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FCC Norman Hosts “Ventures 2020 Workshop Series”

First Christian Church Norman hosts an annual series of workshops featuring biblical, theological, ecclesial, personal growth, and social justice issues. The workshops this year are from 4-6 p.m., Sundays February 23, March 1, and March 8.

BIBLICAL STUDIES
February 23: Wives, Mothers, Martyrs, Warriors: Women in the Old Testament

March 1: Entertaining Possibilities: Scriptural History and Development

March 8: Living the Bible, Living With the Bible, Living Within the Bible: A Jewish Relationship With What IS Written and What IS NOT Written

CHURCH AND SOCIETY
February 23: Conversations on Privilege

March 1: Advocacy in the Midst of Polarization

March 8: Oklahoma’s Legislative and Policy Environment

FOR ALL THE SAINTS

February 23: Fr. Stan Rother: An Extraordinary Presence Among Us

March 1: And I Mean To Be One Too: Saints, Sanctification, and Holy Living in the Anglican Tradition

March 8: Holiness is Your Invitation, Signed By the Holy Ones

PLAYWRITING 101

February 23, March 1, 8

A time for gathering and refreshments begins at 3:30 p.m. Child-care is provided. For a full list of offerings, visit https://surveymonkey.com/r/Ventures2020. Please pre-register. We hope to see you there.

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Foster Feet in Action: A Story of Church Community Outreach

Central Christian Church – Enid partners with Foster Feet to provide free shoes to children in need as a community outreach. The shoes are provided in the local schools and around the community as needed. Foster Feet was created by Lauren Anderson, who saw a need to help foster children who often need new shoes. Foster Feet collects and distributes new pairs of shoes to children in need across Garfield County.

This child showed up to school this week in the rain with his socks sticking out of the holes in his shoes.

His teacher contacted the school counselor. The counselor contacted Foster Feet. Kay Allison, with Foster Feet then went into action and delivered a new pair of shoes to the school.

By 2 p.m. this child was showing off his new shoes to his teacher. It doesn’t get any better than that! God is good. If you feel led to donate or volunteer with Foster Feet, click here to read more.

Or contact Central Christian Church Enid to learn more about this amazing ministry and get involved.

Central Christian Church
1111 W. Broadway Ave.
Enid, Oklahoma 73703-5841

Phone: 580-233-1214
FAX: 580-233-1228
Email: admin@centralenid.org

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2020 Year Book Reports Due 3/15

NEW!

The Year Book office has a number of handy tools to help you complete and submit your congregation’s 2020 Year Book information to the General Board’s Year Book office in Indianapolis. You may find them all on the Year Book page, or see the list below.

Helpful how-to video now available. Click here to watch.
Plus find answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the report. Click here for FAQs
Congregational Tool Kit – a handy overview of the process and deadlines. Click here for the Tool Kit.
What to Collect – a list of data needed for the form. Click here for the Info to Gather list.
Need a paper form to work from while you collect your info? Get a paper copy here.

Choose a Way to Submit

Online at https://disciples.org/yearbook/ then click on the link under Congregational Reporting for English, Spanish or Korean. To file online you will need your CHURCH PIN #. If you need help finding your PIN # you may search for it HERE using your congregation’s zip code or city/state.
Email a scanned copy to the Regional Office to be received by March 10th: office@okdisciples.org
Fax a copy to the Regional Office to be received by March 10th: 405-283-1668
Mail the form to the Regional Office to be received by March 10th. Address: Christian Church in Oklahoma, 301 NW 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73118-8661

Deadline to Submit the 2020 Year Book Form Is March 15, 2020

Please contact the Regional Office if you have any questions regarding your 2020 Year Book Form. 405-528-3577.

Year Book and Directory forms are important to maintaining your church’s 501(c)3 tax status with the IRS. The General Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) votes and approves the list of member churches, church agencies and institutions published in the Year Book for submission to the IRS. This assures contributions to your congregation may be properly reported as tax exempt to the IRS.

