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"The BIG 3 Plus 1" Weekly Email....... March 6, 2015

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family,

 

 "The BIG 3"! Since we all like lists - and the shorter the better - I picked 3 things this week I wanted to make you aware of. There is also a 4th bonus one in the P.S.!

 

"I Love THE Church". I had the chance to bring the opening message of this series in all services last weekend. I am still pumped by the response and the expectation of this weekend’s message on "I Love THE Church in UNITY". Do not miss it. I think this is going to be another inspiring and life-changing message for many.  If you missed the opening message last weekend, it is right here on our Oasis website.

 

"Movie Night" is TONIGHT at our Pembroke Pines campus sponsored by our ONE Student Ministry! I hope you will come out and support our teens as they raise funds to help them get to camp this summer. One of the most important weeks in a teenagers life is youth camp. I have seen hundreds of lives changed during the week they spend at camp. Tickets are only a $5.00 donation. Even if you can't make it, get a ticket or two from a student you know. This will be the BEST investment you have made in a long time. Instead of giving Starbucks your $5.00 for a latte, give it to one of our “ONE Students“. They are going to be world changers in this generation. Movie Night will feature the film BIG HERO 6 and starts at 7pm in the auditorium. GO ONE STUDENTS! 

 

"His Caring Hands" a local homeless feeding ministry to Broward county is having their annual ministry dinner where they raise funds to underwrite this incredibly biblical ministry. This ministry was started 5 years ago by the Holly family in our church. Through their family kitchen each week, they feed several hundred homeless and share God’s love with them. I really don’t know if there is a more important ministry closer to the heart of Jesus. This is truly loving the least of these in our society. You can donate $50 for a ticket to the dinner for Saturday, April 4th at 5 PM. The dinner is held at the Gateland Village Community Clubhouse in Hollywood | 3777 N.W. 78th Avenue. Reservations can be made by calling 954-674-8046 or tickets may be purchased at the door.

 

Your missions giving has been a big part of keeping this ministry alive. We give a monthly gift as a church. You can also continue to help on the third weekend of each month. We will donate to this worthy ministry all the loose $1.00 bills in the offering basket. Every $1.00 feeds a hungry person in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood.

 

I look forward to seeing you this weekend. Don't miss this time to worship the Lord with THE Church in Unity!

 

Guy Melton
Founding Pastor
Oasis Church of South Florida

 

P.S. If you presently have pledged and are giving to the "Love Cities, Love Pastors offering, please watch for a special letter in your mailbox this week. It is a very important one just for you. Thanks so much for your giving. I love seeing God continue to use Oasis Church locally and globally. If you would like to give online, today or anytime 24/7 you can go HERE and give. It takes about 2 minutes or less. 

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"Don't Love Oasis Church"...... This weeks Pastors Email.......

Dear Extended Oasis Family and Friends,

"Don't Love Oasis Church".  Ok, that seems so counter to what a Pastor might tell a church. As a matter of fact, many churches around the country have been doing campaigns in the last few years with the title, "I Love My Church". That sounds great - but it enters into the wrong biblical message of what the Church is and our commitment to it. Beginning this weekend, I will open our new series "I Love THE Church”. 

 

I hope you will be here to hear this new series. Many of you know people who do not attend a church or even like the church but would really appreciate this series. Bring a friend. Invite someone this week. I promise you won’t be sorry. Also, our worship experiences have been incredible. I always say that I get to participate in at least four live worship services every week and the music is great every weekend. I feel sorry for all of you who are here only once. :) God has been doing amazing things. I hope to see you this weekend as we kick off our new series. "I Love THE Church”

 

"Camp Cray Fundraiser"  This weekend at our Pembroke Pines campus (before and after all of the services) our "ONE STUDENTS” will be offering a "ONE BISTRO". All proceeds for the sandwiches will go toward helping our students go to camp this Summer. Camp is expensive these days and the ONLY group Oasis Church policy allows to do fundraisers is our youth. There is a reason we make an exception for them. It’s to encourage them and help them go to what I believe is the MOST IMPORTANT week of their lives. Summer Camp.So every year, Oasis allows and promotes several fundraisers where all the proceeds go towards getting our students to camp or missions trips. I hope you won’t just buy a sandwich this weekend but that you will give a generous tip to go along and help send our teens to camp. When you see them having other fundraisers, I encourage and hope that you give to them and support them enthusiastically. They are not just the future of the Church, they are the Church NOW! We have the most phenomenal youth anywhere! Lets support and love them. Show them your generosity this weekend, Oasis!

