Country Oaks Baptist Church

Tehachapi, California

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Vacation Bible School 2020

Virtual VBS: Mystery Island

July 20-24 // For kids age 4 – 12

$5/child (includes T-shirt and craft materials)

Things will look different for VBS this year! Country Oaks Baptist Church will be doing a Virtual VBS – we will video all segments of VBS and have them available through our website. Families will be able to do a “drive-through pick up” to get their t-shirts and crafts for the week, then join us online for lessons, crafts, music, drama, and all the usual fun stuff. This year’s adventure is Mystery Island by Answers in Genesis. 

From the moment your adventurer lands at VBS Mystery Island, he or she will be digging up clues to discover truth about our Creator God – learning who He is and what He’s like.
We may have heard people talk about Him, we may even have an idea about who He is. He reveals Himself to us in His word in the Old Testament and we read about Him as He revealed himself to us in the person of Jesus in the New Testament. Join us for the week as we search the scriptures and learn about who God says He is.

Join us for fun and teaching that connects the Bible to the world around us and gives kids a better understanding of our Creator and the salvation He offers through Jesus Christ.

Cost is only $5 per child and includes a t-shirt.

Registration is open now!

Register for VBS 2020

Check back for updates as we get closer to the date!

 

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What is AWANA?

AWANA Club

 

Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed … AWANA!

AWANA is a Bible-centered ministry for youth from preschool through high school.

AWANA Clubs (preschool through 12th grade) meet on Wednesdays from 6:00pm to 8:00pm (September through April). Check in begins at 5:45pm.  AWANA Clubs meet 3-4 times per month, please check calendar for club dates.

AWANA Clubs:

  • Cubbies – 3-4 year olds (Must be fully potty-trained.)
  • Sparks – Kindergarten through 2nd Grade
  • T&T – 3rd through 6th Grade
  • Trek – 7th-8th Grade
  • Journey (High School)

More info on our different clubs

AWANA Clubs
Also check out:

AWANA Calendar

 

Taught by church family who love to share Jesus and the love of Christ with children, Country Oaks provides a safe environment for our children to learn and grow. Volunteers and staff are all background checked through “Clearstar” and their references are confirmed by our Children’s Ministry Director, Mike Owens. Additionally, no one is invited to volunteer in this ministry unless they have been around COBC and are known here.

Registration Forms

To get registered for AWANA, contact the church office.

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Biblical Parenting Classes

We want to offer you an exciting opportunity to learn more about God’s word and how it relates to parenting. Join us for the 10-week Biblical Parenting Class. Classes meet on Wednesday evenings from 6-8pm in Room 401. Sessions begin in September and January. There is a $30 book/supply fee per couple.

 AWANA:  Childcare is provided by AWANA when in session based on availability, if your child is over 3 years old. Please call the church office to inquire about enrollment in AWANA.  There are additional fees when signing up your children for AWANA.  Contact the Country Oaks Baptist Church office  (822-1379).

 Childcare:  There is also childcare for children too young to be in an AWANA program during the Wednesday night Biblical Parenting Class sessions.  Please contact the church at 822-1379 with questions regarding the childcare and to put your child on the list.

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HOS Car Show

11th Annual T-Town Rumble

“Classic Cars and Trucks benefiting Classical Christian Education”

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Check out our Facebook Page

Join us 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (check-in begins at 9am)

Antiques/Classics/Rods & unique cars, trucks, & trailers of interest are all invited! 

For more information and to register online, check out our website:  TehachapiCarShow.com

or call Craig Bauer at 661.822.1379

 

 

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Children’s Sunday School

During the 9:00 service we feature “Generations of Grace,” a curriculum which takes students on a 3-year journey through the Bible. Each Pre-K through 6th grade student in your family will be covering the same passage of Scripture each Sunday so that parents can lead a family discussion. (Click here to view the curriculum at Generations of Grace.)

During the 10:30 service, we invite the children to worship alongside their parents. Before the sermon begins, we dismiss children up to 4th grade to Children’s classes that feature lessons designed to teach biblical principles from God’s Word. Students may bring home a craft which includes information about the lesson so that, again, parents can lead a discussion in the home.

We also welcome families who prefer to keep their children with them during the entire worship service. Whichever option you choose, our goal is to help parents fulfill their role as the primary disciplers of their own children

Taught by church family who love to share Jesus and the love of Christ with children, Country Oaks provides a safe environment for our children to learn and grow. Volunteers and staff are all background checked through “Clearstar” and their references are confirmed by our Children’s Ministry Director, Mike Owens. Additionally, no one is invited to volunteer in this ministry unless they have been around COBC and are known here.

