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To register or for more inforamtion please go onto the Dicoesan Web Site below or call the local congregation:
November 30
One-on-One with Dave Hagan from Digital Faith - helping to design, implement, and improve your congregational web site.
Diocesan Offices Starting at 1 p.m. with 30-minute appointments
December 1
Website Training Program
Diocesan Offices
10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Learn tips for beginning, up-dating, or taking your website to the next level. Bring your computers!
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October 5 - 7
St. Crispin's
Women's Fall Retreat
October 6 (Saturday)
Michaelmas Country Fair
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
St. Michael's in Norman
www.stmichaelsnorman.org
October 8 - 9
St. Crispin's
Retired Clergy/Spouse/Widows Gathering
October 27 (Saturday)
Health Fair
St. Christopher's Midwest City
9 a.m. Speaker - Bruce McIntyre of Quail Springs Church of Christ, speaking on "Graceful Transitions"
10 a.m. Booths open
Mary Mahoney nurses will be here to give flu shots
October 27 (Saturday)
St. Luke's, Tulsa
is sponsoring a fundraiser "Holiday Fair" 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Lunch will be served between 11 am & 2 pm; Booth Space available at $25 for a 6'X8' space; Contact: 918-834-4800 - church office
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Companion Diocese Uruguay
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/
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The Next Issue of this Newsletter will be on Friday,
September 7, 2012.
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We Are Epiok.org
August 17, 2012
Issue 35 |
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 News, Events, and Offerings |
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St. Augustine of Canterbury, OKC, Canterbury Faire
 Saturday, October 6 * 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Canterbury Faire is a fall festival with a medieval twist - featuring art, entertainment, children's activities, food and more for all ages!
Guest Artists: Shop from a selection of guest artists' work plus handmade treasures and treats by the Episcopal Church Women.
If you are an artist and would like to participate in this year's Canterbury Faire, Contact St. Augustine's for information and an application. staugustine@sbcglobal.net
Guest Entertainers: Relax and enjoy music! See demonstrations from our guest performers, including demonstrations by TriPoint Sparring Association - Learn to spar or just watch the action. Plus more surprises such as a guest appearance by Friar Tuck!
Kids' Kingdom: While you shop, children may play in the supervised Kids' Kingdom, which will have fun activities for ages 4-10! Cost is $5 per child.
Faire Food: Provided by the Brotherhood of St. Lawrence and fit for a king, the Faire Food satisfies even Friar Tuck's hunger for a mere $5.
Canterbury Faire booth rental and proceeds from children's activities, food and ECW's booth benefit the community of St. Augustine of Canterbury Episcopal Church, a non-profit religious organization. |
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Women's Fall Retreat in 2 Parts
The Second Loaf
Friday Oct. 5 , 6:00 pm through
Saturday Oct. 6, 12:00 am
Nag Hammadi Library
Saturday Oct. 6, 12:00 pm through
Sunday Oct. 7, 2:00 pm
St. Crispin's Camp and Conference Center
Contact Jan Ridle at jridle@sbcglobal.net or Denise McGough
kenike@cox.net for more details. Deadline for registering is September 23rd. |
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Interfaith Youth Tour
St. John Missionary Baptist Church,
Vien Giac Buddhist Temple in Oklahoma City,
and the Baha'i Center in Edmond
will be
hosting the 2012 Youth Tour event.
Registration and payment information at www.okchurches.org
(middle of UPCOMING EVENTS page)
Deadline is Sept. 17th
Transportation and snacks included. |
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All You Can Eat Shrimp Peel
Join us at St. Paul's, Claremore, for our Men's Group Annual "All You can Eat Shrimp Peel" on September 15 from 5:30 -7:30 pm. Tickets are $12.00 for adults, $5 for children age 7-12, and under 7 eat free.
Enjoy boiled shrimp, coleslaw, corn on the cob, boiled potatoes and ice cream, along with great fellowship. The Episcopal Church Women's group will also sponsor a Bake Sale during the festivities. Proceeds from the Shrimp Peel and Bale Sale are used to support outreach programs such as Camp New Hope and numerous projects in the Claremore community. Tickets are available at the church or by calling 918-341-0168. We hope to see you there!
