Parenthood Week 4: Communication in Healthy Relationships
August 8, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
God created mankind as relational beings, and that is why communication plays a huge role in fostering intimacy between people. A block in communication damages our intimacy not only with God, but our parents, children, dating or marriage partners.
Improving Your Communication Skills
In today’s Christian podcast, Lead Pastor Dave Butler shares the top 4 Bible based communication tips to help encourage healthy relationships.
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Single Parent Families
June 24, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
This may surprise you: There are now more single parent families (30%) in the US than two parent family households (24%). Yet, most churches continue to give a backseat to single parent families as the traditional nuclear family remains the primary ministry focus. This remains true even in NJ where single parent families (families run by single parents) have increased more than four times as fast as married-couple families since 2000.
According to our extensive online survey of singles and church attendance, the above facts leaves many single parents feeling like “second class citizens” and a large majority end up avoiding church all together. How sad!
Additionally, there are many difficulties surrounding being a parent, single or married, in the 21st Century, and this is one of the reasons we are beginning a 4 week Parenting Seminar Series beginning 7.17.11 at 11am at Oasis Church located at 1180 Spruce Dr, Mountainside.
Oasis Church and Single Parent Families Ministry
At Oasis Church, one of our primary ministry goals is to minister equally to singles, single parent families and married couples. Therefore, if you are a single parent looking for a good church or support group in the Central NJ area, we want you to know that there is a place for you and your children at the OC in NJ.
We want to warmly invite you to join us in one of our Connect Groups for support, spiritual encouragement and friendship. You could also contact us about our single parenting seminars that will be taking place in different areas of Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties like Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Union, Mountainside, Cranford, Clark, Summit, Springfield, Plainfield, North Plainfield, Garwood, Kenilworth, Watchung, Chatham, Roselle, Roselle Park, Kenilworth, Millburn, Edison, Woodbridge, South Brunswick, Somerset, Franklin, Green Brook, Dunellen, Piscataway, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, North Brunswick and many other locales.
Have kids between the ages of 0 and 5th grade? Feel free to check out Oasis Kids Sundays at 11am your kids can have fun learning about God and enjoy interactive crafts, games and activities. We also, have an awesome Teen Youth Program as well, that meets Fridays
Overall, we realize single parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That’s why our purpose at Oasis Church is to equip and encourage single parent families to thrive spiritually and emotionally as they do life together.
Oasis Church services singles and single parents from Scotch Plains, Mountainside, Summit, Clark, Cranford, Union, Springfield, North Plainfield, Fanwood, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Roselle, Roselle Park, Maplewood, Irvington, Millburn,Short Hills, Chatham, Madison, Watchung, Berkeley Heights
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How to Keep Open Lines of Communication in Relationships-8/7/11 at 11am
June 23, 2011 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Parenting is a tough job. But being a parent in NJ is even tougher. So whether you have children or they’re just a twinkle in your eye at this point, you don’t want to miss “ParentHood”, a 4 week Parenting Seminar Series at Oasis-Church-NJ.com located at 1180 Spruce Dr in Mountainside
Pastor Dave Butler, one of the speakers in this parenting series at Oasis, is a NJ certified parenting education teacher and did family mediating for a number of years over a 26 year span of experience in public service in Family Court dealing with parents, their kids and the tough issues families face today.
Why Attend This Parenting Series?
We will be discussing from a biblical viewpoint relevant topics that will include:
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The top 5 gifts you can give your kids in the 21st Century
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How to keep warm heart lines of communication open with your kids
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How to build your kids’ self-confidence and yours as a parent
So, whether they’re bawling, crawling, walking, talking, driving you crazy or asking to drive your car, kids are a gift from God . But we could probably all use some clear guidance and insight on how to raise them to be happy, focused and full of good old common sense, rather than leaving you frustrated, frazzled and fatigued. Hope to see you then.
Singles Seminar @ Oasis on 10/24/09 @ 7:30 PM
October 12, 2009 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Oasis-Church-NJ.com is proud to co-sponsor this exciting Singles Seminar with New Jersey Christian Connections, one of the largest Christian singles groups of its kind in the state!
Don’t expect this to be just another boring seminar. No! Taking place in our laid-back coffeehouse setting, attendees are in for a treat without the tricks! Enjoy food, mingle with other singles, listen to music from our live Christian band and laugh and learn as you hear several of our speakers share on topics such as:
~Determining What You Really Want in a Dating Relationship
~Online Dating Tips and Tidbits
~How to Communicate with the Opposite Sex
~How to Surrender Your Search For Love to God
~Good and Bad Relationship Signs
Although this is technically a “seminar”, we listed it as a party because it’s gonna be FUN! So mark your calendars for October 24 @ 7:30 PM and come on out. Oh yeah, don’t forget to invite friends. You can do so through Facebook or our Oasis-Church-NJ.com calendar. Click on the day and in the upper right hand corner you will see links to Invite a Friend.
The cost is $10 per person, but if you bring a friend, you go FREE!
RSVP here.
Hope to see you there!
Disappointing Relationships & Letdowns-Explore @ Oasis on 10/11/09 @ 5PM
October 10, 2009 by Oasis-Church-NJ.com
Have you ever felt let down by other people in your relationships with them or by God? Do you ever wonder why people always seem to disappoint you, or why they never measure up to your expectations? What about God? If God is so good, why does He let bad things happen to good people? Where is God when you need Him? There are Biblical answers to these questions, and we will explore those in the series, Letdown.
