Oasis to Launch New Church Site
January 30, 2012 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Keeping in line with our Oasis Mission to GO bring people to Jesus, GROW them up, and GIVE them back to reproduce, our 1 year old church is prayerfully planning to launch a new church site in the Middlesex/Somerset County area in 2013. We are really stoked over the privilege of sharing Jesus’ love with hurting and hungry people here in NJ and all around the world!
Become a Part of our Middlesex-Somerset County Launch Team!
If you are tired of life as usual, and are interested in using your time, talents and treasure to help make an eternal impact in this otherwise broken and hopeless world? Why not get involved and become a part of the exciting stuff going on around here? Our newly forming Launch will be meeting in February for the first time for a party and info meeting. For more details just give us a holler at NewSite@Oasis-Church-NJ.com or fill out our contact form here. One of our staff will get right back at you.
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Kean University-IVCF-Oasis Church NJ for Kean Students
September 6, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
This now in: As part of our Oasis outreach and heart for Kean University students, I am now the new Inter-Varsity-Christian Fellowship (IVCF) Voluntary Staff at Kean this year! Woot! IVCF is not official on campus right now. In order to do this we need to collect 10 Students names and Student IDs so that we can go to Student Activities and get recognized. We need your help! Are you a Kean Student interested in being a part of a new, fun Christian fellowship on Kean campus? Why, just please fill out the form below, and we’ll get right back at you.
Kean Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship
What is Kean IVCF? LOL, it’s not a sports club. It is very similar to Kean Campus Crusade for Christ (oh, excuse me, they changed their name to CRU???) and the Navigators. IVCF is a non-denominational nationwide Christian fellowship of students and faculty seeking to connect with others and learn about Jesus in a laid back setting. At Kean, we will have Bible studies, contemporary Christian worship, fellowship and support, making new friends and fun!
Kean University Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship & Oasis Church NJ
So what’s the connection with Oasis and Kean IVCF?
- For starters, the vision and mission of Oasis is to compassionately reach hurting and hungry people for Jesus, so what better place to start than a close by college campus?
- Secondly, for those who did not know, both my wife and I did our undergrad work at Kean University, and we are both proud Kean IVCF Alums too:)
- Finally, our contemporary Christian church is already full of college aged people, and I am excited a number of Oasis peeps go already to Kean University.
Overall, our goal is to start a large Kean IVCF ministry from scratch so that Kean students can experience the life transforming power of Jesus, meet new friends and find the spiritual support they will need to not only survive and thrive in college, but in life as well. Wanna be a part on the ground level of all this exciting stuff?
BTW, if you are a Kean student, faculty member or Kean area resident looking for a new church that’s authentic, relevant and real, without all the religious mumbo-jumbo, please come check us out. Our services are Sundays 11AM, and we’re located just 12 minutes from Kean at 1180 Spruce Dr in Mountainside. Note to Hungry College students: we ALWAYS have FREE breakfast consisting of Dunkin Donust Bagels, Juice, Fruit, Coffee and other stuff.
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Casual Christian Church
August 18, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Oasis-Church-NJ.com is a new casual Christian church that serves the Central-North Jersey area. By casual Christian church we are not referring to casual Christianity, which George Barna described as a belief system where people want to “feel religious without having to prioritize their faith.” On the contrary, at this casual church we take Jesus and the mission He has given His church universal to reach hurting and hungry people quite seriously. We are a Bible believing church that believes there is no lasting hope, forgiveness or life apart from a personal relationship the Lord Jesus Christ. You can read more about our casual church vision & mission by going here.
Casual Church Meaning
What does a casual Christian church look like? Our casual church is an informal, laid back, friendly place where folks seeking and thirsting for more of God can come in any attire they feel comfortable. Our goal at Oasis is to remove any man-made barrier that would keep a sincere seeker away from a life changing encounter with Jesus.
Oasis Vision July 2011
July 10, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
This week at Oasis we take a break in between series to share about where we have been as a nine month old church and where we see God leading in the future.
If you really want to know what Oasis is all about, listen in as Pastor Dave shares our vision and mission and future plans.
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Easter at Oasis in Hindsight
May 9, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Easter was an amazing experience at Oasis because there were a lot of “Firsts”. First of all, having Grand Opened on 9/19/10 it was our first Easter as an official church family. Secondly, meeting at the AMC Loews Theater marked the first time we met outside of our regular meeting place at 11am at 1180 Spruce in Mountainside.
Having so many (350+ more than we usually get) guests was awesome and a definite stretch to our systems and Teams. I was so proud of how our Teams responded in selflessness and stepped up to the job of loving people with no strings attached. A number of people experienced transformed lives on that day!
What wasn’t a first was how God blew us away with blessings. He has continually been doing that for us at this NJ church since we arrived in Mountainside with only a handful of people. When I think about all God has done since that time , I’m reminded of Ephesians 3:20,21: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.”