Our computerized check-in program, located in the Chapel, guarantees that children end up in the right Sunday School class and go home with the right parents.

Although we believe that the best way to teach God’s Word to children is through training and instruction by their parents in the home (see Deut. 6:4-9 and Eph. 6:4), the church definitely has a role to play in coming alongside Christian parents and reaching out to children that do not have the benefit of receiving biblical teaching in the home.

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Sunday School – Nursery

Children from newborn to 48 months are welcome! 

Our nursery features 2 areas: newborn – 24 months, and 24 months – 48 months. All of our caregivers are faithful Christians who have been appropriately screened and trained. They will rock, walk, feed, play with and pray for your child. Diapers will also be checked and changed as needed. Snack will be provided upon request. Nursing mothers are welcome any time.

Nursery Instructions

From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:15
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 2 Timothy 3:15

When leaving your child in the nursery, please be sure to have checked in at the Lamb’s List counter first. Then…

1. Place a name tag on your child.

2. Sign your child in on the check-in form, noting any special instructions.

3. Receive a pager and clip the pager on you so that you can feel it vibrate.

4. Label diaper bag, bottle and sipper cups.

5. Remember to sign out your child when you pick him or her up.

6. Remember to return the pager.

You will receive a pager when leaving your child in our care. Please keep the pager with you at all times in the event that we need to contact you. Please do not leave the church facilities at any time while your child is in our care.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Policy

In order to ensure the safety and health of all children and caregivers, please do not bring your child to the nursery if he or she has had any of the following symptoms within the past 24 hours: Diarrhea, Vomiting, Fever, Rash, or Chronic Runny Nose.

 

 

Taught by church family who love to share Jesus and the love of Christ with children, Country Oaks provides a safe environment for our children to learn and grow. Volunteers and staff are all background checked through “Clearstar” and their references are confirmed by our Children’s Ministry Director, Mike Owens. Additionally, no one is invited to volunteer in this ministry unless they have been around COBC and are known here.

Our computerized check-in program, located in the Chapel, guarantees that children end up in the right Sunday School class and go home with the right parents.

 

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Heritage Oak School

Dinner/Auction coming up:

Murder Mystery Dinner & Auction – You are invited to Heritage Oak School’s Dinner & Auction – Heritage Oak School presents a Murder Mystery Dinner Auction on Friday,November 3, 2017. Doors open at 5:30pm. Tickets -$30 – available at the Heritage Oak School/Church Office. Call 823-0885 for more information. Event held at Country Oaks Baptist Church –  Black Tie Invited.

 

Heritage Oak School

The primary mission of this school is to educate, promote, establish, and equip students in the classical approach to education in light of a Christian world view grounded in the Old and New Testaments. The mission of the school is to educate through the classical approach to ensure that our Western heritage is not lost. This will be accomplished through association with other classical schools in the Association of Classical Christian Schools. Through various means, we will seek an educational standard for a unified and directed approach to classical and Christian learning.

Our mission is also to teach through a methodology known as the Trivium (grammar, logic and rhetoric), which is the educational and classical foundation of our western culture. We believe that God will bless this approach as He has in the past, as long as it follows the principles of His Word.

We believe that Christianity must be studied in light of its impact on Western culture, and that it must be a part of every subject. In recognizing that our cultural heritage is from God, we do not idolize it but we ground all that we seek to do upon the revelation of God, both in creation and Scripture, with the former being interpreted by the latter. As a classical and Christian school, we are seeking to integrate all our teaching around the revealed Word of God.

Please check out the HOS website: www.heritageoakschool.info.

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Advent Family Devotional 2013

2013 CoverDear Family,

Advent is a season of preparation, a time of prayerful anticipation. The very atmosphere of Advent stirs our hearts, as we make ready to celebrate the birth of Christ. Please utilize this resource to help your family make Jesus the focal point of Christmas. In keeping with our children’s ministry philosophy (that parents are the primary teachers of their children and that the family and the home is the most important context for learning), we offer this Advent Devotional Guide 2013 as one of many tools for you to heed the instructions of Deuteronomy 6.

This year we are also utilizing the Advent Conspiracy program to help us align our hearts with Christ’s. The four aspects of Advent Conspiracy are:

  1. To Worship Fully, by
  2. Spending Less, so that we can
  3. Give More, thereby
  4. Loving All.

Each aspect will be highlighted during the four weeks leading up to Christmas. We are encouraging families to intentionally spend less on the commercial aspects of Christmas and use that money instead to reach other people around the world with the love of Christ by investing in livestock for impoverished villages.

