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THE WORDan edition ofThe United Methodist Reporter

Two Sections, Section A / 039880 / Vol. 159 / N0 38 / January 18, 2013

Boston Avenue United Methodist Church1301 S. Boston, Tulsa, OK 74119

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New classes enrolling Two new study classes begin Monday, January 28. Both are open to all. The Rev. Paul Staat will lead an Immer-sion study of Exodus, Leviticus, and Num-bers. The 8-week class will begin at 6:00 p.m. in J228. Cost of materials is $6. Rev. Adam Hamilton’s study, Final Words from the Cross, is a great preparation for Lent. Cost is $6. This 6-week class will be led by Darlyn Slater and Sheila Van-Hersh. Sign up Sunday in Bishops’ Hall!

B.A. will host M. L. King Service Sunday Our church will host the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Service at 6:00 p.m. this Sun-day, January 20. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Diversity 2013: Let Hope Inspire the DREAM.” The speaker is Dr. John Nuness, president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief (LWO), a $49 million global relief organization. A candlelight Walk for Peace will precede the service at 5:30. A shuttle will take walkers to the starting point, 7th and Cincinnati, starting at 4:45.

You are invited to attend the 26th Annual

Knippa Interfaith/Ecumenical Lecture Series Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

The Rev. Peter W. Marty, author and Senior Pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church,

Davenport, Iowa, will discuss

“The Limits of Tolerance” An informal reception will follow in Knippa Hall

Grace Lutheran Church, 2331 East 5th Place Parking shuttle service is available from Educare Center and

Kendall Whittier Elementary School at 5th Pl. and S. Altanta Ave.

On Monday, January 21, all are invited to meet at 9:00 a.m. to walk in the M.L. King, Jr. Parade with our youth. Call Bill Crowell, 918-699-0127, or Paula Gradney, 918-699-0129, to participate. Dr. Nunes leads a staff working in 17 countries in working to end poverty, injustice and human suffering worldwide. Prior to joining LWR, he served as pro-fessor of theology at Concordia University Chicago. A gifted speaker, he has also served as a management consultant, and as an urban parish pastor and community organizer in Dallas, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. “I believe deeply that God created every-one to live in justice, dignity and peace,” he says. “When people’s most basic needs, like food, water and shelter, remain unmet, they are unable to live out their true calling. By working alongside families and communities struggling to lift themselves out of poverty, LWR helps people live into their full promise.” Dr. Nunes holds a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Mich. and a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in Ontario, Canada. He earned both a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Philosophy with an emphasis in postcolonial identity at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. John is the author of Voices from the City: Issues and Images of Urban Preaching and, with his wife Monique, the children’s book Little Things Make Big Differences: A Story about Malaria.Dr. John Nunes

OIMC Superintendent Dr. David Wilson will be first liturgist Sunday The Rev. Dr. David M. Wil-son, Conference Superintendent of the Oklahoma Indian Mission-ary Conference (OIMC), will participate as first liturgist and share greeting from OIMC this Sunday morning. The OIMC has over 6,000 members in 84 churches. Several of these congregations are more than 100 years old. Oklahoma is the home to the majority of the congregations, but the Conference also has one

Save the date! The annual Barton Clinton Gordey Series will be held February 10-12, 2013. You’re sure to enjoy this year’s speaker, Dr. Amy Oden! Dr. Oden grew up in southwest Okla-homa and holds a Ph.D. from SMU. She is currently Dean and Professor of the History of Christianity at Wesley Theo-logical Seminary in Washington, D.C. She previously served on the faculties of Saint Paul School of Theology in Kansas City and Oklahoma City University.

