We've all be waiting for it and some have barely been able to contain their excitement!  This Sunday is our annual Tie-Dyed Sunday.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their favorite (or perhaps there NEW!!!) Tie-Dyed shirt, pants, dresses or whatever.  Let's make this Sunday "psychedelic baby"!

Over the past several months our prayer request list has continued to grow.  While we want to be a "prayerful people", we want to make sure that our prayer list is current, lest it simply becomes overwhelming. The church office has recently removed some names of folks who have been on our list for quite a while.  If we've removed someone who NEEDS to remain on the list, please let us know, and we'll add them back on.  If you know of someone who is doing better and could come off, please let us know that, too.  You can contact the church office at: 

(918) 582-3088 

or 

[email protected].

Thanks so much for your help!

Penny Walker (friend of Lori Stem)

Gary Alexander - recovering from surgery

Herb & Ada Allison (Kelly Austin's in-laws)

Carla High (friend of Joyce Daley)

Janice West (friend of Eric Sanchez)

In thanksgiving for birthdays and anniversaries

It has come to our attention that the link (below) to contact Donna Eastham was entered incorrectly. If you have clicked on the link in the last couple of weeks, your message was not-- repeat, was not--received. The typo has been corrected, so please try again, so that Donna will actually receive your request. 

Again , if you would like a mid-year statement, please contact our Treasurer,  Donna Eastham, to verify that your contributions to date have been received and entered correctly. You  may also want to adjust your pledge, as your circumstances may have changed--favorably or otherwise--since you made your pledge last fall. Please let Donna know if you would like to make an adjustment, and she can make that change in our church's financial system.  

Thanks to each of you for your generosity!

As you no doubt have heard, Karl Villadsen submitted his resignation as Food Pantry Coordinator during the July Vestry meeting.  He will continue in his leadership capacity through the rest of this calendar year.  We are so grateful for Karl's dedicated service; we are also very grateful that he shared his plans early enough that we have time to find his replacement.

We are, of course, now looking for someone to take over as the lead person for this ministry.  Or, it could be that several folks could collaborate to share the various duties, thereby preventing the job's becoming burdensome for any one person. 

The Food Pantry is the biggest and most visible ministry we have, and almost all of those who benefit from it are folks outside our parish family.   If you have a heart for this important service and some time--no matter how limited--to dedicate to this wonderful and vital ministry, please visit with Raul Rosario or Fr. Dewayne Messenger and discuss how you might be able to share your talents.   

Have you ever wanted to take painting lessons but were afraid that you might not have the talent?  Have you ever wanted a chance to brush up on your paint strokes?  Have you ever wanted to paint like Picasso?   Then consider joining in on the Painting and Wine Party slated for Saturday, August 19th.  The cost is $35 and includes all your art supplies and a glass of wine! Contact Joyce Lynch for details.

We are pleased to announce that Theo Simatupang will soon be joining our parish family.  Theo was a seminarian at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC before being received into our denomination, the Ecumenical Catholic Communion, by way of the ECC Diocese of California. Theo is from Indonesia and has been in the US for several years - working first with the Franciscan Mission in Arizona and then with the Capuchin (Franciscan) order.  

Theo will be serving our parish in various ministries and hopes to resume his seminary studies this Spring.