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Districts invite lay speakers to study John Wesley's story
Written: 8/28/2009
The North and South Oklahoma City Districts, in cooperation with the Wimberly School of Religion, will present advanced Lay Speaking training on Sept. 25-26 at Oklahoma City University. Titled "How To Grow Closer to God — Some Advic...

Worship ideas online for Moving Sunday
Written: 5/15/2009
Online resources for "Celebration of Ministry Sunday" in Oklahoma, to mark a new pastoral appointment or reappointment, are being provided by the Board of Laity. The 2008 Annual Conference approved a resolution endorsing this worship format for wh...

Living the Plan - Leaders huddle to study game plans for healthy churches
Written: 3/20/2009
Trans•form (verb) Definitions: 1. To change people or things completely, especially improving their appearance or usefulness 2. To change completely for the better 3. To convert one form of energy to another ...

Team trains 53 lay speakers in Liberia
Written: 5/2/2008
In July, Oklahomans will report on the Liberia trip to participants at a South Central Jurisdiction lay speaking conference, at Mount Sequoyah center in Fayetteville, Ark. The conference, July 11-13, will feature James B. and Molly Davis Scott, presenting "Back to Basics With Wesley: Decision...

April 5 is date for Lay Leadership Focus Day
Written: 3/7/2008
Strategic Plan among topics for discussion Interest has grown in an annual spring event sponsored by the Conference Board of Laity. That expanding awareness is driving changes this year in the program’s scope and participants, even its name. The 2008 Lay Leadership Focus Day will be held April 5, ...

Rush Springs church gets makeover
Written: 5/18/2007
A "church makeover" at Rush Springs UMC includes landscaping and painting. Volunteer work was coordinated by the Board of Laity. Pastor Dan Fletcher is at right. The United Methodist connection secured success for a workday March 10 at Rush Springs UMC. The Conference Board of Laity partnered wi...

Lay leaders build networks on March 24
Written: 3/9/2007
A panel discussion with four district superintendents is planned during Lay Leader Focus Day on March 24 at OKC-St. Luke’s UMC. The free program, 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m., is sponsored by the Oklahoma Conference Board of Laity. Event Chairman Chuck Stewart said, "If you’re the lay leader of your congr...

Conference: 'Let the good news roll!'
Written: 3/24/2006
A May conference exhorts Lay Speakers to "Let the Good News Roll—That the World May Know Jesus Christ!" Canyon Camp will host the fourth Bi-Annual Oklahoma Lay Speakers Conference on May 19-20. Registration is open to people interested in Lay Speaking and to current Lay Speakers and their spouses. ...

Laity share welcoming ways
Written: 3/10/2006
Editor’s note: This story continues a Contact series from the 2006 Local Church Leader Workshops. By HOLLY McCRAY What are you doing to reach out to people beyond your church walls? The answers to that question, asked by Conference Lay Leader Judy Benson, could spawn adaptations that he...

Board of Laity develops tool for training Hispanic leaders
Written: 2/24/2006
Lay leadership training for Hispanic United Methodists will be offered Feb. 26 in Pauls Valley at San Mateo Metodista Mission. This free event is the first lay training session especially designed by the Oklahoma Conference Board of Laity for the conference’s Hispanic church members and pastors. Co...

Free training beckons local church lay leaders
Written: 2/10/2006
"Lay Leaders Focus Day" will be March 25 at OKC-St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 222 N.W. 15th.  This is the second year for the free event, planned by the Leadership Team of the Oklahoma Conference Board of Laity. Chuck Stewart chairs the team.  Each local church lay leader is urge...

August 13
Written: 8/13/1999
news_detail.asp?pkvalue=74D> Volume 2, Number 17 August 13, 1999 Volume 2, Number 17 August 13, 1999   Oklahoma Hosts Jurisdictional MenBack Approximately 120 men from Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma gathered at Oklahoma City University July 23...