This Month in
Worship
Sermon Titles & Texts
July 1 True Freedom
Leviticus 19:13-18
5th Sunday of Pentecost
July 8 Called to Be Vulnerable, But Not Victims
Galatians 5:1, 13-15, 22-26
6th Sunday of Pentecost
July 15 Guest Preacher, Mark Davies
7th Sunday of Pentecost
July 22 How Do You Welcome God?
Luke
10:38-42
8th Sunday of Pentecost
July 29 Teach Us to Pray
Romans 8:26-27
9th Sunday of Pentecost
Dr. Mark Davies
July 15
We
are pleased to be welcoming the Reverend Dr. Mark Davies to the pulpit on
Sunday morning, July 15th. Mark is well known to many at Crown Heights,
having taught the Pyramid Sunday School Class for quite some time while he
and his family were members here. For those who don’t know Dr. Davies, he
serves as the Dean of the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City
University, our only Oklahoma United Methodist college which we support with
our apportionment giving. In addition to his teaching and administrative
work, Dr. Davies continues to give direction to OCU’s service learning
program which he helped to establish several years ago. This important
component of the students’ educations helps them “give back” to the
community in significant, hands-on settings.
Desserts with Dianne
You’re invited for an informal time of getting acquainted, sharing ideas and
delicious desserts! In an effort to get to know our congregation, Rev.
Dianne Peters will be spending time with small groups of folks to learn more
about them and their dreams for Crown Heights. Desserts will be offered
during the afternoon and evening times, at members’ homes or the church. Be
watching for the list of dates and places so that you can find a time that
works with your schedule and sign up! If child care is needed, let us know.
Dog Days of Summer Flea Market
It
may be too late for “Spring” cleaning, but it’s
NEVER
too late to de-clutter and here’s your chance! The Mission Committee is
going to have a Flea Market on Saturday, August 4th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. on the church lawn. There will be booths to sell your items with any of
the proceeds you choose going to the Cuba Mission.
Please let us know if you will be participating. If you can not join us,
but have items to sell, we will be glad to sell them with
all of
those proceeds going to the cause. No clothes please, unless they are
vintage collectibles. Please call Brigette Gean at 524-2849 to reserve a
space, to donate items, or for large item pick-up.
Endowment Scholarships Announced
The
Endowment Fund of our church happily continues a long-standing tradition of
awarding scholarships to our members pursuing higher education degrees. The
following recipients were recognized in our worship service on June 24.
Hilary Jones Kelly
Marose
Holly Robison Tyler Kirk
Brent Massey Blake Thompson
Craig Marose Daniel
McKnight
Congratulations students!
Lay Speaker Training
July 27-29
The
North and South Oklahoma City District Lay Speakers Ministry will hold its
Lay Speaker Training on July 27-29, 2007 at the Catholic Pastoral Center in
Oklahoma City. The training will begin on Friday the 27th at 5:00 p.m. and
end at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday the 29th. This training is for beginning lay
speakers as well as those seeking advanced certification or renewal. Please
contact Evelyn Phyffer at jludee@yahoo.com or 209-0611 for additional
information regarding lay speaking in the United Methodist tradition or this
training.
Prayer Blanket
Thirty prayer blankets embroidered with our name and emblem were generously
donated to Crown Heights by member, Robert Marks.
These charming embroidered blankets will serve as a symbol from our church
and congregation to help express our thoughts and prayers for those on the
road to recovery.
Successful Peanut Butter Drive
This year Crown Heights has helped by contributing 126 jars of peanut butter
for the food closet at Skyline Urban Ministries.
Once again, Crown Heights continues to generously give to those in need.
Thank you.
Children’s Ministry
Music Camp—July 16-20
Our 2007 Music Camp, entitled “Peter Cotton’s Tale”, is
just around the corner.
Sign up today! And spread the word to your friends,
neighbors and cousins to
join in the fun.
Deadline is July 4. Registration sheets are located throughout the church.
Sign–In Required
Parents:
Please note that we now require you to sign in when dropping your child off
on Sundays. We are taking measures to provide a safe environment for
your children.
Music Ministry
by George Massey
July Music Series
The
Music Ministry will feature a Vocal and Instrumental Solo series through the
first Sunday in August, and an ensemble from our choir will sing on one of
the Sundays.
