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David is being moved from the Heart Institute to the 9th floor of Hillcrest’s main hospital. He remains in very grave condition and is no longer conscious. Please pray for him and for his family during this difficult time.

Rick

All,

We learned last night that David Cooley had been transferred to the Heart Institute at Hillcrest. Following up today, we received a message from a family friend that he is not expected to make it through the day. Please keep David and his family in your prayers.

Roger

We received this update from Sara this week.

Rick

Subject: News to Share with Sunday School Classes!

Good morning yall! We had a great Adult Council meeting on Tuesday night and I wanted to make sure that I shared some more information from that meeting so that we’re all on the same page!

First off, here is the Easter Schedule for this year:

• Easter Eve Service 4pm Saturday, March 31
• Easter Sunrise Service in the park 6:30am, Sunday, April 1
• Easter Services in the Sanctuary 9am and 11am, Sunday, April 1
• 13th Street Worship in Jubilee at 11am, Sunday, April 1
• Sunday School 10-10:45am, Sunday, April 1

I did find out that the reason why the Easter Services are at 9am and 11am rather than 8:30am and 11am is because it was thought that if we’re going to have two services most folks (nodding towards visitors) don’t want to come early…and having it at 9am gave time for the musicians and the choir to take a breather rather than having services at 9:30am and 11am. We are going down to the two services to continue to build more momentum in the worship and gain greater energy! So please spread this word of the Easter Schedule for this year!

Secondly – here is the schedule of the Unity services that will be happening this year! I also found out that these are special for this year only as they are part of our 125th Anniversary Celebration…so again we want to build momentum and energy as a full worshipping body together. This is not the beginning of the end of the 8:30am service – I double checked that and it was confirmed 😉 But this does give some great opportunities to have kids and our youth on the TV which helps to change the public perception of our congregation as well since they’re usually not in the sanctuary during 11am worship! So please make sure that yall communicate these worship services out to your classes – Sunday School hour will stay the same but there will be no 8:30am worship on these Sundays.

• April 22, 2018 – God Made All Things New Music Service (worship shown on TV will be the Easter Eve service led by the children because we were already bumped on this Sunday for TV time…)
• July 1, 2018 – Patriotic Service with all VBS participants singing, plus Chancel Choir
• August 26, 2018 – Legacy Service with both Chapel & Chancel Choirs
• September 23, 2018 – State of the Church Service with all Children’s, Chapel and Chancel Choirs singing
• October 28, 2018 – Brush Arbor Bash Service with Chapel singing and Sistema accompanying
• November 11, 2018 – 125th Anniversary Service with Chapel and Chancel Choirs singing

Lastly, with the potential teacher walkout on April 2, many support staff in schools will be without jobs and without pay as long as the walkout continues since they are hourly employees. Our partner school of Burroughs Elementary reached out to our congregation to find ways to support their support staff (custodians, cafeteria workers, secretaries, nurses, etc). One of those ways we are seeking to be in partnership with our partner school is to compile a list of temp jobs that are available that support staff can apply for in the case of a teacher walkout. If you have a temp job available at your business or know of someone else who would, please fill out this form. All of the information is going to come to me (Rev. Sara Pugh Montgomery) so that I can compile the list of temp jobs and then send it to the principal over at Burroughs. She will give it to the support staff and they will call folks as needed. If we get enough jobs, we’ll also send it around to the support staff from our partner schools with Sistema. The support staff of these schools are on board with the teacher walkout and stand beside their colleagues…but it will come at a huge cost to them. Let’s help them continue to support our teachers and make sure that they’ll still be able to make an income no matter how long the walkout lasts. Please send out this google docs link to folks in your Sunday School classes so that we can start compiling that list! We’ll cut it off on Wednesday, March 28 so that I can have a day to put the list together and send it on over to Burroughs! Feel free to share this and let me know if you have any questions!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczde7lPE0ltN4zXzS-1tNOJ-YuUrrtogk_3fEUu9vALq3nlA/viewform

Thanks again for all that yall do and let me know if you have any questions!

peace and love,

Sara Pugh Montgomery

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Sara Pugh Montgomery

Associate Pastor, Missions and Adult Discipleship

1301 S. Boston Avenue I Tulsa, OK 74119

sarapughmontgomery

Dear friends,

The link to Sunday’s lesson has been corrected. This link should work, for those who would like to hear it:

http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/media/audio/180311maranatha.mp3

Sorry for any inconvenience. See you Sunday!

