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Rick has learned this evening that Angie Dale’s mother, Lou Ann, is in the hospital. We do not have additional information at this time, but please keep the family in your prayers. We will provide additional information as it becomes known.

Roger

As mentioned in class this morning, Maranatha is participating in "Discover Boston Avenue" next Sunday. Mickey and Carol Maus will represent our class during the event. Melanie Shepard and Pam Sherman have worked on our poster board and are still gathering additional content. To that end, Pam requested this morning that we provide her with a couple of sentences that describe "What Maranatha Means to Me". The fuse is short on this – she requested responses by tomorrow.

Please respond directly to Pam at prsherman.home.

Thanks,

Roger

Art Campbell is undergoing surgery this morning. Please keep him and Karen in your prayers today.

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Thanks,

Rick Evans

Attached is the form to use for your suggestions for this year’s distribution of class funds. Please note that Kendall would like these returned to her by Sunday March 4.

Maranatha Class Donations Request 2018.pdf

Hello, Maranatha friends –

Joel Panciera will teach the second of his six-week Lenten series this Sunday. He will begin his lesson promptly at 9:45, then we will conduct class business afterward so that he can leave early to rehearse the Chancel Choir for the 11:00 service.

Unfortunately, we were unable to get a good recording of his lesson last Sunday to put on our website, but if you missed hearing him last week, he will bring you up to speed during his lesson this Sunday.

WELCOME to our new members, Mike and Laura Daniel – it’s great to have you!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Dean O. Todd and Becky Morris – and many more!

THANKS to Suzy Morgan and Angelyn Dale for hosting Sunday, and to Jerry LeDoux for his prayer. Allene and Rex Donley and Brenda Worthington will be our hosts this week, and Janet Purinton will lead us in prayer.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Please continue to keep David Cooley in your prayers as he and some family members deal with health issues.

Clarkie Williams is having problems with a rapid heartbeat and her oldest brother, Freddie, is still hospitalized in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, after a light stroke.

Paul Staat is still suffering from neuropathy and would appreciate our prayers as well.

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our Finance Committee will be meeting soon to consider class donations for this year. A recommendation form will be emailed out to everyone later today or tomorrow. If you have suggestions of a deserving ministry or agency that could be helped by our donations, please complete the form and bring it to church this Sunday, or email it to Kendall Carpenter as soon as possible.

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

This Sunday is the last Sunday to contribute to Lights On for Cookson. If you want to help support this vital ministry to needy individuals and families in northeastern Oklahoma, please leave your donation in the big yellow box in Bishops’ Hall or place it in the offering plate marked “Cookson.”

Discover B.A. on March 4 will resemble a job fair, with informative displays about the various ministries, groups, and Sunday School classes in our church. Maranatha will be participating with a display and class representatives Mickey and Carol Maus will be there to answer questions.

Dr. Maria Dixon-Hall, Senior Advisor to the Provost for Campus Cultural Intelligence Initiatives at Southern Methodist University, was a dynamic, thought-provoking speaker at this year’s Barton Clinton Gordey Series! Her presentations are now available on our church website, www.bostonavenue.org, if you’d like to hear any that you missed (or would like to hear them again.)

Hope you’re having a good, if soggy, week – We’ll see you Sunday.

Greetings, Maranatha friends,

Linda Larson returned this week to conclude her very interesting, two-part lesson, “Be Careful What You Promise.” The audio recordings for both parts may be found here: http://www.bostonavenue.org/maranatha.html.

Be in your seats by 9:45 for the upcoming six Sundays in Lent, when our speaker will be Dr. Joel Panciera. Due to his choir schedule, our lessons will be shifted to the earliest possible start time – 9:45am – with the class business to follow.

Thanks to greeters, Richard & Jeanie Payton and Karen Tankersley for the snack spread, and to Susan Hamilton for the prayer. This week Suzy Morgan and Angelynn Dale will provide refreshments, and Jerry LeDoux will lead us in prayer.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jerry LeDoux (2/11) and Sam Smith (2/17) who will be celebrating birthdays this week, and CONGRATULATIONS to Suzy and Rob Morgan who will be celebrating a Feb. 16 wedding anniversary.

Joys and Concerns, and Announcements:

Andrea Davis’s mom, Suzanne Hood is recovering from bronchitis.

Sharon Earley’s father is recovering from knee surgery.

Lynn Jesse had minor surgery, but also some minor complications.

Ashliann Payton, daughter of Richard of Jeanie, attended the large Night to Shine prom night experience sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.