church in Dallas and three churches and one fellowship in Kansas. Dr. Wilson, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, has served several years as Conference Superintendent. He participated on the Discipleship committee at the 2012 General Conference and is finishing his term on the UMC Connectional Table and as chairperson of the Native American Comprehensive Plan. He has served on numerous boards and agencies, including the General Board of Global Ministries and the General Board of Dis-cipleship. He has also been a member of the South Central Jurisdic-tional Episcopacy Committee for twelve years. Dr. Wilson is adjunct faculty at Oklahoma City University and received the award for excellence in teaching in that position. He also serves as adjunct faculty for Perkins School of Theology and St. Paul School of Theology at OCU. Last summer he served as co-chair of the host committee for the church’s 2012 South Central Jurisdictional Conference, which was held in Oklahoma City. Dr. Wilson was also the fourth highest vote getter as a candidate for bishop at that conference. He narrowly missed being elected, and if he had been, he would have been the first Native American bishop in the United Methodist Church.

The Rev. Dr. David Wilson

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B.A. family updateAltar Flowers

Meet our newest members

In loving memory of Marilyn Dolan from Paul and Rachel Dolan and family. In loving memory of Uly-ses Knighten, whose birthday was January 19, from Jean and James Knighten. In loving memory of Betty Lou Lucas, whose birthday was January 22nd, from her family. In loving memory of Floyd Stout, whose birthday was January 26th, by Barbara Stout. In memory of Roy Lewis, whose birthday was January 18, from Gwen Humphrey.

Deaths David Salyer died Decem-ber 16, 2012. Services will be held Friday, January 18, at 2:00 p.m. at Boston Avenue Church with Dr. Mouzon Biggs, Jr., of-ficiating. Survivors include his mother and step-father, Shirley and John O’Neal, and grand-mother, Mary Birdsell. Lloyd Minter died Janu-ary 4, 2013. Services were held January 8 at First Baptist Church in Bartlesville. Sur-vivors include his daughter, Marilyn Minter. Carolyn Kneese died January 6, 2013. Services were

Great Decisions class begins February 6 at Boston Avenue Our church will again host the annual Great Decisions class sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association and the Tulsa City County Friends of the Library. The class will meet from 1:150 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesdays in room J222 starting on February 6th. Classes will continue to meet every Wednesday through March 27th. All are invited to come discuss multiple viewpoints in a group setting and take part in a national opinion survey. “This is the twelfth year we have had this program at the church,” says organizer Stanley Teter. “Don Rubottom has been our discussion leader for the last eleven years. The Great Decisions program has been offered in Tulsa for over 40 years. Eleven groups will be meeting this year in Tulsa. Each year the Foreign Policy Association selects eight “hot” topics for discussion. These topics are chosen to keep citizens informed about what is going on in the world. The FPA prepares study guides and DVD’s to assist in the discussion. Topics this year include the future of the euro, Egypt, NATO, Myanmar and Southeast Asia intervention, Iran, China in Africa and threat as-sessment. Study guides may be purchased for $15 at the kick-off meet-ing on Sunday, Jan 27th at 2:30 p.m. at Aaronson Auditorium, Central Library. At that meeting, Professor Robert H. Donaldson former president and current Professor of Political Science and Director of Russion Studies at the University of Tulsa, will dis-cuss “Assessing The Limits of U.S. Intervention: Should WeMind our own Business?” Study guides may also be purchased at the first meeting at the church on Feb. 6th. If you are interested in joining this group, please call Stan Teter, coordinator, at 918 949-9181 or Don Rubottom, discussion leader, at 918-296-5561

College students complete mission at Cookson

John and Shirley O’Neal joined Sunday. Both are retiredShirley’s mom, Mary Birdsell, and sister, Sharon Southern, are also B.A. members.

held January 11 at Southwood Baptist Church in Tulsa. Survi-vors include her son, David and June Kooker. Nellie Stevenson died January 7, 2013. Services were held January 12 at First Presbyterian Church in Rogers, Arkansas. Survivors include her daughter, Ruth & Keith Stumpff. Louise McGill died January 11, 2013. Services are pending. Survivors include her husband, Bob McGill, of Littleton, Colorado; daughter, Sharon McGill Oliver of High-lands Ranch, Colorado; and sister-in-law, Barbara Bond.

