Hi volunteers!

Unfortunately, I’ve come down with a virus and lost my voice, so we’ll need to cancel tonight’s virtual Oaks cohort meeting. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility!

If you haven’t yet completed the Oaks Volunteer Orientation Course and the Volunteer Collaborator Confidentiality Agreement and form in the last module, tonight could be a great time to finish those steps. :) 

The next virtual cohort date is Thursday, December 4 - RSVP here!. 

I appreciate each of you and look forward to connecting again soon.

With gratitude,

Jill

On Saturday, October 18 from 9am - 1pm join the Restorative Prayer ministry with Oaks Ministry Collaborative to learn more about restorative prayer with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and practice praying with other Christians. This seminar will equip you to pray with others for emotional, relational, and spiritual healing in your life, relationships, and ministry.  

Lunch will be provided. 

This training is to equip people with restorative prayer skills. It is not a training cohort to become a Restorative Prayer Oaks volunteer. If you are interested in becoming an Oaks volunteer, apply here.

The Oaks Volunteer Cohort exists to equip Oaks volunteers for peer support, to provide group consultation, and to give important ministry updates and consistent training.

The topic of this Oaks Volunteer Cohort will be Oaks volunteer roles, peer support community care, and confidentiality (what it is and isn’t).

If you feel stuck in anxious or depressive moods, addictive behaviors, apathy or a sense of emptiness, or feel disconnected from your life, you are not alone. In our time together, we will talk about how to identify why you feel mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or relationally stuck, process your experiences with God and others, and reframe your story with purpose.

Join us at Crossroads Church at 3815 S Dutch Mill Road, Madison. 

If you feel stuck in anxious or depressive moods, addictive behaviors, apathy or a sense of emptiness, or feel disconnected from your life, you are not alone. In our time together, we will talk about how to identify why you feel mentally, emotionally, spiritually, or relationally stuck, process your experiences with God and others, and reframe your story with purpose.

EVENT IS POSTPONED TO NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY MAY 22 from 6:30pm - 8pm.

Join us at Crossroads Church at 3815 S Dutch Mill Road, Madison. 

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church. 

This is a time for Oaks volunteers to encourage and consult with Oaks staff and with each other, share resources and ideas, process experiences, and ask theological and practical questions.

Google Meet Link

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with  content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church. 

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.

This is a time for Oaks volunteers to encourage and consult with Oaks staff and with each other, share resources and ideas, process experiences, and ask theological and practical questions.

Google Meet Link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NG5lMmV2ZThqYzFsczluNzNpbmZtNDYzZDNfMjAyNDA5MjNUMTcwMDAwWiBqcmVhc2FAaGlnaHBvaW50Y2h1cmNoLm9yZw&tmsrc=jreasa%40highpointchurch.org&scp=ALL

It is part of the human condition to seek escape — even salvation — from our pain and problems in many forms, whether through food, phones, videogames, medication, substance use, sex, codependent relationships, or something else. When it comes to faith and the community of the church, it can feel like we need to clean ourselves up and "get better" before we can have relationships with God and others.

But what if...

• addictions are part of our shared human condition — one that God fully sees and knows, and even empathizes with?

• God came for those who are thirsty, who feel weak, and who know they need healing and help? (And what if that is actually all of us?)

• you can bear suffering with another person with peace and strength, without needing to fix the situation?

• the Church was created and intended to be a redemptive community for us to comfort each other in our pain and to cheer each other on in our recovery and health?

The goal of this event is to open up the conversation in the church about addictions and faith and to provide resources and encouragement for your faith and recovery from whatever hinders you.

SPEAKERS:

• Kevin Doss - Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor at Anesis Therapy Center

• Dani Ebben - LCSW, Substance Abuse Counselor at The Center for Christian Counseling

• Nic Gibson - Author of Substance: Becoming Oaks of Righteousness in a World of Vapor & Lead Pastor of High Point Church

DETAILS: 

• Lunch and coffee are provided

• Church and community resources available for next steps

• If you would like to provide resources at the event related to addictions, recovery, and faith, please email us at oaks@highpointchurch.org.

CONTACT US:

• Website: oakscollaborative.com

• Email: oaks@highpointchurch.org

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteers to gather and encourage one another in faith and ministry practice. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.

This is a time for Oaks volunteers to encourage and consult with Oaks staff and with each other, share resources and ideas, process experiences, and ask theological and practical questions.

Google Meet Link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NG5lMmV2ZThqYzFsczluNzNpbmZtNDYzZDNfMjAyNDA5MjNUMTcwMDAwWiBqcmVhc2FAaGlnaHBvaW50Y2h1cmNoLm9yZw&tmsrc=jreasa%40highpointchurch.org&scp=ALL

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.

This is a time for Oaks volunteers to encourage and consult with Oaks staff and with each other, share resources and ideas, process experiences, and ask theological and practical questions.

Google Meet Link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NG5lMmV2ZThqYzFsczluNzNpbmZtNDYzZDNfMjAyNDA5MjNUMTcwMDAwWiBqcmVhc2FAaGlnaHBvaW50Y2h1cmNoLm9yZw&tmsrc=jreasa%40highpointchurch.org&scp=ALL

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.

This is a time for Oaks volunteers to encourage and consult with Oaks staff and with each other, share resources and ideas, process experiences, and ask theological and practical questions. 

Google Meet Link:

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NG5lMmV2ZThqYzFsczluNzNpbmZtNDYzZDNfMjAyNDA5MjNUMTcwMDAwWiBqcmVhc2FAaGlnaHBvaW50Y2h1cmNoLm9yZw&tmsrc=jreasa%40highpointchurch.org&scp=ALL

Join us for a meeting of the Oaks volunteer training cohort. Volunteers will engage with content ahead of time, and will meet together to discuss content and practices related to peer support and rehabilitative discipleship. childcare not available, though this meeting does run concurrently with Awana at High Point Church.