Church News
THE JOURNAL, Thursday, March 12, 2015- C3
Lost Creek United Methodist Church
There is a lot more to being the church than just going to
church on Sunday mornings. Last Sunday at Lost Creek was
a testament to that fact.
Rev. Adam Leathers, Director of Criminal, Justice, and
Mercy Ministries in the Oklahoma Conference of the United
Methodist Church, spoke to the congregation about New Day
Camp. New Day Camp is specifically aimed at children of
incarcerated parents. Carletta Denisen, a long-time camp
leader at New Day Camp shared her passion for helping these
children as well. Lost Creek was able to sponsor 25 children
to this weeklong camp last year.
The Oklahoma Blood Institute bus was back at Lost Creek
on Sunday. Because of bad weather, the need for blood has
reached a critical stage in Oklahoma. We are glad to offer
this opportunity to give the gift of life.
During the 8:30 service, six Lost Creek members were
commissioned to go serve in Mexico during Spring Break.
They will be traveling with 30 team members from Owasso
United Methodist Church. Their mission is to build two homes
(casitas) and have Bible School for neighborhood children. A
special send-off from Lost Creek will take place this Friday
evening at 6:30.
Another Lost Creek member will be going to Behnopan.
Belize on mission with a team from Chapel Hill UMC in Okla-
homa City. This team will continue work on the Methodist
Hh School. A young lady from Lost Creek will be serving
a group of OSU students on mission in Albuquerque,
New Mexico. That brings the number to eight serving abroad
ol)Lmission during Spring Break.
Lost Creek fosters a missional spirit in all ages of our con-
ggation, believing you are never too young to start serving.
Te CREW class, 3rd-6th graders, will be taking a mission trip
on::March 22 to Cookson Hills in eastern Oklahoma.
;,nother delicious meal was served by the Alaska Mission
t, and those planning to go to Peru this summer met to
discuss plans.
Check out Lost Creek's website to find out more details about
atl of Lost Creek's missions, hear a podcast of past Sundays'
sices, participate in online giving and much more. That
wbsite is lostcreekumc.org. Lost Creek United Methodist
Church can also be found on Facebook.
Worship times are 8:30 and 11:00 on Sunday mornings
with Sunday School classes for all ages at 9:45. Lost Creek is
located between Stillwater and Perkins at 8002 S. Washington
on 80th Street between Hwy. 177 and Western Street. Come
and live your faith with Lost Creek!
Eden Chapel United Methodist
By Rev. John K. Curtis
Welcome to Eden Chapel a United Methodist Family Fel-
lowship experience. We do Sundays a little different at Eden
Chapel and I believe you will enjoy it as much as we do. We
begin every Sunday morning at 9am with a very personal Com-
munion Experience in our Prayer Chapel. Then we prepare for
our Sunday Morning Worship at 9:30am which leads us into
our Gathering Time (visiting and snacks) at 10:30am. Then we
are off to Sunday School at 1 lamto share Christ, our lives and
experiences with each other. Later on each Sunday evening
at 5pm we have Youth and Children activities starting with a
family style meal and then Bible lessons and games. If you like
to sing, then come and join us on Wednesday evening at 6pm
for choir practice and enjoy the music. If you are interested in
Bible Studies, we gather at 8am every Thursday morning for
prayer time with Bible Talk and then at 9am we continue our
Bible Study as we travel though the "Acts of the Apostles".
This is the 4th Sunday of Lent and One Great Hour of Sharing
Sunday at Eden Chapel as we continue our Lenten Journey
toward Easter. Pastor John will be teaching from Ephesians 2:
1-10 with the title of his teaching "Designed by God"
God shaped you according to your purpose for him. How
else can you explain yourself?. Your ability to diagnose an
engine problem by the noise it makes or to bake a cake with-
out a recipe. You knew the Civil War better than your history
teacher. You know the name of every kid in the school. How
do you explain such feats of skill? God? God! Yes God, he
knew young Israel would need a code of conduct, so he gave
Moses a love for the law. He knew the doctrine of grace would
need an advocate, so he set Paul to spread the Good News. And
even in your case, he knew what your generation would need
and he gave it to you to share. Yes. God designed you! And
his design defines your destiny. Remember what Peter said,
"If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which
God supplies?' You are designed to be saved by God's grace
because of your faith and this salvation is God's gift and the
very design of God for you.