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The Art of Church Communication: 2020 Workshop Series

Registration is now open for the 2020 Art of Church Communication Workshops. Please share with your churches as you see appropriate. This year’s workshops will be in March. Each Tuesday morning from 9 a.m. – Noon. You are invited to attend in person at Disciples Center at Tawakoni or join us via live video feed from the comfort of your home or office.

Can’t make it to a live session? No problem! Recorded videos of each workshop presentation will be available with paid registration.

Each workshop will include a discussion on various strategies and hand-on applications. Workshops are for anyone (not just church staff). If your interested in church communication ministry, regardless of skill level, you are welcome and encouraged to attend.

2020 topics are:

March 3: Your church story in photographs
March 10: Your church live
March 17: The community connection
March 24: The welcome center
March 31: Texting in church

Cost is $25 per workshop or $100 for all five workshops. Learning is more fun with friends! Sign-up for all five workshops with two or more church friends and pay $90 each. Discounts only available through Friday, February 14.

Register online at www.kansasdisciples.org/2020-aocc-workshops or download the registration form and mail with payment to Topeka regional office, 2914 SW MacVicar Ave, Topeka KS 66611.

Questions? Email Jessica Marston, Communications Specialist at scd@kansasdisciples.org

CCOK3012020-01-21T11:42:32-06:00Jan 21, 2020|Congregations|Comments Off

Oklahoma City Community Foundation Awards Grants For Mobile Meal Programs

Oklahoma City Community Foundation awards grants to help provide warm meals to local homebound elderly citizens. Many of the Christian Church Disciples of Christ Churches participate in Mobile Meal programs. Crown Heights Christian Church, New Covenant Christian Church, Nicoma Park Christian Church, and Western Oaks Christian Church were awarded grants to help support and continue their Mobile Meal programs.

Read the full article from Oklahoma City Community Foundation:
(OKLAHOMA CITY) – This winter, Oklahoma City Community Foundation is continuing its tradition of helping to provide warm meals to homebound elderly citizens by awarding $50,200 in grants to 52 area churches and organizations that prepare and deliver mobile meals throughout Oklahoma County, including four Christian churches. In addition, Meals on Wheels of Norman and Edmond Mobile Meals each received $5,000 grants.

Since 2008, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation has distributed more than $400,000 in support of the central Oklahoma Mobile Meals program. According to Meals on Wheels of Oklahoma City, one in 12 senior citizens in Oklahoma County lives in poverty, and nearly 16,000 lack consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life. Seniors age 60 and older who are unable to leave their homes without assistance or prepare meals due to health limitations, may apply to receive home-delivered meals, regardless of income.

“When we think of hunger, we generally think of people in faraway lands. But drive down any street in Oklahoma City and you’re likely to pass the home of a senior – probably several seniors – receiving home-delivered meals,” said Chris Lambert, director of Meals on Wheels of Oklahoma City. “Meals on Wheels of Oklahoma City works with scores of volunteers throughout Oklahoma County to deliver meals to hundreds of homebound seniors every day. None of these churches receive state or federal funding for the meals they prepare; it’s the continued generosity of organizations like Oklahoma City Community Foundation and its donors that allows them to keep serving our most vulnerable neighbors.”

Volunteers with area churches and organizations provide nutritious meals, wellness checks and meaningful contact to more than 1,900 homebound senior citizens living in central Oklahoma who are unable to prepare their own meals. In addition, Edmond Mobile Meals prepares more than 1,100 meals per week and the Norman Meals on Wheels program serves more than 1,500 meals per week.

“The well-being of our senior citizens has deservedly become an increased focus for a lot of our donor-directed grants,” said Nancy B. Anthony, Oklahoma City Community Foundation president. “To round out our 50th anniversary year, we have again partnered with more than 50 churches and Meals on Wheels organizations to help ensure no senior in this community will go hungry this holiday season.”

Grants were awarded to the following Christian churches that provide home-delivered meals in central Oklahoma:

Crown Heights Christian Church
New Covenant Christian Church
Nicoma Park Christian Church
Western Oaks Christian Church

About the Oklahoma City Community Foundation:
Founded in 1969, the Oklahoma City Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity that works with donors to create charitable funds that will benefit our community both now and in the future. To learn more about the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, visit www.occf.org.

