Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
Contents
Camp Sunday
ECW Leadership Meeting
Meditation in Everyday Life
Nielsens Gift Shop Donations
Network of Biblical Storytellers
25th Annuan Honor Dance
Kairos Prison Ministry
Safeguarding God's Children Training
Ordination Correction
Closing Prayer
                            

Companion Diocese Uruguay


Uruguay

     two bishops

 

 

Holy God, source of healing and of peace, bless with your grace the companion dioceses of  Oklahoma and Uruguay. Through our partnership one with another may we grow in mutual affection and communion, seek a more profound experience of truth, build up the Church in unity and give glory to Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

 

 

New Web site:

 

 http://uruguay.anglican.org/

 


 
The Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma

          

 Link to Our Web Site

 


 
The Next Issue of this Newsletter will be on Friday, August 12.


We Are Epiok.org

August 5, 2011

Issue 25

 
 

Camp Sunday

  

 ABC 2011 cookout   Camp guitar music 

 

Did you attend St. Crispin's this summer? Then you are invited to attend Camp Sunday at St. Paul's Cathedral this Sunday, August 14, starting at 5 p.m. with Eucharist in the Cathedral with a healthy dose of Camp music, followed by hamburgers and hotdogs in Dean Willey Hall.  There is no fee to attend. All permanent staff, volunteers, nurses, and deans will be recognized. It will give you a chance to see each other before heading back to school.

 

Wear your camp shirt and come and enjoy the worship, fun, and fellowship!

ECW Leadership Meeting

 

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Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Oklahoma will hold their Leadership Meeting at St. Crispin's August 26-27, 2011.  The ECW Board extends an invitation for each church/mission ECW President or Key Woman to join us for fellowship, networking and spiritual renewal.  Cost: $30.00 includes one half double occupancy and three meals. For more information please 

 

Contact Jan Ridle at [email protected] or Bebe Dotter at [email protected] or 405-760-4304.

 

Reservation must be made by August 17th.

Meditation in Everyday Life - 

A Workshop with Sister Ellie Finlay

Saturday, August 20th

 

Meditation

 

Sister Ellie is a solitary nun in the Anglican tradition and has headed the St. John's Center For Spiritual Formation in Tulsa for the past 15 years. The Center offers interfaith meditation instruction, individual spiritual direction, meditation therapy and seminars promoting intercultural understanding.

 

She will introduce us to ways of applying meditative principles throughout the day as well as methods for formal sitting practice. This will be held at St,. Paul's Cathedral, OKC, on Saturday, August 20, at 9:30 and end at 2:00, with a brownbag lunch. Sister Ellie will be compensated by gift and you will find more about the meditative principle of Dana (generosity in oneself) on the registration sheet, as well as details of the day's program. They will be available at the front desk, or email [email protected] to receive one electronically or call Joyce at 229-0430  

 

Sister Ellie served as a Spiritual Director to clergy in Capetown during the perilous years of South Africa's emergence from Apartheid. To spend time with this extraordinary woman is an experience not to be missed.

Nielsens Gift Shop Donations 

 

bonanza bash rebates 

Network of Biblical Storytellers, Int'l.

2012 Festival Gathering

 

Biblical storytellers

 

Lord, to Whom Shall We Go?

Telling Jesus Stories in a Pluralistic Culture

 

August 8-11, 2012 at the Ridgecrest Conference Center

Outside of Asheville, N.C.

 

Keynote Speaker:

Phyllis Tickle

 

THEME STORIES

The Tower of Babel

No One Comes to the Father but by Me

The Day of Pentecost

 

For details, go to: http://www.nbsint.org/festivalgathering 

25th Annual Honor Dance at Whirlwind 

 

Honor dance 2010 women
 

Join us for the Twenty-Fifth annual Honor Dance at Whirlwind Mission of the Holy Family in Watonga, Oklahoma. The dance is Saturday, September 10 starting at 1:00 p.m. It is sponsored by the Oklahoma Council on Indian Ministries and Whirlwind Mission of the Holy Family.

  

Let us know if you are bringing a group so we can plan on how many are coming for dinner. Contact The Rev. Jim Kee-Rees with any questions you may have about the day, cell 405-974-0024, e-mail [email protected].

 

Whirlwind Mission is located one mile east on Hwy 33 from the intersection of Hwy 33 and Hwy 281. The new dance grounds are on the south side of the highway across the street from Legion Park.  

          

                       honor dance 2010 men

Kairos Prison Ministry 

 

Kairos

I recently heard a sermon in which the priest said that one way to evangelize was to listen to someone and to develop a relationship with that person. Prison systems are funded in such a way that they can do little more than warehouse the people who have been locked away for what they did. They rely on volunteers to minister to these people in hopes of making a difference in their lives. Kairos is one of these ministries and is modeled after Cursillo. It starts with a 3 day weekend of talks, posters, food, and most of all discussion. Kairos team members are called to listen and love, not to judge or change. We are advocates of God's love not prisoners or prisons. When you listen and love the Holy Spirit can work miracles beyond our imagination. As good as the week end is what makes Kairos a powerful ministry is that it does not stop there. We have continued contact which reinforces the recognition of God's love. As Christians we believe that lives can and will be changed. Those who work in prison ministry can witness to the fact that God has the power to change the lives of people for whom society has given up, and He uses it.

 

Preparations are being made for Kairos #10 at Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville. If you feel the call to minister to the people that society has forgotten or would just like to see if God does what he says, or would just like more information, feel free to contact me or anyone associated with Kairos. If you cannot participate your prayers will be greatly appreciated.

 

Chuck Evans
 
[email protected]
251.300.7620

 

 

Safeguarding God's Children Training Opportunities      

 

  

We have been working hard to provide Safeguarding training sessions so that all clergy, including deacons, would have an opportunity to be trained. It is our intention that all clergy and deacons complete Safeguarding God's Children training  by the end of the year. In order to help you out, we have scheduled the following training opportunities:

 

September 20      Diocesan Center, OKC - 10 a.m.

October 13            St. Andrew's, Stillwater - 10 a.m.

November  19       St. Basil's, Tahlequah - 10 a.m.

December 5          St. Luke's, Chickasha - 5:30 p.m.

 

These trainings should take about 3 hours long.

 

Safeguarding God's Children is required of all clergy and deacons who are active in ministry within the diocese, including clergy that serve as supply. Attendance at one of these trainings is mandatory.  Safeguarding must be retaken every 5 years for clergy.

 

These trainings are open to all in people of the Diocese. Even if you have had safeguarding in the past, you must recertify every 5 years to keep current. You can download the registration form at: 

http://www.epiok.org/resources/safeguarding_god_s_children.html

 

Ordination Correction  

 

The Rev. Edmund James was raised out of Trinity, Eufaula, but is now covering  the entire southeast region of the Diocese and specifically the churches in Wagner, Poteau, and Okmulgee.

Closing - Prayer for August

  

drought 2011

  

"God, you send rains in season. It is a season of need in Oklahoma. Send more rain to that parched land and more again across all the thirsty southern states. Find a small and willing cloud sitting bored over some vacant part of the Caribbean, and give it a push toward Oklahoma. Make a Hurricane, perhaps, not strong enough to destroy, but filled with warmed moisture and send it North. We ask you for rain. Let the drought unite many millions to ask you for help. We trust in you. You made the world to need the waters of heaven. You made the world to need the waters of life. You are the source of rain. We ask you. Let it rain. In Jesus name."

 

Contact Information

Sabrina Evans

[email protected]

(405) 232-4820