Births Rex Conrad McDonald was born December 11, 2012 to Meggan McGrew. Proud relatives include grandparents, Cindy and Steven McGrew, and great grandparents, Art and Joan McGrew.

Hospitalized Last Week St. Francis - Mark Britt, Cindy Harmon, Darlene Vogel, Gail Woodley St. Francis South - Jackie Hammerschmidt Okmulgee Memorial - Rev. Wayne Parker

Our college students gave some of their Christmas break to serve in mission at the Cookson Hills Center near Tahlequah. During their three days there, they completed three plumbing projects at the mission’s new administrative center, replacing outdoor pumps. They also tore out the flooring in the old kitchen that will become new offices and painted new shelving in that building. In the main building they took down Christmas decorations, closed out the mission’s Christmas store, and sorted clothing to get it ready to open as the thrift store for winter and spring. When not at work, they en-joyed card games, including a game called Phase 10 one they dubbed “The Marisa Game,” and enjoyed fellowship. Team members included Ben Pascoe, Grant Carpenter, Marisa Morgan, Mason Mor-gan, and Kendal Painter. Dr. Bill Crowell was team leader.

From the Pastor’s Study

Mouzon Biggs, Jr.

Paul had a long, contentious relationship with the church he founded in the Greek city of Corinth. Scholars believe he arrived there in the year 49, almost twenty years after the death and resur-rection of Jesus. Paul lived in Corinth eighteen months, trying to be sure the believers would survive in a pagan, heathen port city. Scholars believe I Corinthians was written as early as 54, but perhaps as late as 55, at least three years after he had moved on to Ephesus. (Corinth is in Europe. Ephesus is in Asia.) He is asking the small group of believers to keep believing that the Day of the Lord, the parousia, the return of Jesus, is coming soon. In the meantime, there is much they need to remember and much they need to be doing. As I have continued to work with this Sunday’s lection, I keep remembering my dad’s saying about his experiences in General Pat-ton’s Third Army in Germany, “We would hurry up and then wait, hurry up and then wait.” Paul is telling us to do the same. Hence, the sermon will be called, “HURRY UP AND WAIT, HURRY UP AND WAIT!”

Interfaith Trialogue begins February 3 “Are You Godwired? HIGH TECH + HIGH TOUCHThe Future of Interfaith Dialogue” is the theme of this year’s Interfaith Trialogue. It will be held on three Sunday afternoons - Feb. 3, 10 and 17 - from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The first session will meet at the Tulsa Jewish Federation to discuss “The Data Stream of Faith. The second session will focus on “High Tough Dia-logue for Today.” It will be held at the Peace Academy. The final session, which will be held at Boston Avenue, will address “High Tech Global Dialogue.” It will be followed by a dinner

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Youth News!! . . .

Sunday WorshipJanuary 20, 2013

The Second Sunday after the EpiphanyHuman Relations Sunday

12:10 p.m. Holy Communion & Service of Healing 6:00 p.m. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Service

Prelude: Melody in G minor .................................... York Bowen Dr. Susan Panciera, Organist Anthem: Praise the Lord..........George Frideric Handel The Chapel Choir (8:30) Amazing Grace ...............arr. Anthony Furnival The Chancel Choir (11:00)Offertory: Great Is Thy Faithfulness .........arr. Cynthia Dobrinski The Festival Ringers Postlude: Caprice ............................................ Daniel Gawthrop

UMW NewsBy Janet McCutchen Graham

Gifts and Memorials

9:30 a.m. Communion Service9:40 a.m. Sunday School8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Worship Services Sermon: “HURRY UP AND WAIT! HURRY UP AND WAIT!” I Corinthians 1:1-9 Dr. Mouzon Biggs, Jr.Music:

