Religion briefs
BY BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
Saturday, October 06, 2012
10/06/12 at 2:58 AM
Thousands to participate in annual Day of Service
Asbury United Methodist Church will send more than 2,000 people into the community Sunday to do service projects for some 30 nonprofit agencies.
The annual Day of Service will offer cleaning, painting, yard work, gardening, backpacks for children, hats for cancer patients and a variety of other services from 1 to 5 p.m.
"Asbury is fortunate to have so many generations that care about the Tulsa community," said the Rev. Tom Harrison, senior pastor.
Tulsa Together to promote racial reconciliation
The 19th annual Tulsa Together service to promote racial reconciliation will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at East Side Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1438 S. Indianapolis Ave.
The Rev. Danny Stockstill of Brookside Baptist Church will speak, and music will be performed by a combined choir from several churches.
Co-chairing the event will be representatives from four groups, said the Rev. W.R. Casey, who founded the event 19 years ago.
They are Casey, president of the Christian Ministers Alliance; Monsignor Patrick Gaalaas, pastor of St. Bernard Catholic Church; the Rev. Victor Orta, pastor of the People of God Hispanic Church; and the Rev. Tom Moore, pastor of All Tribes, a Native American church.
"I started this because the church needed to work together to break down racial barriers," Casey said.
"We all believe in the same lord and savior Jesus Christ, and we need to work together."
St. Paul's to hold services Sundays on TU's campus
The Anglican Church of St. Paul in Owasso will begin holding services on the University of Tulsa campus on Sunday evenings.
The 7 p.m. services at Sharp Chapel are open to students, faculty and the public, said the Rev. Brad Van Deventer, the church's missionary priest.
St. Paul's was formed six years ago as a breakaway congregation from the Episcopal Church USA and is a member of the Anglican Church of North America.
Bible study will be focus of radio broadcast
Grace Baptist Church of Owasso will begin a verse-by-verse Bible study radio broadcast Thursday.
The show will be 9-9:30 a.m. each Thursday and Friday on KCFO 970 AM.
Nogales Avenue church will host Baptist Society
Nogales Avenue Baptist Church, 102 S. Nogales Ave., will host the Oklahoma Baptist Society's annual meeting from 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 13, at which four people will be inducted into the Oklahoma Baptist Hall of Fame.
They are former Oklahoma Gov. Raymond Gary, evangelist Mordecai Ham, and former Pastors Robert Scales and Frank Sears.
The meeting is open to the public.
First Presbyterian to host Apprentice Conference
First Presbyterian Church, 709 S. Boston Ave., will host an Apprentice Conference with author James Bryan Smith next weekend.
The conference will run 7 p.m. Friday through 3:30 p.m. Oct. 13.
It will focus on spiritual formation, seeking God in daily life, building community and other topics.
Smith is the author of numerous books and a founding member of the Renovare spiritual renewal ministry.
For more information, contact Carol Elrod at 918-697-7866 or carol.el@cox.net.
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