Illiterate and Misguided

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I use prayer cards in my personal devotions. It's an idea I got from one of the best books I've ever read on prayer, A Praying Life by Paul Miller. One of those cards is focused on Five Oaks. I don't list immediate needs on it. I don't need to write those down. I have four big prayers. One is for the people who walk through our doors and stay. I pray that they develop a biblical worldview and biblical literacy within three years of joining our church family. I pray this almost every day.

I don't need to review the statistics. Most people today lack a strong, spiritual foundation, including those sitting in churches who are simply hoping for a shot of spiritual adrenaline to keep them going for the next week. They are mostly biblically illiterate and misguided for lack of a biblical worldview. It's why I developed the Story of God series and now the Story of God small group for people who missed the series or were unable to fully engage at that time. And it's why we're offering Five Oaks U courses that help us take the message deep into our hearts and into our lives.

Will you pray with me for this? Will you encourage others to engage in their own spiritual growth? Are you modeling it for others?

Five Oaks U: "Living Your Stengths & Finding Your Place"

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Living Your Strengths & Finding Your Place (Featuring the StengthsFinder and S.H.A.P.E. Profiles)

Based on the Gallup StrengthsFinder inventory and S.H.A.P.E. (Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, Experience), this class will enable you to discover your own distinctive blend of strengths and spiritual gifts and discern how God can use you! God has gifted each of us with unique talents, abilities, personalities, and experiences. Investing in and utilizing these allows us to fully experience God’s potential and understand our calling to serve Him with our unique strengths. What has God given you, and what is He asking you to do?

  • Dates: Eight Weeks - Sundays, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Nov. 6, 13
  • Time: 9:30am
  • Location: Woodbury Campus
  • Instructor: Emily Johnson
  • Cost: $15 per person
  • Registration: Online by linking here.
Faculty

Emily Johnson has worked in higher education for eleven years, and is currently in the Registrar’s Office at St. Catherine University. She has her Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Bethel Seminary, and she particularly enjoys studying the Old Testament. Her husband, Scot, their two boys and their dog live in Oakdale. The Johnsons have attended Five Oaks for about three years. Emily’s top five strengths are: Achiever, Adaptability, Relator, Responsibility, Developer. She dreams of one day owning her own pie shop.