't answer them, I'll get back to you. 7:07 P.M., this Saturday Night. All details, Dates and Cost will be given in this LIVE Broadcast I am doing following our Saturday night 6 p.m. service.  Space is limited since we can only reserve so many airline seats and hotel rooms. What a great Christmas gift. Tell Santa that is what you want for Christmas. Or tell the IRS man to rush your tax refund this Winter so you can go on this Trip of a Lifetime. And if you ask anyone who went last year they will tell you it will change your life.   P.S. Just a reminder if you have not given the Lord His Tithes and your offerings this week you can go online right now or 24/7 and do it. Do it NOW! God bless you and thanks to the hundreds of you who give to the Lords work here at Oasis. I am so grateful to be your pastor and have the honor of pastoring a generous people.   Guy Melton Senior / Founding Pastor Oasis Church of South Florida