Dear Extended Oasis Family,
This is a big weekend as we close out our Money Talks series. I have never shared the story of my journey in this area and I will have the opportunity to share the closing message of this series that will impact families and change lives for decades to come. I am excited about the powerful message "My Story, Your Story, His-tory” God has given me for this weekend and I get to bring it in all services!
We have shared some of the many outreach opportunities Oasis is involved in this summer and we have only scratched the surface. God is opening doors for us not only here in South Florida but around the world. Our church is so blessed with so many opportunities and with a church family willing to serve others including the least of these which Jesus ministered to - the poor and hurting. To start off this summer, we are having a Food Drive to help A Place In Time Christian Ministries. They exist to bring hope to our local West Broward Community and we want to bless them by collecting canned and non-perishable items! You can drop off your items in the lobby anytime!
One mission outreach I have not said much about recently is the Oasis Beach House that your Love Cities, Love Pastors (LCLP) is funding. It is one of the main components of LCLP outreach. Loving Detroit is one of them, Loving Hollywood Beach is another. Along with a future campus, we are also developing the beach house as a Pastoral Retreat Center for hurting and tired pastors, missionaries and church planters. We will share much more later in the summer about all that is happening with our Love Cities, Love Pastors outreach.
I did want to just share a few words about what is happening at the Beach House now. As you give, we are preparing for our next BIG payment of $400,000 - due August 20th - towards the principle. We still need $150,000 in order to have that payment. Your continued support of "LCLP" will make that possible. In the meantime, while we are offering rooms for many pastors and missionaries -including all summer long - we are also renting out the available rooms to the general public in order to pay our monthly mortgage payment. As we rent the rooms out, we do not have to use your offerings toward the mortgage - just towards the principle and paying off the mortgage note. I am excited to tell you the Beach House is in the black in our very first year! It is paying for itself. That means your offerings in LCLP are all going towards helping those we support through LCLP.
You can find out more about our Oasis Beach House and even reserve a room for your family or friends if you visit our Oasis Beach House on Face Book. Just go to the Picture Album page and you can look at all the rooms, click on the link to our Homeaway site and you can reserve a room. While you are there "Like" us and share the page with others. Pass the word. We have plenty of rooms open this summer.
I can’t wait to see you all this weekend!
God Bless You!
Guy Melton
Senior Pastor
Oasis Church
P.S - If you have not yet given the Lord His tithes and your offerings, you can go online now and give 24/7. Thanks to all of you who make it possible to tell all these stories of what God is doing from our little corner of Pembroke Pines and North Miami - and now Hollywood Beach!