Of course, the following week we had out many less people, but we are very excited what God has done and will do through this 7 month old church plant. We can’t wait to see what He’s gonna do next! LOL. Come check us out Sundays at 11am!
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4/10/11-Oasis “Second Wave” Baptism Celebration
March 1, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Oasis-Church-NJ.com is celebrating its second Baptism Celebration, which we are calling the “Second Wave” on April 10th. This is an exciting event and we encourage all those who are interested in being baptized, give Dave Butler a holler at 732-406-7821, or sign up at the Welcome Table Sunday morning
WHAT IS BAPTISM?
Baptism is an outward expression of an inward commitment to Jesus Christ. Baptism also represents a way in which we can publicly identify with Jesus.
Oasis Celebrated its First Christmas Eve
December 27, 2010 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
If you’ve been following our blog from the beginning of this God amazing adventure we call Oasis-Church-NJ.com, you are probably rejoicing with us about what He has done over the last year and a half. One friend who recently visited Oasis for the first time had this to say: “You spoke about starting a church for years, but I never thought it would ever happen. Boy was I wrong!” Over and over again, the Lord keeps reminding me of this: Never ever (put another ever in there!) underestimate the power of vision and the fact that our God is in the business of using ordinary people (translation: flawed, weak misfits by the world’s standards) to do extraordinary crazy things for Him.
As I stood up in front of all the folks who showed up for our first Christmas Eve as a new and growing church family, I was so overwhelmed with joy thinking about how God honors faith-filled risking taking for the Kingdom. Looking out at them with my IPhone, I asked them if I could take a picture! They said yes, but I mean, what were they gonna say on Christmas Eve? LOL. BTW, I’ll be putting up pictures soon, but in between that time I have video of the service for those who were not able to be there, or are curious about how we do a message at OC:
Over all, I guess the purpose of this blog entry is to remind myself and others that God honors vision and faith, and to let newcomers on this site know that Oasis-Church-NJ.com is a new casual, contemporary Christian church that meets Sundays at 11am at 1180 Spruce Dr in Mountainside, and during the the week in Connect Groups in various locations around NJ. So if any of you out there are yearning for more of God, meaning and purpose in life, come check us out. At Oasis you will enjoy a fun laid back setting, great music and relevant messages you can use in real life and meeting and connecting with new friends.
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Contemporary Christian Worship-Oasis Church Band
November 19, 2010 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
If you are looking for a NJ Christian worship service with great music, you’ll fit right in at our Contemporary Christian worship services at Oasis-Church-NJ.com. OC is a new contemporary Christian church currently meeting Sunday mornings @ 11AM at 1180 Spruce Dr. in Mountainside. By the way, the folks in the picture are some of our peeps that we rotate in our OC Band.
For a snippet of the kind of contemporary Christian music we play watch this:
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Oasis-Church-NJ.com Launches
September 27, 2010 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Oasis-Church-NJ.com officially launched as a brand new NJ church on 9/19/10, with over 200 people in attendance! In Spring 2009, 5 ordinary people gathered around a dining room table with a vision to reach spiritually hurting and hungry people with Jesus’ love. God is in the business of using ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and we thank Him for the privilege of taking us on this exciting ride. The following are some video highlights of what occurred. If you are searching for a church, or have never attended church but are wondering if God is really out there really out there, come check us out Sundays @ 11am at 1180 Spruce Dr in Mountainside.
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Non-Denominational NJ Churches Are Cool!
September 17, 2010 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
On our site we bill ourselves as a non-denominational NJ church in central New Jersey. Yet, there are apparently many folks out there that are a “little” confused as to what makes up non-denominational church beliefs. Today I spoke with a nice Roman Catholic woman who thought a non-denominational church taught something a akin to agnosticism! A day before that I had a delightful conversation with an Orthodox Jew who was sure that non-denominational churches espouse universalism and anti-semitism. Man! I think a little clarification is in order, don’t you?
Non-Denominational Church Definition
Basically a non-denominational church is an autonomous congregation that does not officially align itself with any denomination like Methodists, Baptists or Lutherans, for example, but may in fact have similar beliefs to those sects. Conversely, there are also many non-denominational churches which hold completely independent and unique beliefs from any other sect.
As far as Oasis Church is concerned, we are an evangelical NJ church that boldly confesses our belief in the Nicene Creed, which is the most widely accepted and used statement of the Christian Faith. By the way, this happens to be the same document I had to memorize in Sister Margarita’s class when I attended attended Catholic School back in the day of pull off ties.
Therefore, Oasis Church is a NJ nondenominational church that holds onto to traditional Christian beliefs, but chooses to express them in a contemporary, culturally relevant way.
So if you are seeking for a newly forming church of imperfect but real people where the music rocks, casual rules and the message hits you right where you’re “at”, well I suppose we’re the non-denominational church in NJ you’ve been lookin’ for. Click here for our times and services.
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