(last updated: September 15, 2009)
The Oaks is a firm believer in support and accountability. One of the best ways to achieve these blessings in your daily walk is by becoming a part of a Life Group. Our next segment will begin the end of September. There is a group for everyone so please read through the following and join us.
A Band of Brothers
Hello all men who love a good breakfast. This Life Segment will have no set curriculum and is geared towards men whose schedule and responsibilities make it very difficult to commit to the conventional Life Segment group. We will focus on engaging this life as Christ-centered men. We will also likely explore portions of the book “Wild at Heart”. No skills are required unless you consider eating a skill. J All are welcome.
Group Leader: Jim Sutherland, Larry Jansen
Day & Time: Saturday 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Frequency: Bi Weekly (every other Saturday)
Gender: Male
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: All Welcome
Start Date: Sept. 26th 2009 – Jan. 23rd 2010
A Time for Young Adults: Par Deux
Christian Living as a Young Adult: How to live like Christ as a young adult can be a challenging endeavor in today’s world. We will be studying 1st & 2nd Corinthians in our time together.
Group Leader: Nathanael Wright, Chris Power
Day & Time: Monday 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: All Welcome
Start Date: Sept. 28th 2009 – Jan. 25th 2010
Dealing With Today’s Teens & Keeping Your Marriage Vibrant
This will be a 2 topic Life Segment: Dealing with Today’s Teens & Keeping Your Marriage Vibrant at the Same Time. For 8 weeks, via DVD, presenter and teacher Mark Gregston offers proven tactics for dealing with teens. He helps parents maintain an open, loving and honest relationship with their teenager as they also deal with teen's rebellion, immaturity, anger or inappropriate behavior. For 4-5 weeks we will also cover lessons we learned to keep our marriage vibrant during these years.
Group Leader: Dennis and Debbie Ensing
Day & Time: Sunday Evenings from 6:00pm-8:00pm
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: Anyone
Max # of Participants: 10
Informational Link: http://www.heartlightministries.org/resources/dwtt-home.html
12 Weeks: Sept. 27th 2009 – Dec. 13th 2009
Drawing Near To God by John Bevere
Join Nancy and I as we take a journey toward restoring our intimate relationship with God and form a loving union with Him that will fill your life with joy and passion. Blessings
Group Leaders: Mike & Nancy Mathieu
Day & Time: Friday evenings 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 8
Start Date: Sept.25th 2009 - June 22nd 2010
Experiencing God’s Presence; “God’s Perfect Love”
Our goal here is to know and experience God’s heart of love; the only love big enough to meet the God size need of our life. We will endeavor to embrace the intensely personal, overflowing and never ending love of God. This “Perfect Love” will help us uncover how much God loves us. Eph. 3:17
Group Leader: Sandra Reid & Jannie Ensing
Day & Time: Monday evenings from 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Frequency: Bi Weekly
Gender: Female Only
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 10
Start Date: Sept. 28th 2009 – Jan. 18th 2010
Koinonia: Christian Fellowship
We will enjoy a time of food, prayer, communion with God and Christian fellowship each night. We would enjoy having you part of our group.
Group Leader: Mark & Barbara Van Bunderen
Day & Time: Sunday evenings 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 8
Start Date: Sept. 20th 2009 – June 20th 2010 (This Life Group is 2 Segments in Length)
Life Council: Exploring the Small Group Ministry
Together we will discover God’s will for the small group ministry here at CITO. We will engage in prayer for this ministry as well as study of the scriptural principles founding this ministry. Through discussion we will examine our techniques and scrupulously compare our present format with God’s mandate to make disciples.
Group Leader: Rich Cherry, Jim Sutherland
Day & Time: To Be Determined
Frequency: Bi Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age:
Max # of Participants: CLOSED (Capacity Reached)
Start Date: Sept. 2009 - To Be Determined
Love & Respect
Come and grow with us in hearing and applying God’s principles to make a good marriage, better than good. We will be viewing the DVD series “Love & Respect In Your Marriage” by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs. Prayer will follow.
Group Leaders: Jose & Corinne Gavilanes
Day & Time: Monday evenings @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Couples
Specifics: Married OR Couples
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 4 couples (8 people in total)
Start Date: Sept. 28th 2009 - Jan. 25th 2010
Ministering to the Harvesters; “Serving As Senders”
Ministering to the Harvesters: Ladies you are invited to a life group focused on supporting our labourers in the field through prayer, communication, and other relevant means. Missions is a vital component of healthy church life and so if Missions holds a warm place in your heart than this is the group for you. We will discuss topics like re entry, communication and pre departure preparation for those heading out.
