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Perry embraces green projects
Written: 11/20/2009
Perry-First UMC has taken steps to comply with a UM resolution on Environmental Responsibility. Through the process, Perry’s parishioners have realized that helping God’s good creation also builds community, said Pastor Ed...

Old and new blend as OKC Grace celebrates
Written: 11/20/2009
At OKC-Grace, remodeling includes extensive sanctuary work and this new entryway, below, with its soaring cros...

Elevator is part of Holdenville building project
Written: 11/20/2009
Breaking ground Oct. 18 at Barnard Memorial UMC in Holdenville are, from left, the Heath family (Ben, Kathryn,...

Sabbatical grant awarded to Tulsa-St. Paul’s
Written: 11/20/2009
Tulsa-St. Paul’s UMC has received a grant of $31,576 to enable Pastor Twila Gibbens-Rickman to participate in the 2009 National Clergy Renewal Program funded by the Lilly Endowment. "I’m very fortunate to receive this...

Warner church gets facelift
Written: 11/20/2009
Volunteers from seven churches in Muskogee District helped the Warner church members...

Special Sunday promotes awareness
Written: 11/20/2009
Marie Child, an Enid Intertribal Council member, explains Native regalia displayed at Enid-First for Native Am...

Empty bowls fill need
Written: 11/20/2009
Photo by Jana Hogg Soup nourishes J.R. Sheets, who supporte...

Living the Plan, St. Stephen's, Mannsville, and OKC-Chapel Hill UMC
Written: 11/20/2009
Members of St. Stephen’s UMC at Norman, left, were awarded third place for fund-raising for the AIDS Walk of Oklahoma City, held in October. St. Stephen’s was the top fund-raiser among the churches that participa...

Pumpkin plot grows a church
Written: 11/6/2009
Steve Shanahan inflates a wading pool as he sets up a child’s game Oct. 17 at the Choctaw UMC PumpkinFest. The chu...

Project Noel goes online to fulfill Christmas wishes
Written: 11/6/2009
Project Noel is a delivery system built on the connectionalism of The United Methodist Church in Oklahoma. Its purpose i...

Training for small-church leaders
Written: 11/6/2009
The list of presenters includes Oklahomans for the Small Membership Church Leadership Institute on Nov. 15-19 at Mount Sequoyah Conference Center, Fayetteville, Ark. They are: Andy Oden of the Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation; Janice Meese, associate pa...

Living the Plan - Verdigris applies NCD method to grow spiritually
Written: 11/6/2009
At Verdigris UMC, Natural Church Development helped Anita Jackson, shown top left, assess her spiritual gifts. She began...

Willow View expands its welcome
Written: 11/6/2009
By Lesly Broadbent, Pastor, Enid-Willow View We have experienced some wonderful transformation and change through the DNA Coaching program, since starting two years ago. We constructed a Welcome Center, trained our Greeters, fine-tuned our gues...

A cut above
Written: 10/23/2009
Young people surround Pastor Ben Williams of Davis UMC on Oct. 4 as he submits to a hair...

On a mission: Remodeling at Velma builds bonds between congregations
Written: 10/9/2009
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Opening hearts
Written: 10/9/2009
Photos by Shari Goodwin From left are: Jessica and Mohammad Eslam, se...

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...

Bartlesville-First takes steps to relocate
Written: 9/25/2009
After a weekday signing ceremony to purchase land in southern Bartlesville, members of First UMC share cake in front of ...

Shahan coordinates Local Church Leaders Workshops
Written: 9/18/2009
Shahan ...

Newest church seeks people at life's crossroads - Living the Plan
Written: 8/28/2009
Why the name? Wikipedia defines cross timbers as a geographic region extending from southeastern Kansas across central Oklahoma to central ...