January 20, 2013

Psalm 22:23-31Genesis 9:8-17Mark 8:31-38

Romans 4:13-25

Lectionary Readings

Have a prayer request?Call our prayer line at

699-0158

Senior High news

6th, 7th and 8th Grade

The Tulsa Unit of Church Women United (CWU) will hold its Annual Meeting and Human Rights Celebration on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Coffee and sign-in begins at 9:15 in the parlor, moving into the Rose Chapel for the 10:00 Celebration. The program is entitled, “Sights and Sounds of Harmo-ny: Embracing Our Oneness.” All are welcome. Founded in 1941, CWU is an ecumeni-cal organization supported by about 25 Christian denomina-tions. Those who need child care may call Tulsa Unit president Laura Bottoms, 918-274-9107, or email LBottoms@aol.com by Wednesday, Jan. 23. Laura will pass the names and ages to the church on one list so that the right number of child care staff will be on hand. CWU will cover the cost to show that moms, grandmoms, etc. are welcome and encouraged to attend. For questions contact Laura Bottoms 918-274-9107.

Tulsa District Winter Retreat: great fun!

Do no harm, Do good and Stay in Love with God...what started out as our Tulsa District Winter Retreat theme at Camp Egan this weekend (We had a fabulous time! The weather was perfect and with youth and adults we were over 100 strong as a District youth group) is now being carried out at our own church. If we REALLY tried to live that way every day...what a different world we would live in! This Sunday morning we welcome Rev. David Wilson, Superintendent of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, to fourth floor. David is an enthusiastic speaker who will inform us about the Indian Missionary Conference and Native American people and inspire us to continue to work towards Wesley’s goal of a world that understands we are all brothers and sisters together. Join us for the Martin Luther King Peace Walk and Ser-vice on Sunday evening and the PARADE on Monday morning. Come represent Boston Avenue!! It’s time to put your feet behind the belief that we are ALL brothers and sisters together! This Sunday, meet at the blue couches at 4:00 to go to Qdoba for an early dinner (bring your own money).. from Quoba to the walk....then to the church..(only a few blocks of walking). The walk is at 5:15; the service begins at 6:00 p.m.. over by 7:30. To be part of the parade on Monday, arrive by 9:15 a.m. at our south parking lot to board the vans. You will be transported to the parade. Make sure you wear a long sleeve shirt...you will get a MLK t-shirt to wear over the long sleeve...it is usually FREEZ-ING!! We will walk in our t-shirts together! Remember the NEW format for Wednesday nights: 5:00-6:00 Faithful conversation in the lounge. You are welcome to bring your food and chat about life! The game room is open from 5-6:30. Several of us discovered the killer game of jungle pong at the retreat....come and play!! We will gather this week on the fourth floor for DTBA from 6:45-7:45. Boston Avenue...it’s a great place to be able to be yourself and know that people love you just as you are!! TOGETHER in Christ! Audra

Do No Harm, Do Good, and Love God was the theme of our District Youth Retreat at Camp Egan this past weekend. Wesley’s “3 Simple Rules” can use more than a weekend study but it was a fantastic start in helping us find more peaceful ways to live out our faith. Yeah Wesley!!! Thanks to our Boston Avenue adult leadership team for leading, driving, chaperoning, and being such wonderful friends to our youth. Without our adult volunteers, we could not have such good and fun events for our young people Sunday morning we will meet together on the third floor for our opening, then join the senior high for a guest speaker. Rev-erend David Wilson, Superintendent of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference will be speaking to all of the youth during Sunday School. Plan to join us and learn something new about our United Methodist Church and the Native American People. We have a busy week ahead. Wednesday evening our focus will be on Martin Luther King, with Judy Rowell as our excellent leader. Join us for the Martin Luther King Peace Walk and Service on Sunday evening and the parade on Monday. Sunday, meet at the blue couches at 4:00 to go to Qdoba for early dinner (bring your money).. From Quoba to the walk....to the church..(only a few blocks). To be part of the parade on Monday, arrive by 9:15 a.m. at our south parking lot to board the vans. You will be transported to the parade. Wear warm clothing please. Coming up right after MLK festivities..Wed. Jan 23 is Ba-nana Night with banana games, banana splits and more. Sunday Jan. 27th Happy Birthday Everyone Skating Party I remain faithfully yours, Debbie

MISSION ENDOWMENT FUNDIn memory of Irene Lumley By: Wesley Fellowship ClassORGAN FUNDIn memory of Louise McGill By: John and Joanne Colbert

Hymns: 66 Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven 454 Open My Eyes That I May See 121 There’s a Wideness In God’s Mercy

Above, Olivia Teater and Jade Fernandez enjoy games while below, Sheridan Chappelle, Lauren Aycock, Allison Hardin and Jonathan Hatley make blankets for Circle of Care.

