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1 All the Members Ministers Dr. Gregory P. Rogers Pastor Rev. Michael R. McKnight Minister of Music Rev. Beth M. Thompson Associate Pastor Rev. Stephen C. Harding Minister of Media and Arts Rev. Amy S. Andrews Minister of Youth and College Dr. Stephen B. Prevatte Minister of Administration Rev. Joshua A. Breazeale Minister of Education and Children Mrs. Jimmie S. Hughes Director of Missions Mr. Lawrence B. Powers College Ministry Intern Rev. Layne G. Rogerson Community Center Minister Mrs. Alisa W. Gilliam Pianist Mrs. Karen C. Meetze Organist Ms. Lauri R. Johnson Pastoral/Music Ministry Secretary Mrs. Sally A. Pride Educational Ministries Secretary Mrs. Beverly B. Butler Financial Secretary Minister on Call March 3-4 March March March March 31-April 1 Steve Harding Michael McKnight Steve Prevatte Joshua Breazeale Preschool Childcare During our worship service we have Sunday School available for preschoolers ages 4 and younger. Multi-Media 8:20 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 9:15 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite 9:40 a.m. Sunday School Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Emerge Worship Experience 12 noon Children's Musical Pizza Lunch (Grades 3-6) 12 noon Sunday School Council Sub-Team Meeting 3:00 p.m. Worship Planning Team...Rawl Parlor 4:30 p.m. Youth Praise Band Practice... Multi-Purpose Youth Skit Team Practice... Multi-Purpose 5:00 p.m. Highest Praise Rehearsal...Choir Suite 5:30 p.m. Joyful Sounds Rehearsal...Music Library Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship Dinner...Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Youth Small Group Bible Studies 9:30 a.m. Ministers Prayer Time Flower Team Meeting...Fellowship Hall 7:00 p.m. Financial Peace University... Multi-Purpose 7:30 p.m. Men s & Women s Prayer Groups 9:00 a.m. Senior Adult Coffee Talk...Fellowship Hall 3:00 p.m. Backyard Buddies 5:00 p.m. Meal to Unsheltered Homeless 7:00 p.m. Oakmont 2 Basketball Game 8:00 p.m. Oakmont 1 Basketball Game 12:30 p.m. Baptist Men s Lunch... Uptown Chico s 4:00 p.m. JOY Singers' Rehearsal...Choir Suite 5:15 p.m. Fellowship Supper Begins...Fellowship Hall 5:45 p.m. Library Opens Preschool Childcare Begins 6:00 p.m. Preschool & Children s Choirs Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Adult Small Group Studies 6:30 p.m. Youth Connect Worship Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:45 p.m. Preschool & Children s Mission Groups 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite Emerge Singers Rehearsal...Music Library 7:30 p.m. Emerge Musicians Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:30 p.m. T.W.I.G. Craft Night... Community Room Fellowship Pads We invite each person attending Response Time During the time of response you are invited to... windows. Additional opportunities during Emerge... stations. O God! Hear with patience the confession of your people: All: We have withheld so much from you. We have hidden our lamps under tables; we have buried our talents out of fear; we have sought security in everything but you. Open our hearts as we follow your Son on the road to Jerusalem that we might comprehend your unchanging generosity, for you have withheld nothing from us. Each of us has traveled this past week with the Lord. We have in our own way experienced the burning bush, the pillar of fire, the ashes of spiritual exile, and the hands of healing love. The ashes and the dust, the darkness and confusion that are a part of our sojourn these we can only bear when you walk so closely by our side. Rejoice! For we are not alone in this wilderness of shadow and light. We have each other. We have the Lord in our midst. Trust in one another. Trust in God, for God has provided in the past and will surely provide again. Amen. Mr. D. Wayne Taylor Mr. Butch Jones Sextons Mr. Mark Davies Food Services Director Mrs. Caroline Bissette Technical Assistant 1100 Red Banks Road Greenville, NC Phone: Web: Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Japanese Table Talk...Fellowship Hall 8:30 a.m. Food Distribution...First Born 9:00 a.m. CBF Deacon's Retreat... Multi-Purpose People wishing to become members of Oakmont are encouraged to attend our Oakmont 101 classes to learn more about our church. These sessions include information about how Oakmont began over 45 years ago, what Baptists believe, and ministry opportunities. March 4, 2012

2 Remember in Coffee Talk John Groesser College Students Children s Musical (Grades 3-6) Pizza Lunch TODAY at NOON ADULTS March 6 th ROOTED Youth Disciple Now Weekend Sign up in the Youth Room Needed: March 11 th Coaching Session with Eddie Hammett Be a part of an afternoon of prayerful conversation and discernment about next steps at Oakmont. please sign up in Grand Central so that we may be prepared for you Ministry Celebration before you go to bed March 10 th you go to bed March 10 before th March 25 th p.m. Join us as we discuss ideas about our summer schedule.

