THE SPIRE News of New Haven United Methodist Church Making Disciples for Jesus Christ in the world, by being God s Love in Action 5603 S. New Haven Avenue, Tulsa, OK. 74135 918-743-6491 VOLUME XXVI Number 12 March 25, 2016 Did you notice a new tree in the front church yard? Look in the area close to our church sign you ll see a beautiful addition to our church grounds! Thank you, Trustee s Committee, for this visual expression of New Haven UMC being a part of the new Council Oak District! Not only does this oak tree commemorate our new district, but it also reflects important events in Tulsa history: The Council Oak District of the United Methodist Church, was charted May 3, 2015. It is named after the Creek Council tree, a mature post oak, that marks the traditional ceremonial ground chosen in 1836 by the Lochapoka clan of the Creek Indians. March 20th Palm Sunday Services 8:45 am & 11:00 am Blessing of the Crosses of Love Special Music with Instrumentalists 9:45 am Easter Egg Hunt In 1834, they had begun their involuntary migration from Alabama under the control of the U.S. government. It was a slow and painful trek, and of the original group of 630, 161 died in route. In 1836 they arrived on a low hill overlooking the Arkansas river and here they marked their arrival with a solemn ceremony depositing ashes brought over the trail from their last fires in Alabama. The Tulsa-Lochapoka, a division of the Creek nation, established their town. The park is often referred to as Tulsa s first City Hall. As late as 1896 the Tulsa- Lochapoka gathered here for ceremonies, feast and games. Today, commemorative tribal ceremonies are held each March 24th Maundy Thursday Drama 6:30 pm The Table is Ready Sacrament of Holy Communion March 25th Good Friday Service 6:30 pm Placing of the Cross year. (City of Tulsa, Tulsa Parks History) May God bless all of our efforts in this new district, to His glory! Oak Planting in Church Yard Holy Week Events! Cindy s Chalkboard Blessings, Pastor Cindy March 27th Easter Sunday Services 6:30 am Easter Sunrise Service Sacrament of Holy Communion 8:45 am & 11:00 am Easter Sanctuary Services Special Music
PLEASE PRAY FOR.... Members: Vincent Duiveman; Karen Gibbs; Laurel Duncan; Marion Wilkerson; Sartain Family; Vincent Duiveman Lewis Capparelli; Mark Williams; Camille Stevenson; Tracy Walker; Bob Schwartz; Friends & Family of New Haven UMC Mark Nicholson; Linda Gregory s daughter-in-law, Lea; Peppa Smith; Ruth Ann Field; Syble Perry; Easter Moore; Karen Gibbs brother-in-law, Dick Hart; Donita Gray s cousin, Jim; Ed Daughters; Alon J. Soderfelt s friend, Karen Ridderman; the homeless; our world, city, country, public servants & leaders. Covenant Care (prayers & visits appreciated) Marjorie Stewart, Rosemary Tarr, Dot and Kelly Haynes; Bob Schwartz; Laurie & Mahcoe VanDyke; Dorothy Koons PLEASE OUR MEMBERS: PRAY FOR... ACTIVITIES DURING THE SEASON OF LENT March 24th 6:30 pm Maundy Thursday Drama The Table is Ready and Communion Gym March 25th 6:30 pm Good Friday Service March 27th 6:30 am Easter Sunrise Service Front lawn, weather permitting 8:45 am Easter Contemporary Service Sanctuary 11:00 am Easter Traditional Service Special Music Sanctuary CHRISTMAS IN BRANSON!!! Watch your Spire for information coming up soon about the annual Branson trip. Call Shirley Nelson now if you already know you want to go and she will put you on the list. (918-278-8342) Third Team Meeting! When? 12:15 Sunday, April 3rd Where? Church Parlor (Light lunch provided!) Three Areas of Focus have been prayerfully identified: Worship Advertising/Marketing Off-Site We would LOVE to have you attend and offer your input at our third All-In Team meeting and participate in one of our focus groups! Help us reach others for Christ in new ways! New Haven United Methodist Church INFORMATION: DINNERS FOR THE DUNCANS As you may know, Laurel is back in the hospital. She has been home following her recent bypass surgery, but yesterday was admitted once again to the hospital, this time with pneumonia. We would love to provide meals for Laurel and her family when she returns home from the hospital. Here s info on how you can help: Please use this link: https://mealtrain.com/497kq6 To sign in you can hit the button that says Facebook. If you have a Facebook account, this will log you in automatically. Or you can sign in with your name and email. (This information will not be given out.) Then look at the calendar and choose a date and the food you want to bring. The drop-off time in between 5-6 pm. You can always contact the Duncan s to arrange for a time that works better for you. If you still have questions, please contact Kelly at roosmom1@cox.net or call 918-851-2364. WEAR GREEN FOR CEREBRAL PALSY AWARENESS MONTH! March is Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, and our own Hannah Fields has asked us to show our support by wearing green. Since March 25th is the official CP awareness day and Hannah's birthday is the 30th, it would especially be great to wear something green to church on Easter and these days to show support for people with CP and to bring awareness. Thank you! Benefit for Happy Children s Home Saturday, April 23rd 7:00 pm Elks Lodge, 5335 S. Harvard Tickets: $45 Please purchase by April 5th from Council Oak District Office 6767 S. Mingo Rd., Tulsa 74133
