On the Journey

What We Offer You For the Journey

• People
  
  We offer you ourselves.  Singing Oaks is a crowd of caring people who serve the spiritual and physical needs of the Denton area.  We have multiple Sunday morning worship services. When you come in the door you will be welcomed and given a name tag.  We want you to know our names and we would like to call you by your name.  Pick up a newsletter.  It has the arrangement of the service with songs, prayers and scripture readings.  Feel free to sit wherever you like in our Worship Center and make yourself at home
  
  We want to get to know people on this journey of life.
  
  
• Worship
  
  We offer you a people-friendly environment for worship, prayer, small group community and encouragement.  We meet weekly for corporate worship at multiple times.  We have Sunday morning learning experiences for all ages called Bible classes.  On Sunday evenings we meet in Home groups around Denton County.  On Wednesday we gather to do various ministry work, learning Bible classes for all ages and encourage one another.
  
  Our Sunday morning worship experience is led by our worship minister and our worship teams.  These people help lead us to offer our best praise of God.  Our music is presented a cappella or without accompaniment.  This is a unique feature of our tradition, but not one we intend to be divisive about.
  
  We want to worship God in all of life.
  
  
• Relationship
  
  We offer you a seat at the table.  The central part of our worship on Sundays is sharing the Lord's Supper together.  We eat and drink to celebrate and remember the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  This will be passed to you in trays with unleavened crackers and small cups with grape juice.
  
  We want to experience relationship with God and our neighbor.
  
  
• Teaching
  
  We offer engaging teaching from the Bible, the revelation of God's work in history.  Anyone may join us in a search to understand God's message to us in the twenty-first century.
  
  The sermon message will speak of God's activity today.  Our preaching Minister makes the Word of God come alive in relevant teaching for our lives today.  The same is true of our Bible classes.  You can expect to learn the stories of faith and be challenged engaging our contemporary world.
  
  We want to learn and live the Christian faith.
  
  
• Prayer
  
  We offer to pray to God for you.  On Monday of each week we pray for every guest by name.  You will be passed a black attendance book to record your name, contact info and prayer request.  Let us know how we could pray.  We also offer a time when you can be prayed for by one of our leaders during the worship service.
  
  We want to be a people of prayer.
  
  
• Mission
  
  We offer you opportunities to serve others.  We exist to bring people to Jesus.  There are dozens of ministries in our church and in partnership with other churches to serve the needs of our community.  Explore the ways God helps us grow in love for Him and for others as we join the mission of God.
  
  We want to be people on God's mission to and for the world.
  
  
• Faith
  
  We offer you our faith.  We are not perfect, but we are authentic in our belief that God is at work in our city, through our church and in your life.  Here is a brief summary of our faith and unique practices.
  
  • Our faith is firmly planted in God.  God created us, provides for the salvation of humanity through Jesus and acts in the world through Christians filled with God's Spirit.
  • We try to practice Christianity revealed in the New Testament.  We are Christians only, but not the only Christians.  We read the Bible as God's word, the reliable map for our life.  The Bible is not simply an information guide but transforms of our lives. 
  • We practice believer's immersion (baptism) for the remission of sins.  God alone brought salvation to people through Jesus.  In baptism we are connected with the saving death, burial and resurrection of Jesus (Titus 3:4-7).
  • We eat the Lord's Supper each week to remember the life Jesus offers (Acts 20:7) The bread signifies Jesus' body and the wine signifies Jesus' Blood.  We eat together to proclaim we share in His eternal Life.
  • We worship God through pure living, reading scripture, preaching, prayer, the Lord's Supper and the ancient practice of acapella singing (without accompaniment).
  • We practice the "Priesthood of All Believers" (1 Peter 2:4-9).  Every member is a minister and has gifts (1 Corinthians 12) to share with the congregation.
  • Churches of Christ led by local Elders and not by a national church hierarchy.
    

Bottom Line
We want you to discover God as the creator, redeemer and sustainer of your life.