3 All the Members Ministers Dr. Gregory P. Rogers Pastor Rev. Michael R. McKnight Minister of Music Rev. Beth M. Thompson Associate Pastor Rev. Stephen C. Harding Minister of Media and Arts Rev. Amy S. Andrews Minister of Youth and College Dr. Stephen B. Prevatte Minister of Administration Rev. Joshua A. Breazeale Minister of Education and Children Mrs. Jimmie S. Hughes Director of Missions Mr. Lawrence B. Powers College Ministry Intern Rev. Layne G. Rogerson Community Center Minister Mrs. Alisa W. Gilliam Pianist Mrs. Karen C. Meetze Organist Ms. Lauri R. Johnson Pastoral/Music Ministry Secretary Mrs. Sally A. Pride Educational Ministries Secretary Mrs. Beverly B. Butler Financial Secretary Mr. D. Wayne Taylor Mr. Butch Jones Sextons Mr. Mark Davies Food Services Director Mrs. Caroline Bissette Technical Assistant Minister on Call March March March March 31-April 1 Michael McKnight Steve Prevatte Joshua Breazeale Preschool Childcare During our worship service we have Sunday School available for preschoolers ages 4 and younger. Multi-Media 1100 Red Banks Road Greenville, NC Phone: Web: Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 8:20 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 9:15 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite 9:40 a.m. Sunday School Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Emerge Worship Experience 12 noon Highest Priase Rehearsal...Choir Suite 3:30 p.m. Coaching Session... Multi-Purpose 4:30 p.m. Youth Praise Band Practice Youth Skit Team Practice 5:30 p.m. Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship Dinner...Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Youth Small Group Bible Studies 9:30 a.m. Ministers Prayer Time 7:00 p.m. Financial Peace University... Multi-Purpose 7:30 p.m. Men s & Women s Prayer Groups 10:00 a.m. Steadfast Mission Group...Rawl Parlor 11:30 a.m. Senior Adult Lunch Bunch... Cracker Barrel 9:00 p.m. "Crazy Love" College Bible Study...Apt. F6 10:00 a.m. Mission Action Group...Rawl Parlor 12:30 p.m. Baptist Men s Lunch... Uptown Chico s 4:00 p.m. JOY Singers' Rehearsal...Choir Suite 5:15 p.m. Fellowship Supper Begins...Fellowship Hall 5:45 p.m. Library Opens Preschool Childcare Begins 6:00 p.m. Preschool & Children s Choirs Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Adult Small Group Studies 6:30 p.m. Youth Connect Worship Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:45 p.m. Preschool & Children s Mission Groups 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite Emerge Singers Rehearsal...Music Library 7:30 p.m. Emerge Musicians Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:00 p.m. Youth Disciple Now Begins Youth Disciple Now Continues Fellowship Pads We invite each person attending Response Time During the time of response you are invited to... windows. Additional opportunities during Emerge... stations. People wishing to become members of Oakmont are encouraged to attend our Oakmont 101 classes to learn more about our church. These sessions include information about how Oakmont began over 45 years ago, what Baptists believe, and ministry opportunities. How long the journey is! How far we have come. How often we have found newness of life welling up in our lives like a fountain when we thought ourselves unable to go on. Yet we still doubt the future. All: March 11, 2012 Jesus said: If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, Give me a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. O Lord, deep is the thirst of your people. The weariness of life is sometimes too much. Our sins, our sorrows, our griefs dwell closely with us each day of the journey. So many demands are upon us, so many distractions, so many unspoken fears. Jesus said: The water that I will give will become in them a spring of water gushing up to eternal life. O Lord, give us that water that will end our thirst, renew and strengthen us. Clear our vision to see your playful and majestic hand continually at work in our lives and our world. Amen.

