Brook Hill students create an `OASIS' across the city
By Kelly Griffith-Fields news@bullardnews.com

-- Photos by Kelly Griffith-Fields

OASIS Week carries no small weight at Brook Hill.

"It is not just a week with a label," Director of Campus Life Shawn Rhoads said. "It is a week with a purpose."

The purpose is multifaceted. It is to challenge the kids with a series of messages from the speaker of the week. The point of the speakers messages is then driven home through daily chapels and consistency.

A second aspect of the week is provided in the context of The Brook Hill school's coffee shop, Starbrooks.

Here students enjoy an evening of jazz, a challenging night of debates or a chance to express their talent.

"But perhaps the most powerful dimension of OASIS Week is our Service Project Day," Rhoads said.

This is a day when students load up from the entire upper and middle school, head to designated locations, and spend the day working as volunteers for the benefit of others.

Some locations the students have served include the Tyler Day Nursery, Azleway Children's Home, The Little Red School House, Bullard Southern Baptist and First United Methodist Churches, Taylor Day Care, Bullard Fire and Police Departments, library and city park.

"Each year we strive to make OASIS Week a more powerful experience than the previous year," Rhoads said. "And each year the Lord exceeds our expectations."