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MARANATHA NEWSLETTER5/5/2023

Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Jim McCann, President

Today: 17 July 2016 Next Week: 24 July 2016Birthdays:Terry Michael (17)Steve Jacoby (18)Mark Butterworth (20)

Birthdays:Charlotte Rowe (25)Terri Todd (28)David Carpenter (29)Skip Scott (29)

Anniversaries:Ed & Judith Payton (7/17/81)Mickey & Carol Maus (7/19/80)

Anniversaries:Mark Lee & Brenda Miller (7/27/91)

Prayer this week: Prayer next week



Janet Purinton Carol GrimSpeaker this week:Dr. Mouzon Biggs

Speaker next week:Dr. Mouzon Biggs

Snacks this week:G = Rob & Frieda ReckH =Sharon & Bruce Chucoski

Snacks next week:G = Kendall & David CarpenterH = Gabrielle Blankenship

Boston Avenue UMC: http://www.bostonavenue.org/

Maranatha Class:http://maranathaclass.org/

MINUTES:

http://maranathaclass.org/

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Thank you for the snacks and refreshments. Dr. Biggs provided the third of five lessons during the month of July and did his usual extraordinary job.

GUESTS: Olin Medley, Nancy Manduano’s father, Sam Smith’s sisters.

FINANCE:



Class expenditures: For any requested class expenditure, please contact a member of the Finance Committee: Bob Russell, Jim Embrey, Dave Grim or Karen Campbell (Emeritus) & Jim McCann.

Since we have not yet sold the paintings that David Cooley generously donated, we are exploring other options of potentially selling them through Ziegler’s or Richard Neel Interiors. If anyone else has suggestions for methods to sell them, please contact Ed Payton.



SOCIALS:Class Outing To See BABA’s Production of ANYTHING GOES – On July 31st, we will end the month by going out to lunch as a class after the 11:00 service and then attending the closing matinee performance of Anything Goes. We are sending sign-up lists around each Sunday in July and need payment at time of sign-up so that we can purchase tickets and get great seats. There is lots of Maranatha talent in the cast and on the production crew so we should have a



great time supporting our own! Put July 31st on your calendar and plan to enjoy those tapping toes in Anything Goes!

MISSIONS:SERVING DINNER FOR ST. LUKE’S REDEMPTION CHURCH: Our mission project this month is to serve dinner at St. Luke’s this Sunday, June 24th. It will be well organized so that your time is well spent, but you will make a powerful impact upon people who need you. Sign-up sheets are



being passed around in class. If you are available to help, please contact Jim Embrey or Glenna Arnott.

Upcoming Maranatha Mission Events:August – Open month for mission9th September: Day Center for the Homeless, feeding dinnerOctober – Open month for missionNovember – Open month for mission



December – Neighbor for Neighbor, managing families for photos and presents25 December: Serving Congregational Brunch to whole church before worshipIf you know of a mission opportunity that would fit into Maranatha’s scope of work, let Glenna Arnott or Jim Embrey know so they can look into it for a possible opportunity to serve.

PRAYER VOLUNTEERS:



7/24 Carol Grim 7/31 Mark Butterworth

SPEAKERS:

7/24, 7/31 Dr. Mouzon Biggs



8/7 & 8/14 Roger Coffey8/21 & 8/28 Gary Peluso-Verdend

CLASS PRAYER REQUESTS (Joys):Please give thanks for the following:



None this week.

CLASS PRAYER REQUESTS (Concerns):Please keep the following in your prayers:

Sarah Maldonado is having three surgical procedures this week on one eye at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City. That will be followed by surgery on the other eye on August 1 st.



Nancy Manduano’s father is having eye surgery this week, also at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City so Maranatha will be ruling the waiting room.

Please pray for Angelyn Dale’s co-worker, a young woman who previously had a double mastectomy due to breast cancer. During a routine screening earlier this month, Courtney found that the cancer has returned. Courtney is getting married on July 30 th and will now be skipping her honeymoon to instead have extensive surgery on August 5 th. She has virtually no family so she and her new husband will be handling this all on their own with no support other than what the women of the law firm can provide.



We continue to lift up the daughters of our own James Kilman, Darryl and Renee, and his stepdaughter Amy and ex-wife Denise in our prayers, as we try to come to grips with this painful loss.

Rev. EvaMarie Campbell’s father, Rev. Charles Herndon, is in his final stage of battling his cancer. Please pray for all of their family as they move through this process with him.

Please email our Caranatha Chair Carol Grim at [email protected] and copy our President at [email protected] with concerns that need immediate class response or prayer during the week such as accidents, injuries, deaths, etc. For emergencies, please call Carol at (918) 583-

mailto:[email protected]




5181 (weekday mornings) or (198) 369-6945 (any other time). For Joys and Concerns to be communicated to the class and incorporated into the newsletter, please email our class mailbox at [email protected]. I will incorporate them into our newsletter and, if time permits, into our class announcements, next week.