ADOPT A CHICK In response to our recent In-Service Sunday, Debbie at Cookson Hills Ministry writes: Thank YOU GUYS so much. What you (Jone Friesen) Sharon Sparks, her husband (Rob) and the church have done for us still blown us away. We still have two weeks left in the sign up for the chick's and at this point we are at 1200 baby chicks. We will be hearing a lot of Chirp Chirps before it's said and done! I will send you pictures as we go through the day with the chicks. Once again what a privilege it was for me to meet you guys. I'm sorry I didn't get to spend much time with you yesterday, but you did get to see a active day at Cookson. Check out Cookson Hills Facebook page. I put some pictures of you guys and what your church has done for us. God bless you all so much. Sharon Sparks and Jone Friesen at Cookson Hills Paula s Perspectives... Our children did a fabulous job during the Palm Sunday processional! Many thanks to our children who participated in practice during the previous weeks; your practice helped make the event very meaningful. Thanks too for sharing your love as we made Crosses of Love last week during Sunday school. The blessing of the crosses helped the children understand the importance of the work they put into assembling the crosses. I know the children enjoyed being a big part of the church services today. Celebration Singers Choir is going strong. Miss Lindsay is leading the children in singing some lively and action packed songs. We will be singing during services soon and I feel you won t want to miss it! We are so blessed to have Hannah and Jocelyn co-lead our choir. The children like having the youth assistants and I think the youth have a great time as they think back to when they were singing during their elementary school years. Footprints Liturgical Dance Troupe continues to practice. Miss Deena would like to invite more friends to join this group. This program is offered to kids 3 rd grade through high school. Our front lawn was filled with excitement as the children participated in our Easter Egg Hunt. After the hunt we went to our Sunday school class to hear the Easter story, lead by Miss Tonya Miss Kelly, using Resurrection Eggs. After we played Easter Bingo! Next week we will create a variety of Easter crafts to help the children remember the true meaning of Easter. We ll even have a mini service project as the children will make Easter greeting cards for our church grandparents! W. E. B. We re Experiencing the Bible is a big hit with the children. We read the story of Adam and Eve and talked about making good choices. It is very evident our kids are grounded in the Word and they are willing to share their thoughts with our group during discussion time. We used the remainder of our time together making books for some very special people in our Church! Sharing the joy, Miss Paula
Mission Corner Dear Missy, I saw a sign-up sheet for Mission t-shirts on Sunday. How do I go about getting the right size? What s the cost? When do I wear it? When is it available? So much I want to know! Dear Fan, Signed, T-shirt Fan Here is what the Mission t-shirt will look like it incorporates our All In logo and our Mission Statement on the back as well as, a listing of the various missions that New Haven UMC supports with giving and events. Now to answer your questions: There are various t-shirts on a rack in the hallway that you can try on to determine your correct size. There are adult, youth and children sizes. Once determined just put your name and size down on the sheet of paper. We are holding the cost the same as the Mission Sunday t-shirts from two years ago at $7.00. In fact, it is the same style of t-shirt no tags in the back. In the past, a t-shirt was especially designed and sold for Mission Sunday. This time we want to encourage members and guests to wear the t-shirt for any churchsponsored mission event that they are attending including Mission Sunday but also others such as Day Center meals, Respite Care, Murdock Villa parties, Mission Trips, Restore Hope, etc. T-shirts will be ordered Wednesday, April 6 and should be ready for pick up the last week of April (beginning Sunday April 24). Just in time to wear for Mission Sunday on May 1. Blessings, Missy Come and Experience It!