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Times Set for 77th General Convention Forums
This September, a series of forums will be held around the Diocese to help people understand what happened at General Convention. Bishop Ed will be present, as will members of the Oklahoma Deputation. They will make presentations, and there will be opportunity for questions. Please plan to attend a forum near you.
Wednesday evening, 5 September 6:30 p.m.
Southeast Region St. Philip's, Ardmore
Wednesday evening, 12 September 6:30 p.m.
Southwest Region St Andrew's, Lawton
Sunday afternoon, 16 September 3:00 p.m.
Oklahoma City Region St. Paul's Cathedral
Wednesday evening, 19 September 6:30 p.m.
Northwest Region St. Matthew's, Enid
Sunday afternoon, 23 September 3:00 p.m.
Northeast Region St. Andrew's, Grove
Wednesday evening, 26 September 6:30 p.m.
Tulsa Region Trinity, Tulsa |
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Website Workshop Reminder
Dave Hagan from Digital Faith will be here on Friday, November 30, to work with congregations and their web sites. He has set out 8 appointments to work with you and your web site, but you must make a reservation. Additionally, he will be offering a workshop on Saturday from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. on tips for beginning, up-dating, or taking your website to the next level.
There is no charge for these events, but you must register. Contact Sabrina at christianformation@epiok.org to reserve your time. |
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Preparing for Diocesan Convention
In preparing for our up-coming Diocesan Convention, the Secretary of Convention is working on a video celebrating the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church in Oklahoma. Each congregation is asked to submit a video of the congregation saying the words "We are the Episcopal Church." Ideally this would be submitted in electronic format (.mov is preferred) to Melanie Wignall (mwignall@cox.net) via email or mailing a CD or jump drive to her. The video should be shot in 16:9 (widescreen ration). Please submit these to Melanie by September 15th. |
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Pre-Convention Meetings
The following dates and times have been set for the pre-convention regional meetings for Clergy and Lay Delegates to the 75th annual Diocesan Convention. Comptroller, John Sorenson, will be at these meetings to present the 2013 Diocean budget.
Pre-convention Tulsa Regional Meeting
9/30 Trinity Episcopal Church 4-6pm
501 S. Cincinnati Avenue
Tulsa OK 74103
Pre-convention OKC Regional Meeting
10/14 Church of the Redeemer 3-5 pm
2100 Martin Luther King Drive
Oklahoma City, OK
Pre-convention NE Regional Meeting
10/21 St. John's 2-4 pm
522 West Canadian
Vinita OK |
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Honor Dance
 The Honor Dance at Whirlwind Mission in Watonga is approaching quickly on September 8th. It begins at 1:00 p.m. with Gourd Dancing and continues with worship, dinner and contest dancing, a full day and night of excitement. The way we do worship every year is unique to the Diocese of Oklahoma.
Much of the service will be familiar, and comes from the Book of Common Prayer. What is unique is that we add elements of our tribal cultures and traditions. Tribal hymn singing has always been a part of Native American congregations in Oklahoma. On Sunday mornings across the state you can hear hymns sung in Choctaw, Cherokee, Mvskoke, Kiowa and many others languages. We sing Cheyenne Hymns every Sunday at Whirlwind Mission and we are always working to learn more.
Another tradition that we follow is blessing ourselves with cedar smoke before worship begins. A similar comparison to this is the use of incense in many parishes. I know many choirs do not like incense, but even so, it is a wonderful image of the Spirit dwelling with us, blessing us, and taking our prayers to God.
Some things will look different when you worship at Whirlwind Mission. We burn cedar in an abalone shell on a stand. Next to the stand is a Cheyenne Beaded Processional Cross. Much of the furniture around the altar is made from cedar, which has a long history of being used in Native American ceremonies. We use Native American baskets to collect our offerings, and have a beautiful set of Zia Pueblo pottery for Holy Eucharist. We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate our life together in the Church, and that we are all one tribe in Christ! |
Safeguarding God's Children Training
Safeguarding is required every 4 years for clergy, vestry, treasurers, bishop's committee members, those who work with children - Sunday School teachers, youth ministers, choir directors, and sextons, those who serve on vestry or Bishop's Committees, and anyone with a key to a congregation. This would be a great time to get trained before the beginning of your program year.
