Get help with Lent Worship Preparations. Gather your team and join worship consultant and professor, Dr. Marcia McFee, LIVE on January 10th and 17th for two special webinars that will teach you, inspire you, and guide you toward an amazing Lent series of sensory-rich worship experiences for your community.
Sign up HERE.
SHORT NOTICE, but a wonderful opportunity for a Pastors Retreat in January. The name of the retreat is Transforming Leadership. It is four focused days with Brian McLaren & Jacqui Lewis.
DATE: January 22-26, 2018
WHERE: St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church New Orleans, LA
This retreat will combine fun and respite with study, worship, and conversation – all in the heart of the Crescent City. Each day, you will consider one or more From/To transformations in pastoral leadership, such as:
• From organized religion to organizing religion
• From pastor of the congregation to pastor from the congregation to the community
• From service provider to messenger/motivator/model
• From expectation meeter to expectation setter
• From money-avoider to money-addresser
• And more!
Several spots remain. Do not miss this amazing opportunity.
Additionally, the retreat occurs just prior to the beginning of Mardi Gras, therefore it is important that you book your accommodations as soon as possible. St Charles Ave. Baptist Church is located right on the St Charles Ave Streetcar line.
You are invited to the 5th annual Winter Talk. Winter Talk 2018, is a three-day conversation on the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and Indigenous Justice, and how both influence Disciple theology and polity. Hosted by Yakama Christian Mission’s Council and Brite Divinity School, Winter Talk is dedicated to furthering the conversation on the Christian Doctrine of Discovery and its dismantling.
This year’s keynote speaker is Chase Iron Eyes, a member of the Lakota People’s Law Project and a co-founder of the Native American news website Last Real Indians.
Chase Iron Eyes
Winter Talk 2018 is held January 8-10, 2018 at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. Registration and more information can be found at https://yakamamission.org/winter-talk-2018
You are invited to the second gathering of retired ministers on December 7, 2017 in Tulsa. We will meet at Phillips Theological Seminary located at 901 N. Mingo Rd, Tulsa, OK 74116 to talk further about the Regional Communications Network of Retired Ministers.
We have lined up a great schedule of events, including a lecture and conversation with Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison (Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible, and Director of Ministerial Formation for Disciples of Christ). Our special guest at lunch is Rev. Dr. Nancy Pittman, the Dean at PTS. Nancy will join us during lunch with four of her Capstone Course students for an engaging conversation.
Schedule of Events:
RSVP to Richard Ziglar (event coordinator) at 918-638-7649 or email rziglar@cox.net
Please let Richard know about any food or dietary restrictions.
The application period for the DHM 2018 Clergy Continuing Education Grants has been extended to Nov. 13, 2017. Applications completed by Disciples Clergy with Standing (Ordained or Commissioned) will be considered for awards to be distributed next year.
These awards are to help DOC clergy participate in continuing education experiences in 2018 that will enhance their gifts and graces for ministry.
You can find out more, and access the application process here.
https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/clergy/scholarships/christian-vocation-continuing-education/
2018 Standing Forms were mailed out from the Regional Office on October 30, 2017. You may also download the 2018 Standing Form.
2018 Standing Forms will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. December 1, 2017. They will be reviewed by the Commission on Clergy at their December 11, 2017 meeting. Forms received after December 1 will be reviewed at the Commission’s meeting on January 22, 2018.
For further instructions please click HERE.
A Memorial Service for Dr. Dennis Smith will be held at The Phillips Theological Seminary on Friday, Oct. 20 at 4 p.m. to remember the departed colleague, professor, and friend Dennis E. Smith, Professor of New Testament Emeritus.
The service will be in the Meinders Chapel of the Cadieux Building, 901 N. Mingo Rd., Tulsa, Okla.
All who wish to remember and honor Dennis are welcome to attend. The service will also be available via Facebook live on the seminary’s page: Phillips Seminary on Facebook.
Smith died Sept. 16, 2017, in Galveston, Texas, of complications from cancer. He joined Phillips in 1986, retiring as the LaDonna Kramer Meinders Professor of New Testament Emeritus in 2015. Smith was the last faculty member who also taught in the Graduate Seminary of Phillips University. He was also the longest-serving faculty member of the seminary.
A reception in the seminary’s H.A. and Mary K. Chapman Commons will immediately follow the memorial service.
DATE CHANGE: This meeting has moved to December 7, 2017.
You are invited to the second gathering of retired ministers on November 9, 2017 in Tulsa. We will meet at Phillips Theological Seminary located at 901 N. Mingo Rd, Tulsa, OK 74116 to talk further about the Regional Communications Network of Retired Ministers.
We have lined up a great schedule of events, including a lecture and conversation with Rev. Dr. Lisa Davison (Johnnie Eargle Cadieux Professor of Hebrew Bible, and Director of Ministerial Formation for Disciples of Christ). Our special guest at lunch is Rev. Dr. Nancy Pittman, the Dean at PTS. Nancy will join us during lunch with four of her Capstone Course students for an engaging conversation.
Schedule of Events:
RSVP to Richard Ziglar (event coordinator) at 918-638-7649 or email rziglar@cox.net
Please let Richard know about any food or dietary restrictions.
Ministry as a vocation is filled with joy and sorrow. Ministry is energizing and tiring. Ministry is challenging and difficult. Ministry is listening and talking. Ministry is leading and following. Most importantly, ministry is transforming and heart changing.
Thank you, clergy, for representing God to the people and the people to God! We are grateful for your teaching, preaching, caregiving, and leadership in whatever ministry to which you are called. We are here to celebrate with you and walk along side you on the journey!
Rev. Pamela Holt, Rev. Michael Davison, Rev. Leslie Dotson
One way we want to celebrate our preaching clergy is by publishing a collection of sermons. Please send us your favorite Advent sermon that you preached in years past or one you have prepared for 2017. These submitted sermons will be published on our website as an e-Book in January 2018. Please use the criteria below when you submit the sermon.
To submit a sermon to the Christian Church in Oklahoma:
Word format (no special characters)
Please include a brief, two sentence bio which includes where you are currently serving.
Thank you for participating! We look forward to reading and sharing the Word of God that is revealed through each of you.
The application period (Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2017) for the 2018 Clergy Continuing Education Grants is open. Applications completed by Disciples Clergy with Standing (Ordained or Commissioned) will be considered for awards to be distributed next year.
These awards are to help DOC clergy participate in continuing education experiences in 2018 that will enhance their gifts and graces for ministry.
You can find out more, and access the application process here. https://www.discipleshomemissions.org/clergy/scholarships/christian-vocation-continuing-education/