Where to we begin? ......... Pastors Email September 18, 2015

Dear Extended Oasis Family and Friends,  (SEE OUR UPDATE OF OUR YOUTH MINISTRY UPDATE BELOW. IT IS AMAZING.) Where do we begin? This is my dilemma and I am still wrestling with where and how, but let’s let it rip. What an incredible week it’s been and is still going on!   Our Fall Launch along with our 24th Anniversary last weekend was like no other. This being my 25th year of celebrating since the beginning of Oasis Church gives me a unique perspective. I really don’t think there has ever been such a powerful weekend - except maybe our 1st and 20th years. However, neither of those had the entire week full of kicking off our Fall Ministries that reflect our values and mission…to be and to make disciples.    Last weekend launched our 25th year and I shared our "Oasis Journey, From Here to There". If you missed it, please go and watch the message online here. Along with that was one of the most dynamic services we have ever experienced! We had 24 baptisms total (21 at Pembroke Pines and 3 at North Miami). We did not plan it that way and would have gladly baptized 50 but when all was said and done each new believer being baptized represented 1 of our 24 years. God has a way to put the exclamation point at the end of the sentence!   But hold on…we’re not finished.    DISCOVER OASIS IS THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at Pembroke Pines and Sunday at North Miami. If you are new to Oasis or you have been here for years this Discover is for you. This is a time that our leaders share all about our ministries at Oasis. I share our vision and how you can be part of it. If you want to be a part of Oasis, and really own the vision and mission YOU NEED TO ATTEND this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. (Pembroke Pines) or Sunday at 11:45 a.m. (North Miami) You can even sign up here. Child care is provided. If you have not attended before, this one is for YOU. Over 50 Community groups launched this week and are still launching. The most in our 24 year history by far. (And if you missed the “A Taste of Community" groups last weekend you really missed a great opportunity, but you can still join one.) Hundreds of new people agreeing that life is not meant to be lived alone. You can still join one online right here, right now.     UPDATE ON THE WHITE OUT PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT.  ONE, YOUTH HAD A RECORD NIGHT. OVER 200 TEENS, 40 TEENS ACCEPT CHRIST. I TOLD TONIA I HAD TOLD PASTOR JOE WHEN HE CAME TO US LAST YEAR THAT THERE IS NO REASON OUR OASIS YOUTH COULD NOT HAVE 100 TEENS ATTENDING EVERY THURS NIGHT. WELL, BEYOND ANYTHING I COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED, THEY NOW HAD OVER 250 STUDENTS IN OPENING WEEK OF THE FALL. THAT IS NOTHING SHORT OF A GOD THING. WE THANK GOD FOR THE GIFT OF THE GUTIERREZ FAMIIY. WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND ALL THE YOUTH LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN USED OF GOD LIKE NOTHING I HAVE WITNESSED IN YOUTH MINISTRY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.   White Out PARTY is TONIGHT....Our ONE Students will launch their new fall year tonight at our Pembroke Pines campus. I bet we will have over 200 students - which will be the biggest night in the history for our teens. Go ONE! Last night, our North Miami Campus launched with over 50 students! That is beyond belief when you imagine that just a year ago they launched their new ministry with just a few teens. Go North Miami ONE! If you are a parent of a teen, you better do whatever it takes to get them here tonight. Their future and spiritual life can be changed forever by being part of our student ministry. You have an incredible partner in Oasis. Please take advantage of it.   Afterlife continues this weekend. I am looking forward to team teaching this weekend with Pastor Tommy Parke from our North Miami Campus. It’s going to be a great message as we continue to look at the Afterlife and how to prepare and watch for it. If you want to prepare your heart and mind, you can begin to read our key passage for this weekend: Matthew 25:1-13.   I’ll stop now even though my heart says, “keep sharing about all God has done and is doing”. Thanks Oasis for being faithful to the mission of Jesus for these last 24 years. I am so honored and humbled to be your pastor. Other than Dad, Husband and Grandfather — it is the greatest honor of my life.   Guy Melton Founding Pastor Oasis Church of South Florida   P.S. Once again, the only way Oasis Church has been able to see thousands of lives changed over these past 24 years is through people like you who have faithfully given back to God His tithes and offerings. Thank you to all of you who do this each week. If you have not yet given to the Lord this week you can do it 24/7 here online.