You are all invited to experience Holy Week (Monday-Fri-
day) starting on 30 March (Monday) at the Perkins Christian
Church located downtown in Perkins. The Perkins Ministerial
Alliance (PMA) will be providing a free meal at lunch (serv-
ing times are 11:30 and 12:30) each day. One of our PMA
ministers will be bringing the Word of God and songs each
day at 12:00, so come and join us for a great week of food,
fellowship and Word as the Perkins Community prepares for
the Easter celebration.
Come visit Eden Chapel this Sunday as we travel on our
"Lenten" journey toward Easter and find out why "Eden
Chapel" people seem to be so darn happy! You will expe-
rience how we are "Designed by God" to change the world
and you also will be changed! Eden Chapel is located at the
comer of 92nd Street and S. Fairgrounds Road. Come and
enjoy a Family Fellowship experience with us! We hope to
see you this Sunday.
Immanuel Baptist Church
By Claudia Andrews
It was so good for God's forever family to be together again
after all the snow days! Sunshine and rain ahead!
Allen Cain played a steel guitar offertory rendition of the
great hymn "How Great Thou Art". Bob Gilbert sang a great
older hyrrm "Haven of Rest" before the moming sermon for
those who came to celebrate Jesus as Lord.
Brother Michael W. Cannon's message was Part 2 of"Grow
Up! Wait??" taken from James 5:7-10. Waiting involves
patience, a virtue we want now! In II Corinthians 4:1,8-10,
13-15 we are reminded to not lose heart a&.a. give up. God
continues to work in the Christian, reminding us our troubles
are momentary and to fix our eyes Him. We are here on earth
on a "working permit" as we share the Good News until He
calls us Home. Do not allow frustrations to take over, remem-
ber that God is in control. Our first line of defense is prayer,
allowing God to grow us up as we patiently wait on His timing.
Bro. Mike sang a song his cousin wrote "Where Angels
Sing" before he brought the evening message: again a Part 2
of "What God Hath Joined Together: Why Men Respond to
Honof' taken from Mark 10:2-12 and Ephesians 5. Unfortu-
nately the world and TV does not portray the husband of the
family in an honoring roll any more. Yet, that is totally God's
plan for the husband in the family. God has wired men and
women differently, thus their rolls in the family are different.
Ephesians 5:33 reveals that the wife responds to love and the
husband responds to honor/reverence asmen are linear think-
ers and woman are global thinkers. When they come together
as God intended, God is honored and the marriage is blessed.
Our WM&M ladies will meet Sat., Mar. 14, at 8am for a
quick breakfast and devotion. Our students are planning a
trip to see the movie "Do You Believe?" coming to theaters
Mar. 20.
Come visit us at 2415 E 104, just a mile north of Perkins.
Info: 547-1222 or www.immanuelbaptistperkins.org
Cimarron Valley Church of Perkins
By Ralph Martin
Sunday, our Pastor, Paul Dawson, brought a message
"Pardon the Interruption" from Mark 5:25-35. Jesus did not
come to mankind to heal our physical ailments. He came to
etemally heal our souls through acceptance of him. However,
physical healing was an important part of his ministry. He
performed miracles like raising the dead, giving sight to the
blind, restoring deformed bodies, and calming the sea. These
miracles gave authority to Jesus teachings and his claim to
be the Messiah. They generated crowds numbering in the
thousands that followed him at every opporttmity.
Mark 5:25-35 tells about a time when Jesus had been begged
by a local synagogue ruler, named Jairus, to come save his
twelve year old daughter who was dying. Jesus went with
him and the crowd thronged behind. While enroute, Jesus was
approached from behind and his clothing touched. Jesus felt
healing power leave him and stopped. Then he turned around
and asked "who has touched my clothes?" After some tense
moments, a scared, frightened, and very frail woman came
forward and admitted her guilt during a soul bearing testimony.
She had been afflicted with continuous hemorrhaging for
twelve years. Desperate for a cure, she had spent all of her
money on doctors whose attempts were little more than super-
stitious rituals resulting from a trust in magic. She was labeled
as being unclean by Jewish law and excluded from most social
contacts - including touching others which would make them
unclean also. She had heard of Jesus' miracles and had faith
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