Choir Recruitment
If
you have considered being a part of our Chancel Choir, we hope that you will
join us in the Fall. As in the past, our Christmas Cantata is the highlight
of our musical year, and this December, we will present a wonderful Mark
Hayes composition. This one will have part CD's for each member of the
choir, so that everyone can have extra rehearsal at their leisure. We are
very happy to have members sing and rehearse as their schedules allow. As we
do rehearse 5 to 6 weeks in advance, you would always feel prepared each
Sunday. If you would only be interested in singing in our Christmas Cantata,
we designate around 25 minutes each rehearsal for this special
Sunday. Please feel free to contact George if you would like additional
information at
gmassey4@cox.net or
524-9318.
Hands-On Mission Project
All
Crown Heights members are asked to help make a difference in people’s lives
by
contributing items to be included in the UMCOR Layette disaster kits.
Please support this UMW Conference Project by bringing one or more of the
following
NEW
items to church and placing them in the basket (outside of the Pyramid
classroom): 6 cloth diapers; 2 shirts or one-piece body suits; 2 baby
washcloths; 2 gowns or 2 sleepers; 2 diaper pins; 1 sweater (open in front);
and 2 receiving blankets.
If
you are interested in assembling one of the four types
of these disaster
kits yourself, look for the fliers on the
UMW bulletin board, which list the
items to include and the
instructions for assembling.
Thanks for your participation in this valuable relief effort.
Missions
Crown Heights U.M.C. is preparing to send a 12 member mission team to Pilon,
Cuba on December 2. Our task will be to complete construction for a
Methodist church which was severally damaged by a hurricane in 2006. We will
be following in the footsteps of several other United Methodist Volunteer in
Mission (VIM) teams who have been restoring this church. Our purpose, the
VIM purpose, is to share the love of Christ in ways that make a Christian
difference. We will do that by sharing meals, working alongside and
worshiping with our Cuban hosts.
A
number of members of our congregation have asked how they can help and share
in this experience. Well, there are a couple of spaces left open if
you are interested to see first hand what international mission is like. We
will be having a team meeting in July and all are welcome to join in. Like
all missions, we have financial needs. Expenses for individual team members,
and team expenses for the host country are high and we can use all the
financial assistance we can get. We will gratefully accept donations of all
sizes. Checks can be made out to the church with "Cuba Mission" written on
the memo line.
Even
though we will be restricted on the amount of luggage we can take, our hosts
need medicine, children's items and all kinds of small things like pencils
and paper that we can take. We will publish a detailed account of our
specific needs as we get closer to December.
Most
importantly the team needs prayer partners, someone back home that will pray
for the missioner every day. The lives of the missioners and the life of
the congregation can be transformed by prayerful involvement in
inter-national mission. Hearts and minds are opened in ways that must be
experienced. Won't you join us?
The Whiz Kids are Coming!
The Whiz Kids are Coming!
Soon
the halls of Crown Heights will be filled with laughter, hugs, books, and
bright-eyed children with their tutors reading, reading and more
reading. They will also hear Bible stories and learn that God loves them
enough to bring people like you to love them.
We
are hoping to have 50 Whiz Kids from Putnam Heights Elementary School and 50
tutors this school year filling our church from 3-5 pm every Thursday
afternoon school is in session, from September to the middle of May. Is this
the year you become a Whiz Kids tutor?
We
have great substitutes for those times you have to be gone, and we have
great kids for you to learn to love. Call Janet at 524-3895 for more
details, and to volunteer. The WHIZ KIDS are waiting on you!
Skyline’s Clothes For Kids Drive
August 5-10
"When the 'Clothes For Kids' store started years ago, we never dreamed it
would continue to grow each year," says Imogene Bates from Skyline Urban
Ministries. Now she has grown 'children' coming back to say thank you for
the clothes they received when they were younger. Those clothes helped them
fit in at school.
This
year over 1000 children will be able to start school in new clothes because
Skyline opened the 'store'. This can't happen without us giving in a
BIG way. And here’s how you can
help…
Things needed:
Socks Shirts Underwear
Jeans Shoes
Gift cards from: Walmart and Payless Shoes
Skyline needs the clothes and gift cards by August 1st in order to get it
all set up for the kids to come 'shop' the week of August 6th - 10th.
A
group of volunteers from Crown Heights will be 'manning the store' on the
evening of Thursday, August 9th, from 6-9 pm. Other volunteers are needed
during the day shopping times also.
Bring any new clothes or gift cards to the church during the month of July
and place them in the pink grocery carts in the garden room or in the
narthex of the sanctuary. You can also bring or send checks to the church
noted with “Skyline Clothes” in the memo.
This
is your chance to help many children get a good start at school this year.
Contact Charlene Jones at 524-5075 to sign up or to see how you can help.
