Class notes, 18 Jan 2015

Class,

Great to see you all today. Attached is our weekly newsletter.

Of interest:

1. 23 Jan International dinner, LAST MINUTE — anyone interested, call/email Angie for reservations…literally, the more the better. We are very cool people to hang out with.

2. Chili supper is in February, be a part of our annual tradition one last time.

3. 23 Feb is our next Day Center for the Homeless dinner, more details from Rex and Roger later on in February.

4. WE STILL need a volunteer for being a reporter. (Don’t make me volunteer you…it ain’t pretty!).

5. Our website is looking AWESOME! Barbara has been really hitting it and the site is looking great. Check it out.

6. Ed "The Great" Payton will be our speaker next week.

I wish you all Peace, Happiness and Love in your lives…if you get a chance do one good thing each day this week for someone,

Your friend,

Jim

Jim Embrey

Class President

Maranatha, 2015

Cell: 918-625-3373

Email: jjsembrey

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Maranatha Class notes for 18 January 2015.pdf

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Audra Fogle; guest speaker 18 Jan 2015

Class,

Attached is Audra’s bio. She is a dynamic and fun person to be around. She is a very serious and passionate person with a mission. Her lesson this Sunday is titled, "God’s Welcome".

David Wiggs moved Audra from the Youth Ministry to the Welcoming Ministry for our church for a specific reason and purpose. We as Boston Avenue UMC members will want to hear, learn and support our church in this new approach to "open arms" for our members.

See you Sunday at 9:45.

Be Happy and Share that Happiness with others,

Jim

Audra Fogle, 18 Jan 2015.pdf

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Class notes, 11 Jan 2015

Class,

It was good seeing you all on Sunday. Attached you will find our weekly newsletter.

A BIG REMINDER: I/we need a Reporter for our class, it is a very easy but important job to “capture” a few notes from the class and submit an article to the BAUMC staff for inclusion into “The Word” publication. Sharon Earley has the scoop on this position. Let Sharon and/or I know if you would be interested in this post and try it for awhile.

Go in Peace, Do Good and be Nice to others,

Jim

Maranatha Class notes for 11 January 2015.pdf

Attachment for 11 Jan 2015.pdf

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2015 Roster and Photo Link

Attached is the 2015 class roster and a roster for our out of town members who want to stay connected. Tara Harl can be removed as she just let us know she is moving out of town next week. If there are any additional corrections please email them to my home address: pglow and I will send out a corrections list.

This is the link to the Maranatha Members’ Photos:

https://plus.google.com/photos/102582467484719421772/albums/5367821484480232497?banner=pwa&authkey=CPHIuZfaqr2qngE

The photo link is a private link so not accessible by someone doing a search. You can also view it by going through the Maranatha website and the members only link. Last year the names appeared below the photo. It appears you now have to click on the photo and the name appears in a new window. It might be different in different browsers.

Happy New Year
Pam Low

2015 Maranatha Alumni.pdf

2015 Maranatha Roster.pdf

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Maranatha, 4 January 2015

Class,

I hope you enjoyed Jose-Luis message as much as I did this past Sunday. He is a great person with a vision that I personally believe will lead us, as a church and society, into the next evolution of “reaching out” to those in need and less fortunate. The audio recording has been posted to the Maranatha website and is ready to be listened to:

http://www.bostonavenue.org/uploads/audio/150104maranatha.mp3.

This coming week our speaker will be Mr. B. Brandon Scott from PTS. Please, be ready for class to start at 9:45 and for Mr. Scott to start at 10:00. Business will be wrapped up before and after he speaks.

If you have an announcement, please let me know before class if possible. Time is precious and so please be brief and to the point.

I apologize for the lack of time to reach out to the class for Joys & Concerns. Please feel free to email your J & C and I will include them in our class newsletter.

On the technical side from Barbara Meehan: “If you are receiving duplicate class news emails, and would like to make the duplicates stop, find the unsubscribe link in the email from “Maranatha Class Website” and delete your subscription to the maranathaclass.wordpress.org website.”

Blessings and Peace,

Jim

Jim Embrey

Class President

Maranatha, 2015

Cell: 918-625-3373

Email: jjsembrey

Visit us!

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

Maranatha Class: https://maranathaclass.org/

Maranatha Class notes for 4 January 2015.pdf

Attachment for 4 January 2015.pdf

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January 4, 2015

Class,

Attached is a short bio of our guest speaker this coming Sunday, Jose-Luis Hernandez Estrada. I normally would not send this out, but this will be the first time Jose-Luis has been to our class; I believe you will be impressed and blessed with his speaking and message.

Also, any and all Joys & Concerns you want me to announce or publish (or kept in private), let me know and I will work it for you.

You will notice a new set up in the classroom. The refreshment table has been moved to the east wall in hopes this will de-conflict with the coffee/tea group.

Please feel free to mingle, get your refreshments and snacks during the business time (9:45 – 10:00 & 10:30 – 10:40). Be ready for our speaker at 10:00 – 10:30.