4 Coaching Session with Eddie Hammett Be a part of an afternoon of prayerful conversation and discernment about next steps at Oakmont. please sign up this morning so that we may be prepared for you Remember in John Groesser ADULTS March 13 th Cracker Barrel ROOTED Youth Disciple Now Weekend Sign up in the Youth Room Needed: MINISTRY CELEBRATION March 25 TH Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina General Assembly Two options to attend 1. One-day trip Leave church with group around 10:00 a.m. and return following evening worship around 10:00 p.m. 2. Overnight Trip Go on Friday; spend the night in Raleigh and attend the Saturday morning sessions as well. For more information on either option contact Beth Thompson.

5 All the Members Ministers Dr. Gregory P. Rogers Pastor Rev. Michael R. McKnight Minister of Music Rev. Beth M. Thompson Associate Pastor Rev. Stephen C. Harding Minister of Media and Arts Rev. Amy S. Andrews Minister of Youth and College Dr. Stephen B. Prevatte Minister of Administration Rev. Joshua A. Breazeale Minister of Education and Children Mrs. Jimmie S. Hughes Director of Missions Mr. Lawrence B. Powers College Ministry Intern Rev. Layne G. Rogerson Community Center Minister Mrs. Alisa W. Gilliam Pianist Mrs. Karen C. Meetze Organist Ms. Lauri R. Johnson Pastoral/Music Ministry Secretary Mrs. Sally A. Pride Educational Ministries Secretary Mrs. Beverly B. Butler Financial Secretary Mr. D. Wayne Taylor Mr. Butch Jones Sextons Mr. Mark Davies Food Services Director Mrs. Caroline Bissette Technical Assistant Minister on Call March March March 31-April Steve Prevatte Joshua Breazeale Preschool Childcare During our worship service we have Sunday School available for preschoolers ages 4 and younger. Multi-Media Our 9:40 Service is recorded and 1100 Red Banks Road Greenville, NC Phone: Web: Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 8:20 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 9:15 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite 9:40 a.m. Sunday School Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Emerge Worship Experience 12 noon Indulge College Lunch...Fellowship Hall Sabbath Sunday All afternoon and evening activities suspended 9:30 a.m. Ministers Prayer Time 7:00 p.m. Financial Peace University... Multi-Purpose 7:30 p.m. Men s & Women s Prayer Groups 5:00 p.m. Meal for Unsheltered Homeless 9:00 p.m. "Crazy Love" College Bible Study...Apt. F6 10:00 a.m. Newsletter Deadline 12:30 p.m. Baptist Men s Lunch... Uptown Chico s 4:00 p.m. JOY Singers' Rehearsal...Choir Suite 5:15 p.m. Fellowship Supper Begins...Fellowship Hall 5:45 p.m. Library Opens Preschool Childcare Begins 6:00 p.m. Preschool & Children s Choirs Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Adult Small Group Studies 6:30 p.m. Youth Connect Worship Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:45 p.m. Preschool & Children s Mission Groups 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite Emerge Singers Rehearsal...Music Library 7:30 p.m. Emerge Musicians Rehearsal... Sanctuary 12:30 p.m. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina General Assembly begins 8:30.m. Food Distribution...First Born Fellowship Pads We invite each person attending the pew, return the pad back to the Response Time During the time of response you are invited to... prayers at the stations by the windows. stations by the windows. Our ministers. Additional opportunities during Emerge... church home, bring your tithes baskets at the communion stations. People wishing to become members of Oakmont are encouraged to attend our Oakmont 101 classes to learn more about our church. These sessions include information about how Oakmont began over 45 years ago, what Baptists believe, and ministry opportunities. All: March 18, 2012 What a weary place the world can be! Happiness and fulfillment are promised to us from every bookstand, from every chattering television, from every smooth-talking guru who captures our fleeting and wandering attention. We buy, we accumulate, we seek, but if we are honest, we know that our hands are empty, our thirst unquenched. Jesus said: Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, Out of the believer s heart shall flow rivers of living water. These waters run deep in the soul, in the still, quiet place within where God waits, eternally patient, for us to come and rest. These waters abound where gentleness and tolerance shape our relationships, where kindness, acceptance, and forgiveness inform the small, daily gestures that make up our lives. Let us rest and be restored. Let us drink and be satisfied. Let us wash and be cleansed. Amen.