CHURCH WIDE PRAYER REQUESTS:




07/17/16 Boston Avenue Prayer Ministry: “Choose me again. Enable me to believe in the part of myself that is precious. Teach me the art of flavoring the world with goodness. Assist me in stripping away all the things that obscure the truth of my relationship with Christ. Encourage me to choose spiritual foods that feed my hunger for you. Turn my face away from the kind of darkness that hides the light of your presence. I too am chosen and precious. May the world be blessed because of my faithfulness to your presence in my life. Amen.” Macrina Wiederkehr “ Jacques Cunningham, 749 7040, [email protected]

-For God’s peace to rule in the hearts of all his children, the Boston Avenue Church & staff, the ministries of Boston Avenue, the Prayer Ministry, the ministers of Boston Avenue & families:




David Wiggs, Eva Marie Campbell, Bill Tankersley, Audra Fogle, Brenda Reed, Sheri Nellis, Joel Panciera, Susan Panciera, Debbie Peterson, Paula Gradney Garner, Jose Luis Hernandez, Belynda Clanton, Paul Staat, Hayley St. John, Jennifer Solis, Sara Pugh Montgomery- For Merri Whitaker, the Cookson Mission, the Burroughs students, teachers and staff

Prayer Requests Received on 7/17/16:- For the Boston Avenue families who have lost loved ones: Ruth Clemmons- For the Boston Avenue members who are or have been in the hospital: : Grant Pinkstaff, Jeanne Parnell, Ruth Kraemer, Mary Birdsell, Eileen Cannon



- For our first time visitors- For revival at Boston Ave in July.- For Rev. Charles Herndon. He is under hospice care now and very weak. - For spiritual growth at the Boston Ave. Summit July 22-23.- For the Howells in TX adjustment to recent move.- For God direct my family’s steps to the connections they need and the paths they should take. - For Cindy Harmon. Thank you church members for the prayers offered, calls, all your love and asking John about me when he greets to tell me hello, all the cards sent during this journey I



have been going through with chemo. I feel your love. I’m nearing the completion of the chemo infusions.- For God’s presence in the midst of the police officers killed in Baton Rouge and Dallas.- For those attending and leading camps this week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:BABA USHERS NEEDED If you would like to see BABA’s production of Anything Goes for free, please consider ushering for a performance. You would need to arrive at 6:30 on Friday, 7/22,



Thursday, 7/28, or Friday, 7/29, or by 2:00 on Sunday, 7/24 or Sunday, 7/31. You would pass out programs and assist patrons to their seats and stay afterward to help tidy the theatre for the next performance. If you are interested, please contact Denise Klein.

GRADUATION FOR CLASS MEMBER Our Apartment M Resident and class member Lee-Lee Defreitas is preparing to graduate from the Exodus House program, with the graduation ceremony and celebration is scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, July 26 th. Maranatha is invited to help send her off with warm wishes for her future success and happiness. If you plan



to attend, please email Sharon Earley and plan to bring a side dish to accompany sandwiches and dessert. Lee-Lee plans to move back to Georgia to live with her father after graduation

MOVING ASSISTANCE NEEDED Class member Kip Jones has requested assistance moving from a ground floor apartment at 61st and Peoria to a third floor apartment at 131st on July 29th & 30th. He has rented a truck and just needs help loading and unloading the furniture items. Rev. Bill Crowell was helping Kip makes plans for the move, but isn’t here to complete the task! If any of you are available on July 29th or 30th to help Kip move to his new place, please contact him using the cell phone or email addresses listed in the Maranatha directory.



BOSTON AVENUE SUMMIT Those of you who have not yet taken a Spiritual Formation Class have another opportunity on Friday, July 22nd from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Saturday, July 23rd from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It will be led by Pat Luna, Rev. David Wiggs and Rev. Sara Pugh Montgomery. Child care is available. To register, call (918) 699-0147. This is a powerful event!

CLASS DISCUSSION GUIDELINES - We are a large class with many people who have lots of interesting things to say. In order to give everyone an opportunity to voice their comments, we are incorporating into our weekly lessons the discussion guidelines that Marita Morgan taught



us: (1) Only one comment per person per class. (2) Economy of words. (3). Speak loudly so everyone has an opportunity to hear you. Thank you for adhering to these discussion guidelines so that we will all have an opportunity to participate in the discussions and benefit from hearing each other.

2016 Maranatha Officers

President: Jim McCannVP Curriculum: Angelyn Dale



VP Finance: Bob Russell/Jim Embrey/Dave Grim/Karen Campbell (Emeritus)/Jim McCannVP Missions: Glenna Arnott/Jim EmbreySocial: Angelyn Dale/Karen Campbell/Sarah Maldonado/Jeanie Payton/Judith PaytonAuction: Judith and Ed PaytonAttendance taker(s)/Secretary: Sharon EarleyRefreshments: Debbie and Scott MorganReporter: Meredith Davison-WansleyCaranatha: Carol and Dave GrimChili Supper: Jim & Julee EmbreyHistorian: Pam Low



Treasurer: Susie ButterworthWeb Master: Barbara Meehan

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