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December 17, 2019
405.789.8812 8100 NW 23rd Street Oklahoma City, OK 73127
We will be out
of the office
December 25, 2019
thru January 1, 2020
We hope you have
a Merry Christmas
and your
New Year
will be blessed.
The Christmas Benevolence Fund helps provide Christmas to families in need. Your donations will help to provide food for a holiday meal as well as gifts
such as clothing, shoes, and toys for children. Please mark checks in the memo with “Christmas
Benevolence” or “Christmas families” and place in offering plate or turn into the office. These funds will be used to purchase gift cards for church families in need of help making their Christmas a little better this season.
Christmas
Benevolence
Fund
Thank you to the Western Oaks Congregation for their overwhelming vote in favor of the 2020 budget. The vote was 54 Yes and 3 No, with one ballot abstaining.
The budget represents a projected roadmap for the coming year in terms of expected revenue and expenses. As in past years, the budget utilizes some income collected in past years to fund service anticipated in the next 12 months. This year’s budget, in fact, is very similar to last year’s and runs a similar deficit.
We run a very tight ship in terms of expenditures. Standing committees have very small budget allocations and most of our staff are part-time employees who going without raises for the coming year, again . Our pri-mary expenditure growth over the past 12 months were in terms of utility and maintenance costs. Garbage collection, phone services, and electrical service all showed rate increases and things break or leak and have to be repaired. We can help reduce some of these cost increases by turning off lights when we leave rooms and making sure the programmable thermostats are not changed (It happens quite frequently, the pro-grammed thermostats setbacks are altered and potential electrical savings are lost when the programming is erased). We can also reduce the frequency of use of the copy machine and the number of copies made (especially those that are color). It should also be noted that although we are actively looking for a new youth director, as long as the vacancy exists, there will be a savings in personnel costs.
But the bottom line is that as a member-supported institution, our general fund increases only with increased numbers of pledges and increased dollar amounts of those pledges. If you have not yet made a pledge of financial support for 2020 to Western Oaks Christian Church, it is not too late to do so. If you did make a commitment of giving, will you consider increasing your pledge?
We are not known as an extravagant organization. Expenditures are carefully researched and purchases judi-ciously accounted. But we must expand our giving and grow our membership if we are to maintain our repu-tation as an organization Loving God and Serving Our Neighbors. We must join together to sustain and grow the programs, people, and outreach that embodies this remarkable church on the west side of Oklahoma City.
Sincerely
Bob Melton
According to Kids
I was watching a video about the Christmas story
as seen through the eyes of kids and discovered
many points that were not covered in the gospel
stories. Such as, the smell was really bad when
Jesus was born, after all it was a barn. It is not
the version we hear Linus quoting from the Bible
but rather it is filled with the many things adults
have shared with kids, the inferences of children
and of course the misconceptions many of us
have.
Did you know Mary was doing laundry when the
angel appeared? In one video a child says, “and
Mary said ‘how can I have a baby I am not even
married’ and then Joseph freaked out.” They
went to “befferham on a donkey, no maybe it
was a camel.” The shepherds were camped out
in the fields when an angel sang to them
“Glorius”. There was also a variety of gifts given
to the baby Jesus including, gold, a toy giraffe,
silver, frankentint, Frankenstein, a stuffed animal
hippo, and some diapers.
What they all got right though is when they said
this baby would change the world and that this
baby was the best gift ever. Indeed, Jesus is
the best gift we have ever received and every
year we remember the arrival of this gift on
Christmas day.
We may not fully understand the hows and
whys, we don’t always get the pieces of the
story correct and we have the magi showing
up in the stable instead of the house two years
after the birth. But what really matters is at
the heart of the story, God loved the world so
much that Jesus would be born to teach us of
that great love. He is the Prince of Peace,
wonderful counselor, and the hope for all the
world.
As we wait excitedly for that wonderful day,
anxious to unwrap presents and see all the
smiles and happy faces, let us remember the
best gift always has been a little child who was
born so that we could live a life of love and
hope.