 

See you this weekend. I love you guys.

 

Guy Melton

Senior Pastor

Oasis Church of South Florida

 

 

P.S. If you missed our cantaloupe illustration last week, the bottom line I talked about was that God has blessed us with so much. He is just asking for one cantaloupe out of the 10 He provides. The seeds you plant in your Tithes and Offerings are an investment in the Harvest of Lives for Eternity. You can give online NOW, 24/7 or you can bring the offering this weekend. God bless you and thank you Oasis for giving back to the Lord.

 

 

"Lent and Ash Wednesday" ...... Pastors weekly Prayer Partner email

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family and Friends;

LENT officially begins today and it's actually launched along with Ash Wednesday. This might be the first time I have ever written on this subject, having grown up in an independent church. This time of year has been primarily observed by Catholics and mainline denominations. But today while reading a blog on 'Lent,' I feel that God touched me to mention this in our Prayer Partners' letter.

LENT is observed 40 days before Easter, Ash Wednesday is, 46. I am not going to try to explain Lent and Ash Wednesday. Many of you have actually observed it and if you haven't you can Google it and get all the info.

What I do want to acknowledge is our need for this season whether in a formal or informal way. A public or private way. Our church does not celebrate either one publicly. But I hope we can all live in the spirit of Lent.

The short of Lent in its basic meaning is to Lengthen. The days are getting longer and it's the transitional time between Winter and Spring. In South Florida we have no way of really understanding this. Tonia and I just got back from the North East from a few days off. It only broke 20 degrees once the whole weekend! More than not, it was below zero to the single digits the entire time, with a Blizzard thrown in. The snow is measured in feet right now and the people in New England everywhere we went, were talking about Florida and how much they wish they were here.

But in Winter climates people understand that Winter represents Death and messiness; while Spring represents Life and new beginnings. That is the difference between Lent and Easter.

Lent is a time of Prayer, introspection, fasting, repentance as well as giving. The basic essentials to the Christian life. While I will not participate in Ash Wednesday or Lent formally, in a few weeks, I plan to get away for a few days alone and have a time of Prayer, Scripture reading, introspection and fasting. I have done this for many years. I won't announce when I'm doing it, I will just go silent for those few days, since the Bible says it's a private experience. But I can tell you it is a special time of God's renewing, convicting and working in my life. I would encourage all of us as Prayer Partners to try and take some time during this Lenten Season to spend some private time with God in Prayer and Fasting. It will prepare us for this special Easter season we will celebrate in just 46 days.

The melting of snow exposes the mess, trash and clutter that has been covered by the beauty of the Winter snow. Lent will be that time to expose the areas of mess and clutter we all tend to have build up over the seasons of our lives.

God bless you as you take your own time and way to experience Lent this year and time alone with God as He prepares us and cleanses us for Easter and the New Beginnings He wants to bring through His resurrection.