Set aside a little time each night to fill in the next blank in the Advent Alphabet located at the end of this booklet.

On each of the four Sundays during Advent and Christmas Eve, you will light the corresponding candles on the Advent wreath and read the devotion as a family. The devotions correspond with the four aspects of the Advent Conspiracy.

So, prayerfully consider how you will lead your family spiritually this Christmas season. Take advantage of the opportunities we have provided for you to be the pastor of your home. Then, gather the family around God’s Word as you celebrate and serve the newborn King.

May the Lord richly bless your family in the coming year.

Pastor Brent

Christmas 2013

Advent Devotional Guide

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Advent Family Devotional 2012

Dear Family,

Advent is a season of preparation, a time of prayerful anticipation. The very atmosphere of Advent stirs our hearts, as we make ready to celebrate the birth of Christ. Please utilize this resource to help your family make Jesus the focal point of Christmas. In keeping with our children’s ministry philosophy (that parents are the primary teachers of their children and that the family and the home is the most important context for learning), we offer this Advent Devotional Guide 2012 as one of many tools for you to heed the instructions of Deuteronomy 6.

 

This year we are also utilizing the Advent Conspiracy program to help us align our hearts with Christ’s. The four aspects of Advent Conspiracy are:

  1. To Worship Fully, by
  2. Spending Less, so that we can
  3. Give More, thereby
  4. Loving All.

Each aspect will be highlighted during the four weeks leading up to Christmas. We are encouraging families to intentionally spend less on the commercial aspects of Christmas and use that money instead to reach other people around the world with the love of Christ by investing in livestock for impoverished villages.

Set aside a little time each night to fill in the next blank in the Advent Alphabet located at the end of this booklet.

On each of the four Sundays during Advent and Christmas Eve, you will light the corresponding candles on the Advent wreath and read the devotion as a family. The devotions correspond with the four aspects of the Advent Conspiracy and the lesson from the 9:00am Sunday School curriculum. (Don’t forget, we have chosen a Sunday School curriculum that teaches the same Bible story to every student in your home, K-12, so that you can extend the lesson into the home. Just check your bulletin or the church website to find out which Bible story was covered during the 9:00am Sunday School.)

So, prayerfully consider how you will lead your family spiritually this Christmas season. Take advantage of the opportunities we have provided for you to be the pastor of your home. Then, gather the family around God’s Word as you celebrate and serve the newborn King.

May the Lord richly bless your family in the coming year.

Pastor Brent

Christmas 2012

Advent Devotional Guide

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Advent Devotionals 2011

This year we will be offering COBC families an Advent Devotional booklet. They should be available by Sunday, November 27.  The first Sunday in Advent is November 27.

Dear Family,

 Advent is a season of preparation, a time of prayerful anticipation. The very atmosphere of Advent stirs our hearts, as we make ready to celebrate the birth of Christ. Please utilize this booklet to help your family make Jesus the focal point of Christmas. In keeping with our children’s ministry philosophy (that parents are the primary teachers of their children and that the family and the home is the most important context for learning), we offer this Advent devotional guide as one of many tools for you to heed the instructions of Deuteronomy 6.

Set aside a little time each night to fill in the next blank in the “Advent Calendar” located at the end of this booklet. On each of the four Sundays during Advent and Christmas Eve, you will light the corresponding candles on the Advent wreath and read the devotion as a family. Optional activities are included, as well. So, gather the family, bring your Bibles, and enjoy this wonderful season together with Christ.

May the Lord richly bless your family in 2011.  Pastor Brent

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Advent Devotionals

Dear Church Family,

Advent is a season of preparation, a time of prayerful anticipation. The very atmosphere of Advent stirs our hearts, as we make ready to celebrate the birth of Christ.

Please utilize this resource to help your family make Jesus the focal point of the holiday season. In keeping with our children’s ministry philosophy (that parents are the primary teachers of their children and that the home is the most important context for learning), we offer this Advent devotional guide as one of many tools for you to heed the instructions of Deuteronomy 6.

Set aside a little time each night to fill in the next blank in the Advent Calendar located at the end of the booklet. On each of the four Sundays during Advent and Christmas Eve, you will light the corresponding candles on the Advent wreath and read the devotion as a family. Activity suggestions are included for each week.

So, gather the family, bring your Bibles, and enjoy this wonderful season together with Christ.

May the Lord richly bless your family in 2010.

Pastor Brent

For Pastor Brent’s complete devotional guide, please click here.