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Labor of love by Young Adults
Written: 10/23/2009
Young Adults partner on project Inside and out, the Billy Hooten Memorial Church in Oklahoma City received TLC treatment when the Young Adults Ministry Council performed volun...

Living the Plan- For children of prisoners, a New Day
Written: 10/9/2009
Former campers transform into leaders By Becky Baxter-Crowell New Day Camp at Cross Point seems like any other great United Methodist summer camp for young people. The campers are excited. They’re swimming, hiking, taking part in other ac...

On autumn's agenda
Written: 10/9/2009
Fall Break Youth Musical Workshop Oct. 14-17 OKC-Quayle UMC For ages 12-19 Evening rehearsals and concert Contact: Nickolas Allen, 405-821-8628, or Erica Thomas, 405-424-2770 ...

Oct. 24 program on spiritual formation
Written: 9/25/2009
The Discipleship Ministry Team will present "Spiritual Formation for the Individual & Community," a conference open to all, on Oct. 24 at OKC-Chapel Hill UMC. Allen Carson said the event is designed as a response to a question po...

Living the plan - Ideas compiled by the Conference Board of Laity
Written: 9/25/2009
Within the Oklahoma Conference Strategic Plan, the Fruitful Congregations Grid poses four questions to help congregations assess their ministries. A church that effectively sows mustard seeds of faith offe...

Cross Point Camp to host newest senior adult retreat
Written: 8/28/2009
This fall, senior adults will meet at a new retreat location: Cross Point Camp, beside Lake Texoma. "Autumn at the Point" is set for Oct. 20-22. All people age 55 and older are welcome. Coordinators are Myrna and Larry Moore, 580-336...

Cates leads McAlester District
Written: 6/12/2009
'I got to witness the transforming powerof the gospel in my parents' lives' The newly appointed McAlester District superintendent is Darrell Cates. In this column, he shares his personal faith story. By Darrell Cates ...

Special Sunday spotlights Native American ministries
Written: 4/17/2009
Photo by Mike DuBose, UMCommunications OIMC children, performing at the 2008 General Conference, are featured on the cover of the most rece...

Preparing for Annual Conference
Written: 4/3/2009
Photo by Holly McCray Cache UMC received the 2008 "It Worked for Us" award in Lawton District. From lef...

Manor announces building projects in Tulsa
Written: 4/3/2009
Architect's drawing shows a view of Crestwood at OMM, looking southwest. In Tulsa, Oklahoma Methodist Manor (OMM) is expanding its midtown retirement community with the construction of "Crestwood at Oklahoma Methodist Manor....

Contact March 20, 2009
Written: 3/20/2009
Campus ministry opens its doors A new building was consecrated on Feb. 28 for the Wesley Foundation at Langston University. Director Cecelia Brooks, right, speaks from the baptistry in the sanctuary, and below, Bishop Robert Haye...

What if we Rethink Church?
Written: 3/20/2009
n What if Church wasn’t just a building, but thousands of doors, each opening to a different concept or experience of church? n What if Church was less about Sunday and more about the other days of the week? ...

Caring for Creation Conference in late March
Written: 3/6/2009
On March 27-29, a number of OCU students will be among people attending the Caring for Creation Conference in Fayetteville, Ark., at the United Methodist-related Mount Sequoyah Conference and Retreat Center. Sponsored in part by the Oikos Sch...

Disaster Response -Support network
Written: 3/6/2009
After Lone Grove tornado, Methodists extend comfort, clean up Photo by Eric Taliaferro A youth team, above, from Ardmore-First UMC helps retrieve treasured photos and o...

Neighbors in other nations
Written: 2/20/2009
Partnership projects are connecting Oklahomans with people in Bolivia and South Africa. These pictures show moments in two recent trips to those nations by United Methodist groups from the state. Bishop Robert Hayes Jr. pa...

International witness
Written: 2/20/2009
VIM missioners from Tulsa-Boston A...

Shipley takes post at Hinton Rural Life Center
Written: 2/13/2009
Lyle Shipley is the new executive director and CEO for Hinton Rural Life Center in North Carolina. His new assignment began in January and followed the retirement of Clay Smith, the center’s leader for 24 years. Prior to his move, Rev. Shipley was the pastor at Ponca City-Asbury and Kaw City...

Inauguration draws Johnson to Washington
Written: 2/13/2009
The United Methodist Book of Discipline traces the Church’s historical struggles with racism in its "Historical Statement." Also in the book, Articles IV and V of the Constit...

Contact Digest
Written: 2/13/2009
Retreat for college students College students from multiple states will attend a Jurisdictional Campus Ministry Retreat on Feb. 20-22 at Cross Point Camp, south of Madill. Retreat speakers will be D.A. Bennett, pastor of OKC-St. Andrew’s, and Guy Ames, Ardmore District superintendent. Music ...

Praying for the president
Written: 1/16/2009
UMReporter photo by Robin Russell Bishop Gregory Palmer of Iowa adds his signature to a Bible signed by United Methodist bishops, to be presented to new U.S. President Barack Obama. Giving a signed Bible to new presidents is a tradition for the denomination’s Council of Bishops....

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