In the Community

Our aim is to love God and others!

We want to directly impact Bloomington and Bedford and our surrounding region by connecting with and serving those all around us. We offer many opportunities to do just that!

 

Are you ready to join a Serve Team at Sherwood Oaks and begin to engage with our community partners? Click the link below to join a team. The leader of that team will contact you about next steps and help you get started in serving. 

SOCC Serve Groups

 

What are you passionate about or gifted at? What do you think are the greatest needs in our community? How would you ideally like to serve our community? We want to know! Click the link below to take a brief survey about your skills, interests in serving, current service commitments and levels of desire to serve through the church! We want to hear from as many people as possible! If you know what you're interested in and are looking for your first step, click below to take your first step toward connecting with our local ministry partners.

Community Impact Survey

 

 

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

More Information about FGA

 

Community Engagement Partners

 

Executive Director: Ryan Croft

Region: United States, Columbus, IN 

 

Mission: Hilltop Christian Camp is a Christ-centered summer youth program for our member churches and their communities. The camp also serves as a retreat facility for our member churches and other Christian groups. Sherwood Oaks has sent children to Hilltop for summer camp for many years.

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January 2026 Local Outreach Spotlight video

Executive Director: April Haskett

Region: United States, Bloomington, IN 

 

Purpose/Mission: Hope Resource Center is a pregnancy care center and medical clinic meeting needs, giving hope, and impacting lives. At Hope we seek to help men and women in Lawrence County and surrounding areas facing some of life's toughest situations through our pregnancy services, STI testing, and educational programs. All services provided are free and confidential.

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November 2025 Mission Spotlight

Director:  Ben Geiger

Region:  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

 

Purpose/Mission: Indiana University Christian Student Fellowship develops students to pursue authentic faith and build intentional communities. They empower students to grow their gifts and leadership in midweek worship and small groups; through local community service, in campus clubs, and on the track at Little 500. Their ministry has a Campus House on 1968 N. Jordan Ave. that welcomes students to both live "in" and have a ministry home "on" campus.  CSF builds faith and community in collaboration with Sherwood Oaks Young Adult Ministry, collaborating over the years to connect even more purposefully in discipleship because these students are the future leaders of the church. Each May, Sherwood Oaks and CSF co-sponsor a mission project. 

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Missionary: Elan Rajamani

Region: United States, Bloomington, IN 

 

Purpose/Mission: International Friendship Ministries is a Christian ministry with a vision of “reaching the world for Christ through international students.” It seeks to educate, encourage, train, help, and involve local churches in ministering to and discipling internationals. Their goal is to bring the gospel to international students, scholars and their families. As some of them come to faith in Christ, IFM brings them into the fellowship of local churches, helping them mature in their relationship with Christ. IFM seeks to train and equip them to be effective disciple-makers when they return home or wherever they go. Elan & Rani Rajamani serve more than 7000 international students, scholars and families as campus ministers of IFM at Indiana University. IU is one of the top 10 U.S. universities for international student enrollment. Elan and Rani Rajamani are the directors of IFM. 

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Director: Dana Jones

Region: United States, Bloomington, IN 

 

Purpose/Mission: Wheeler Mission Ministries, Inc. (formerly Backstreet Missions, Inc.) is a not for-profit organization dedicated to providing Christ-centered services to homeless men, women, and children of our community. Their vision is to see every man, woman, and child they serve equipped to become productive citizens who enjoy lasting success in Christ. Outreaches include: Men and women's Homeless Services, Year-round Emergency Shelter and Interfaith Emergency Winter Shelter, Men and women's Residential Programing, Case Management, Kids programs, Addiction Recovery Programs, Meal Service. Sherwood Oaks has partnered with Backstreet since it began.

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Executive Director: David Schunk

Region: United States, Bloomington, IN 

 

Purpose/Mission: Youth for Christ Southern Hills exists to reach young people (teenagers 12-19 yrs. old) in southern Indiana. YFC works together with the local church and other like-minded partners to raise up lifelong followers of Jesus. YFC has been going strong in the area since 1989, reaching out to youth through ever-changing methods with a never changing message of the hope of Jesus. Campus Life, Campus Life Middle School, Parent Life, Project Serve and YFC Camp are the ministries currently offered through YFC Southern Hills to over 500 young people each year.

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