6 Remember in John Groesser MINISTRY CELEBRATION March 25 TH Join us as we celebrate the ministries of Oakmont, conduct the business of our congregation, and discuss new opportunities for worship this summer. backyard buddies Volunteers Needed for Expanded Backyard Buddies Contact Layne Rogerson for details Interest Meeting Sunday, March 25 th for more information contact April 22 nd If you would like to participate, th. Reality Store Church-School Partnership th Volunteers can sign up for one-hour blocks or longer. Sign Up In Grand Central Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina General Assembly Two options to attend 1. One-day trip Leave church with group around 10:00 a.m. and return following evening worship around 10:00 p.m. 2. Overnight Trip Go on Friday; spend the night in Raleigh and attend the Saturday morning sessions as well. Sign Up in Grand Central TODAY! For more information on either option contact Beth Thompson.

7 All the Members Ministers Dr. Gregory P. Rogers Pastor Rev. Michael R. McKnight Minister of Music Rev. Beth M. Thompson Associate Pastor Rev. Stephen C. Harding Minister of Media and Arts Rev. Amy S. Andrews Minister of Youth and College Dr. Stephen B. Prevatte Minister of Administration Rev. Joshua A. Breazeale Minister of Education and Children Mrs. Jimmie S. Hughes Director of Missions Mr. Lawrence B. Powers College Ministry Intern Rev. Layne G. Rogerson Community Center Minister Mrs. Alisa W. Gilliam Pianist Mrs. Karen C. Meetze Organist Ms. Lauri R. Johnson Pastoral/Music Ministry Secretary Mrs. Sally A. Pride Educational Ministries Secretary Mrs. Beverly B. Butler Financial Secretary Mr. D. Wayne Taylor Mr. Butch Jones Sextons Mr. Mark Davies Food Services Director Mrs. Caroline Bissette Technical Assistant Minister on Call March March 31-April 1 April 7-8 April April April Steve Prevatte Joshua Breazeale Beth Thompson Amy Andrews Steve Prevatte Preschool Childcare During our worship service we have Sunday School available for preschoolers ages 4 and younger. Multi-Media Our 9:40 Service is recorded and 1100 Red Banks Road Greenville, NC Phone: Web: Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. 8:20 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 9:15 a.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite 9:40 a.m. Sunday School Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School Emerge Worship Experience 12 noon Indulge College Lunch...Fellowship Hall Softball Interest Meeting...Room 300 1:00 p.m. Medical Clinic... Multi-Purpose 3:00 p.m. Stewardship Team Meeting...Room 311 4:00 p.m. Care Ministry Backpacking Trip Training 4:30 p.m. Youth Praise Team Practice Youth Skit Team Practice 5:00 p.m. Highest Praise Rehearsal...Choir Suite 5:30 p.m. Joyful Sounds Rehearsal...Music Library Youth Room Open...Youth Room 5:45 p.m. Deacons Prayer Gathering 6:00 p.m. Youth Fellowship Dinner...Fellowship Hall 6:30 p.m. Ministry Celebration... Sanctuary Youth Small Group Bible Studies 9:30 a.m. Ministers Prayer Time 7:00 p.m. Financial Peace University... Multi-Purpose 7:30 p.m. Men s & Women s Prayer Groups 9:00 p.m. "Crazy Love" College Bible Study...Apt. F6 10:30 a.m. JOY Singers Concert... Cypress Glen 12:30 p.m. Baptist Men s Lunch... Uptown Chico s 5:15 p.m. Fellowship Supper Begins...Fellowship Hall 5:45 p.m. Library Opens Preschool Childcare Begins 6:00 p.m. Preschool & Children s Choirs Youth Room Opens...Youth Room 6:15 p.m. Adult Small Group Studies 6:30 p.m. Youth Connect Worship Orchestra Rehearsal... Sanctuary 6:45 p.m. Preschool & Children s Mission Groups 7:00 p.m. Chancel Choir Rehearsal...Choir Suite 7:45 a.m. Group leaves for Senior Chowan 7:30 a.m. Labyrinth available... Multi-Purpose 6:00 p.m. College Fellowship...Peery s Home 10:00 a.m. Chancel Choir, Orchestra, Revelation Players Rehearsal... Sanctuary Fellowship Pads We invite each person attending the pew, return the pad back to the Response Time During the time of response you are invited to... prayers at the stations by the windows. stations by the windows. Our ministers. Additional opportunities during Emerge... church home, bring your tithes baskets at the communion stations. People wishing to become members of Oakmont are encouraged to attend our Oakmont 101 classes to learn more about our church. These sessions include information about how Oakmont began over 45 years ago, what Baptists believe, and ministry opportunities. God calls us from the valley of dry bones. Come, listen for a word from our God. All: March 25, 2012 We hear God calling us in a far distant voice. We confess there have been times when we had nearly forgotten God s care for us. Be of good cheer! The Spirit breathes life into our dry bones. God offers hope when we have lost our way. Our souls wait for the refreshment God offers. Our spirits are filled with great expectation for our journey to the cross is nearly complete. Christ came as a light to all the world. Christ comes among us today to light our way. We hear the teacher calling for us. Christ unbinds us that we may see and believe. Come down, O Lord, and complete this journey with your people. Help us, O God, to remain diligent, attentive to the needs around us, and receptive to your power-infusing Spirit.

