Bulletin
May 3, 2026
All Campus Announcements Bloomington Bedford
ALL CAMPUSES
Campus Clean Up
We're hosting a campus cleanup morning on Saturday, May 9th from 9am to 1pm to clear storm damage and help our grounds team keep pace through the busy spring season. Bring your work gloves and a willing spirit — sign up in the lobby or below!
Family Meeting
Join us Sunday Night, May 17 starting at 6:30pm for our Annual Family Meeting in the Worship Center. You'll have an opportunity to hear stories of ministry in the last year and vision for next year's ministry efforts. We'll also discuss the upcoming ministry budget for 2026-2027 and current financial updates along with vote on any new leadership. This event is for anyone who calls Sherwood Oaks their home church. If you have questions about the Family Meeting, email us.
BLOOMINGTON:
Bible App Sermon Online
Follow along online this weekend! Download the free YouVersion Bible app and click the 'events' tab in the lower right corner to find us on the map or click the link below to go directly to this weekend's outline.
YouVersion Bible App Sermon Outline
Bloomington Campus Text Messages
If you are interested in text messages about Bloomington campus specific news and information, text keyword: East to 812.324.8644 to join our texting group.
CIY Mix : Middle School
All middle school students are invited to join us for our summer CIY Mix trip June 28-July 2, 2026. This will be an incredible week of worship, learning, relationship building and more at Taylor University with our Sherwood Oaks Middle School Ministry. Registration is open now! The cost of the weeklong event is $415, which covers transportation, lodging, the conference, most food and more! Click below to register! If you have questions, contact Sarah Bynum.
CIY Move : High School
All high school students are invited to join us for an incredible week of worship, learning, relationship building, fun and so much more at CIY Move, June 15-20 at Bowling Green University in Ohio with our Sherwood Oaks High School Ministry. Registration for the week is $455. This registration covers travel, lodging, the conference, most food and more! This trip is currently full but if you are interested in joining the waiting list or if you have questions, contact Sarah Bynum.
Discover Sherwood Oaks
Are you ready to take your first step or your next step in your relationship with Jesus? If so, join us for our next Discover Sherwood Oaks on May 3 at 11:00am in the Fireside Room. You'll have an opportunity to meet some staff and leaders, ask questions and hear about how you can connect and take that first or next step. There is no registration for this class; just join us. If you have questions about Discover Sherwood Oaks, email us.
Family Camp
Join us for Sherwood Oaks Family Camp this summer, July 22-24. This is an event for the whole family. Family Camp is a three-night experience designed for families to participate together, especially those with children ages 3 through middle school. High School students can join their families or volunteer to serve and the nursery will be open for children age 2 and under. Each evening features dinner, worship, outdoor family games, parent encouragement and meaningful family activities. This is a chance to slow down, have fun and grow in faith together. God’s plan. Your family. One big adventure. July 22-24, 2026, 5:30-8:00pm.
Footsteps of Moses Trip
Join us for the Footsteps of Moses with Sherwood Oaks tour, a 13-day trip through Egypt and Jordan, October 12–24, 2026. Led by Brad Pontius and Allen Burris, this journey includes flights, hotels, meals, and guided tours of some of the most significant biblical sites. You’ll even have the option to add a 3-night Nile River cruise before the main trip. Space is limited—visit the website below for more information or register and secure your spot! Additionally, the website features an itinerary for both the pre-trip and main tour so you know what sites and locations will be visited. Contact Brad Pontius or Allen Burris if you have questions.
Footsteps of Moses Trip Information and Registration
Furniture Give-Away Spring Collection
It's spring collection time for our Annual Furniture Give-Away! Each year, as many IU students move out, we take their discarded and unwanted furniture. In the fall, as new students move in, we help redistribute that and other furniture back to students who need it. Starting April 17, we will begin the process of collecting furniture and household goods! If you have something you'd like to donate, the collection bins will be in the main lobby and near our office entrance to collect. If you have something large, you may need to schedule an appointment. Click that link to schedule a pick-up. Also graduation weekend is when we collect most of our furniture and need many volunteers! Could you volunteer the weekend of May 7-11 and help us collect furniture? Click below to register.
Furniture Give-Away Spring Collection Information and Volunteer Registration
Groups
We believe we're better together! Your group of people might be waiting for you! Take your first step toward finding your people by checking out our groups page below or contacting our Groups Ministry Leader, Beth Long.
Guatemala Family Mission Project
Agua Viva School in Guatemala serves more than 300 under-resourced students, helping them grow emotionally, physically, and spiritually. Join this Family Mission Project—a great first-step mission experience for adults and kids ages 10+—and give your summer vacation a meaningful twist July 4–11, 2026. Cost is $1,550 for adults and $1,450 for ages 12–15, including airfare, lodging, meals, transportation, and medical travel insurance. Register by May 1. Questions? Contact Brad Pontius or Norma Landgraff.
Register for the Guatemala Family Mission Project
HSM Graduate Recognition
We are looking forward to Sunday, May 31 when we'll recognize our 2026 High School graduates! If you would like your graduate to be included or know someone who would like to be included, please send Sarah Bynum an email with the graduate information by May 20.
