Photos of Called Regional Assembly 2025
Enjoy these photos of the celebration of our Called Regional Minister Rev. Michael Davison.
Click here to watch the video replay
Submit Certificate of Voting Delegates
Instructions
Calculate the number of voting lay delegates according to the information below. Your church’s number of Participating Members is the same number you provided to the most recent Year Book & Directory report your congregation submitted. If unknown, please email Ellen (ebeer@okdisciples.org) at the Regional Office.
Voting Delegates As Defined in the Bylaws of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Oklahoma
Article 1 – Regional Church Assembly – A. Membership All members of the Regional Church who register for the Called Regional Assembly shall have all privileges of the Assembly except that voting privileges shall be limited to:
1. Voting representatives from the congregations, representation to be based upon participating membership as reported in the latest Year Book and Directory. (a) Each congregation shall be entitled to three lay voting representatives, plus one additional lay voting representative for each three hundred members or major fraction thereof over the first three hundred. (b) Each congregation, in selecting its representatives, shall seek to
maintain a balance of lay men, lay women and youth.
2. Ordained and commissioned ministers in the Regional Church whose ministerial standing is certified by the Regional Church.
| Participating Members | # Lay Voting Delegates |
|---|---|
| 1-450 | 3 |
| 451-750 | 4 |
| 751-1050 | 5 |
| 1051-1350 | 6 |
Before You Begin
What You Will Need For Each Delegate
- Name
- Email Address
- Mailing Address
- Whether they will attend & vote In-Person or Online (via Zoom)
Signature Authorization from Church Board Chair/Moderator
- This form has a checkbox to authorize the use of a digital signature for the Board Chair/Moderator.
You will receive a PDF copy of the form upon submission.
2025 Easter Offering
Wonder: The Inside Story
At the break of dawn, the women came to the tomb, expecting to find the lifeless body of Jesus. Inside the tomb, the story takes an unexpected turn and invites us inside the story. In the solemn silence where death was presumed to dwell, the disciples instead encounter awe — a wonder that stirs their hearts and shifts their understanding. The resurrection ignites in us that same wonder, the wonder that gripped the first witnesses of the empty tomb — the wonder of love that conquers death, of hope that defies despair, and of a risen Christ whose presence transforms the world forever.
The Easter Offering, received by most congregations on April 13 and 20, 2025, provides vital support for the general ministries of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Your generous gift helps equip college students for leadership, strengthens global mission partnerships, sustains health and social service ministries, supports the formation of new congregations, cares for pastors and chaplains, and so much more.
Your gift has the power to transform lives and extend the love of Christ around the world. Give online today or through your congregation. Thank you for making a difference.
2025 Week of Compassion Special Offering
Friends, as we’ve reflected on God’s ever-present love – a love that persists even when we cannot directly hear it or see it – we are now invited to participate in making that love tangible for others around the world.
This special offering supports Week of Compassion, a vital ministry of our whole Church that serves vulnerable communities globally. Through this ministry, we extend our reach, our fellowship, our communion far beyond these walls.
Our faithful giving allows God’s love to be heard and seen in places of great need – in war-torn regions, in areas devastated by weather-related disasters, and in communities struggling with poverty and injustice. Let us give generously and joyfully, knowing that through our offering, others will hear and see God’s love in action.
Promotional Materials
Further information and promotional pieces for the Week of Compassion may be found on the WOC Special Offering page including the following:
- Social media images
- Sermon starters and scripture commentary
- Mission Moment
- Worship resources
- QR code for online giving
- Posters and bulletin inserts
- Children’s sermon & activities
- Youth activities
Christmas Offering Promotional Materials
Promote the Christmas Offering
The following materials are available for you to encourage giving in your congregation to the Christmas Offering, which 100% supports Oklahoma Regional ministries.
Christmas Video
This customized video shows Oklahoma congregations and their many ministries. It portrays the multitude of ways God’s love is visible in Oklahoma. Suggested use for social media and prior to worship.
Run time: 4:15 minutes
Video format: 16:9
YouTube Link
Worship Announcement
Your gift to the Christmas Special Offering supports the work of Oklahoma regional ministries this Christmas. 100% of your giving goes to support the Christian Church in Oklahoma. Your regional ministry works to:
- Connect congregations to each other
- Foster faith development
- Gather Disciples in camps, conferences, and assemblies
- Nurture the development of a new generation of pastors
- Assist churches in calling new ministers
- Interpret the global mission of the Church
- Represent the Church in ecumenical gatherings
- Counsel and pray with those who are troubled of spirit
- Lead the Church to address racism
- Inspire leaders to experiment and create
- Witness to the power of God to make things new
We encourage you to give generously as we collect the Christmas Offering on December 15th & 22nd.
Bulletin Insert
If you didn’t order bulletin inserts, you may use these customized specifically for the Oklahoma Region. They fit the standard bulletin. You could use the black/white back only if color printing isn’t an option.