Guy Melton
Senior Pastor
Oasis Church of South Florida

"The 3 BIG ONES"...... Pastors Email for January 23, 2015

Dear Extended Oasis Family,

Everyone knows how I love to talk and how long I can talk - (also how long my emails can be) - BUTTTT please read this one all the way through. I’ll try to keep it to just "3 BIG ONES”. It’s hard when so much is happening in a church like Oasis and God is so much at work. I could go on and on about all the stories and all the plans but I know you don't have time to listen or read. So here we go... If I could only give you three things this week here they are: UNIGHT, "One Heart, One Mind, One Song" An incredible night of worship, inspiration, vision casting and community. It’s next Wednesday night at 7pm at our Pembroke Pines campus. Both North Miami and Pembroke Pines will worship together and I can't wait! This has become one of my favorite times at Oasis. We do this every 2-3 months and will be providing childcare. Please be here. You DO NOT WANT TO MISS IT! This is the real core of Oasis. If you are new here, it is for you and you get to really get in on the inner circle. If you have been here a long time this is the time to get to know the new Oasis'ers and worship with others who attend different services. See you next Wednesday night at 7pm.  "Discover Oasis"-- This might be the single most important experience or event you can attend next if you have never been to one. Just in the last five days I have talked to two long time attenders who have served and been big time Oasis'ers and they have never been to Discover Oasis! If you love Oasis and serve I encouraged you to attend! If you would like to join and become a part of Oasis Church - we would love to see you! Attending does not mean you have to become a member, but you can’t be until you attend a Discover Oasis Experience. IT’S WHO WE ARE!! Next Saturday night, January 31st at 7pm Discover Oasis takes flight from our Pembroke Pines campus. North Miami will have Discover Oasis on Sunday, February 1st. If you have not attended - do it! Sign up online or sign up in the lobby at your campus this weekend.   Last but not least of the 3 is: "Gear Up” We continue this New Year’s Series this weekend. It is going to be another powerful week. This week I get to bring the message to our North Miami campus and I can’t wait. I hear things are busting out down there and great things are happening. Can't wait to be with you this Sunday!  If you missed the first two weeks, you can go online 24/7 and watch them.   We look forward to seeing you this weekend! Be praying God will do great things in our hearts and souls this weekend. Can't wait to see you! Guy Melton Founding and Senior Pastor Oasis Church of South Florida   P.S. Thanks again to all our Oasis families who give the Lord’s tithes and offerings that allow Oasis to be such a unique and special place in South Florida and around the world. Last week our ONLINE GIVING actually came close to equaling our offerings on the weekend. God sees us whether we give online, have it automatically deducted each pay day or in the service. He sees our hearts. Thank you for giving. If you would like to give online you can do so here, right now. Just click and go. It only takes two minutes.

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING........ and more from this weeks Pastor's Email

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family;

After a year of searching for a Youth Pastor, God has led us to the man that we believe is the perfect one to lead our youth for this season at Oasis. He and his family will be coming on board with us the first week of November. Our staff team and lay leaders who have met him and his wife are confident he will be just what our teens and families need. After being a youth pastor myself for 10 years, I think I understand the tremendous influence you can be on youth and their families. After raising 3 boys, I also know the influence a church and youth leaders can have on young people during this very transitional time of life. We have taken a long time and looked at over 200 resumes and people to come to this point. Please pray for him and his family as they travel a long distance and make a big move from a different part of the country. Once they arrive, you will get to meet them and we feel confident you will fall in love with them. Watch for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT when they arrive.   

 

"RED COUCH" Nights! They began last night. For the next 4 Wednesday nights, we’ve got a hot topics relationship series taking place in our main auditorium. If you’re curious about relationships and how to make yours better, stop by for these nights! Tonia and I will be on the Red Couch one of the Wednesday nights. Scary thought!

 

 

 

"Spotlight" continues this weekend. Last week we launched our new Sermon Series with "Lion King" in the Spotlight. If you missed it, you need to go online and watch the message . You can do it at www.visitoasis.org/teachings.  

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, OASIS CHURCH! I believe one of the greatest measures of a healthy church spiritually is by her giving. Since Jesus said where your treasure is your heart is, it’s apparent Giving is a metric of spiritual health. Our new Ministry Year began in September. Our ministry budget is the biggest in Oasis Church History and our Pines Campus met our budget the first month. We are on track  to do so again in October. (The North Miami Campus is not far behind.)  That shows that you as individual members of the local body have put your Treasure where God has told you too. His church. Thank you so much Oasis.

 

LOVE CITIES, LOVE PASTORS, OASIS BEACH HOUSE OPEN HOUSE IS THIS WEEK. If you are giving toward our special offering toward this you should have received the personal invite for one of the Open House nights this coming week. You should have received your invite and will be receiving an email from me in the next day or two with all the details of the Open house. I can't wait to show you this incredible future Pastoral Retreat and Beach Campus on Hollywood Beach. I hope you will drop in. If you have not yet begun to support this far-reaching and largest Missions Project in our history, you can go to our website right now and find out all about Love Cities, Love Pastors and even Pledge your support and begin to give to this 20/20 Mission Project. It’s exciting. If you are giving and made a pledge and for some reason have not received the personal invite from me, please email us and let us know or call our office.

Have a great weekend and I am so excited as we Shine the Spotlight on God’s word and His plan for our lives once again this weekend at Oasis Church.

Guy Melton
Senior Pastor
Oasis Church of South Florida

P.S. If you would like to give the Lord’s Tithes and Offerings online, you can do it 24/7 like many of us do. You can do it now or anytime at visitoasis.org and click on the online giving tab. It’s simple, secure and fast.