Prayer Team
Prayer is one of the most powerful ways we care for one another. We are forming a Prayer Team made up of people willing to lift up the needs of our church and community. Members of the Prayer Team will: receive a weekly document with collected prayer requests via text message, occasionally receive a text with an urgent prayer need, simply pray (no meetings, no follow-up required). To join, text "prayteam" to 812.324.8644. That's it! Receive the requests. Pray! Trust God to work!
TCM Austria Mission Project
Join us for an incredible 12 days at Haus Edelweiss in Austria serving seminary students from Eastern Europe with our TCMI partners! Do you like meeting new people? Do you enjoy serving others? This project is for you! We'll depart from Indianapolis on September 10 and return on September 25. Must have a valid passport and register by July 1. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Brad Pontius or Norma Landgraff.
Top Notch Branson Christmas Show Extravaganza
Our Top Notch group is putting together a trip to Branson, Missouri, for six fabulous shows, including the Sight and Sound Theater's "Miracle of Christmas" show! The group will depart on November 30 and return on December 4. The trip is open to everyone of any age and the cost includes lodging, transportation, some food, and admission to shows. Click the link below for more information or to register for this trip. For more information or to register, contact Connie Phares.
Top Notch Branson Show Extravaganza
Upward Soccer - Fall 2026
Ready. Set. Play! Upward Soccer is back at Sherwood Oaks Christian Church in the fall of 2026. A fun, faith-filled league where kids build skills, make friends and grow in confidence - no matter their experience. Register your child to join us! Evaluations are Friday night, June 26 from 6:00-8:00pm or Saturday morning, July 11 from 10:00am-12:00pm at Sherwood Oaks! The season starts August 29, with no games on September 5 due to Labor Day. Click below to register your child.
BEDFORD:
Bedford Bible App Sermon Online
Follow along online this weekend! Download the free YouVersion Bible app and click the 'events' tab in the lower right corner to find us on the map or click the link below to go directly to this weekend's outline.
Bedford Campus Email Group
In an effort to get the right information to the right groups of people in a more effective manner, some changes are coming to the weekly Top Three Things email. Starting this August, we'll begin to send out a Top Three Things specifically for Bedford. This will ensure that when you open the Top Three Things each week, you'll see the information you want and need to see quickly and efficiently. In order to facilitate this change, we need you to take a second and click below to subscribe to the Bedford campus email group so you continue to see the information that's important to you!
Bedford Campus Text Messages
If you are interested in text messages about Bedford Campus specific news and information, text keyword: "Bedford" to 812.324.8644 to join our Bedford Campus texting group.
Class 101
Do you have questions about SOCC Bedford? Are you unsure about your next step in connect with Jesus and our church? Join us for our next Class 101 on Sunday, May 3. We'll meet in room 101 right after the service for about 15 minutes. Staff and leaders will be there. We'd love to meet you, answer you questions and help you take your next step in connecting with Sherwood Oaks in Bedford. If you have questions about Class 101, email us. We'd love to help you connect.
Family Style VBS
Join us for Family Style VBS June 23-26, from 6:00pm-8:15pm! We'll host 3 nights of dinner, worship, learning together, games, a family craft and a session for family discussion/teaching, with a short bit of worship at the end. On the last night, Friday the 26th, we’ve planned a giant pool party at the Mitchell Pool and plan to have some food trucks where we provide vouchers for families to eat together. Register below and let us know you're coming!
Bedford Family Style VBS Registration
Graduation, Promotion and 5th Sunday Pitch-In Breakfast
Join us on Sunday, May 31 for a very special Sunday at SOCC Bedford! We'll celebrate our 2026 graduates during our 10:00am service! If you would like to be included or know someone who would like to be included, send Brandon an email by May 20. Additionally, we'll celebrate Promotion Sunday that day as all our kids and students will move up to the next grade level. And we'll kick the whole morning off with a pitch-in, casserole Sunday starting at 9:00am! Bring something to share and join the celebration!
Weekend Attendance and Giving Update
Your continued financial support enables us to serve our communities and the world. *Note: On July 1, 2025, we started a new fiscal year.
Attendance 04/25/2026:
In-person: 1745 | Online: 303
*We have changed how we track our online attendance. If you have specific questions about how this information is determined, email
March 2026 Offering Update:
Monthly Given: $385,154.31 | Monthly Over: $6,999.31
Yearly Given : $3,445,242.33 | Yearly Over: $41,847.33
Dollar Club: $11,546.99
MOHI Well Project: $86,000.00
Starting on February 1, 2025, we are making an adjustment to how we report our weekly financial giving. We will not be sharing weekly numbers in terms of giving totals. We recognize that offering styles and rhythms have changed drastically in the last decade or so. Therefore, weekly numbers tend to fluctuate in a way that's unhelpful in seeing our church's overall giving health. In response to this, we will share a monthly financial and giving snapshot on the first Friday of every month that reflects the previous month's giving and budget numbers. We hope that will give a more accurate picture of how our giving has supported the ministry of Sherwood Oaks. If you have any questions, please contact our Business Office Manager Elizabeth Moore or email .
Join us in giving to Sherwood Oaks
Current Financial Update: April 19, 2026
Thank you for your support.