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Koinonia
Northwest Area Ministers Gatherings Resume Aug 11
It was a busy summer and for a few, early August brings the beginning of school year while some sneak in a little time away before September arrives. Your peers and colleagues in the Northwest Area begin their monthly gatherings again on August 11 as they join the last session of the Clergy Retreat, sponsored by the Northwest Area, at Roman Nose State Park. The gathering will begin at 10am in the lodge, and you are encouraged to attend even if you are not attending the retreat. The meeting will include information about Health Insurance Options as the Pension Fund ends the Healthcare Trust on Dec 31 and Clergy Self Care. Lunch will close the meeting at Roman Nose in their dining room.
Dates for Clergy Gatherings - Fall 2016
September 8
October 13
November 10
December 8 [Christmas Sweater Lunch]
Healthy Boundaries Training This Fall
The Region continues to organize, plan, and offer opportunities to complete your Healthy Boundaries Training. Here are the dates and places the training will be offered next.
Visit the Region's Event Registration Page to register.
- Sept 24 @ First Christian in Yukon
- Sept 29 @ Disciples Center, OKC
- Oct 8 @ First Christian in Lawton
- Oct 22 @ University Place Christian Church in Enid
Clergy Retreat @ Roman Nose State Park
(There Is Still Time To Register!)
Aug 10-11
Cost $125
Join your peers from the Northwest Area and around the Region for an overnight retreat for sabbath, worship, and conversation with others that share in the ministry of the Church. This retreat is sponsored by the Northwest Area. We have housing reserved and registration opens today! Registration closes July 20. The fee includes housing, 2 meals, snacks, and conversation. Housing choice is a lodge room (hotel room) or a cabin duplex room. To register online and pay, click here.
To register and send a check email Michael.
Adult Swim @ PostOak Lodge
Nov 1-3
Cost $175 (shared room) / $210 (private room)
A short retreat for the adults, (volunteer, paid staff, solo ministers), that work with children, youth, or young adults in our congregations. A time for sabbath, continuing education, and connection to others that share this missional ministry in our Region. Registration Opens August 1.
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Conversation and Study
Meet the Preacher Behind Moral Mondays
Lisa Rab | Motherjones, April 14, 2014
Take and Eat? When church members prefer just a blessing
Heidi Haverkamp | The Christian Century | July 26, 2016
In the Gospels, Jesus welcomes Nicodemus’s questions under cover of night, welcomes a shamed and lonely woman’s conversation at a well, and welcomes Judas’s company at the Last Supper. “Love bade me welcome,†writes George Herbert, “yet my soul drew back.†Even when we are unable or unwilling to believe we are part of the body, God comes to meet us—even at the threshold, if we can’t quite sit and eat.
Click here to learn more.
Is Faith Rational, Irrational, or Arational?
The Public Square | Patheos.com
The tension between faith and reason is most prominent in Christian circles, but is to some degree a factor in every contemporary religious expression. Some argue that faith is a reasonable approach to reality, whereas others might argue that it must be a blind leap that transcends reason, and still others argue that it has no relationship to reason whatsoever. What does your faith tradition teach about reason and belief? Click here to read more.
The Sacred Ritual of Church Suppers and Snacks
Rachel Marie Stone | ChristianityToday.com
#chsocm
A weekly twitter conversation about content and conversation about church and social media.
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Search & Call
These congregations are either actively seeking a minister OR are in the process of preparing to search. If you have colleagues or peers you think would be a good candidate for a position, please contact Michael Davison.
Interim Ministry
Community CC Ponca City
Disciples CC Miami
FCC Hobart
FCC Perry
Full-Time / Part-Time
Crown Heights CC (Associate)
Disciples CC Bartlesville
FCC Durant
FCC Hennessey
FCC Kingfisher
FCC Ponca City (Associate Youth & Families)
FCC Woodward
New Vessels CC
University Place CC (part-time / bi-vocational)
Wildewood CC, OKC
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