September 2 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m.
St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Norman
Contact the church at stmec@earthlink.net to register
September 5 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m.
St. Matthew's, Enid
Contact the church to register info@stmatthewsenid.org
September 8 from 9 a.m. until noon
St. Andrews, Lawton
Contact the church to register standrewslawton@att.net
September 22 from 10 am until 1 pm, bring a lunch
All Saints', Duncan
Contact the church 580 255 6165 to register
September 29 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
St. Christopher's, Midwest City
Contact the church to register stchristophersmwc@coxinet.net |
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Oklahoma Disability Law Center and Partners in Education Advocacy Conference
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference
with Peter Wright, Esq.
Edmond (Oklahoma City Area), Oklahoma
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy Conference, a Wrightslaw training program, is sponsored by The Oklahoma Disability Law Center and Partners in Education Advocacy and it's FREE* for parents, family members, and individuals who work with children with disabilities and are residents of Oklahoma. Speaker Pete Wright.
The program will be held at:
University of Central Oklahoma
Constitution Hall
100 N University Drive
Edmond, Oklahoma 73034
One-day special education law and advocacy programs focus on four areas:
- special education law, rights and responsibilities
- tests and measurements to measure progress & regression
- SMART IEPs
- introduction to tactics & strategies for effective advocacy
Wrightslaw programs are designed to meet the needs of parents, educators, health care providers, advocates and attorneys who represent children with disabilities regarding special education. The program is not disability specific. |
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Oklahoma Episcopal Youth
Episcoposse - Youth in Tulsa - Gatherings Scheduled
September
2: Program Night - Bible Study - Christ Church (Introduction to Bible Study)
9: Boxes for Blue Star Mothers - St. Patrick's
16: Program Night - Good Shepherd (Where do we turn in Scripture?)
23: Paint Fight Party - St. Dunstan's
30: Program Night - St. Patrick's (God in Pop Culture)
MIQRA - Save the date. Next January 19-21, as we offer our first MIQRA. What is MIQRA? It is an event to youth and adults who want to participate in reading the Bible from beginning to end! That's right - three days of non-stop Bible reading - but wait! There's more! There will be games, movies, activities, quite time, and much more going on at the same time! This will be held at St. Mary's Church, Edmond.
Next Youth Commission Meeting is September 29, at the Diocesan Offices, Noon. Planning for Convention and Miqra. We will be working on the Mission:Possible theme, and worship for Saturday morning of convention. Bring prayers, song ideas, worship thoughts and come join the fun. Please note the change of date. |
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Christian Formation Resources |
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Godly Play Training
This past weekend, twelve individuals gathered at St. Augustine's of Canterbury as a national trainer from Boston came in to offer Godly Play training. These individuals came from New Mexico, Dallas, TX, and across the state. It was an incredible learning opportunity for all.
In order to help small congregations move forward with this program, the Diocese will be purchasing patterns for the materials that may be loaned to congregations for their use in making materials. We are also looking into a lamintating machine. It is our hope that these purchases will help you get into being able to use Godly Play much sooner and at a more reasonable set up cost for our parishes.
Please note that we also have the lesson books available for checkout.
Godly Play Resource - Reference was made regarding potential artwork for your room. You might want to check out the posters of He Qi at: http://www.heqigallery.com/ |
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New Baptism Resource
Washed and Welcomed Living the Promises of Baptism http://tinyurl.com/8t6os4m
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Closing Prayer for August and Beginning of School Year
Dear Lord, as we begin this new school year, we gather
once again as your community of believers.
We thank you for the energy and the spirit that you renewed
in us through the summer months.
We thank you for the time to enjoy our family and
friends and to reflect on what is important in our lives.
Let this year be marked by enthusiasm and love so that,
with the inspiration of your Spirit, we may continue
to grow in our faith.
Help us to fulfill Your hope for us with honest intentions
and works of faith.
Let us be gentle with ourselves and bring laughter, joy
and love to others.
We ask this in your name. Amen. |
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Contact Information
Sabrina Evans
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