​It’s time to start thinking about your gifts and talents because we’re going to have a VARIETY SHOW and DINNER on Saturday, May 4, 20119! It will be in the Family Life Center beginning at 5:30pm. We are reaching out to our talented congregation and, also to the community. This is going to be great fun! It is a fundraiser to support the kids at Allen Bowden for the 2019-20 school year for the food that goes into the backpacks. If you are interested in participating or know of someone or a group that might be interested please contact Laurie McDonel at (918)521-9505. Look for more information in the coming months!

 
Winter Greetings!  With the colder weather and government shutdown, the Blessing Box is seeing a lot of activity.  If you have any canned goods or other non perishable food items to donate, they would be greatly appreciated!!! Our next mission trip is scheduled for April 28th - May 3rd to UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin Louisiana.  If you are interested in going, there is still time to sign up!!  Please contact Heather Graham (918 637-2679) for details!
Blessings!
 

Our Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Sunday, April 21st immediately after church. We need volunteers to help stuff the eggs and to help hide them. If you feel led to volunteer for one or both duties, please contact April or Tabitha!

Now is the time to clean out the closets and the garage for those rummage sale items! The Annual UMW Rummage Sale has been moved up to the Friday, March 29 from 8 am to 5 pm, and Saturday March 30 from 8 am to noon. We will be accepting items from Monday, March 25, 8 am to 3 pm, through Thursday, March 28. Please, no old televisions, non-working electronics or old computer monitors. We will not be able to transport items for you. This is our annual fund raiser to support local missions. All coats and jeans not sold will be donated to the John 3:16 Mission.  Help us bless our community (and clean out your closets) this Spring. 

March is going to be a pretty easy month. We will have youth every week but the week of Spring Break (3/21). We will continue to in our H20 series until Spring Break, and then we will be working on a new series and focus for the rest of the semester! 

The Spiritual Growth Retreat is March 22-24 at Camp Egan. Registration deadline is March 14th. For more information, contact Ann Cornelius.

You don’t want to miss The Moses Controversy! It will be showing  for 3 days only: March 14, 16, 19 (Cinemark Tulsa 17, Cinemark Broken Arrow & Regal Warren Theater Broken Arrow) For further information, ask Heather Graham or Barbara Bush.
 

​We are preparing for our upcoming trip to UMCOR Sager Brown in Baldwin, Louisiana April 28th through May 3rd.  If you are interested in going, please contact Heather Graham ASAP at 918 637-2679.  The deadline for signing up is March 10th!!  We again hope to take 10 cleaning buckets with us as our donation.  The cost of each bucket is $38.03.  If you would like to “adopt” a bucket, please give your donation to Nancy Green marked “Missions Cleaning Buckets” and we thank you!  Rib Crib is faithful to donate our buckets and we thank them!! 
 
If you are interested in becoming a Missions Team Leader or just want to know more about Oklahoma Volunteers In Missions, please plan to attend a training Saturday, April 13th in Claremore.  The cost is $50.  We will take the church van for those who would like a ride.  You may register and pay online at “2019 VIM Team Leader Training”, or contact Heather Graham to register.
 
As always, your support of the Backpack Program and the Blessing Box is greatly appreciated!  Blessings!

​Because of the growing number of needs (illness, injury, loss, etc) among our members, our Membership would like to do two things:  First  they would like to offer a 4 week (1 hour each week) training event which will be led by Pastor Schneider and others.  They are considering offering this training both on Sunday afternoon and during the noon hour on Wednesdays.  These classes would begin on March 10 and 13th (during the Lenten season).  Some of the topics to be presented include:  “How to Make Aa Friendly Visit,”  “How to Share your Faith with Others,” “The Biblical Foundations for Care Ministries,” and more.  From this training we are hoping to launch a Care Team ministry of people who are willing to reach out to others in times of special need.  Additional information will be shared as we approach the March launch.  Please consider being a part of the study and possibly our Care Team.

This week we will have two Ash Wednesday services. One service will be at 12:10pm and the other one will be 5:00pm. Each service will run about 30 minutes long. We hope to see you there as we enter into the season of lent as a church family.