During Fall Break my family headed south (with about 5 million other people) for the week.  I have a friend whose family own a condo in Fort Myers, Florida.  This family is gracious enough to[…]

October could quite possibly be my favorite month of the year.  Everything to the weather to watching some pigskin on TV is really enjoyable to me.  What makes you happy?Nice weather, fishing and football can[…]

The past few years I have found a new silly little hobby; Fantasy Football.  Basically Fantasy Football is for overweight adult males who pick individual NFL football players to rack up points (or in my[…]

Anyone know the three favorite words of parents in the month of August?  BACK TO SCHOOL.I hope each of you can join us the first Sunday night of the month (August 3) for a Hotdog Dinner and[…]

For you that may not know, we just came off an incredible week of Vacation Bible School.  So many great things occurred; most notably we had 16 kids give their heart to the Lord.  Selfishly[…]

Happy Summer!  I know all of our OBC kids are excited to take a break from school for a couple of months.  From what I hear, most, if not all, of our students had another[…]

Oakland, Ginger and I cannot thank you enough for “hooking us up” this month for our week long get-a-way to North Carolina and Pigeon Forge.  You, once again, have outdone yourself.  These past ten years[…]

The words hobby & passion are usually connected to one another – Whatever your hobby is, you have a passion for; the two go together like salt and pepper. With April FINALLY getting here my[…]

REVIVAL TIME!  We are anticipating a great Revival (March 23 – 26) this month at Oakland. Hopefully, you and your loved ones will be able to come and be a part of each of these[…]

Come join us in a new ministry that Oakland will be offering beginning this month.  At 6pm on most Sunday nights we will gather for evening worship!  Music, scripture & prayer, preaching and time of invitation will[…]