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| The Annual Conference will conclude on Wednesday next year, Bishop Robert Hayes Jr. has announced.
The meeting will be held May 30-June 2, hosted by Boston Avenue UMC in Tulsa. The conference will begin on Sunday evening and conclude at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The primary worship services are scheduled for the evenings. Memorial Worship/Holy Communion is set for Sunday; the Service of Commissioning, Monday; and the Service of Ordination, Tuesday.
In recent years, the meeting has started on Sunday and concluded on Thursday.
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Donate online to 5 ministries
You now can donate online to five Oklahoma Conference ministries: the Bolivia/Oklahoma partnership, Camps, Criminal Justice & Mercy Ministries, Project Transformation, and Volunteers In Mission.
Electronic giving to these ministries is being managed by contract with Vanco, a vendor endorsed by the General Council on Finance & Administration, according to the Oklahoma Conference Treasurer’s Office.
On its Web page, each ministry has a link posted to receive direct contributions from individuals.
Group begins work for 2012
Oklahoma United Methodists are already preparing to host the next South Central Jurisdictional Conference—which is in 2012.
Downtown Oklahoma City is the destination for that meeting, July 17-20, 2012, at Cox Convention Center.
The Host Committee has members from both Oklahoma Indian Missionary and Oklahoma Conferences. The group has held two planning sessions at the United Methodist Ministry Center. Co-chairmen are David Wilson and Joseph Harris.
The Host Committee has approved a theme: "Woven Together for Transformation." Gifts of hand-woven baskets are being designed. An Area Night will include food and entertainment.
Oklahoma also hosted the conference in 1968, according to David Severe, executive director of Mission & Administration for the jurisdiction and an Oklahoma clergyman.
Deadline for 5-Star award
Deadline is Jan. 31 to submit your church’s entry for the Five-Star Church Award.
Applications are available online at www.okumc.org/Five_Star. The award salutes excellence in mission, which includes Advance Special giving, hands-on mission, UMCOR contributions, and missionary salary support.
For more information, contact Tom Hoffmann of Tulsa, who chairs the Mission & Service Ministry Team for Oklahoma Conference, 918-592-3862, tomhoffmann@fumctulsa.org.
Scraper honored for writing
An essay by Woodward District Superintendent Randy Scraper has been selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of Foundation Theology.
"Franklian Psychology, the Three Ways, and the Meaning Matrix" was one of only 12 essays selected for publication, out of more than 100 submissions. The essay includes material from Dr. Scraper’s book "Franklian Psychology and Christian Spiritual Formation."
Foundation Theology is a periodical distributed annually to more than 1,000 university libraries worldwide. It highlights significant research by students of the Graduate Theological Foundation.
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Student Beth Sonneville and Bishop Robert Hayes display a commemorative T-shirt at Saint Paul School in Kansas City.
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Saint Paul School is 50
Several Oklahomans attended the 50th anniversary celebration of Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City, Mo.
During the Sept. 28-29 activities, Oklahoma City University President Tom McDaniel received the Good Samaritan Award. Saint Paul School President Myron McCoy presented the medallion.
The award honored McDaniel for going out of his way to help the seminary. Just one year ago, in September 2008, Saint Paul School celebrated its first Opening Convocation on the OCU campus.
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