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 for the past few years I have occasionally let it be known that I am the president of the Canyon Lake Pickleball Association. Mostly, with tongue in cheek, I have tapped the humor button at church, suggesting that there is something of notoriety in the confessoin. Well, that season is coming to an end as I will not run for re-election for said presidency. Sigh… I know.
It is quite liberating to consider handing off the baton of leadership into the capable hands of our soul candidate on the ballot. I have enormous confidence in the future of the club with a new cast of board members.
Seasons change, and the leadership of organizations change too. While I have served as senior pastor of Oak Springs Community Church since July 2003, it is become very clear that change is a constant… and adjustments are part of the landscape of church leadership, just as they are in other organizations. Such is the time we’re in now. Since the death of our elder Dave in July of 2025, and the recent move of our beloved and newest elder, Divina, we are experiencing change.
Here’s the thing about the church. “If you want to be a leader, you must be the servant of all.” The CEO of The Church said that to His would-be followers somewhere along the way. Servant leadership is demanded of church leaders. To date, I am so happy that we have had elders who understood that calling. And, going forward, we will continue to submit to His leadership model.
While the Canyon Lake Pickleball Association is not the church, duh, I have had a difficult time distinguishing my “style of leadership” in the role of president. Servanthood is my calling as a follower of Jesus, and I have not distinguished a different style in my exercise of leadership, no matter the role. My last act of service to the Pickleball Association will be to hand off the baton of leadership in a way that smoothly sets up the next leader with the best conditions for success.
My prayer for Oak Springs is that we will bring on new leadership with the same mindset of “servant of all” that has directed us all along. Jesus is the Lord of lords and King of kings. He knows us and what’s best for His Church… and all churches, like Oak Springs.
For His glory,
Pastor Mike