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Class News . . .

Weekly Calendar

Sunday School at a glance...Adult Classes for Sunday, January 20, 2013

Visitors are welcome in all classes.Dr. Biggs’ Class - Greatest Bible Stories and PassagesCornerstone - Jeff Jaynes, Restore Hope MinistriesDisciples - “Fearless,” by Max LucadoEphphatha - to be announcedHeritage - Dr. Ruth Weston, “Christianity’s Family Tree”Homebuilders - Rev. Charles Herndon, “Faith”Horizons - Dr. Mark Collins, “The Social Gospel”Journey - to be announcedMaranatha - Dr. Meredith DavissonNew Covenant - Dr. Don ForsmanNew Frontiers - Scott Barnhart, “Matthew”Pilgrimage - Ellie EmmonsRoundtable - Rev. Ken Tobler, “United Methodist characteristics”Seek & Discover - Sue Venable, “Bible Botany”Wesley Fellowship - Ron Marsh, “Cost of Discipleship”

Sunday - January 20, 20138:30 a.m. Worship Service9:30 Communion Service9:40 Faith Academy9:40 Sunday School11:00 Worship Service12:10 p.m. Communion and Service of Healing12:30 BAY Troupe rehearsal5:30 MLK Candlelight Walk6:00 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration ServiceMonday - January 21Church closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. DayTuesday - January 229:00 a.m. Weekday School5:30 p.m. Christian Educators’ Fellowship6:30 Pastor Parish Relations CommitteeWednesday - January 239:00 a.m. Weekday School 5:00 p.m. Snack Supper5:00 Jubilation Ringers

5:15 Capriccio Ringers5:30 Senior High Youth5:50 Festival Ringers6:00 Chapel Choir6:00 LIFE Group for Kids6:00 Yoga7:00 Carillon Ringers7:00 Mid High DTBA 7:00 Senior High DTBA7:30 Chancel ChoirThursday - January 249:00 a.m. Weekday School10:00 Jr Achievement training5:30 p.m. Celebration Ringers6:00 PCCT Parenting ClassesFriday - January 259:00 a.m. Weekday School5:30 p.m. Gamblers Anonymous5:30 GamAnon6:30 Respite CareSaturday - January 268:00 a.m. BAY Troupe rehearsal8:30 Church Women United8:45 Emmaus Team Meeting9:00 Weekday CPR Training

Cornerstone This Sunday Jeff Jaynes will present the last of his inter-esting three-part series. Come join us!

Disciples We will continue our video series, “Fearless,” by Max Lucado that we began last week. Come join us to add to the discussion.

Heritage On February 1 we will have a chili supper and game night at 6:30 p.m. in the Multi-purpose room. Dr. Ruth Weston will con-tinue her series on “Christian-ity’s Family Tree” this week. We welcomed a visitor, Mickey Moore. Peggy Cooper is celebrat-ing a birthday, and the Bert-rems are celebrating an anni-versary. Thanks to the Mays for the treats. This week the Coopers will bring our refreshments.

Homebuilders This Sunday Rev. Charles Herndon will continue his interesting study on faith. Gifts to missions were given for birthdays by Ken Weston and Marge Herndon. Thanks to Charles Herndon for his lesson last week. Thanks to Elise Woolsey for our refreshments and to Lynn Bartlett for the coffee.

