Oakwood Community Church

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the 2018 Christmas series “Fresh Eyes” by teaching from Luke 1:26-38 looking at Mary’s perspective of Christmas and encouraging us to trust God even when we don’t understand what He’s doing.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the Christmas 2018 series “Fresh Eyes”, encouraging us from Matthew 1:18-25 looking at Joseph’s example to have strong faith and selfless love.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson begins the new Christmas message series for 2018, “Fresh Eyes: Seeing Christmas in a New Light” by looking at Christmas through the eyes of the angels and heaven as he teaches from Luke 2:8-14.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the Jesus: God Among Us series, challenging us to live boldly and courageously for Jesus from the example of John the Baptist in John 3:22-36.

Pastor Shane Stec continues the Jesus: God Among Us series, teaching about our need for a new birth from Jesus’ encounter with Nicodemus in John 3:1-21.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the “Jesus: God Among Us” series, teaching about Jesus’ calling the first disciples and His call on our lives from Matthew 4:17-22.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the Jesus: God Among Us series, teaching from Luke 4 about Jesus’ victory over temptation and providing a pathway for us to have victory over temptation.

Bill Taylor, Oakwood’s current Elder Chairman, continues the Jesus: God Among Us series, teaching about the meaning and significance of baptism from Matthew 3.

Guest Speaker, Mel Walker, shares lessons from Jesus’ childhood from Luke 2:40-52 to help us establish biblical priorities in our lives.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson wraps up the Old Testament portion of the Gospel Project with a message from Malachi challenging us to authentically worship God.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Provider series, teaching from Nehemiah 8 about the power of God’s Word to bring revival when it’s received in the right way by His people.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson contrasts the difference between happiness and joyful effectiveness as he teaches from the examples of Ezra and Nehemiah, challenging us to be change agents like they were.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson jumps back into the Gospel Project series after a break during the summer, teaching from Esther 5-10, challenging us to look for evidence of God’s sovereign work in our lives and to be ready to follow His plan for our lives.

Pastor Shane Stec teaches on a biblical perspective on the purpose of anger and how to express and respond to anger in healthy, godly ways.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson wraps up the summer 2018 “Together All In” series, challenging us to remain committed to and focused on our core mission of making disciples as he teaches from Matthew 28:19 and Luke 14:16-23.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 Together All In series, teaching from Ephesians 4 about the difference between “churchianity” and Christianity and challenging us to raise our expectations and commitment to the local church.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 Together All In message series, partnering with Oakwood’s Director of Worship Ministries, Christopher Card, teaching us what it means to worship in Spirit and truth.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 “Together All In” series, teaching from 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 about our need to commit to serving in the church family.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 message series “Together All In,” encouraging us from Matthew 6:19-24 to commit to living and giving generously with an eternal perspective.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the “Together All In” summer message series, challenging us to commit to developing as disciples of Jesus.

T. A. “Shrek” Nalian delivers the message at Oakwood on Sunday, July 15, 2018. Terry is a member and supported missionary of Oakwood Community Church. He is founder of the Stand Strength Team, has been a motivational speaker for over 25 years. He has conducted countless public school assemblies and has been a guest speakerRead More…

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer message series “Together All In” teaching from Matthew 20:20-28 about the gift of belonging in the body of Christ.

Pastor Shane Stec continues the summer 2018 “Together All In” message series, teaching about the importance of commitment to personal spiritual growth from Hebrews 5:12-6:1 and Philippians 3.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 message series “Together All In,” teaching from Matthew 6:9-13 and other Bible passages about the importance of connecting with and depending on our Heavenly Father through prayer.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the summer 2018 Together All In series, teaching from Philippians 2 about the importance of selflessness and humility.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson kicks off the summer message series Together All In, sharing the top 12 unity breakers and teaching from John 13:34-35 and other biblical passages about the importance of loving one another and preserving unity in the family of God.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson wraps up the 6-week God the Sustainer, challenging us to handle adversity in a godly way from Ezra 4-6.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Sustainer series, teaching from Ezra 1-3 how God continually pursues us and makes a way for us to come back to Him.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson preaches from Esther 4 on Mother’s Day 2018, highlighting some key qualities of hero from Esther’s example.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Sustainer series, teaching from Daniel 6 and reminding us of God’s power to protect and rescue us.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Sustainer series, challenging us from Daniel 3 to develop convictions, confidence in God, and commitment as we follow Jesus.

Pastor Shane Stec begins the 6-week God the Sustainer series, teaching from Daniel 1 and challenging us not to compromise our faith or convictions to fit in to the culture around us.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson wraps up the God the Pursuer series from the Old Testament Prophets & Kings, teaching about God’s power to restore and transform lives from Ezekiel 37.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Pursuer series in our study of the Old Testament Prophets and Kings, teaching about God’s patience, punishment and promise from 2 Chronicles 36:11-23 and 2 Peter 3:3-13.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson shares a message on Easter Sunday 2018 from Luke 9:24-25 & Matthew 7:13-27, challenging us to choose wisely when it comes to believing in and living for Jesus.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson begins the 2-week FoolProof series, teaching on Palm Sunday about the importance of getting Jesus right and how people in Jesus’ day and our day often get Him wrong.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Pursuer series, looking at a variety of passages from the book of Jeremiah to help us understand God’s calling and covenant.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson shares about God’s heart for teens and Oakwood’s vision for student ministry after Cheryl Bongiorno shares an introduction and overview for the book of Jeremiah.

Pastor Shane Stec continues the God the Pursuer series, teaching from the Prophet Joel about the coming Day of the Lord and our need to repent of sin and turn back to God.

Pastor Shane Stec continues the God the Pursuer series, teaching from the book of Jonah that we should partner with God in His pursuit of sinners.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson begins the 7-week “God the Pursuer” series out of the Prophets, teaching about God’s scandalous love for us from the book of Hosea.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson wraps up the 6-week God the Revealer series, teaching from 2 Kings 19 about the power of prayer.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Revealer series, teaching from Isaiah 52:13–53:12 the significance of Jesus being revealed as the Suffering Servant.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Revealer series teaching about the holiness of God from Isaiah 6:1-8 and challenging us that when we see the real God, the real me should be changed.

Pastor Shane Stec continues the God the Revealer series, teaching about the healing of Naaman in 2 Kings 5:1-19 and how God has revealed the way for us to be healed of our spiritual condition.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the God the Revealer series, teaching from 1 Kings 19 how God can restore us when we’re in the valleys of life.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson kicks off the God the Revealer series as we look at the Prophets & Kings in the Gospel Project at Oakwood. This week he teaches that God reveals Himself as we confidently trust Him, looking at the story of Elijah & the prophets of Baal in 1 Kings 18.

Lead Pastor Don Jackson gives his annual “State of the Church” address, looking back on God’s faithfulness at Oakwood, highlighting our mission and vision, and looking ahead to what God might have for our church family in 2018 and beyond.

Oakwood’s full 2017 11AM Christmas Eve service from Sunday, December 24, 2017, featuring a variety of music, Scripture readings, a funny skit by our pastors, and Pastor Don’s final message in the MORE series, teaching that Jesus is our Prince of Peace!  (NOTE:  The audio file only contains PD’s message.)

Lead Pastor Don Jackson continues the 2017 Christmas series “MORE” from Isaiah 9:6, with a powerful teaching about how Jesus is our Everlasting Father.