Group Leaders: Ruby Hillier, Nancy Fitzallen
Day & Time: Thursday from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Female
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 20+
Max # of Participants: 12
Start Date: Oct. 1st 2009 – Jan. 21st 2010
Theology 201: What Do You Believe?
This life group will focus on understanding the ‘Order of Salvation’ as espoused by evangelical Christianity which will include a study on the following: Common Grace, Election, Gospel Call, Regeneration, Conversion, Justification, Adoption, Sanctification, Perseverance, and Glorification. Topics for the segment will be provided by Scottsdale Bible Church’s Christian Essentials class as taught by Wayne Grudem. Grudem teaches the lessons chapter by chapter from his systematic theology book. Topics will be supplemented by additional reading. The lessons will be listened to both at the Life Group and by the participants on their own time. Discussion will follow the lesson.
Group Leaders: Rich Cherry, Jude St John
Day & Time: Friday Night, 7:30 pm, 2+ hours
Frequency: Bi Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 10
Start Date: Sept. 25th 2009 – Jan. 22nd 2010
To Become A Woman of Excellence
Learn how to become a woman of excellence through a study of the scriptures along with the book “To Become a Woman of Excellence”. We will enjoy fellowship & prayer. This Life Group is for you especially if you work evenings or shifts. Blessings.
Group Leader: Jannie Ensing & Teresa Wammes
Day & Time: Wednesday morning from 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Frequency: Bi Weekly
Gender: Female Only
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 10
Start Date: Oct. 5th 2009 – Jan. 25th 2010
True Spirituality: How to Live for Jesus Moment by Moment by Francis Schaeffer
Hello everyone. This book explores the relevance and application of ‘true spirituality’ in our present age. In one sense on the day Christ saves us, we are as saved as we will ever be. We are justified before God. In another sense, our salvation is just beginning. God makes us a new creation and then works throughout the rest of our lives to make that new creation more like him until the last day when He glorifies us. This process is called sanctification. In True Spirituality Schaeffer speaks about this process in a practical way. All are welcome.
Group Leader: Nathanael Wright, Jim Sutherland
Day & Time: Sunday 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: All Welcome
18 Weeks: Sept. 27th 2009 – Jan. 31st 2010
Focus on the Family’s: The Truth Project
The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum designed to build a systematic and comprehensive biblical world view in the lives of believers.
Each Lesson looks at life from a biblical perspective, studying the very nature and character of God and how He has revealed Himself to us.
Each video runs just under an hour followed by small group discussion.
Group Leader: Brian Plum & Rick Fitzallen
Day & Time: Tuesday evening: 6:45 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 10
Start Date: Sept. 29th 2009 – Jan. 26th 2010
Focus on the Family’s: The Truth Project
The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum designed to build a systematic and comprehensive biblical world view in the lives of believers.
Each Lesson looks at life from a biblical perspective, studying the very nature and character of God and how He has revealed Himself to us.
Each video runs just under an hour followed by small group discussion.
Group Leader: Jim Sutherland & Tim Van Meppelen
Day & Time: Tuesday evening: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: All Welcome
Start Date: Sept. 29th 2009 – Jan. 19th 2010
Focus on the Family’s: The Truth Project
The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum designed to build a systematic and comprehensive biblical world view in the lives of believers.
Each Lesson looks at life from a biblical perspective, studying the very nature and character of God and how He has revealed Himself to us.
Each video runs just under an hour followed by small group discussion.
Group Leader: Kelly & Lorna Lockington
Day & Time: To Be Determined
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 6
Start Date: To Be Determined
Focus on the Family’s: The Truth Project
The Truth Project is a DVD-based small group curriculum designed to build a systematic and comprehensive biblical world view in the lives of believers.
Each Lesson looks at life from a biblical perspective, studying the very nature and character of God and how He has revealed Himself to us.
Each video runs just under an hour followed by small group discussion.
Group Leader: Larry & Mavie Jansen
Day & Time: Tuesday evening: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Frequency: Weekly
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 8
Start Date: Sept. 29th 2009 – Jan. 19th 2010
“Waking the Dead”
This life group's main quest is to seek deeper community with one another that can often be missed in regular Sunday church life. This will be attained through various social interactions, meeting in our homes and reading the book, "Waking the Dead" by John Eldridge.
Group Leaders: Terry Jones, Frank Stracuzzi
Day & Time: Thursday evenings 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Frequency: Bi Weekly
Location: To Be Determined
Gender: Both
Specifics: Married OR Single
Age: 18+
Max # of Participants: 10
Start Date: Oct. 1st 2009 – Jan. 21st 2010