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"Its Fall Ya'll" ok NOT yet but almost at Oasis Church....... Weekly Pastoral Eamil for September 5

 

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family,

It's FALL YA'LL!  Now, if we were in the Deep South, which BTW we are NOT, that is what they would say! ;) Most of you who are not from South Florida would not know this small little fact, but having grown up here: this used to be the Deep South – yes, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, like Deep South. Miami and Broward had dairy farms and farming – I remember when! Does that date me? They (not me of course) even had those funny but adorable accents here! Now our accents are well... let’s just say it’s not the Deep South anymore!

Butttttttttttt it’s still fall! Yes, with 91 degrees yesterday, it’s still fall in our calendars and Oasis is ready to launch the greatest fall we have ever had. Please don’t miss it. Even more important, as we have done for 23 years (since September 15, 1991), we plan our services with not just you in mind but your friends and those who have not yet found our Lord and experienced His Life-changing Love.

 

You have got to pick up a 6-pack of invite cards from your campus this weekend and begin to give them out. Place them where you visit, work and invite away. Our staff and leaders have NEVER worked so hard to prepare for you and your friends this fall. I NEVER say NEVER unless it’s true. It’s true.

 

You will get a taste of our Fall Launch this weekend as we have a Pre-Launch Weekend. It’s going to be great and you do not want to miss the message this weekend and experience all the opportunities Oasis offers you and your family. Check out our Ministries in the Lobby of your campus.

 

This week as I traveled back from picking up Tonia in Pensacola where she had been taking care of her mom after surgery, I accidentally got off a wrong exit for my favorite Dunkin Donuts Coffee. Well, it was no accident. I was wearing an Oasis T-Shirt and the beautiful young lady at the counter immediately lit up and asked if it’s the Oasis in Miami. Yep, she is a member at our NOMI campus and is in Tallahassee for College. She had just been saved and baptized in January at our North Miami Campus. Her family had invited her to come and God did a great work in her life. That made my day and hers. God makes no mistakes. Oasis, I am telling you, keep inviting and keep planting seeds. I saw the difference you are making as I traveled in the Panhandle of Florida on Labor Day. It’s worth it.

 

Ok enough for me, I’ll pass it to Linda Ward our Communications Director to share some of the BIG Fall Launch News coming up:

 

 “Next weekend is going to be huge and you have to be here to experience it. We’re kicking off Walking Dead with an awesome opening number so you’ll definitely want to get here on time. Even though Walking Dead is for the adults – we’re not leaving out the rest of the family. KidsWorld has their very own Fall Launch series called Monster Trail. Your kids are going to love it. Our community groups are also kicking off that weekend! Then, the following week, on September 20^th, we have a massive event happening from 9am to 1pm for everyone to enjoy. Find more details of the Family Fun Expo at VisitOasis.org.”

 

Thanks, Linda.

Oasis-ers I can’t wait to see you this weekend. I’ll be hanging out at the Pines Campus lobby after services this weekend. Bring your friends and let me meet them.

 

Guy Melton

Senior & Founding Pastor

Oasis Church of South Florida

 

P.S. It would be easy to think with all the things going on that Oasis Church has plenty of resources and monies to do everything. Let me tell you, we work on a shoestring budget and pinch every dime and dollar. Please continue to give to the Lord through Oasis because you can see Christ is making a difference with your tithes and offerings every day of the week. Thank you for being obedient and faithful in your giving back to the Lord. We can only Go as you Give. You can do it right now 24/7 ONLINE! Or bring it with you this weekend.

 

If you missed my Historical Announcement yesterday check this out....... Pastors Email for August 22, 2104

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family,

Today was a historical day in the life of Oasis Church. The vision and prayer of my heart for many years came to reality. We are now in the final stages of establishing a permanent Hollywood Beach Oasis Campus and a Pastoral Retreat Center to bless the beaches, pastors, and missionaries from around the world.

I just returned from the closing of a beachside property and will be sharing more in the days to come. We have much work to do before launching the campus and retreat center in 2015.

For all our Love Cities , Love Pastors Oasis-ers who pledged and are giving toward this 20/20 Vision for the future, we will be notifying you in September of a very special "Reception and Open House on the Property" in October. Only those who have made the commitments and are making this a reality will be the first to have a chance to celebrate their sacrifice and step of faith. Watch for your invite next month. We want you to be the very first to know. If you have not been giving and have not pledged yet, we would love for you to be able to be a part of one of Oasis Church’s greatest steps ever. You can go HERE, pledge now and give as you are able online HERE when you give your tithes, or bring it in an envelope to the service you attend.