Horizons We will have a Valentine’s Dinner on February 9 at the Haines’s home. The Girls’ Trip is February 15-17. Dr. Mark Collins will teach this week on “The Social Gos-pel.” Thanks to Sue Venable for teaching the first two weeks of January.

Journey We will have dinner to-gether at El Guapo on January 18 at 7:00 p.m. Kali Alger’s mother is re-covering well. Keep her in your prayers.

Maranatha New class rosters are avail-

able. New Bible study classes begin January 28. January 24 is the training for the “JA for a Day” at Burroughs Elementary School that will be held on February 5. This week Meredith Davi-son will teach, and the Allens and Rowes will be our hosts. Happy birthday to Kristy Hayes and David Worthington. Keep Eric Green, Sarah, and David Shepherd’s sister in your prayers. Thanks to Rob Reck for teaching last Sunday and to Pam and Karey Low and Carol and Mickey Maus for being our hosts. The Donations Committee is taking requests for donations from our class. We also need prayer volunteers.

New Covenant Rev. Don Forsmans will be our teacher this week. We welcome a new mem-ber, Junella Simmons. Happy birthday to Fay Larson. We were glad to have Ka-tie Hillman and Felix Morales returning with better health reports. Keep Joy York and Willa Elliott in your prayers. We were please to receive letters of thanks for contribu-tions to Meals on Wheels and Circle of Care. Thanks to Maxine Lees and Irene Nelson for our treats, and to Joan McGrew and Joyce Byrne for the music.

New Frontiers Scott Barnhart will teach this week on Matthew. Thank you to the Aufden-kamps for our snacks. This Sunday the Rideners will bring them.

Pilgrimage Our January dinner out will be on the 24th at 6:00 p.m. at Charlestons in Brookside Thanks to Ellie Emmons for her lesson from What Do I Not Need to Believe to be a Christian. We discussed the first ten items from the book. Ellie will continue this series for the next two weeks. Congratulations to Rusty Cook on his graduation from

Exodus House. On January 27 our class leadership team will meet after Sunday School to plan for the coming year.

Roundtable This week Rev. Ken Tobler continues his three-week series on United Methodist character-istics. Mary Harris was with us again. and she joined the class. We are thankful to have her back. Tiffany Egdorf celebrated her birthday. On February 15 in Jubilee Hall there is a fundraiser for Heather Scherer’s new church. Tickets are available now for $30 each.

Seek and Discover Sue Venable will be our teacher this week. Her topic is “Bible Botany.” Happy birthday to Sue Davenport. What a wonderful lesson John McCormack gave with the history and pictures and the stories. It was “all about love.”

Wesley Fellowship Ron Marsh will teach this Sunday on Detrick Bonhoffer. We welcomed Ron’s wife as a visitor. Keep Jackie Hammer-schmidt, Bernice Scott, and Mary Helen Stanley in your prayers. Thanks to Ron Marsh for teaching last week and to Al Brownlee for the donuts. Thanks to Rollie Rhodes for presiding, Peggy Gary for the care report, and Harold Reynolds and Philelle McBray-er for leading the singing.

Dr. Warren and Lynette Bennett Danskin invite you to join them Sunday, Jan 27, in the Little Dining Room at 12:10 for a snack and information about the Wesley Heritage tour they are leading to England. The Danskins will host a 9-day tour, July 16-24, 2013.

Danskins to lead Wesley Tour

Educational Opportunities, a United Methodist travel company, offers a 4-day pre-tour to London and a 5-day post-tour to Ireland. The official tour of London includes Westminster Abbey, St. Paul’s Cathedral, City Road Chapel and parsonage where John Wesley spent his last years and is buried, and many additional interesting sites. The Danskins lived in London for eight years. For more information, contact them at warrendanskin@sbc-global.net or (918) 712-9085

Box tops needed for Burroughs Please continue to clip and save General Mills box tops to help Burroughs Elementary School raise needed funds. The box tops should be trimmed on the dotted lines. They can be left at the church for Rev. EvaMarie Campbell or dropped off at the school.