Week 30 - Oakdale Baptist Church

Oakdale Baptist (formerly Witcher Baptist) is a small church on the corner of Hefner and Sooner Road. We passed by this church hundreds of times while our kids attended Oakdale School across the street, but had never been inside except for the occasional recital and to vote. There are two services, both contemporary, with a praise band led, the morning we visited, by the pastor’s wife. There were a few familiar faces there from Oakdale. There was also a sense of community and intimacy that comes with a small congregation. Honestly, it was a last minute decision to attend here and I really wasn’t expecting much from such a small church. What we found was a gem that had been right in front of us for years. The sermon was scriptural, inspiring and delivered enthusiastically. The people were very friendly and inviting and made us feel welcome in their family. I learned that morning that I wasn’t eagerly anticipating what God wanted to show me the way I was when I started this project. He reminded me that that He still has exciting things to show us and that we can still become complacent in our worship even if we are attending a different church every week. I had lost some of the enthusiasm we first experienced when we started on this journey, but I think God, in His mercy, has reignited it.