Want to see UMNS news?

Want to see UMTV video stories?

News (The 20 most recent)

By Subject: All |  Administration | Annual Conference | Apportionments | Briefly | Camps | Campus Ministry | Chemical Dependency | Christian Education | Church Finance | Circle of Care | CJAMM | Clergy | Clergy Family | Communications | Connection | Disaster Response | General Conference | Headline | Health | Hispanic Ministries | In a Word | Laity | Local Church | Media | OIMC | Oklahoma City University | Opportunities | Project Transformation | Resource Ministries | Skyline | UM Archives | UM News in Brief | UMFoundation | United Methodist Men | United Methodist Women | Volunteers In Mission | Youth

Can't find what you're looking for? Use our news search

Expressions of worship
Written: 11/21/2008
    Expressions of worship Young-adult church leaders recently ...

New ideas emerge for meaningful worship
Written: 11/21/2008
Nathan Mattox, left, pastor of Morris UMC, and presenter Jonny Baker By Holly McCray Errant notions about emerging worship faded as two authorities on the concept gave it solid defin...

Art students create costumed fun for homeless children
Written: 11/21/2008
Associate Dean Melanie Shelley and sophomore Carla Yoselow, back row, deliver custom-made Halloween costumes, modeled here by Blake, 9, and Cody, 11. ...

Two McAlester churches vote to merge
Written: 11/21/2008
On Jan. 1, Grand Avenue and Wesley churches will unite as First UMC ...

Living the Plan - Youth interpret Conference vision
Written: 11/21/2008
"We want to reach more people, more diverse people, and more younger people."— One of the six core beliefs of the Strategic Plan for the Oklahoma Co...

Living the Plan - Middle-school gossip
Written: 11/21/2008
Students ponder what their words might mean By Casey Wilson "Mean Girls" was the theme when middle-school girls attended a weekend retreat at OKC-Church of the Servant on Sept. 26-28. A book by that title, w...

Living the Plan - A spiritual study for youth groups
Written: 11/21/2008
A youth version of the "40 Days" prayer guide can be downloaded at www.okumc.org.   This adaptation, by Oklahoma Conference Youth Ministries, is a free resource. Follow the "Strategic Plan&qu...

Former youth members host reunion at Marietta
Written: 11/21/2008
Attending a 50-year MYF reunion at Marietta are, from left, Tom McAnally, Rose Rice Chambers, Laquita Holt Ladner, Emily McAnally Taylor, Rev. Charles Mowry, Betty Sue Sykora Tow, Peggy Cox Gardner, Suzanne Robertson Puckett, an...

Sanctuary construction
Written: 11/21/2008
Crosses top the steeple and decorate an outer wall at Noble UMC. Right photo: Bishop Hayes sta...

Opportunities
Written: 11/21/2008
  Children’s Ministry Director: Full-time. OKC-First UMC. Kirk Norman, 405-239-6493, KNorman@firstchurchokc.com. Director of Elementary Children’s Ministry: Part-time. With benefits. McFarlin UMC, Je...

Briefly
Written: 11/21/2008
Marking a milestone On Oct. 19, Grace Epworth church at Bartlesville celebrated its centennial. Special recognition was awarded to former pastors and other Church leaders for their exemplary servant leadership. From left are Don ...

Celebrate the new year early
Written: 11/21/2008
The end of the year is special. It is the season of tradition and spending time with family and loved ones. It offers moments of reflection and looking ahead to the New Year. Perhaps because of these sentiments, many people choose to make gifts to their fa...

St. Mark’s puts biblical spin on trick-or-treating
Written: 11/21/2008
Costumed as angels, Jane Bronnenberg, left, and Norma McMurtry announce Christ’s birth a...

Gleaning project goes to market
Written: 11/7/2008
Boxing autumn's bounty Heather Oelke and Howard Zimmerman, both of Norman-McFarlin UMC, divide vegetables that they gleaned from the Norman Farmer’s Market. The produce will be given to charities to help feed the hungry.  Photos by ...

Living the Plan - To readers of Contact
Written: 11/7/2008
To readers of Contact: Beginning with this issue, we regularly dedicate a section of the Contact to articles about living out the new Strategic Plan for Oklahoma churches and agencies. Our goal is to keep this framework for growing ministry at the forefront for Oklahoma United Methodists. We wa...

Living the Plan - One Church's Story
Written: 11/7/2008
Jeremy Jones of Muskogee-Wesley, right, accepts his Lay Speaker certificate from Fred Sordahl, Muskogee District Lay Leader. Linda Harker, district superintendent, is at center. At their recent Church Conferenc...

Volunteers In Mission
Written: 11/7/2008
  Flood bucket deadline: Nov. 12 The deadline is Nov. 12 for packed flood buckets to be delivered to the United Methodist Ministry Center, in Oklahoma City, for th...

Chapel renovations enable ministry
Written: 11/7/2008
        Students find a comfortable place to study in the downstairs UMSF Room. In the Allison Room, Don Eml...

Special Sunday benefits Oklahoma college student
Written: 11/7/2008
  By Holly McCray Perhaps this story will help you connect some terms. Special Sundays. General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM). United Methodist Stu...

Clergy Family
Written: 11/7/2008
  In memoriam • Rev. John Horace Keefe Jr., 85, of Tulsa died Oct. 15, 2008. He was a retired elder. John was born on April 8, 1923, at Alpena Pass, Ark., to John Horace Kee...