Finally, I plan on starting at 9:45 to try and see if this will help us with class time management…if not, Plan B!

Peace, Happiness and Health to us all in 2015,

v/r,

Jim

Jim Embrey

Class President

Maranatha, 2015

Cell: 918-625-3373

Email: jjsembrey

Visit us!

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

Maranatha Class: https://maranathaclass.org/

Bio__José Luis Hernández.pdf

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Class notes, 28 December 2014

Class,

Good to see you all today, what a great brunch and informative meeting. Attached are the notes from today’s class.

Please feel free to email me or call if you have a joy or concern you want me to include for all to see for next week’s newsletter.

We will start class next week at 9:45…work with me for a while to see if change can be of a benefit. This can be fun also.

All class positions have been filled! We are "locked and loaded" for 2015–let’s do good things together in the name of Jesus Christ.

Peace, Health and Happiness to us all–Happy New Year!

Jim

Jim Embrey

Class President

Maranatha, 2015

Cell: 918-625-3373

Email: jjsembrey

Visit us!

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

Maranatha Class: https://maranathaclass.org/

Maranatha Class notes for 28 Dec 2014.pdf

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Maranatha Class Report from February 19, 2012 . . .

Here’s the news from Maranatha Class this past Sunday . . .

Hosts
Patti & Gary Smith and Lynn Jess & Bob Russell – Thank you so much for the goodies!

Next Week– Feb 26 – Donley’s and Latchem’s

Birthdays
Ginny Walker- Feb 23

Anniversary
None

Guests
No one dropped in this past week

Announcements

~ CHILI SUPPER – Volunteers can still sign-up for February 27th – if you want to work and need a shirt or an apron, Allene and Rex will have you covered! Look for reminder emails this week!
~ Richard Wansley, VP for Missions, spoke about Missions this year. He asked that anyone who with a project that was outside of the normal type we work on as a class to contact him with details. We will continue to do the normal Day Center, Restore Hope, Redemption, Exodus House and Burroughs School projects.
~ Work Area on Missions is sponsoring a mission trip to Bolivia in July, It is a medical and construction trip. The cost for each participant will be $1000 (WAOM is picking up $1000 of the cost). There is a table in Bishops Hall for sign-ups and information
~ Lights on for Cookson drive continues – donation envelopes were passed around – continues all month
~ There will be a special luncheon session with Dr. Bruegemann on Feb 28- you can arrange for your ticket by contacting Paula Gadney
~ Rev Tom Albin, Dean of Upper Room Ministries, will be conducting Prayer Workshops at BA March 2-4 – Check the Word for more information or the board at the front of the room
~ The Oscar Party will be next Sunday, Feb. 26 at Lynn’s showroom – emails will be sent to those who purchased the event at the auction
~ See attachment for the needs of the Day Center for this month

Joys and Concerns
~ Lynn shared the joy of her Dad turning 92 and her mother 90
~ David Rose shared the family joy that his nephew’s biopsy showed no cancer in the brain
~ David Shephard reported that his brother-in-law had suffered a massive heart attack and was actually dead for an hour, but was revived. He was recently released from the hospital and is now home
~ Carol Grim reported that Jennifer Hall’s mother had had a stroke
~ Bob and Jill Thomas left a note of thanks and appreciation for the response of our class members to the death of Bob and Bill’s Father
~ Concern was shared about Shannon Latchem’s recovery from surgery not going so well – Lynn was going to check this week.

Prayer
Lynn Jesse offered the class prayer

Speaker
We were all treated to a wonderful lesson on Spiritual Renewal through hymns, scripture and prayers led by Marita Morgan. Everyone seemed to enjoy the sign-a-long!

Next Week’s Speaker will be Don Forsman

Tulsa Day Center Needs Feb 2012.pdf

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Class News from January 22, 2012

This is a belated post to the blog from the 1/22/12 emails by Denny Meredity-Orr

 

Here’s the news from Maranatha Class this week . . .

Hosts
Gene & Diane Martin and Julee & Jim Embrey – Thank you so much for the cheerful decorations and wonderful food you brought!
(My apologies for identifying Jeff Allen as Jim in last week’s email)

Guests
Valerie Carpenter and Brice Venable were guests in class this morning

Birthdays (No Anniversaries this coming week)
Thad Leonard – Jan. 25
Rob Morgan – Jan. 26
Judy Harkins – Jan. 28

Announcements
~ Work Area on Missions is sponsoring a mission trip to Bolivia in July,  It is a medical and construction trip.  The cost for each participant will be $1000 (WAOM is picking up $1000 of the cost).  There is a table in Bishops Hall for sign-ups and information
~ This is the final week for the canned food drive for the NE Oklahoma Food Bank- donations can be left in Bishops Hall
~ Paul Loyd announced that he and Barbara were still collecting books suitable for first time readers and text books of any kind and level for children in Malawi. He  said people could still bring them to class next week
~ The next class social will be February 11 – a Valentine’s Dinner at Ti Amos
~ Suzy announced that next week’s class is a special presentation by a visiting speaker about the St. John’s Bible. This is the first hand illuminated bible commissioned since the invention of the printing press. Please see http://www.saintjohnsbible.org for more information about this amazing work. Maranatha has been invited to hear this speaker with two other class in Community Hall. So we will meet in our classroom for a combination social and announcement time starting at 9:40 so we can be on our way downstairs by 9:55.
~Janet Purinton brought greetings from former class members Rick and Melanie Evans.  Janet visited with them on her recent trip to Florida.  Janet said she hoped that one day in the not to distant future they would be back in Tulsa and return to class.