Judith Payton and Janet Purinton, along with Ed Payton, were complimented on the J.P.’s Royal Tea, held on Saturday, Feb. 10.

Apartment M resident, Amber, received her driver’s license last week.

Meredith Davison thanked volunteers who helped serve at the Day Center For the Homeless on Feb. 10.

Dates to note. See last week’s Class News for details:

Kevin Tully will be speaking to the Senior Seekers on Feb. 15.

The Butterworths and Todds will be hosting an auction party on Feb. 17.

Our Barton Clinton Gordey Lecture Series presenter this year will be Dr. Maria Dixon-Hall. Hear her Feb. 17, 18 and 19.

Have a great week!

Please continue to keep David Cooley in your thoughts and prayers. In addition to the recent death of his father, he lost a close friend early this morning.

Roger

Hello, Maranatha friends –

Linda Larsen will continue her two-week lesson series, “Be Careful What You Promise,” this Sunday. She gave us an interesting story from Acts 5:1-11 to consider last Sunday. You can find her lesson later this week at http://www.bostonavenue.org/maranatha.html .

Joel Panciera will teach us during the six weeks of Lent, beginning February 18. On those six Sundays, we will begin class with his lesson promptly at 9:45, then conduct class business afterward so that he can leave to rehearse the choir.

WELCOME to Amber, our new Exodus House Apartment M resident. It was nice having her in class Sunday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Art Campbell, Sherry Stinson and Karey Low! CONGRATULATIONS to Sarah and Cisco Maldonado, who are celebrating an anniversary this week.

THANKS to the Maldonados and Goodwins for hosting, and to Jimmy Berg for his prayer last Sunday. Ed and Judith Payton and Karen and Bill Tankersley will be our hosts this week, then Susan Hamilton will lead us in prayer.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Our prayers go out to David Cooley and his family after the death of his father last week.

John Sherman has been experiencing some falls and elevated blood sugar levels. Thankfully, his levels had improved some on Monday.

Paul Staat is having a lot of neuropathy pain from previous chemo treatments. He is at M.D. Anderson for a checkup this week, and hopes the doctors there can give him some relief.

Clarkie Williams’ older brother Freddie has been hospitalized for health problems.

Sharon Earley’s dad is having knee replacement surgery this Thursday.

Bill Schillinger has experienced some complications from surgery. He is still hospitalized.

Best wishes to Nancy Christy on her marriage.

Congratulations to Susie Butterworth on her retirement!

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

If you signed up to help serve dinner at the Day Center for the Homeless, please plan to be at the church at 4:30 this Friday to transport the food. You should be finished by 6:30. Contact the Wansleys for more information.

Two auction items are coming up: The J.P.’s Royal Tea, hosted by Janet Purinton and Judith Payton, will take place this Saturday for those who purchased it. The gourmet dinner hosted by the Butterworths and Todds is scheduled for February 17.

CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Discover B.A. on March 4 will resemble a job fair, with informative displays about the various ministries, groups, and Sunday School classes in our church. All are invited to a come-and-go work party on Wednesday, February 21, between 3:00 and 8:00 p.m. to help create our class’s display.

Dr. Kevin Tully, a former associate minister at B.A., will be the speaker at Senior Seekers next Thursday, Feb. 15. His Lenten devotional book, Trash Talking to God, will also be available. More info can be found in The Word.

This year’s Barton Clinton Gordey series will feature Dr. Maria Dixon-Hall, Senior Advisor to the Provost for Campus Cultural Intelligence Initiatives at Southern Methodist University. She will lead a Race Relations Workshop on Saturday, Feb. 17; will preach at both services on Sunday morning, Feb. 18; then will lecture on Sunday and Monday evenings, Feb. 18 and 19, at 7:00 p.m. There are some great TED videos on YouTube, if you’d like to check her out before she comes.

This month is Lights On for Cookson, and there are several discipleship classes going on during Lent, if you’d like to participate. Look for more information in The Word.

Hope you’re having a good week! We’ll see you Sunday –

From Pam:

All, we just came home from the doctor, John’s blood sugar has dropped over 200 pts, and he’s dropped a few pounds.

Dr increased his medication and got him to agree to alter his diet to eliminate sugar. All the symptoms he was having was due to the huge spike in his blood sugar. Because I’m retired I can keep a closer eye on his diet, so for now thing are greatly improved.

Thanks for all the prayers, God speaks if we are just willing to listen.

Pam

Roger

Please keep David Cooley and his family in your thoughts and prayers. David’s father passed away yesterday afternoon.