8 MINISTRY CELEBRATION MEDICAL CLINIC TODAY 6:30 P.M. SANCTUARY Join us as we celebrate the ministries of Oakmont, conduct the business of our congregation, and discuss new opportunities for worship this summer. backyard buddies Volunteers Needed for Expanded Backyard Buddies Contact Layne Rogerson for details Saturday, April 28 th Sign-up in Grand Central or online at: April 22 nd If you would like to participate, th. Interest Meeting for more information contact Reality Store Church-School Partnership th Volunteers can sign up for one-hour blocks or longer. Sign Up In Grand Central Interest Meeting for more information contact Two Local Missions Opportunities to help children with literacy, reading, and building bookcases.

9 from the pastor from the pastor from the pastor I am pleased to share with you the good news that Drs. Scott and Dawn Kendrick, have given a $50, gift to Oakmont designated toward the work of the Oakmont Community Center in memory of Scott s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne (Amelia) Kendrick. Scott and Dawn are interested in the gift being used toward the Medical Clinic needs, and any ministries directed for the unsheltered homeless, moving homeless persons toward acquiring an apartment (with needed deposits or subsidized rent for a period of time), and/or keeping the working poor in their homes if some emergency arises that may find them facing eviction. Many of you will remember that Dr. Wayne Kendrick, prior to his death in 1999, was a physician in our community and one of the founding partners in Eastern Nephrology Associates in Greenville. Wayne was an ordained Oakmont deacon, member of the Chancel Choir, and a participant in the first medical mission trip team from Oakmont that spent two weeks in the Ukraine in He had a great interest in local and global mission work. Amelia, who died in 2009, was an active participant in the women s spiritual formation group that I led for several years. During my tenure as Oakmont s Minister of Education and Youth, Amelia served as a chaperone on numerous youth trips and events. Scott and his brother Bill grew up at Oakmont, and they both are now doctors in the same practice their father helped to begin. Dawn is a pediatric and emergency medicine doctor at Vidant Medical Center. We are grateful to Scott and Dawn for the confidence expressed by this gift in Oakmont s compassion ministries in our community. We share with them in grateful memory of the life and ministry that Wayne and Amelia had with us in our congregation. The Oakmont Community Center Vision Team learned of this generous gift in their meeting in January. They have recommended to our Diaconate and that group has given its blessings in their January 29 th meeting that our congregation receive a love offering once again this year during our Easter worship services. Specifically, the Vision Team and Diaconate are challenging the Oakmont Church family as a minimum to match this $50,000 gift in memory of Wayne and Amelia for the work of the Oakmont Community Center. In addition, the Vision Team also is actively applying for some community and denominational grant money that may well provide another $50,000 of support for this growing and evolving ministry. I know you join me in gratitude for this generous gift, and in praise to God for His goodness and blessings in Oakmont s life and ministry. I hope you will begin praying about making this special gift during our Easter services. God is working in a mighty and powerful way at Oakmont. It is an awesome privilege to be entrusted with these great Kingdom responsibilities and opportunities! Your Pastor, I am pleased to share with you the good news that Drs. Scott and Dawn Kendrick, have given a $50, gift to Oakmont designated toward the work of the Oakmont Community Center in memory of Scott s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne (Amelia) Kendrick. Scott and Dawn are interested in the gift being used toward the Medical Clinic needs, and any ministries directed for the unsheltered homeless, moving homeless persons toward acquiring an apartment (with needed deposits or subsidized rent for a period of time), and/or keeping the working poor in their homes if some emergency arises that may find them facing eviction. Many of you will remember that Dr. Wayne Kendrick, prior to his death in 1999, was a physician in our community and one of the founding partners in Eastern Nephrology Associates in Greenville. Wayne was an ordained Oakmont deacon, member of the Chancel Choir, and a participant in the first medical mission trip team from Oakmont that spent two weeks in the Ukraine in He had a great interest in local and global mission work. Amelia, who died in 2009, was an active participant in the women s spiritual formation group that I led for several years. During my tenure as Oakmont s Minister of Education and Youth, Amelia served as a chaperone on numerous youth trips and events. Scott and his brother Bill grew up at Oakmont, and they both are now doctors in the same practice their father helped to begin. Dawn is a pediatric and emergency medicine doctor at Vidant Medical Center. We are grateful to Scott and Dawn for the confidence expressed by this gift in Oakmont s compassion ministries in our community. We share with them in grateful memory of the life and ministry that Wayne and Amelia had with us in our congregation. The