Southern Hills Christian Church located in Edmond, is looking for a Children Program Director and Youth Program Director. For a full job description click HERE.
Please reply with your resume and cover letter to childrenandyouth@shccedmond.org.
What could your congregation or organization accomplish with a significant increase in per capita giving? In a study conducted by the United Church of Canada, congregations that consistently employed a set of operational, management, and ministerial practices designed to foster a culture of generosity, experienced on average an 84% increase in per capita giving over a six-year period.
Fellowship Congregational UCC, along with Phillips Theological Seminary, the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference UCC, and the Christian Church in Oklahoma, are co-sponsoring a two-day seminar, Cultivating Generous Congregations, facilitated by the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at the University of Indiana.
Presentations include details of the practices that led to the increase in giving in United Church of Canada congregations, as well as the most current research and practices in the field of philanthropy.
You may view the flyer HERE and consider registering for the seminar on February 8th and 9th, at Fellowship Congregational United Church of Christ (2900 South Harvard, Tulsa, OK). Participant organizations are encouraged to bring a team of 2-4 individuals, including a member of the ministerial staff.
Registration closes on January 25, 2019.
By Mrs. DeLois Guess
Member, Pine Street Christian Church, Tulsa
Disciples Peace Fellowship is now accepting applications for 2019 Peace Interns. What is a Peace Intern? Read more HERE
Information about this extraordinary summer internship, the application process and all online application materials can be found HERE.
All applications and references for this paid internship must be completed and submitted by February 10, 2019.
If you have any questions about the internship or the application process email: DPFintern@gmail.com or call 480-399-6945
You are invited to the Remind & Renew Oklahoma Clergy Breakfast. Join us at Phillips Theological Seminary in the Student Commons on Thursday, January 24, 2019 from 8:00 – 9:00 am. No RSVP required.
Click HERE to view details about the Remind & Renew Event.
By Ms. Marilynn Knott, Retired Commissioned Minister
Member, Crown Heights Christian Church, OKC
Oklahoma’s most valuable resource is our people. One of the best things we can do for our state is to enable our people to become fully the people God created them to be. If you check out statistics on poverty, you will learn that people of color are disproportionately included in counts of those living in poverty. Jim Wallis labels racism as America’s Original Sin.
One of my great grandfathers was the captain of a local militia for the Confederacy during the Civil War. I was told he was very bitter about the loss of the war and carried that bitterness throughout his life passing it on to his family. Some years ago, I sat in a court house in Tennessee reading the will of this great grandfather’s father who was the product of Manifest Destiny probably taught in his church. Tears ran down my cheeks as I read the names of his house slaves and the children who inherited them listed among the horses and cattle he was also leaving them. His great granddaughter, my mother, did not pass that on to me. I never got the chance to ask her how that happened. My guess is she learned racism was wrong in Sunday school when a teacher taught her that God commanded us to love our neighbors as we love ourselves and she thought God meant it.
People of faith don’t always get things right. As Paul says we get caught up in the world sometimes and transfer the ways of the world to our faith. The good thing is we serve a God of second chances giving us the opportunity to turn around and work to set things right. My mother took that opportunity and lived and modeled it all her 98 years from serving all colors of people as a deaconess in the Methodist church in West Virginia during the depression to intercessory prayers from her nursing home bed.
Systemic racism is insidious, destructive in ways that are gradual and not easily noticed. As we pray about needed systemic change, let us seek and follow guidance on becoming intentional in our efforts to overcome systemic racism.
While the Woman-to-Woman Worldwide journey isn’t a ‘hands-on’ mission, it does offer a way to respond to the call for Disciples women to experience solidarity with one another, to affirm the unity of the church in Jesus Christ, and to join the common struggle for justice and peace in the world today by educating and advocating for those needs. These international, ecumenical, and personal experiences encourage faithful women to see the world through new eyes and bring that perspective back to their congregation and community. An integral part of the post-journey experience is giving presentations about their experiences and sharing what they have learned with others.
“Woman-to-Woman Worldwide is designed to establish a network of “growing concentric circles of world proportion.” T.J. Liggett
You are invited to participate in this program in a number of different ways.
Following a seven-month long search that yielded an impressive and diverse pool of applicants, the Board of Trustees of Phillips Theological Seminary has named the Rev. Dr. Nancy Pittman as the school’s next president. Pittman has served as interim president of the Seminary since July 1, 2018 and will immediately assume the presidency.
“Dr. Pittman is the clear choice because of her strong leadership skills and vision for the future of theological education,” said Claire Meredith, chair of the seminary’s board of trustees and the presidential search committee.
Read the full article published on the Phillips Theological Seminary website HERE
(photo provided by Phillips Theological Seminary)
Kick off the New Year by getting more involved with the Oklahoma Disciples Women. Come see where the Lord may lead your new year! The theme is Healthy Bodies as We Age.
Please plan to join the Central Area Disciples Women of Oklahoma at New Covenant Christian Church (12000 N. Rockwell, Oklahoma City) on January 22, 2019 for the next meeting. You do not have to be in the Central Area to join. Come and be a part of an amazing group of women and be blessed with the friendship and fellowship of Disciples Women.
Agenda:
Please RSVP by January 15th by calling 405-722-7445