The link that was included in this week’s newsletter takes you to Joel’s lesson on March 4. Here is the link for last Sunday’s lesson, if you’d like to hear it:

http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/media/audio/180311maranatha.mp3

Greetings, Maranatha friends,

Dr. Joel Panciera led another great lesson in his thought-provoking series, “Is There a Limit to God’s Love?” He focused on Jesus the Christ and how he differed from Jewish expectations of the Messiah as foretold in the Hebrew scriptures. Be sure to come a little early the next two Sundays as he completes his series. The lesson will begin promptly at 9:45 so that Joel can leave to rehearse the choir, then we will conduct class business afterward.

You can find last Sunday’s recording here:

http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/media/audio/180304maranatha.mp3

Thanks to Lynn and Bob Russell and Rick and Melanie Evans for our refreshments Sunday, and to Carol Maus for sharing a prayer from Psalms. Snacks this Sunday will be provided by Dave and Carol Grim and Michelle Place. Paul Staat will lead our opening prayer.

Happy birthday to Andy Hood, Kip Jones, Clarkie Williams and Liz Williams. Happy anniversary to Richard and Jeanie Payton.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming class events include the following:

March 31 – Cooking Class (an auction item)

April 1 – brunch with the Pilgrimage Class

April 7 – dinner at the Carpenters’ (auction item)

April 21 – Drillers Baseball Party (auction item)

April 28 – Hot Diggety Dog Party (auction item)

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

David Cooley is doing better, but he has a long way to go. He expects to be in the Specialty Hospital for 3-4 more weeks and welcomes calls and visits except on dialysis days (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday). He also loves cookies with no nuts.

Walter Berg has had a biopsy for prostate cancer. He is expecting results next Monday.

Richard and Jeanie Payton’s daughter Lindsay will undergo a tonsillectomy this week.

Art Campbell is recovering at home, but Karen expects that he will be back in class next Sunday. Karen thanked everyone for their thoughts and prayers.

Amber, our Exodus house resident, will receive her license on Monday.

Jim McCann asked for continued prayers for Angie’s mother, Lou Ann Dale, who is dealing with health issues.

Lynn Russell’s son is dealing with family issues and is traveling.

Congratulations to Scott and Debra Morgan, who have a new granddaughter, Nora Elizabeth Brawner, thanks to their daughter and son-in-law, Sarah and John Brawner.

Congratulations to Mary and Clark Bundren – their daughter Michelle and her husband are expecting their first baby in September, and their younger daughter Cara is engaged to be married in November.

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Base Camp has been postponed from April 21 to August 26. Watch for more details later.

A work team is being formed to do fencing work and repairs at the Boys’ Ranch near Gore on April 21, and possibly on the morning of April 22. They are looking for volunteers to help. Contact Richard Wansley or Rev. Sara Pugh Montgomery for more information.

Hope your week is off to a good start. We’ll see you Sunday!

Greetings, Maranatha friends,

We’re now in the midst of Maranatha March Madness! Let’s pack the house Sunday for the fourth lesson in Dr. Joel Panciera’s thought-provoking series, “Is There a Limit to God’s Love?”

Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday. Spring forward an hour on Saturday, and plan to be in class a little early again. Joel will start teaching promptly at 9:45 so that he can leave to rehearse the choir, then we will conduct class business at the conclusion of his lesson.

You can find last Sunday’s recording here: http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/media/audio/180304maranatha.mp3 .

Welcome to our visitor, Susan Hamilton’s granddaughter Emma.

Thanks to Sharon Earley and Julee and Jim Embrey for our refreshments and to Bob Russell for our prayer last week. Snacks this Sunday will be provided by Rick and Melanie Evans and Lynn Russell, and Carol Maus will lead us in prayer.

Happy birthday to Ruth Giessen, Kenny King and Kendall Carpenter. Happy anniversary to Christi and Kramer Luks, Pam and John Sherman, and Michelle and Kirk Place.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Cooking Class (an auction item) is set for March 31. The auction dinner at the Carpenters’ will take place on April 7, for those who purchased it, and BASE Camp is April 22nd.

