What is Serve?

The church is a body of believers brought together through faith in Jesus Christ. Once you become a believer the Bible tells us you have been given a spiritual gift “so that the body of Christ may be built up” (Ephesians 4:12). God gives you this spiritual gift whereby He supernaturally enables you to help, support and serve what He is doing in the church, both locally (Oak Park) and around the world. Jesus even said Himself, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Service is at the center of what we do. Jesus has graciously given us the invaluable gift of the forgiveness of our sins (past, present and future) so in response we offer up our lives in gratitude to Him by serving Him and His church. Serving at Oak Park can take so many different forms, but here’s a few just to mention: becoming a greeter or an usher, investing in our children or student ministries as a teacher or leader, serving in our worship ministry as an instrumentalist or part of the choir, being a “techy” on technology team assisting with the audio or visual needs, joining one of our discipleship groups as a facilitator or participant and many more. For more information please call the church office at 812.283.9400.