(I am Back from Haiti and have 2 BIG Announcements to make this weekend concerning our "Love Cities, Love Pastors" Vision and Mission. You do NOT want to miss it. It is also ironic they come on the weekend We have our First Detroit Partner with us to speak to Oasis. See his info below. See you this weekend. )
Dear Extended Oasis Family,
I am writing you from Haiti today, where I welcomed a group of 30 men and women for a Medical Missions trip this Memorial Day weekend. More about this down below but first let me tell you about what’s going on this weekend…
We’re excited to welcome Pastor Darryl Gaddy from Detroit, MI to speak to us this weekend. He will share his heart & how we can help as a church to Love Cities, Love Pastors. You might want to read an article about Gaddy & his church: http://buff.ly/1j098uC
This is a "Fearless Pastor" who is taking on the inner city of Detroit and making a major impact, and we are honored to come alongside him and others through your Faithful Giving to our "Love Cities, Love Pastors " 20/20 Vision Mission. You will not want to miss seeing and hearing him. We will also be sharing about our next step in our Partnership with Detroit this weekend and how you can attend our very first Missions trip there to partner with Pastor Darryl and his church. Don't miss this weekend. I look forward to seeing you.
“Medical Mission Team Lands in Haiti"- Doctors, Nurses and just normal people, all willing to make a difference in the lives of orphans and adults who have no healthcare and no means to ever have it. They will be ministering physically and spiritually to them this weekend. 500+ Haitians will be touched by God’s love in the next 4 days as these men and women give their holiday weekend to be the "Hands and feet of Jesus." I am honored to be with them today on the first day of their Mission.
Please pray for their safety on the roads and in the very challenging conditions they will be serving here in Haiti. I am so grateful for Amina Dubbison, an RN in our church, who began these trips many years ago and in the last three years began to lead our Oasis Medical teams each Memorial Day week and Labor Day week. If you want to attend our next trip, we will have a trip in August announced soon and then the Labor Day trip coming up. Stay tuned. It will not only change the life of a child or adult here in Haiti but it will change you. I can honestly say we are far more blessed than those we are ministering too.
If you were in our services this past weekend, you know that God is doing some amazing things as we continue in this faith journey we call our 20/20 Vision. If you were not here you would be VERY WISE to watch my message here. You will not know what I am talking about or how to pray if you did not hear the message.
As God continues to open incredible doors for Oasis Church, we realize that along with the open doors come great responsibility. We also know that as we take BIG steps of Faith with no road map there is no other way than to follow the Lord and His calling for us to "Be and Make Disciples.” Honestly, if you had told me 3-4 years ago in the midst of the deepest recession of my lifetime and the greatest challenges to Oasis Church in our 15 years at that time, that we would be on the brink of the doors he has opened for us since then, I would have laughed as Sarah and Abraham did when God said they would have a son at 100 years old. But God has done amazing things these last 3 years and He is now once again calling our church to be willing to jump into a Pit with a Lion or maybe even a few pits and a few lions. (If you don't understand that analogy, you need to watch the video.)
For those who were here this past weekend, there is no new news on the announcement but we are waiting on God to show us His next steps in this faith journey and we will let you know of any new developments.
"Cafe Chocolat": Last chance to sign up for next weekend.
Join us for a Women's Conference at our Pembroke Pines Campus on Friday, May 30th, 7pm-10pm & Saturday, May 31st, 9am-2pm. The conference includes Worship Music, Special Sessions, Gifts, Prizes, Refreshments, Lunch and Chocolate!!! $40 per person. KidsWorld childcare is provided. Click here to register.
I am honored and humbled to be able to serve you as pastor. God bless you and I can’t wait to be back home with you this weekend to celebrate what God is doing in Oasis and in our lives and to once again be challenged to live "Fearless" Lives for God.
Guy Melton
Founding/Senior Pastor
Oasis Church of South Florida
P.S. I invite you to join me as I give the Lord His tithes and my offerings this weekend through ONLINE Giving or by bringing the Lord’s Tithes and offerings to the service that you worship. God has blessed Oasis in a tremendous way and I believe much of it is because of those who faithfully give to His work through our church. God bless you and thank you again for faithfully giving.
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