Just a reminder this is just the first step and now we need to finish paying for this in the next 3 years as we continue our giving to Love Cities, Love Pastors. No other details available at this time.

 

"ME" concludes this weekend. I cannot wait to bring this last message. It might be one of the most powerful God has ever given me. I have already taped a part of it from a very special location. Please make sure you are with us this weekend. I believe God is going to unleash an eternal movement in the hearts of hundreds of us through this message that will continue through eternity.

So many things are happening in preparation for our Fall Launch. I am going to ask Linda Ward, who is our Communications Director to share some of those with you below. 

"We're so excited for what's happening this fall! Our launch is the weekend of September 13th & 14th and we're doing something big. Be sure to invite & then show up! You'll want to be on time. This weekend you can pick-up special invite cards in the lobby at our campuses. You can check out what else is happening in the graphic below."

 

Guy Melton
Pastor
Oasis Church of South Florida and soon to include Oasis of Hollywood Beach (2015)

 

Road trip begins tonight....... Pastor's Email for June 14, 2014

 

Dear Extended Oasis Family,

 

We are finally in our Summer Sprint or, for some, Vacation. Summer is a season of Rest and Renewal but at Oasis, it’s a time for Missions and Future! 

This week as we continue in our Road Trip Series, I am going to be bringing the message along with our team on one of my Favorite Places in literally all the World: Engedi! Most have never been there but it’s a place we must all visit and we must have our own Engedi in our lives. Don't miss this message. It can be a life-changing message from God’s word. I can't wait. Love this passage of scripture we will be studying. 

This weekend is also Father’s Day. We have some surprises for the Dads this weekend so I hope you will make sure you are here or you bring your Father to this very special weekend at the Oasis! (You will be glad you did.)

 

 

 The Future is NOW! 

While our lay and staff leadership continue to work on the most exciting open doors Oasis Church has ever experienced, we are also making the most of this Summer in Missions. I have coined this unofficially the "Summer of Mission." Why?

 

 

 

We have so many Mission outreach opportunities happening and I love seeing our church getting outside the four walls and outside our own South Florida and even our Country’s borders. Here are just a few things happening as we "Go" and I hope you will join us on some of these exciting Outreach experiences.

 

 

 

* Haiti Mission Trip is signing up NOW! You can go online right now and sign up and make your deposit of $100. First ones signed up will be assured of going. We only have very limited tickets reserved and if you have been saying I want to go to Haiti next time, this is the next time! We have more aspects of our partnerships involved this time than ever before.

 

 

 

We will not only be serving our Orphanage we sponsor there but also the new Guest house in St. Marc, and our partners in Pignon with a really special first time EVER "Tiaras" Event for the young Haitian girls of that city. I can't wait to see what God is going to do. Go sign up now! Once the Airline Tickets reserved are gone, you might be able to sign up but you will have to get your own ticket and it will definitely cost more. The entire Trip - August 5-9 - is $850, including the airfare, ground transportation, secure and safe lodging, meals and project cost while we are there. $850 will change your life and the lives of many Haitians you share God’s love with. Sign up today. You can also get all your questions answered if you email [email protected].

 

 

 

"Detroit Missions Trip" is Labor Day weekend. Next week we will be sharing all the info for that. Please stay tuned and you will be able to sign up online for this incredible first time ever USA Missions Trip to our Partnership City of Detroit. It’s going to be a great weekend. Most of you met Pastor Darryl Gaddy from our Partner Church in Detroit a few weeks ago. His church will be the one we will be serving with the Weekend of August 29-31. Stay tuned for more details.

 

 

 

"Tidal Wave" - If you were a part of this incredible local Missions Outreach to our kids here in South Florida last year then you know this is going to be a "tsunami" of a night in Pines and also in North Miami. Our Kids World Team is going all out to make this a life changing night. Check out what it’s all about.

Parents, are you looking for a great way for your kids to kick off their summer? Bring your K-5th graders to our FREE Tidal Wave event! Let your kids experience a night full of safe and life-changing fun that they’ll talk about the rest of the summer. Sign your kids up today, here!

