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All,

Good news! Amy Venable reports that Karen is being released today. She and Bill will stay nearby in a hotel for a few more days, and then will return to Tulsa.

Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

Roger

All,

Our speaker tomorrow and for the remainder of June will be Rev. David Wiggs. His topic will be Theologically: United Methodists Think and Let Think. I have promised David we will get him started no later than 10am and wrap up by 10:40. Please be in your seats by 9:45 so we can complete class business in order to get David started on time.

Thanks,

Roger

We’ve had some requests for an address for Karen Tankersley in Houston. Ask and ye shall receive:

Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center, Room 1055
6720 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030

Roger

Happy Friday, Maranatha friends,

We had another great morning last Sunday as we enjoyed a brunch with the Wesley Fellowship Class. The food was delicious, and it was nice to visit with them! Thanks to all who participated and brought food.

We will return to our regular room and format this Sunday, and David Wiggs will be our teacher all month. We look forward to hearing him. Please remember – you can hear recordings of his presentation, and all of our past lessons, at http://www.bostonavenue.org/maranatha.html .

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Happy birthday to Bethany Willyard on May 27 and to Sharon Bookout and Debra Morgan on June 2!

Congratulations to Gene and Diane Martin, Bob and Lynn Russell, Jeff and Julie Allen and Clark and Mary Bundren, who have anniversaries this week.

UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS:

For all of you who bought the Utica Square Fifth Night concert dinner at the Christmas Auction last December, this coming Thursday, June 7, is the day! Dinner will begin at 6:30 right in front of Restoration Hardware, then Midlife Crisis will start playing at 7:00. Bring a lawn chair – everything else will be provided.

June 24, 3:00-7:00 p.m. – Class potluck picnic at Keystone State Park with fried chicken provided. Dave Shepherd’s bluegrass band will play and there will be games and great fellowship.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

We give thanks for Karen Tankersley’s successful heart surgery this week, we and pray for a quick and uneventful recovery. She will be hospitalized in Houston for 7-10 days before she can return to Tulsa. Please keep her in your prayers – and Bill, too. Cards can be sent to her in care of Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center, Room 1055, 6720 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030.

Please continue to keep Jennifer Hall in your prayers as she battles cancer. Cards can be sent to her at 120 W Sequoyah Avenue, Oologah OK 74053. You can also email her at nannyhall.

Thanks for all you mean to our class! We’ll look forward to seeing you Sunday in our regular classroom.

All,

Bill reports that Karen’s heart surgery was successful and that the surgeon gave a good report afterward. Karen will remain in the Houston hospital for 7-10 days and then back home for eight weeks of recovery before returning to work. Bill asks that we keep them in our prayers.

Roger

Don’t forget our first social of the year is scheduled for Thursday evening, May 31. We are meeting at the Tulsa Botanic Garden, 3900 Tulsa Botanic Drive, at 5:00 pm for an evening of fun, food, music and fellowship.

There will be a food truck for the purchase of food and beverages. Bring your lawn chairs and prepare to listen to some great music.

Admission to the property is $8 per person.

Hope to see you there!

Thanks to Pam Sherman for organizing this event.

Roger

Dear Maranatha friends,

What a great morning we had with Dr. Mouzon Biggs as our teacher! I hope you all enjoyed hearing him as much as I did. You can hear recordings of his presentation, and all of our lessons, at http://www.bostonavenue.org/maranatha.html .

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Because we met in the sanctuary, we didn’t have snacks or a prayer by one of our members last week. We also didn’t hear class announcements or joys and concerns, so this week’s email will be short and sweet.

This Sunday we are meeting with Wesley Fellowship Class and hosting a brunch for them at 9:45 in the Asbury Room. We hope you can come help honor them before they join the Homebuilders Class on July 1. Many signed up to bring a particular dish but feel free to come and bring something of your choice even if you didn’t get to sign up.

Happy birthday to Clark Bundren last Sunday, to Angie Dale and Bill Gertson on the 22nd and to Jane Smith on the 25th! Congratulations to Rick and Melanie Evans and to Rex and Allene Donley, who are celebrating anniversaries this week.

UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS:

Thursday, May 24 – Our class will help with the Compassion Dinner again.

Thursday, May 31 – Class social with live music at Tulsa Botanical Garden

Thursday, June 7 – Utica Square Fifth Night Party, 6:30 (auction item)

June 24, 3:00-7:00 p.m. – Class potluck picnic at Keystone State Park with fried chicken provided. Dave Shepherd’s bluegrass band will play and there will be games and great fellowship.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Please continue to keep Jennifer Hall in your prayers. Her cancer has spread to her brain. If you would like to send a card, she is staying with her daughter, Samantha Slater, at 120 W Sequoyah Avenue, Oologah OK 74053. You can also email her at nannyhall.

