Job Posting: OGMP-Treasury Services Hiring Financial Reporting Accountant
The Office of the General Minister and President – Treasury Services, is looking to hire a Financial Reporting Accountant. Click HERE for the full job description.
First Christian Church Cherokee: Installation Service for Pastor Luke Heim
First Christian Church Cherokee installed Pastor Luke Heim on Sunday, May 12, 2019. Join us in congratulating Luke.
(Photographed on Left: Michael Davison, Right: Luke Heim)
May 16: Clergy Appreciation Breakfast
You are invited to a Clergy Appreciation Breakfast on May 16th. Shante Fenner, from the American Heart Association, and Daniel U’Ren co-chair of the Wellness Now Faith-Based Work Group with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department would like to invite you to a Clergy Appreciation Breakfast in your honor and to celebrate clergy coming together to make a difference in Oklahoma.
The breakfast is hosted by the Oklahoma City-County Health Department as a thank you to clergy who devote so much time and energy caring for others and the sacrifices they make on behalf of their faith community to make Oklahoma a better place to call home.
Event Details:
- DATE: May 16th
- TIME: 9am – 10am
- LOCATION: Oklahoma City-County Health Department building 2600 NE 63rd Street, OKC, OK 73111
- Click HERE to view the flyer
Please register today!
Feel free to forward this invitation to clergy. For more information email Shante Fenner at shante.fenner@heart.org or call (405) 415-3042
Job Posting: Administrative Assistant at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, OK
Phillips Theological Seminary is looking to hire an Administrative Assistant in the Admissions & Student Services Office located in Tulsa, OK. Resumes will be accepted through Friday, May 24. Please contact MaryAnn Morris, Director of Admissions & Student Services, with any questions 918.270.6464. Click HERE to view the job description.
Disciples Women T-Shirts For Sale: Order Deadline June 5
Order your Disciples Women T-Shirt today! Click HERE to view pricing and details. Hanes Tagless T-shirts are preshrunk 100% cotton and available in several colors and sizes from XS to 4XL. Shirts will ship out two to three weeks after this fundraiser closes on June 5th. All funds raised will be paid directly to Disciples Women Ministries for General Donations.
Contact Regenia Smith (Ministry Associate, Disciples Women) with any questions. rsmith@dhm.disciples.org / 317-713-2665
Phillips Theological Seminary: DOC History & Polity Summer Course
Phillips Theological Seminary will be offering a Disciples of Christ History & Polity course this summer, the week of June 10-14. (Please see attached for course details.) The course will be taught by Dr. Lisa Barnett and is open to auditors and those seeking academic credit. PTS is accepting class enrollments through Friday, May 17.
Phillips has a simple online application process. Email Maryann Morris (maryann.morris@ptstulsa.edu) with questions about enrollment.
Phillips is deeply committed to serving lay and clergy leaders who are passionate about following the way of Jesus and transforming our world.
2019 General Assembly “Abide In Me” Registration is Open
General Assembly 2019 “Abide in Me” will take place July 20 – 24, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. Registration opened on November 1, 2018. To find more information including the schedule of events and housing options, read more HERE.
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinegrower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.“ John 15:1-5 NRSV
#Abide2019
June 8: Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty – Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
The Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty would like to invite you to attend their 28th Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner. The Event will take place on Saturday, June 8 at the Capitol View Event Center at the Old Surety Life Building, 5201 N. Lincoln in Oklahoma City. (NW corner of 50th & Lincoln – enter from 50th Street onto Beverly Drive).
The evening will feature keynote speaker Vanessa Potkin, Director of Post-Conviction Litigation for the Innocence Project. Vanessa is co-Executive Producer, along with Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis, of the ABC documentary The Last Defense, which examines the case of Julius Jones on Oklahoma’s death row.
About Vanessa Potkin:
Potkin joined the Innocence Project in 2000 as its first staff attorney, and has helped pioneer the model of post-conviction DNA litigation used nationwide to exonerate wrongfully convicted persons. During her career, Vanessa has represented and exonerated over 30 innocent individuals.
Event Details:
The event will include a buffet dinner, the election of seven at-large board members, and our Abolitionist Awards presentations. The 2019 Annual Dinner is their largest fundraiser of the year.
Individual tickets are $50, $15 for students, and sponsorships for tables of ten are available for $500.
Tickets can be purchased online. To purchase tickets by mail, send your check, along with guest’s names, to: OK-CADP, P.O. Box 713, Oklahoma City, OK 73101-0713. Please indicate “annual dinner” in the memo line.
Can’t Attend? Support OK-CADP with a donation:
If you are unable to attend the Annual Dinner, your $25, $50, $100, $250, $500 donation, or whatever amount you can send, will help expand the outreach of their public education campaign about why Oklahoma should abolish the death penalty.
Please visit okcadp.org to donate and to learn more.
May 18, 2019: Phillips Theological Seminary Commencement Ceremony
Join us on May 18, 2019 from 11am – 1pm at First Christian Church, Tulsa located at 913 S. Boulder, Tulsa, OK, 74119, as we celebrate the Phillips Theological Seminary graduates. Reception for graduates and their family immediately following the ceremony.
Share the “Good News” with an Annual Fund Gift!
Greetings Faithful Disciples!
I hope you have “seen the Lord.” Awed and amazed, I hope you are running to tell others the “Good News” that Christ is risen! You may certainly share this “Good News” with a donation to the Regional Church!
The Regional Church needs your generous financial support to continue to equip and empower others to tell this amazing story of God’s love and grace which is for everyone. Here is a glimpse of how your gifts are working to make a difference within the Regional Church.
Leadership Training School Event February 23rd at First Christian Church in Edmond
- 300 Disciples representing 67 congregations attended this remarkable connecting, equipping, and empowering event. View photo gallery
- General Minister and President, Rev. Terri Hord Owens, spent the day with Oklahoma Disciples.
- 19 workshop leaders provided inspirational materials and dialogue on “Abide With Me: Disciples Roots, Inclusivity, & Justice.”
Spring Break Trips: International Affairs Seminar and Caminante Mission Trip
- 15 juniors and seniors in high school and 4 adults representing 10 congregations traveled to Washington, DC and New York City to enrich their faith and learn about “human trafficking.”
- 8 adults representing 3 congregations traveled to the Dominican Republic to engage with children at Caminante, a school that educates children so they are not vulnerable to “human trafficking”.
There’s more —
- The Commission on Youth, Children & Young Adults has been planning and preparing an exciting summer camping season which begins in June.
- The Commission on Clergy continues to welcome men and women who are called to vocational ministry and walk with them on the journey. On March 30th, Crown Heights Christian Church ordained Rev. Ron Motley in a beautiful celebration.
- The Commission on Reconciliation is providing Pro-Reconciling Anti-Racism training around the Region.
- And the Commission on Evangelism and New Church is busy welcoming 3 new churches to our Region.
- Your 2 Regional Ministers continue to provide support and encouragement for Search & Call committees around the Region and a pastoral presence to our clergy in all of life’s varied circumstances.
Thank you for supporting the Regional Church which is committed to following the ways of Jesus by feeding the hungry, caring for the children, building relationships, and showing God’s amazing and steadfast love to all. This is how we strengthen the church — together.
With your dollars, we can continue to lead young and mature Disciples of Christ to share the love and care of Jesus near and far. Please give what you are able and know all gifts are blessed and multiplied by God!
Peace & God’s grace,