Opportunities of the Week March 27 ~ April 3 SUNDAY, MARCH 27 EASTER! 8:45 am Contemporary Worship & 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship & MONDAY, MARCH 28 6:00 pm Writers Group/185 6:00 pm Disciple 1 (Fast Trak)/Parsonage TUESDAY, MARCH 29 7:00 pm Boy Scouts/Gym 7:30 pm AA/ 185,205,209,210 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 3:45 pm After-School Chapel 6:00 pm Youth Group 6:00 pm Jubilation Bells/Sanctuary 7:00 pm One Spirit Choir 7:00 pm ACOA/206 THURSDAY, MARCH 31 6:00 pm Praise Band/Sanctuary 7:15 pm Yoga FRIDAY, APRIL 1 7:30 pm AA/Gym SATURDAY, APRIL 2 SUNDAY, APRIL 3 Holy Humor Sunday 8:45 am Contemporary Worship & 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Traditional Worship & 12:15 pm All-In Meeting/Parlor 2:00 pm Girl Scout Planning Event/Gym 3:30 pm Liturgical Dance/Sanctuary 4:30 pm Celebration Singers (Children) 5:00 pm WEB (We re Experiencing the Bible) Children s program 5:00 pm Disciple IV/Parlor 5:00 pm Jr. High Bible Study 6:00 pm Youth Fellowship Dinner 7:00 pm Sr. High Bible Study March Birthdays 3. Max LaGrone 4. Claretha Gotcher Todd Morgan 6. Yuka Daughters 10. Marleigh Blanchard 11. Karen Gibbs 12. Will Roberts 16. Steve Amos Alon Soderfelt 17. Pat Smith 21. Karen Jones 22. Kyler Smith 23. Craig Hannon 24. Janice Hannon 25. Steve Smith 26. Peter Havlik 28. Laurel Duncan 30. Hannah Fields Easter Egg Hunt on March 20! ATTENDANCE March 20, 2016 8:45 68 11:00 124 Total: 192 SUNDAY SCHOOL: Adults: 57 Children: 14 Youth: 10 Adult Sunday School Come join us at 9:45 am! Room 185: Discovery Class Galatians Room 209: Fellowship Class Revelation Study Room 210: New Friendship Class Biblical Archaeology of Jerusalem and Northern Kingdom Parlor: Christian Living Class Adult Bible Study Curriculum Room 161 Interlude Class The Call: The Life and Message of the Apostle, Paul. Room 205: Journeys Class The Will of God You may email articles for the Spire (no later than Sunday evenings, please.)sending your article on a Word document as an attachment works best. Please email your article to pat.bates@newhavenumc.org. Please note Spire Newsletter on the subject line. While we make every effort to include your request, we reserve the right to edit or delete articles due to space availability. New Haven Staff Members Rev. Cindy Havlik Senior Pastor Rev. Suzanne Davis Associate Pastor Jennifer Payton Business Manager Stephen Merrick Music Director Patrick Grafton Youth Director Paula Fox Children s Director Pat Bates Adm. Assistant Ann Martin Financial Secretary Mary Ann Cunningham Nursery Director Teresa Roberts Organist Rev. Jeanette Boyd Retired Deacon Kacie Kendrick Day School Dir. Joan West After School Care Oscar Sturgeon Custodian The SPIRE (USPS 006-409) is published weekly except the last week of May, June, July, and December by New Haven United Methodist Church, 5603 South New Haven Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74135-4100. Periodical postage is paid at Tulsa, Oklahoma. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the SPIRE, 5603 South New Haven Avenue Tulsa OK 74135-4100.