Bulletin insert cover (color) pdf
Bulletin insert back (black/white) pdf
Newsletter Copy
The 2024 Christmas Offering supports the ministries of the Oklahoma Region. 100% of your gift stays in our Region. Christ is present when regional Disciples care for, support, guide and be present for all of us. God grows through us at church camp, search & call, pastoral care for Oklahoma clergy and more. Thank you for your generosity! This offering is collected Dec. 15th and 22nd in congregations, or you may give online.
Please link to online giving: https://disciplesmissionfund.org/special-offerings/christmas
Social Media
Please link to online giving: https://disciplesmissionfund.org/special-offerings/christmas
Regional Youth Council Advent Devotion
The Advent season begins this Sunday, December 1st. The Regional Youth Council invites you to journey through Advent with them. They created an Advent devotional using the traditional themes of Advent, Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love and responded to a question for each week.
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How or where are you finding hope in difficult and uncertain times?
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With the busy holiday season and the stresses of everyday life, how or where are you experiencing peace?
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How or where are you experiencing joy even when facing trials or challenges?
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Focusing on love as a verb, how will you demonstrate Jesus-like love during Advent?
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How or where are you experiencing light as we celebrate the birth of Jesus this year? How are you called to be light in your communities?
This devotional is written for youth and adults. The RYC has offered their experiences and thoughts as an entry point for Advent. They pray that your experience of Advent and Christmas will inspire, inform, empower, and equip you to love and serve like Jesus in the coming year.
Click here to download your PDF copy today as you prepare to watch for a star, listen for the chorus, and travel with the shepherds to go and see.
May God bless you and keep you.
May the light of the star illumine your path.
May the spirit of Christmas be birthed within you anew.
Remember and light the path for another.
West Point Christian Church Celebrates 130th Anniversary
West Point Christian Church, Yukon, established in 1894 just 5 years after the Land Run, celebrated their 130th anniversary with a packed sanctuary on Sunday, September 8, 2024. Members built the church with their own hands in 1899. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places, the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.
Interim Regional Minister, Rev. Randy Kuss, brought the message for the day, “Pilgrims on the Way.” Musical highlights included a beautiful rendition of “Near the Cross” on oboe and harp as well as special music by West Point’s “Clergy Consort,” a group anchored by the six clergy who attend there, singing “We Call Ourselves Disciples.”
Worship was preceded by a “Magical History Tour” put together by Rev. Kevin Adams with 18 stations exploring the long and rich history of the congregation, and followed up in the Family Life Center with a meal and anniversary cake.
West Point is co-pastored by Rev. Debi Powell-Maxwell and Rev. Jann Osborn.
Oklahoma Disciples Attend 28th National Convocation
The 28th National Convocation, held July 11-14 in Greensboro, NC, proved to be a profoundly enriching experience for members of the Oklahoma Region in attendance, including members of In the Spirit Christian Church (Tulsa), Shepherd Street Christian Church (Chickasha), and Wildewood Christian Church (Oklahoma City).
Oklahoma Disciples not only attended, they also brought vital leadership to the event. Pastor Milton Bowens, serving on the Board of the National Convocation, also hosted the Disciples Men’s Lunch. Pastor Dwayne Rodgers led the Security Team. First Lady Yemaya Rodgers was a Co-Lead on the Finance Team. And Apostle Sharon Cosby led a workshop and represented Green Chalice Ministry.
One standout moment was the installation ceremony for the Rev. Dr. Delesslyn A. Kennebrew as the new Administrative Secretary, marking a significant milestone for the National Convocation. The entire event was characterized by spirited worship services that were refreshing and inspiring for all ages. It included a series of engaging and relevant workshops and ministry breakout sessions that addressed challenges and opportunities facing local congregations and the church at large.
Attendees also enjoyed a thoughtfully guided tour of the Greensboro Civil Rights Museum, which added a meaningful historical perspective to the gathering. And the group from Shepherd Street added even more to their historical experience with a stop in Memphis, TN, to tour the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel.
Fellowship of Black Disciples Clergy Women
The Fellowship of Black Disciples Clergy Women also gathered during National Convocation. Apostle Sharyn Cosby conducted the workshop “Intersection of Environmental Racism, Faith and the Black Church”. It focused on people of faith coming together to learn about advocating for vulnerable communities by examining environmental racism.
Rev. Cosby, minister of In the Spirit Christian Church (Tulsa), presented the Conductor Award to the Rev. Brenda Caldwell.
