Welcome to Oak Springs Community Church!
Thanks for visiting our website! Oak Springs Community Church is a group of believers dedicated to loving God and the people in our lives, for His glory. Our mission is to get the good news of Jesus Christ into the lives of the people we live with, work with, play with, and interact with. These relational connections we have are the ‘live wires’ God uses to transform lives! We hope that your visit here will be inspiring.
We meet together on Sunday mornings for worship and study of God’s Word. We welcome you to venture out to Grand Isle Senior Apartment Homes in Murrieta each Sunday at 10 AM to experience God in worship and to study God’s Word with us as we equip one another with the truth.
To say, “our doors are always open” would be a little misleading, for our “doors” belong to the Grand Isles. But it is an understanding of Oak Springs’ that we are ‘open doors’ to the love of God and His grace by the sheer fact of His open arms to us. We’ve been embraced by our Heavenly Father and we are just one of many of His open doors to the world He loves and gave His only begotten Son to rescue. So, we welcome you with open arms!
Good Monday morning...
… and there is a bittersweet reality to the Psalm that reads, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants.” If you knew Sissy, she was not first thought of as a servant, as evidenced by the nickname Hefe’ (Boss)! One of the many “girls” in Sissy’s life who was present at her bedside on what was the last full day of her life, had given her the nickname. Sissy died on Saturday, June 20, at 1:38 pm, peacefully and surrounded by many loved ones.
The Lord blessed Sissy with a large personality that attracted people into her orbit. I was blessed to be her pastor for the past 20+ years, all because her great-grandchildren brought her to church, back when we were meeting at Avaxat Elementary School. I will never forget the first time Sissy invited me to her birthday party, to give an opening blessing before the feast (I believe it was her 80th birthday). I arrived at the park in Carlsbad, and the park was full of people. I asked, “where are the people here for Sissy’s party?” The answer was, they’re all here for Sissy’s party! I remember climbing on top of a picnic table and, using my hands as a megaphone, yelled a prayer for Sissy and for God’s blessing on the meal!
Sissy was certainly faithful! She had a drive for living and attending our church service as often as she was able. She had been unintentionally losing weight for the past year or so, and had a few hospital visits, but when able she drove herself to church, the last time only two weeks before she died. The DMV had recently renewed her CDL for another five years! But Sissy’s faithfulness went way beyond her church attendance. She loved the people in her life and served those whose needs she could meet. God only knows how many people (family and friends) that Sissy served… I don’t think Sissy knew any strangers, so I didn’t add them to the list!
I draw comfort from the fact that it is precious to the Lord when we die and enter into His eternal kingdom. And even though Sissy was accustomed to large gatherings to celebrate her birthdays, I believe that the gathering at her heavenly welcoming was filled with so many loved ones (her grandson Isaac to name but one) that she was blown away! And I think of Carl Pane, who used to love to banter with Sissy at church (talk about two large personalities), and Dave and Pat LaMascus, Holly Tolbert, Ryan Johnson, Bill and Mary Koster, my grandma and my dad… all being there to celebrate her arrival! How precious is the thought! Thank You, Lord!
For His glory,
Pastor Mike