About Us

John Friedrick is a 10 year Silverton resident and a lifelong Oregonian. He graduated from Oregon State University in 2017 with a Liberal Studies Degree with a focus in Community Development.

Having been raised as a Christian his entire life, John has spent the last several years exploring what it means to consciously and intentionally follow Jesus as someone who values creativity, the environment, and healthy communities. He is passionate about both art and music, as a result of which he enjoys organizing Oak Street's annual art show each spring.

He looks forward to meeting new people, discovering new authors, and growing as a result of both of these.

Above all, John hopes to see the love of Jesus transform, heal, and improve all relationships in Silverton. Whether they are within the family, between friends, or between Oak Street Church and the beautiful town it belongs to.

Community

We value and promote relationship and connection at Oak Street Church. The very nature of God is revealed to us in the oneness of three personalities-Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We promote and support honest, healthy and growing relationships. We resist the tendency in any community to become self-contained and truly enjoy making new friends. These values are expressed in friendship, counsel, care and gathering as a lifestyle.

Bible

We value and study the scriptures because as Paul says in II Timothy 3:16-17, "All scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, exposing our flaws, correcting our mistakes and training us in God's character and ways so that we can be thoroughly equipped for every good work. While we share much unity in the inspired Word of God, we also respect the believer’s responsibility to interpret the scripture through the indwelling Holy Spirit and that interpretations may sometimes differ (1 John 2: 27-28).

Service

We have been touched by God's unconditional and transforming love so it's only natural to return that love to others as God desires. We endeavor to serve our community, care for one another and influence our world through service projects, gatherings, events and financial support. God gives talents for the purpose of sharing.

Worship

Because our inner life is just as important to God as what others see, we believe worship is more than what we do on Sunday morning. Our every thought, word and deed can be expressions of honor to God. Out of this idea we value our times of corporate worship where together we express the joy of our redemption and our love and honor to God who has many traits-beauty, holiness, power, love, kindness, patience...

Justice

Jesus said that his mission on the earth was to bring the good news to the poor, heal the brokenhearted, bring deliverance to those in bondage, sight to the blind and freedom to the wounded and gave that mission to us (Luke 4:18-19). We believe that we are called to a life that notices and includes the marginalized of our society, laboring to reject “insider” language and lifestyle. We are called to be recovering healers and to fight against the injustices and oppression in our world through our voices but especially our actions.

Transformation

As followers of Jesus, we look for and expect Him to bring change in our lives. Natural life in the family of God includes His transforming power to bring us from our lower natures and wounded souls into the abundant life, wholeness and original design of our Maker. We value the many paths that the Holy Spirit gives to bring transformation-including prayer, counsel, support, among others. We endeavor to reject the tendency to use shame, fear and control to manipulate behavior but instead, nurture the transforming power of God’s grace and celebrate great and small change as steps toward freedom and growth.