Several members attended from Shepherd Street Christian Church, Chickasha
Black Disciples Clergy Women Ms. Whitehead, Ms. Spencer, Ms. Kennebrew and Ms. Cosby
Sharyn Cosby presenting the Conductor Award to Rev. Brenda Caldwell
Touring the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
Sharyn, Sylvoskia and Sheila
Generación: DISCIPULAR – SERVIR – CELEBRAR
LA OBRA HISPANA
(Hispanic Labor)
Pastor Jose and Rev. Maria Garza attended the Obra Hispana Assembly this summer (June 20-22). The Assembly was held in Kansas City, MO. Pastor Jose serves Iglesia Cristiana El Shaddai in Enid. Maria translated the words below from the Obra Hispana website (www.obrahispana.org).
La Obra Hispana is a group of Spanish/Bilingual churches in unity and covenant, hence the phrase, “Somos Uno” (we are one), with the same interest, culture, diverse worship, different languages, and different theologies centered in Christ.
We are one theological and social voice to the Hispanic people with the responsibility to respond to the needs, supporting, affirming their dignity, and challenges of the Hispanic communities in U.S.A and Canada.
La Obra Hispana is governed by its constitution and bylaws operating under the Christian Church Disciples of Christ. La Obra Hispana holds an assembly every two years.
Click Here for a short FB Reel to see more images of the event.
Garza Family
Meet the Regional Youth Council
The Church today and tomorrow
The Regional Youth Council (RYC) serves on behalf of Oklahoma Disciples’ children and youth. As the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Oklahoma evolves and adapts to address the issues and definition of community of our time, the RYC represents the best of lessons from the past, is active in the present, imagines a future for the Church’s youth and children’s ministry, and sets a path toward that future. RYC members serve a two-year term and often a third year. They represent congregations that are active in Regional life through their participation in camp, retreats, leadership, and giving to the Disciples Mission Fund and other special day offerings.
Derek, Leah Grace, Jonah, and Luke are returning to RYC. Darby, Tabitha, and Brooke are beginning their first year on RYC. They applied to serve this spring and their applications were affirmed by RYC graduating seniors and adult sponsors in May. RYC applications are available from February 1 to April 15 each year. RYC members are installed at CYF Conference.
RYC is guided by several adults who volunteer alongside these young leaders.
RYC Sponsors: Eula, Shannon, Tara, and Michael.
Derek
Crown Heights Christian Church
Oklahoma City
I am a senior at Piedmont High School. I play the clarinet in the Pride of Piedmont marching band. This is my last year as a member of RYC. I will be 18 on October 9th. I have my own car. This summer I went to South Padre Island for vacation. My things to do for fun this summer were go bowling, swimming, playing video games, and just relaxing.
Jonah
First Christian Church
El Reno
I’m a junior at El Reno High and play baseball. I love getting involved by serving in my community with the Blessing Baskets organization. I also love spending time with my family and my two dogs. RYC has given me many opportunities to serve as a leader and have fun with the rest of the Oklahoma Region.
Leah Grace
Forest Park Christian Church
Tulsa
I’m a senior this year and I’m so glad to be a part of Regional Youth Council! This is my second year on Regional Youth Council. I’m also a section leader for my school’s marching band. RYC really gave me an opportunity to learn and showcase leadership skills that can help me in all settings, and I’m so excited for this year!
Luke
First Christian Church
Duncan
I am a Senior at Empire City Public Schools. I joined the Regional Youth Council in 2023. I’ve attended church camps since I was 7 years old. I love science fiction, my dog, and showing goats. I’m a Junior Deacon at First Christian Church, Duncan, OK. I would be happy to talk with you about Star Wars, video games, and movie trivia. In my spare time I enjoy playing video games, draw pictures, play with my dog, care for the farm animals and annoying my younger sister. Regional Youth Council is awesome!
Brooke
Central Christian Church
Enid
Church camp is one of my favorite things and I look forward to every summer. I love it and cannot wait for next year to see my friends from all over the State again. I’m a sophomore at Enid High School. I love singing and I am a part of my high school’s concert choir. Most of my time is spent watching sports because I am an athletic trainer for all athletics at Enid High School. In my free time I do arts, crafts, read at times, and like every other teenager sit on my phone. I look forward to serving on Regional Youth Council this year.
First Year Member of RYC.
Darby
Crown Heights Christian Church
Oklahoma City
I am a sophomore at Piedmont high school and play flute in the band, the Pride of Piedmont. I played softball for ten years before I hung up my cleats to focus completely on music. I have a dog named Jewel and she has an Instagram account that I run! In my free time I like to paint, draw, or watch videos on my phone. My favorite food is grilled salmon and I will eat it anywhere I can.
First Year Member of RYC
Tabitha
Harvard Ave. Christian Church
Tulsa
I attend Harvard Avenue Christian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I am 16 years old, and a rising junior at Booker T Washington High School. I am a member of the BTW swim team, National Honor Society, and the Teen Advisory Board for the
Laboratory for the Adolescent Brain. I enjoy reading, writing, and working with my Youth Group.
First Year Member of RYC.