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Ridgecrest welcomes Hispanic congregation A growing Hispanic ministry is the result of an unusual space-sharing arrangement at OKC-Ridgecrest United Methodist Church. Ridgecrest has opened its doors to a congregation that had been meeting in a home. The worshippers are mostly Guatemalan, and the group is affiliated with a Pentecostal denomination. More>>

'God has made me extra special' Joan Wittwer recalls a unique challenge faced in 1984 by a committee at Stillwater-First UMC. Church member Dorothy Lowery wanted her developmentally disabled son, John, to attend Sunday school. More>>

Annual Conference begins on May 30 -June 3 at Boston Avenue UMC in Tulsa. See more details under the About Us link.

How you can help the Haiti disaster relief effort

Oklahoma Volunteers In Mission is providing updates on the OKVIM Web site. Also, The United Methodist News Service (UMNS) is providing UM-related updates online.      Monetary donations to UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief). To give online: http://www.gbgm-umc.org/umcor

Scholarship Deadlines

Deadline for the Oklahoma Conference Board of Higher Education and Campus Ministry Merit Scholarship and ACBHECM Scholarship is April 12, 2010. Current College students and graduating high school seniors should apply now. Forms are available here on the Campus Ministry Web site.

CLAREMORE, Okla. (UMNS)—Imagine a religious education class that focuses on children’s gifts, rather than their sins and helps them make good decisions when they get older and face temptations. At Claremore (Okla.) First United Methodist Church, Ken Seidel and the Rev. Ray Crawford teach a class that helps parents identify and nurture their children’s spiritual gifts.
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April 18, 2010
Native American Ministries Sunday recognizes and supports the contributions of Native Americans to the church and society. The observance, approved by the 1988 General Conference, is one of six special church wide Sunday offerings. Click here to donate online. (Janet Camp, Enid Intertribal Council member, describes her baskets)
Advice on observing Native American Ministries Sunday
1. Do teach Native history as a regular part of U.S. history. Don’t teach about "Indians" only at Thanksgiving.
2. Do avoid arts and crafts and activities that trivialize Native dress, dance or ceremony.
3. Do use materials that present Native heroes who fought to defend their people. Do use materials that show Native women, elders and children as integral and important to Native societies. Don’t use materials that present as heroes only those Native people who aided Europeans.   
 

Ministerial Formation Match Grant 

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Youth evangelism award announced
The Foundation for Evangelism announces the Harry Denman Youth Evangelism Award. Young people who respond to the Great Commission of Jesus as modeled by John Wesley and Harry Denman, founder of The Foundation for Evangelism, may be nominated by their local churches; annual conferences will make the final selections. To learn more about the award or to download nomination forms visit www.FoundationForEvangelism.org or call (800) 737-8333

Applications open for summer 2010 Global Justice Volunteers
Now is the time for young women between the ages of 18 and 30 to apply for short-term, volunteer-mission service in the 2010 Global Justice Volunteers program of United Methodist Women. The deadline to apply is March 15. The areas of service are Asia and Africa. The program offers young people the opportunity to live internationally for six weeks and explore the issues of justice and its advocacy. Download applications at http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umw.