Keeping in Step: Life in the Spirit

We’re excited to invite you to our inaugural ResOak All-Church Conference! This will be a weekend in Oakland to deepen our connections with each other and with God. Come for inspiring teaching, worship, and fun activities for the whole family! We can't wait to see you there. 

• Cost & Discounts

  • Cost: $60

    • Children (Preschool-12th grade): $40

    • Infants & Toddlers (Under 3): Free

  Discounts:

  • Early Bird: Register by March 31 and save $10 per person

  • Kids' volunteers get an additional $10 off (Kids' Volunteers will need to miss one session of the conference to help with programming)

  • Scholarships Available: We want everyone to be able to join us, so if the cost is a concern, please reach out to dave@resoakland.com to learn about scholarship options.

  • Refunds: Registration is refundable until registration closes on April 20th. After April 20th, you can transfer your registration to another person until April 27th. After April 27th, registration is non-refundable or transferable. Please reach out to amanda.kong@resoakland.com if you need a refund.

• About the Conference

  Keeping in Step: Life in the Spirit

  Life often feels like a mix of striving, searching, and wondering if we’re on the right path. But what if there’s a different way to live—one that isn’t just about trying harder but about being led into something deeper? This conference will explore what it means to live by the Spirit: to experience real freedom, to tap into a strength beyond ourselves, and to walk with purpose. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or seeking a fresh perspective on faith, come and explore how life in the Spirit changes everything.

• About the Speaker

  Russ Whitfield serves as pastor of Grace Mosaic, a cross-cultural church that he helped to plant in Northeast Washington, DC. He is also the Director of Cross-Cultural Advancement for Reformed University Fellowship and a Guest Lecturer in Practical Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary’s Washington, DC campus. He has made written contributions to Heal Us, Emmanuel: A Call for Racial Reconciliation, Representation and Unity in the Church (White Blackbird Books, 2016), All Are Welcome: Toward a Multi-Everything Church (White Blackbird Books, 2018), The Pursuit of Gospel Unity: The PCA Papers on Racism and Racial Reconciliation (PCA CDM Publishing, 2019), and 9Marks Journal. Russ and his lovely wife, Vanessa, are raising four fun-loving children in Washington, DC.

• Schedule Overview

  Friday, May 2

  • 5pm: Registration opens & Optional Dinner ($10 adult, $7 kid)

  • 6pm: Worship + Session 1

  • 7:30-9:30pm: Evening activities

  • 7:30-8:30pm: Worship Jam Session

  ResKids Programming will be available for infants - 5th grade from 5:30-7:45pm

  Saturday, May 3

  • 8:30am: Registration Opens

  • 9am: Worship + Session 2

  • 10:30am: Breakout Sessions*

  • 11:45am: Q&A with Speaker

  • 12:15pm: Closing Worship

  • 1-3pm: Afternoon Activities (Pickleball, Yoga, 5K, Bootcamp, Oakland Walking Tour, Chinatown, Drake’s)

  • 4-8pm: All-Church Dinner & Party at Almanac

  ResKids programming will be available for infants - 5th grade from 8:30am-12:30pm.

  Sunday, May 4

  • 9 & 11am: Sunday Worship + Session 3

  ResKids classes as usual

• Meals

  Friday, May 2

  • 5pm: Optional Dinner ($10 adult, $7 kid)

  Saturday, May 3

  • 8:30am: Coffee & light grab & go breakfast snacks available

  • 10:30am: Breakfast burritos & coffee available

  • 12:30pm: Optional Lunch

  • 4-8pm: Dinner party at Almanac

• Breakout Sessions

  Singleness
  Cameron Hughes, Reformed University Fellowship Staff

  Why is being single so hard? And why is being single in the church sometimes even harder? This seminar, followed by a panel discussion, will explore these questions by looking at God’s vision for our singleness and the church’s role in helping single people thrive. Whether you are single (by circumstance, choice, divorce, or death) or married and wanting to learn how to care for your single friends better, this seminar is for you! 

  Discerning God’s Will For Your Life
  David Lee, Pastor of Spiritual Formation Resurrection Oakland

  Life is filled with big decisions. Do you change your job? Do you go forward with the wedding? Do you make the move to a new city? Do you speak up or hold your tongue? Do you spend or save? What does God want you to do? How do you know what God wants you to do? In this seminar we will explore how understanding the difference between God’s plan, God’s law, and God’s Spirit can free you from paralysis by analysis and seek God in everything that you do.

  A Missiology of Suffering: How God Advances His Message Through Our Messes
  Russ Whitfield, Lead Pastor Grace Mosaic

  Suffering is never easy, but what if it’s not just something to endure—what if it’s central to the mission? Join us as we work through Philippians 1, exploring how the gospel moves forward, not in spite of our suffering, but through it. Drawing from Paul’s prison experiences and the life of Christ himself, this seminar will challenge our perspective on hardship, deepen our joy, and equip us for resilient witness. If you’ve ever wrestled with the question, What is God doing in my suffering?, this seminar is for you.

  *Youth Students will have their own breakout session.

• Saturday Afternoon Outings

  • Middle School Hangout

  • High School Hangout

  • Pickleball ($10 lunch included)

  • Yoga ($10 lunch included)

  • Basketball ($10 lunch included)

  • Bootcamp ($10 lunch included)

  • 5K Run ($10 lunch included)

  • Oakland Walking Tour (pay your own lunch)

  • Oakland Vintage Market (pay your own lunch)

  • Lunch in Chinatown (pay on your own)

  • Lunch at Drakes (pay on your own)

Frequently Asked Questions
Other questions? Email jasmine@resoakland.com