Thanks for all you mean to our class! We’ll look forward to seeing you Sunday in the Asbury Room.

Dear Maranatha friends,

CHANGE OF PLANS FOR THIS SUNDAY! Rabbi Charles Sherman was to be our teacher, but he has had an emergency that requires him to be out of town. Instead, we have a wonderful opportunity to hear our own Dr. Mouzon Biggs! Please keep Rabbi Sherman in your prayers – he promises to reschedule after the summer.

We will still join Pilgrimage, Journey and Amy Venable’s Bible Study Class in the sanctuary Sunday, and will not have refreshments or class business. Please plan to check in at the back of the sanctuary when you arrive, then sit in one of the two south sections, as close to the front as possible. Rick will introduce Dr. Biggs promptly at 9:45, then he will have most of the hour to teach. It will be a great morning!

Many thanks to Dr. Ruth Weston for her thought-provoking series on Mary the past two weeks. You can hear recordings of her presentations, and all of our lessons, at http://www.bostonavenue.org/maranatha.html .

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thanks to William Meyer for leading us in prayer, and to the Griffins and Roses for our snacks last week.

Happy birthday to Jim Embrey! Congratulations to Debra and Scott Morgan, who are celebrating an anniversary this week!

Welcome to our guest, Matthew Klein.

Be sure to mark your calendar for our Christmas party and auction on December 14.

Our class will host a brunch honoring Wesley Fellowship Class in the Asbury Room on Sunday, May 27. Wesley Fellowship will officially join the Homebuilders Class on July 1.

Thanks to all who helped with lunch for the family after the memorial service for Angie’s mom, Lou Ann Dale, yesterday.

UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS:

Thursday, May 24 – Our class will help with the Compassion Dinner again

Saturday, May 19 – Downtown Dwellers’ Progressive Dinner (auction item)

Thursday, May 31 – Class social with live music at Tulsa Botanical Garden

Thursday, June 7 – Utica Square Fifth Night Party, 6:30 (auction item)

June 24, 3:00-7:00 p.m. – Potluck picnic at Keystone State Park with fried chicken provided. Dave Shepherd’s bluegrass band will play and there will be games and great fellowship.

JOYS AND CONCERNS:

Bob Russell had surgery yesterday and is now recovering.

Our prayers go out to Jennifer Hall, whose cancer has now spread to her brain, and whose mother, Margaret Rose Lamb, passed away this week. Margaret’s service will be held tomorrow morning at 10:00 in the sanctuary. If you would like to send a card, she is staying with her daughter, Samantha Slater, at 120 W Sequoyah Avenue, Oologah OK 74053. You can also email her at nannyhall.

Bethany Willyard is really in need of a job.

Bruce Chucoski’s sister in Oklahoma City is dealing with blood clot issues.

Paul Giessen shared a concern that his wife’s friend lost her battle against cancer Sunday, and a joy that his daughter has graduated from college and will work at Saint Francis, and his son is starting an internship.

Congratulations to Debra Morgan, who was honored as Teacher of the Year at the Sistema Tulsa concert last Friday evening. It was a wonderful event!

OTHER REQUESTS:

The 2018 Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma’s Rally Walk and 5K is this Sunday, May 20th, at the ORU Mabee Center. Doors open at 1:00 p.m., the 5K starts at 2:00 and the walk begins at 2:05 p.m.

If you would like to join Jeff and Julie Allen and other class members in the fight against Parkinson’s, click on the link below, register as a new participant and join “TEAM JULES.” Then fill out your information and make any donation that you might want to give. https://secure2.convio.net/pfo/site/TRR/RallyWalk/General/708875199?pg=utype&fr_id=1110

Thanks for all you mean to our class! We’ll look forward to seeing you Sunday in the sanctuary –

Services for Jennifer Hall’s mother, Margaret Rose Lamb, have been moved to the sanctuary and will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 17, 2018. More information can be found here: http://www.collinsvillefh.com/obituary/margaret-lamb?fh_id=10696.

Roger and Rick

It is with sadness that we report the passing of Jennifer Hall’s mother Margaret Rose Lamb, who passed away this week. Her service is tomorrow – Thursday, May 17th – at Boston Avenue in Rose Chapel and will be a small service without a reception. The only thing the family has asked is prayers for the loss of Margaret as well as for Jennifer.
Jennifer’s cancer has spread to tumors on the brain. They are now treating her with cyber knife. Because of the care that Jennifer needs at this time, since she cannot drive or stay by herself during treatment, her daughter Samantha Slater has moved her into her home.

If you would like to send a card to Jennifer, please send it to Samantha Slater’s address 120 West Sequoyah Ave, Oologah, OK 74053-3018. Jennifer can also be reached via e-mail at nannyhall.

Please join us in keeping Jennifer and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Roger and Rick