Oakwood Church

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit…”
Revelation 22:1-2

“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit…”
Revelation 22:1-2

The Great Story of God begins and ends with Shalom

“According to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.”
Ephesians 1:9-10

Shalom is the essence of UNION.
It is the uniting, binding, reconciling, healing glory of Jesus to bring people and things together - even heaven and earth themselves.

“Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, work at their play, and to play at their worship. As a result, their meanings and values are distorted. Their relationships disintegrate faster than they can keep them in repair, and their lifestyles resemble a cast of characters in search of a plot.”

Gordon Dahl, in Have We Lost the Plot by Fran Sciacca

“According to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.”
Ephesians 1:9-10

“And gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.”
Ephesians 1:22-23

“Let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
Amos 5:24

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
Ephesians 2:10