 

 

 

"ONE" FLEA MARKET: For only the second time in our history as a church are we holding a Flea Market. This will be Saturday, June 21 and will be to help our youth raise money to pay some of their way to Camp in July. Camp registration is full but some of the kids won’t be able to afford it without this fundraiser. We make an exception for these types of things only for our Youth. Lets get behind them. Here’s the 411 on it:

 

 

"Haiti Missions Store" We have not found a local location yet but the donations continue to roll in and we are out of space without renting space. Sooooooo since we must continue to honor our Bike for Haiti partnerships like the Orphanage, Schools, Seminary and Pastors in Haiti we are experimenting with opening a "Resale store" in Haiti later this summer by the advice and recommendations of our Partners there. More on this later but pray for Pastor James, Missions Pastor, and our Haiti Missionary Ephraim Lucien as they explore this over the next few months while continuing to pursue the Place God has for us here. Hopefully we can begin generating partnership support right inside of Haiti. Please pray for the endeavor there and here in South Florida. I am excited about what God is doing through this unique but big potential Missions Project. Keep Donating and bringing your things here on weekends, to either Campus.

 

 

 

Remember me saying this is the "Summer of Mission." Now you know why. I am grateful to God and you, Oasis Church, for the incredible sacrifice and love for others you are showing outside our walls in Pines and North Miami. The Church is really not the Church until it disperses outside the 4 walls and exercises the "Mission" Jesus put us here for: "To Be and to Make Disciples."

 

 

 

God bless you. I love you guys.

 

 

 

Guy Melton

 

Senior Pastor

 

Oasis Church of South Florida

 

P.S. With all the Mission work going on outside the walls of Oasis, I must remind each of us that it can only happen at the levels we are seeing it if ALL Oasis'ers give obediently and generously to God’s work. You can give ONLINE here 24/7 or bring your Tithes and offerings to church this weekend.

 

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"Road Trip".......... Pastors Email for May 30, 2014

 

 

Dear Guy,

"Road Trip" Time! We are in for an incredible summer. This week the Journey begins.

 

Pack your bags and hit the road with us as we travel to discover sacred locations that transformed lives, & visit some of Florida’s most exotic locations along the way. Sometimes it’s more about the journey than the destination.

 

I can't wait to see you this weekend. I get to be in North Miami to open this series on Sunday. I would love to have some of our Pines campus visit with us at our North Miami Campus. God is doing amazing things in NOMI. Come see for yourself.

 

Speaking of road trips! …

 

Just in the last week, I have been in Haiti with 30 of our Medical Missions team, signed a contract on a potential Hollywood Beach Campus/Pastor’s Retreat house, and today I am in Detroit to meet with our Detroit Partners and share our burden for Detroit with other visiting pastors. All this in only one week! I am an extension of you and Oasis Church, and it is an honor to serve you and represent the Oasis Church family.

 

This has been one of the busiest seasons of my 36 years in ministry. Honestly, I am not sure I have ever seen more doors opening in any ministry I have been a part of than what I see God doing right now in Oasis Church. God has blessed Oasis more than I could ever have envisioned in our first 22 years. But at no time in the short history of this church have I felt God moving more than right now. There are days it boggles my mind and I have to just humbly pray and ask God to help me to be calm and just trust Him.

 

"More Precious than Jewels" Daddy-Daughter Date Night  

This is going to be an incredible night, coming up the week of Father’s Day. I am so excited our Kids World and Family Ministries are sponsoring this special night.

 

 

The months ahead are going to be some of the greatest in the history of Oasis Church. Buckle up. It’s going to be an exciting Journey.

 

We will have Mission Trips to Detroit and to Haiti this summer. If you are interested in attending one of these trips sign the list in the lobby at the Missions table or mark it on your connection card. As we have the details and sign ups, we will contact you. "Be the Drop," share the "HOPE" with someone this summer.

 

God bless you and I look forward to seeing you this weekend.

 

Guy Melton

Senior Pastor

Oasis Church of South Florida

 

 

P.S. There is no way Oasis would ever be so blessed of God without the many who give to the Lord His tithes and your offerings. Thank you to each of you who obediently and generously give to the Lord through Oasis Church. As always, you can give online 24/7 right here, right now! You can give by envelope in any service this weekend. You can also give to Missions, Bike for Haiti and Love Cities, Love Pastors, online or by envelope.

2 BIG ANNOUNCEMENTS this Weekend....... Pastor's weekly email for May 24, 2014

 

(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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