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First Christian Church-OKC Becomes Open and Affirming

First Christian Church of Oklahoma City votes unanimously to become Open and Affirming on December 15, 2019.

Open and Affirming Statement Approved by the Congregation:

We at First Christian Church of Oklahoma City are committed to Love ALL the People! We differ in race, age, gender, cultural background, marital status, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, gender identity, family structure, political stance, theological perspective, life circumstances and spiritual journey. Diversity is a gift from God, and we are called to celebrate our differences as well as what makes us the same. We know that the church has at times rejected diversities, and denied God’s promises for itself and for others. So without reservation, we proclaim:

“You are a beloved child of God, embraced as you are at the Welcoming Table of our Lord. Together let us share God’s love so completely, that we might make a difference in God’s world!”

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OKC Day Shelter for the Homeless: Emergency Cold Weather Shelter in OKC

An Emergency Cold Weather Shelter will be open at the Salvation Army located at 1001 N. Pennyslvania Ave, Oklahoma City on the nights that the temperature drops below freezing.

OKC Day Shelter for the Homeless is looking for volunteers to help staff and operate an emergency overflow shelter during the overnight hours of nights that the temperature drops below freezing for the 2019/2020 winter season. This is a crucial need for so many of the most vulnerable in our city and it could mean life or death for some? Due to an increasing number of unsheltered homeless on our streets, the City of Oklahoma City and community/faith-based organizations have collaborated to develop solutions. One of the solutions is to open and operate an emergency overflow shelter when temperatures drop below freezing. Volunteers are needed to help staff the shifts.

Emergency Shelter will be located at Salvation Army 1001 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
Shifts: 7pm-6am (can be split up between multiple volunteers)
Security guard will be present to ensure safety of clients, volunteers and staff
Night shifts are very low key. Volunteers are needed to simply welcome clients to the shelter and get them set up with a cot to sleep on.
Individualized training will be provided before shifts.

If you would like to volunteer please contact Tom Knudsen.

Tom Knudsen, LCSW Day Shelter Director
Phone: (O) 405.415.8501 (C) 405.973.6135
Homeless Alliance | Day Shelter
1729 NW 3rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73106
t knudsen@homelessalliance.org

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Does Your New Church Need Chalice Hymnals?

Does your new church need Chalice Hymnals? Please let Laura Ginn, with New Church Ministries know and she will be happy to supply your new church with some!

Call Laura at (317) 713-2529

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Putting Our Faith in Action in Canadian County, Oklahoma

On Monday, December 9, 2019, First Christian Church in El Reno hosted the Rev. Caroline Hamilton-Arnold, Associate Director of the Week of Compassion for Domestic Disaster Response. She came to help the church think through how to best coordinate their congregation, Disciples Volunteering, and the Week of Compassion to respond to the 2019 May flooding and the May 29, 2019 tornado. Both events caused significant property damage (including to Disciples families) and loss of life for two in El Reno.

We currently need volunteer work teams (ideally between 5-10 folks!) who could work in the spring of 2020 and especially the summer of 2020 (for a few days or a week). We currently need funding for supplies and repairs volunteer teams cannot properly address. We currently need skilled laborers to give up a day or a week to teach others how to do home repairs.

We currently need prayer and continued awareness that all is not well for our friends and neighbors in Canadian county and across Oklahoma after the 2019 spring storms.

Can you help us fill a need?

Colton Lott,

Senior Minister
FCC El Reno
(405) 262-3539

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Celebrating Generosity at Memorial Christian Church, OKC

This week Memorial Christian Church was featured on Channel 9 news. The story was about the remnants from homeless people and how the city planned to fine the church. By the next morning, the story had changed. Ralph Ranney, the minister of Memorial Christian Church, was inundated with phone calls from the community about how they would like to help with the clean up. He received donations of physical help and dollars to pay the fine. He said, “I am overwhelmingly blessed with the tremendous response already today!” We give thanks for the story on the news which identified a problem, and we are deeply grateful for people’s compassion and generosity to help remedy it.

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