Oakmont Community Center Vision Team learned of this generous gift in their meeting in January. They have recommended to our Diaconate and that group has given its blessings in their January 29 th meeting that our congregation receive a love offering once again this year during our Easter worship services. Specifically, the Vision Team and Diaconate are challenging the Oakmont Church family as a minimum to match this $50,000 gift in memory of Wayne and Amelia for the work of the Oakmont Community Center. In addition, the Vision Team also is actively applying for some community and denominational grant money that may well provide another $50,000 of support for this growing and evolving ministry. I know you join me in gratitude for this generous gift, and in praise to God for His goodness and blessings in Oakmont s life and ministry. I hope you will begin praying about making this special gift during our Easter services. God is working in a mighty and powerful way at Oakmont. It is an awesome privilege to be entrusted with these great Kingdom responsibilities and opportunities! Your Pastor, I am pleased to share with you the good news that Drs. Scott and Dawn Kendrick, have given a $50, gift to Oakmont designated toward the work of the Oakmont Community Center in memory of Scott s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Wayne (Amelia) Kendrick. Scott and Dawn are interested in the gift being used toward the Medical Clinic needs, and any ministries directed for the unsheltered homeless, moving homeless persons toward acquiring an apartment (with needed deposits or subsidized rent for a period of time), and/or keeping the working poor in their homes if some emergency arises that may find them facing eviction. Many of you will remember that Dr. Wayne Kendrick, prior to his death in 1999, was a physician in our community and one of the founding partners in Eastern Nephrology Associates in Greenville. Wayne was an ordained Oakmont deacon, member of the Chancel Choir, and a participant in the first medical mission trip team from Oakmont that spent two weeks in the Ukraine in He had a great interest in local and global mission work. Amelia, who died in 2009, was an active participant in the women s spiritual formation group that I led for several years. During my tenure as Oakmont s Minister of Education and Youth, Amelia served as a chaperone on numerous youth trips and events. Scott and his brother Bill grew up at Oakmont, and they both are now doctors in the same practice their father helped to begin. Dawn is a pediatric and emergency medicine doctor at Vidant Medical Center. We are grateful to Scott and Dawn for the confidence expressed by this gift in Oakmont s compassion ministries in our community. We share with them in grateful memory of the life and ministry that Wayne and Amelia had with us in our congregation. The Oakmont Community Center Vision Team learned of this generous gift in their meeting in January. They have recommended to our Diaconate and that group has given its blessings in their January 29 th meeting that our congregation receive a love offering once again this year during our Easter worship services. Specifically, the Vision Team and Diaconate are challenging the Oakmont Church family as a minimum to match this $50,000 gift in memory of Wayne and Amelia for the work of the Oakmont Community Center. In addition, the Vision Team also is actively applying for some community and denominational grant money that may well provide another $50,000 of support for this growing and evolving ministry. I know you join me in gratitude for this generous gift, and in praise to God for His goodness and blessings in Oakmont s life and ministry. I hope you will begin praying about making this special gift during our Easter services. God is working in a mighty and powerful way at Oakmont. It is an awesome privilege to be entrusted with these great Kingdom responsibilities and opportunities! Your Pastor, Easter Love Offering Goal: $50,000 to be taken during our Worship Services on Easter, April 8 th for the ministries of the Oakmont Community Center Easter Love Offering Goal: $50,000 to be taken during our Worship Services on Easter, April 8 th for the ministries of the Oakmont Community Center Easter Love Offering Goal: $50,000 to be taken during our Worship Services on Easter, April 8 th for the ministries of the Oakmont Community Center

10 Coaching Update from March 11, 2012 Summarized by Mission Statement Current Connecting lives with Christ as the center through reaching, growing, and going. New Connecting lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing. Note: There was a suggestion to keep Christ as the center in this statement, which could be reflected as: Connecting Christ-centered lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing (or maturing). Vision Statement In response to God-centered worship and continuing spiritual formation, we seek to be the dynamic hands and presence of Christ in the world around us, building community and developing relationships. Note: This group discussed that most vision statements have more specificity than this one does (compare with the Oakmont Community Center Vision Statement), but that we may have to wait for God s revelation before we can bring additional clarity to it. Core Values Community deepening relationships with God while building relationships