Well Classes
Each Sunday morning during the fall, winter, and spring, Oakbrook offers “The Well,” an hour in which education and discussion classes are offered for all age groups. In ancient Hebrew culture, the well was a public meeting place where people shared their lives with each other as they drew life-giving and life-sustaining fresh water for their families. The ancient well offers us a powerful metaphor for life, shared community, and by extension, personal growth in knowledge and relationships. We believe that these classes offer us similar things today: the Word (Jesus) and the Water of Life (the Holy Spirit), the opportunity for people to build relationships and share life together, and a cordial and collegial environment to learn and grow in faith. 
Class curricula are wide-ranging. Examples of past studies include:- Sinners in the Hands of a Loving God, by Brian Zhand
- That the World May Know, a teaching series by Ray Vander Laan
- Transformation by Design by David Tackle
- Faith Lessons, a teaching series by Ray Vander Laan
- Love Dare by Stephen & Alex Kendrick
- The Invisible War by Chip Ingram
- Citizens of Two Kingdoms, produced by the Awareness Course
- The Everyday Kingdom, by Preston Junkin
- Muslims, Christians, and Jesus by Carl Medearis
- Speaking of Jesus: The Art of not-Evangelism by Carl Medearis
- Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg
- Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus by Lois Tverberg
- Mere Discipleship: Radical Christianity in a Rebellious World by Lee C. Camp
- Surprised By Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church by N.T. Wright
- Generous Justice by Timothy Keller
- What’s So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
- A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor’s Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace by Brian Zahnd
- Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God by Dallas Willard
- Seek Peace and Pursue It, a 10-part course on the follower of Jesus being a peacemaker in the world
Home Groups
At Oakbrook we seek to build authentic Christian intimate relationships and one of the ways we do this is through home groups. These groups usually meet every other week to study and seek to know God more, pray and share life together. These groups also periodically engage in outreach together. It is one of the best ways at Oakbrook to grow closer to God and closer to those in our community. For more information on home groups, contact Rick Schryber.
Prayer
Oakbrook Church frequently schedules times of corporate prayer for the church body to come together and intercede for each other, our families, our nation, our leaders, and our world. Please check the Oakbrook calendar to find out about upcoming corporate prayer meetings. For more information, please contact Lewis or Rob.A critical need facing the church today is prayer. Jesus is our example and the scriptures point out that He often withdrew to lonely places and prayed (Luke 5:16). One of the greatest requests made in the Word of God can be found in Luke 11:1 where the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. This urgent request was made because their hearts were hungry for the knowledge of God. Jeremiah 33:3 says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” R.A. Torrey, an evangelist and Bible scholar, once summed up the importance of prayer by saying “Prayer is the key that unlocks all the storehouse of God’s infinite grace and power. All that God is, and all that God has is at the disposal of prayer.” The Bible makes it clear in James 4:8 that for God to draw near to us, we have to draw near to Him. Jeremiah 29:13-14 states, “And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD.” Nothing can be accomplished without prayer first, and we are going after the Heart of God … will you join us?