United Methodist Student Day is Nov. 22

Through the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry (GBHEM), a total of $55,700 in scholarships and loans is assisting college students who are members of churches in the Oklahoma Conference.

The United Methodist Student Day offering may assist a seminary student called to be a pastor or a missionary. Maybe it will enable a student to complete nursing school or get an education degree.

Nov. 22 is designated as United Methodist Student Day, one of the Special Sundays of the Church year. GBHEM oversees the program and directs the offerings into scholarships and loans to UM students in many fields of study. Each year, 10 percent of the contributions also are returned to the annual conferences for merit scholarships.

Below are the names of Oklahoma Conference recipients of GBHEM support in 2009. The information is provided by GBHEM’s Office of Loans and Scholarships.

In alphabetical order, students and their home churches are: Jennifer Ahrens-Sims, Norman-McFarlin; William Buck, Locust Grove; Tari Carbaugh, Dewey; Gavyn Clare, Broken Arrow-First; Benjamin Cochran, Cushing; Lisa Dellinger, Tulsa-St. Luke’s; Daniel Gibbens-Rickman, Tulsa-St. Paul’s; Jeffrey Gibbens-Rickman, Tulsa-University; Jana Hogg, Piedmont; Blake Huggins, OKC-Village; Frances Ibanez, Claremore-First; Hilary Jones, OKC-Crown Heights; Andrea and Kelsey Jordan, Tulsa-Faith; Valeria Luster, Stillwater Highland-Park; Taylor Martin, Maysville; Nancy McCullough, OKC-Quayle; Clayton Miller, Yukon-Good Shepherd; Nathan Mills, Lawton-Bethel; Esther Nakagawara, OKC-St. Andrew’s; Kelsey Nowak, Stillwater-First; Rachel Read, Tulsa-Asbury; Tasha Sargent, Grove; Charles and Kimberly Stewart, OKC-Quail Springs; Colin Tapp, Prague; Jane and Joo Um, OKC-Korean First; Anne Walker, Tulsa-Boston Avenue; Evan Yaussy, Fort Gibson; and Stephen Ziegler, Norman-McFarlin.

(More information: www.gbhem.org)