with others face-to-face and through social media within and outside the four walls of the church. Prayer listening to God, discerning where He is at work, and acting in concert with God in obedience. Worship opening ourselves to God in praise and thanksgiving, confession, and hearing and responding to God s Word read and proclaimed through various acts and media such as music, celebrating the Lord s Supper and baptism, responsive readings, the sharing of stories, drama, worship stations, video presentations, sermons, etc. Spiritual Growth practicing the spiritual disciplines privately and through Biblical and formative group studies as we learn from each other and the Spirit to grow ourselves into the likeness of Jesus. Missional being the presence of Christ by creating go to structures that meet the physical and material, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs of people in our community and around the world. Innovation Praying, dreaming, visioning, and then welcoming new opportunities to explore creative possibilities for ministry that demonstrate an openness to the Spirit s mysterious and surprising leadership. Coaching Update from March 11, 2012 Summarized by Mission Statement Current Connecting lives with Christ as the center through reaching, growing, and going. New Connecting lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing. Note: There was a suggestion to keep Christ as the center in this statement, which could be reflected as: Connecting Christ-centered lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing (or maturing). Vision Statement In response to God-centered worship and continuing spiritual formation, we seek to be the dynamic hands and presence of Christ in the world around us, building community and developing relationships. Note: This group discussed that most vision statements have more specificity than this one does (compare with the Oakmont Community Center Vision Statement), but that we may have to wait for God s revelation before we can bring additional clarity to it. Core Values Community deepening relationships with God while building relationships with others face-to-face and through social media within and outside the four walls of the church. Prayer listening to God, discerning where He is at work, and acting in concert with God in obedience. Worship opening ourselves to God in praise and thanksgiving, confession, and hearing and responding to God s Word read and proclaimed through various acts and media such as music, celebrating the Lord s Supper and baptism, responsive readings, the sharing of stories, drama, worship stations, video presentations, sermons, etc. Spiritual Growth practicing the spiritual disciplines privately and through Biblical and formative group studies as we learn from each other and the Spirit to grow ourselves into the likeness of Jesus. Missional being the presence of Christ by creating go to structures that meet the physical and material, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs of people in our community and around the world. Innovation Praying, dreaming, visioning, and then welcoming new opportunities to explore creative possibilities for ministry that demonstrate an openness to the Spirit s mysterious and surprising leadership. Coaching Update from March 11, 2012 Summarized by Mission Statement Current Connecting lives with Christ as the center through reaching, growing, and going. New Connecting lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing. Note: There was a suggestion to keep Christ as the center in this statement, which could be reflected as: Connecting Christ-centered lives by following God s purpose through reaching, serving, going, and growing (or maturing). Vision Statement In response to God-centered worship and continuing spiritual formation, we seek to be the dynamic hands and presence of Christ in the world around us, building community and developing relationships. Note: This group discussed that most vision statements have more specificity than this one does (compare with the Oakmont Community Center Vision Statement), but that we may have to wait for God s revelation before we can bring additional clarity to it. Core Values Community deepening relationships with God while building relationships with others face-to-face and through social media within and outside the four walls of the church. Prayer listening to God, discerning where He is at work, and acting in concert with God in obedience. Worship opening ourselves to God in praise and thanksgiving, confession, and hearing and responding to God s Word read and proclaimed through various acts and media such as music, celebrating the Lord s Supper and baptism, responsive readings, the sharing of stories, drama, worship stations, video presentations, sermons, etc. Spiritual Growth practicing the spiritual disciplines privately and through Biblical and formative group studies as we learn from each other and the Spirit to grow ourselves into the likeness of Jesus. Missional being the presence of Christ by creating go to structures that meet the physical and material, emotional, relational, and spiritual needs of people in our community and around the world. Innovation Praying, dreaming, visioning, and then welcoming new opportunities to explore creative possibilities for ministry that demonstrate an openness to the Spirit s mysterious and surprising leadership.