Check out the events happening at Oak Grove in April 2025! We have news, events, birthdays, prayer requests, and a welcome to our newest member! Don’t forget to “Spring Forward” for Daylight Saving Time on March 9th!…

Check out the events happening at Oak Grove in March 2025! We have news, events, birthdays, prayer requests, and a welcome to our newest member! Don’t forget to “Spring Forward” for Daylight Saving Time on March 9th!…

A LOOK BACK We said goodbye to an outgoing pastor and welcomed an interim pastor.  The year brought five new members to our church. We have regular visitors and an attendance averaging 42. Bible study is an important part of Oak Grove’s ministry with an average attendance of 12 (20 different people attend). An active prayer ministry has seen many through some difficult times, mainly health concerns.  Also, the ladies have provided gift bags to our shut-ins and an active list of health concerns is maintained. Many members have contributed generously to Feed My Sheep, a local Methodist food pantry. An “Owl Tree,” a.k.a. Angel Tree helped many children enjoy Christmas through toy and clothes contributions. Christmas decorating is always fun at Oak Grove; wreaths, candles, red window swags, Christmons for the tree and much more were added for a warm welcoming feel to our Christmas Eve Candlelight service. A Victorian theme featured a few top hats, tails and long beautiful dresses. 84 were in attendance. Oak Grove men met monthly and the Needle and Craft was always busy with their projects.  We added a new church directory format: updated weekly. If you can get the APP on your phone,…

Halloween decorations went up for some in September. Christmas decorations in stores began around Halloween. The people who come and hang lights for people at Christmas are all over my neighborhood. I love It all. However, I refuse to forget Thanksgiving. I am trying to focus on being thankful as I write this instead of the chaos that surrounds Christmas. However, Christmas dominates holidays. It is the one we focus on the most. I read an article the other day about a family that had immigrated to America and were of a non-Christian religion. They decided Christmas was a very American thing to do so they taught their children about the gifts, parties, and idea of Santa Claus. It was not a religious holiday for them but just a secular celebration. We have made Christmas secular chaotic. Janie and I were in Bethlehem a couple weeks after Christmas ten years ago. The decorations around the nativity were still up. It was serene. There is a peace that surrounds the church of the Nativity. The shepherd’sfield isjust a stones’ throw from the church. They were out watching their flocks. It probably was cold; it does get cold in Jerusalem this time…

I accepted the role of pastor on a temporary basis. I was tagged with interim pastor by the conference as well as myself. The goal was to do this for 3 months and then see how it was going. Threemonths are well passed and it is time to remove the interim idea. It looks like we are stuck together. I no longer see myself asinterim pastor but Senior Pastor which refers more to my age thanmy position. We have some details to work out, but I see us doingthat after the first of the year. I have communicated with the conference [Mid-TexasConference] that I am willing to surrender the position when the right person comes along. It has to be right for that person and the people of Oak Grove. There will be more people available as time goes on but there is nothing just right for this great church at this time. It puts us in a great position. I don’t need to be reappointed to another place, so they don’t have to find a place for me. That means there is only one place to fill which makes it much, mucheasier. It is also a great position to…

The Prayer Committee of the Transitional Commission on Convening General Conference (TCCGC) invites you to join a special 40-day season of prayer and fasting, running from August 7 to September 15, 2024. This dedicated time of spiritual preparation will lead up to our historic Convening General Conference.…