We will have a brunch with the Pilgrimage Class on Easter, April 1.

Thanks to Mickey and Carol Maus for representing us at Discover Boston Avenue last Sunday.

The Maranatha Finance Committee has received donation suggestions, and they will be reporting back to us very soon.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Charlotte Rowe’s cousin Nadene is dealing with complications from a recent hip replacement.

David Cooley is now recovering at the Select Specialty Hospital, 1125 South Trenton – room 306. He has dialysis on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but welcomes visits and calls. His phone number is 918-645-5863.

Walter Berg will have a biopsy on March 12 to test for cancer.

Angie Dale’s mother is back home at Methodist Manor after being hospitalized last week.

Clarkie Williams is awaiting test results, and is thankful that her older brother Freddie is ok.

Paul Staat was back at M.D.Anderson Hospital in Houston last week and is getting help for his neuropathy. He has also been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.

Please keep all of these in your prayers. Hope to see you Sunday!

Slight adjustment to David Cooley’s location: There is a street level parking lot across Trenton Ave. Walk across Trenton toward the main entrance. Just past ER on the right, or north, is the entrance to Specialty Medical elevator to 3rd floor room 306.

Roger

David was moved yesterday to Select Speciality Hospital, room 306 above Hillcrest Hospital at 1125 S. Trenton. He has dialysis on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays but is otherwise ready for visitors. He expects to be there 3 – 4 weeks and can be reached on his mobile at 918-645-5863. Please continue to keep David in your prayers.

Roger

Greetings, Maranatha Friends,

Dr. Joel Panciera continued his thought-provoking series Sunday with Part Two of “Is There a Limit to God’s Love?” He contrasted views from Nahum and Jonah, which included a review of Part One.

Be sure to come early again each of the next four Sundays in Lent. He will be starting at 9:45. You can find the recording of the second part here: http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/media/audio/180225maranatha.mp3 .

Welcome to our visitors! They included Apartment M resident Amber Young; Andrea Davis’s brother, John Hood, from Mill Valley, California; and Nayeli and Yesenia, members of the Sistema Choir that sang with the Chorister Choir at the 11:00 service.

Thanks to Allene and Rex Donley and Brenda Worthington for our refreshments and to Janet Purinton for our class prayer last week. Snacks this Sunday will be provided by Sharon Earley and Jim and Julee Embrey, and Lynn Russell will lead us in prayer.

Happy Birthday this week to Ray Latchem (2/26) and Julee Embrey (2/29). Art and Karen Campbell are celebrating their anniversary on the 26th.

Mark your calendar for Daylight Saving Time, which begins on March 11, and for the Cooking Class(an auction item) on March 31. The auction dinner at the Carpenters’ will take place on April 7, for those who purchased it, and BASE Camp is April 22nd.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Discover Boston Avenue this Sunday, March 4, will provide a forum to learn about various service opportunities that Boston Avenue offers, including Sunday School classes. Mickey and Carol Maus will represent Maranatha class. Angie Dale complimented Melanie Shepherd on the display. Pam Sherman is preparing a poster for the display, and she has asked that class members contact her by Monday to provide a couple of sentences on “What Maranatha means to me.”

Donations for Lights on for Cookson were still being taken Sunday. It may not be too late, If you’d like to participiate.

Donation request forms for our Maranatha Finance Committee are needed by this Sunday, March 4. They were emailed out and are available in our classroom. They should be returned to Kendall Carpenter’s mailbox in the choir room, number 46, or emailed to her.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Denzil reported that Art Campbell’s surgery on Friday went as expected. They expect good news this week.

Congratulations to Jeff and Julie Allen, who are expecting a new grandbaby! Their daughter Rebecca’s baby is due in August.

Clarkie Williams’s older brother Freddie was discharged from the hospital last week, but she herself was sick on Friday and had been in the emergency room. She asked for prayers for testing on Monday.

Jeanie Payton asked for prayers for their son-in-law’s father, Mike Dilbeck, who had a procedure to remove a melanoma on Monday.

Angie Dale’s mother, Lou Ann Dale, has been hospitalized. Please keep the family in your prayers.

Shari Goodwin’s mother is recovering in rehab and her father is fighting the flu. They would appreciate your prayers as well.

Hope to see you Sunday!