Jul 07
Jun 30
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Oasis Orange Thursday’s (OOT)…
…this is a quick reminder that tomorrow is the official launch of of ‘Oasis Orange Thursday’ where we get to don on our Orange T-shirts!
So don’t forget your t-shirt!
But Why?
Visibility…gives an opportunity for us as individuals to be a little more visible than usual about our faith, and also allows us make Oasis a bit more visible.
Fun…is a key reason behind OOT that knowing God and revealing Him is meant to be fun. Also what we are asking is for people to send in a photo to reveal the best or most extreme or most unlikely place they have worn theiur T-shirt. Send photo’s to admin@theoasischurch.com. We will then from time to time post the photo’s on the website.
Together…we get to do something during our weeks in the different places we find ourselves in. Reminds us we are not alone but part a community as we live out our faith.
If you want to buy a t-shirt contact the office at above email address or on 0121 6280001 to purchase one fro £3
Jun 24
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Everything Changes wk 11: Daniel 3 by Adrian
Different venue this week but the next installment of our Everything Changes series sees Adrian looks at Daniel chapter 3 under the title: ‘To Change Everything May Cost Everything’.
(Should warn you too that this week is a quiet recording so might have to turn the volume up on this one.)
2010-06-20 EC Adrian Hurst – Daniel 3
Jun 13
Jun 11
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t-shirt
This Sunday we get to join in with the Edgbaston Cricket Ground funday and the 100 or so volunteers from Oasis will be wearing our loudest ever (colour wise) t-shirts to identify ourselves within the crowds. However, seeing the t-shirts reminded me of the impact wearing the Oasis t-shirt had on me last year at the funday as I wore it to, from and at the fun day.
But it’s just a T-shirt, right?
As I wore the T-shirt blazened with Oasis church, I found that I was noticeable and that I stood out as someone who was representing Oasis church and therefore the one the church is all about, God…there was no hiding!
I found myself thinking more about how I was acting and speaking not beacuse I had to but because I wanted to give people a postive experience of church and therefore God who I was representing. The problem was as I thought more about the impact of wearing the t-shirt was having I was left with this uncomfortable question…
…do I always act and speak the same with others when I am not wearing the t-shirt?
You see wearing the T-shirt revealed an identity I wanted to live up to but when I don’t wear the t-shirt do I still?
The unfortunate answer was as I thought about it I realised the answer was no, I don’t always.
Therefore since last year I have given myself to living sub-consciously as though I am wearing an Oasis t-shirt that reveals my identity as a follower of Jesus part of His church and the freedom, hope, love, joy and life that that brings…it has made the world of difference in my every day existence in the way I speak and act towards others.
That’s me but how about you?
Sub-consciously we can wear t-shirts that are labeled in so many ways how about discovering afresh or for the first time wearing one that causes you to live from a place of freedom, hope, love, joy and life?
I hope you enjoy wearing orange.
But it’s just a t-shirt, isn’t it?
Jun 09
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broken
I returned off holiday this last weekend to discover that one of the windows in my garage had broken and needed to be replaced…today I have just received the replacement for my broken phone. For most of us when we encounter something that is broken we know it means it needs to be replaced.
broken = replace
Something that is therefore labeled ‘broken’ can immediately be thought of as something where there is no hope, it just needs to be replaced. But does broken always mean we need to replace?
What about a broken society?
There has been a lot of talk over the past 6 months about our ‘broken society’, however the danger with this expression is that we immediately think that broken means that there is no hope and it needs to be replaced.
What if broken can lead us to something else…yes sometimes it means replace but surely sometimes it means restore!
broken = restore
Broken can therefore be an opportunity …
…an opportunity to restore!
To see brokenness like this means that when society is labeled as broken or where you or I can feel broken, we can have a totally different starting point, as brokenness reveals something worth restoring…
…society is worth restoring
…you and I are worth restoring
At the heart of the Christian faith is that we are broken…
…broken in our relationship with God, one another, ourselves and creation…
…but that God in His love for us wanted to restore what was broken…
…therefore God does this through His Son Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Understanding we are broken is the starting point to discovering the wholeness God has to offer.
So do we see brokenness as an opportunity…
…to play our part in revealing God’ ability to restore society and others through our actions and words?
…to be restored and to receive the wholeness God offers?
May 27
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Everything Changes wk 8: Daniel 1 by Adrian
The continuation of our Everything Changes series but the start of a new book: Adrian starts things off with ‘Dare to be a Daniel’ preaching from Daniel 1.
2010-05-23 EC Adrian Hurst – Daniel 1
May 14
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Drug awareness training…
…please note that due to illness the drug awarness training has been cancelled for this Sunday. A new date will be sent out soon.
May 12
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Everything Changes wk 7: Esther 8-9 by Adrian
The final week of our Everything Changes series sees Adrian wrap up Esther with the concluding chapters 8 and 9
2010-05-09 EC Adrian Hurst – Esther 8-9
May 06
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Everything Changes week 6: Esther 5-7 by Adrian
As we continue with the Everything Changes series Adrian brings us the latest installment with Esther 5-7.
2010-05-02 EC Adrian Hurst am- Esther 5-7