I hope you have a merry Christmas!
Faith Lairson 12/21
Betty Singleton 12/22
Montana Pursley 12/22
Bob Smith 12/22
Thomas Jewell 12/23
Alex Wilkinson 12/28
Rocky Fearing 12/30
Eric Gray 12/30
Lynda Gervais 12/31
Reeca Young 12/31
Abby Frank 12/2
Natalie Griffin 12/3
Erin Jewell 12/4
Dana Andrews 12/11
Jessica Wall 12/11
Linda Cobb 12/12
Wendy Wilkerson 12/14
Josh Wilkerson 12/16
Michelle McConnell 12/17
Mikayla Sharp 12/18
Charli Meador 12/19
Thank you to the group who came to our house the evening of December 8 to sing familiar carols and share delicious cookies, too.
It was good to see old friends, and some new fac-es, also. What a wonderful way to start the Christ-mas season.
Thanks again,
George & Dean Lunsford
December & Church Events
Dec. 22 Lessons and Carols 11:00 am Choir presentation
Dec. 24 Christmas Eve 6:00 pm Family Candlelight Worship
Christmas Eve 11:30 pm Midnight Candlelight Worship
Dec. 25 Season of Christmas begins
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Dec. 29 First Sunday of Christmas Rev. Dr. Thomas R. Jewell, preaching Worship 9:00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship 11:00 am
Connect congregations to each other
• Foster faith development
• Gather Disciples in camps, conferences, and assemblies
• Nurture a new generation of pastors
• Assist churches in calling new ministers
• Participate in the global mission of the church
• Empower new communities of faith
• Represent the church in ecumenical gatherings
• Respond to disasters in Oklahoma
• Walk with those in conflict
• Lead the church to address racism
• Inspire leaders to experiment and create
• Witness to the power of God to make ALL things new
Please offer a gift to the Christmas Offering to support Oklahoma Regional Ministries in our work to:
100% supports Oklahoma Regional Ministries
December 15 & 22
Do you want to talk with Rev. U’Ren at the office?
Go to our WOCC calendar page:
www.woccdoc.org or directly at
https://calendly.com/revuren
December 2019 17 Personnel Meeting 6:00pm Admin Meeting 7:30pm 24 Christmas Eve Worship 6:00pm 28 Christmas Eve Worship 11:30pm 29 Benevolent Offering
January 2020 4 CMF Breakfast 7:30am
7 Elders Prayer Breakfast 7:30am
8 Bridge for Fun 1:00pm Caring and Sharing 4:30pm
9 Disciple Women 6:30pm
12 Elders Meeting 12:15pm
Chili Cook Off 6:00pm
14 CWF Meeting & Lunch 10:00am
19 Caring & Sharing Meeting 4:00pm
21 Elders Prayer Breakfast 7:30am
Personnel 6:00pm
Admin 7:30pm
22 Bridge for Fun 1:00pm
Caring & Sharing Meal 5:00pm
24 Family Game Night 6:00pm
“Loving God, Serving our Neighbor”
8100 NW 23rd Street
Oklahoma City OK 73127
Church Staff
Senior Minister: Rev. Daniel U’Ren Associate Minister: Rev. Julia Jordan Gillett
Admin Assistant: Cindy Cannon office@woccdoc.org
Music Director: Dr. Ronald Manning
Pianist: Rosa McCroskey
Praise Band Leader: Ben Frantz
Praise Band: Cheyenne Pursley, Natalie Griffin, and Zach Jones
Sound Technicians: David Gillett & James Frank
Custodian: Lawrence Johnson
Nursery Attendants: Shaylee White and Janet Harper
ATTENDANCE
12/15 9 AM 36 11 AM 98
12/2 9 AM 32 11 AM 97
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«Address»
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GIVING
12/15 General $2,949.00 Blessing
Fund $25.00
12/8 General $5,690.00 Blessing
Fund $00.00
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