Joys and Concerns
~ Andrea and Rob Davis are grandparents again – Audrey had a baby girl – they named her Hanna!
~ Jim Embrey announced that Tom Garrett, a fellow military member, has passed away from ALS.  He thanked us for our prayers over the past few months
~ Angie Dale asked for prayers for her mother, Lou Ann.  She is struggling with feelings that she could have done more to help as a result of being on the phone with Joanna Waters when she suffered a stroke or heart attack and died
~ Lynn Russell asked for prayers for Kathryn who has cancer
~ Lee Anne Nichols asked that we keep Darla in our prayers – in a relatively short time, her husband was diagnosed with throat cancer, her mother was found to have with Alzheimer’s and her brother died of a massive heart attack at 51

Prayer
Jim Embrey blessed the class with a prayer

Speaker
Sue Venable was the Guest Speaker again this morning.  She spoke to us about how King James brought several groups together to create his Bible. A recording of her talk will be available on the Maranatha Class website.

Next Week
Hosts  – Janet Purinton and Meredith Davidson & Richard Wansley
Speaker – Steve Nelson, the ambassador for the new hand-illuminated Saint John’s Bible, will share the amazing story about how this ecumenical work of art came to be.  We will meet for a quick social and announcement time and then move to Community Hall for this talk. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Class News for January 15, 2012

This is a belated post to the blog from the 1/15/12 email by Denny Meredity-Orr

 

Here’s the news from Maranatha Class this week . . .

I introduced Suzy and myself, since we had forgotten to do so last week.  I also offered that Meredith-Orr comes from the combining of our names after we weret married – we had formerly been Suzy Meredith and Denny Orr.

Hosts
Jim and Julie Allen and Susan and David Rose – Thank you!

Guests
Valerie Carpenter and Stewart Maus were guests in class this morning

Birthdays (No Anniversaries this coming week)
David Worthington – Jan. 16
Joyce Justice – Jan. 21
Martha Blevins – Jan. 21

Announcements
~ Debbie Morgan cleaned the closets in the class room last week and moved several items to the table at the front of the room.  The items need to be claimed or they will be donated.
~There is still an opportunity to place an ad in the upcoming BA Directory.
~Work Area On Missions is sponsoring a canned food drive in January for the NE Oklahoma Food Bank- donations can be left in Bishops Hall
~ The January Social Event –  Friday, January 20 at 6:30pm January Social – a Pot-luck Dinner and Texas Hold’em night in the Maranatha Class room.  It will also benefit the Food Bank – “Poker chips” for the evening’s activities will be “purchased” by bringing canned food items.
~ Paul Loyd announced that he and Barbara were collecting book suitable for first time readers and text books of any kind and level for children in Malawi. He asked that people bring them to class next week.
~ Bob Russell reminded us that the Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration would be taking place in the Church this evening (Jan. 15) at 6pm. He also mentioned the MLK, Jr. parade on Monday (Jan. 16) at 11am
~ Pam Lowe had 2012 Maranatha Class Rosters available.  They will also be sent in electronic format as that becomes available.

Joys and Concerns
~ Pam Sherman shared that Ann Sherman was to be back in church this morning and would be celebrating her 89th birthday.  She also asked for our prayers as she begins teaching the HS class for the next 6 weeks – topic World Religions
~ John Sherman asked for Prayers for his cousin who has cancer of the Gall Bladder
~ Carol Grim asked for Prayers for her son-in-law who has been out of work for sometime and now has a good prospect coming up
~ David Rose asked for Prayers for his nephew who has been diagnosed with possible brain cancer
~ Sharon Bookout asked for Prayers for her son, Nathaniel, who is starting school without a working vehicle
~ Barbara Loyd asked for Prayers for one of the Docents at the Philbrook who is having health issue
~ James Kilman asked for Prayers for his Step-Mother, Anell Kilman who is battling cancer
~  Pam Sherman asked for Prayers for Barbara in her office who will probably be losing her job after running a red light in a city vehicle last week and being hit by another car
~ Jim Embrey asked for Prayers for Tom Garrett, a fellow military member, who has MS and is in very critical condition ans slipping away

Prayer
Judith Payton offered a beautiful prayer for the class

Speaker
Sue Venable was the Guest Speaker this morning.  She spoke to us about King James and his life and times.  Next week she will focus on how King James created his Bible. A recording of her talk will be available on the Maranatha Class website.

Next Week
Hosts  – The Embreys and The Martins
Speaker – Sue Venerable will be with us again, speaking about how King James came to create his Bible

See you next week . . . Denny

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