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Property of the Center

AN OUTREACH TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OFF AMILY OFF AITH MCC

WEEKLY

PASTOR'S PEN
By Rev. Nancy Horvath M. Div.

On behalf of myself and my
family, I want to thank you for
the opportunity of serving Christ
with you over the past year and
a half Good-bye is never easy
and this is certainly no exception! Please know that our love
and prayers will continue with
you. \Ve hope that yours will
continue with us as well! My
last Sunday with you will be the
29th of September. I hope that
you will join us for worship and
then share in the healing service
that evening with Delores Berry.
I will be a part of the evening
service and a part of the concert
on the 30th. That will be my last
time here as the pastor.
Barb and Zach and I will take
many wonderful memories with
us! We have been so blessed to
have a congregation who has
been so attentive to our son. He
knows that he is loved by this
church in a very special way!
Thank You! I know that Barb
will miss so many of you .. .in
particular her Wednesday nights
with the choir. You have
(Continued on page 2)

Family of Faith MCC

Sundays
9:15 am Adult Ed.
11:00 am Worship Service
Wednesdays
6:30 pm Praise & Worship
7:30 pm Choir
Thursdays
7 :30 pm Co-Dependency
Group

MONTHLY

- - - - • WISH LIST
• Greeting Cards to send out
•
•I Stamps to send the cards
with

I

1st Sunday of Month
Potluck

•
•
•
•
•
•
•I

• An Electric Pop Box
• Christian oriented coloring I
• books, etc. for the
• children's ministry
- - - - - - 5451-E

Mingo

1st Frida_y~ofeach Month
SAFE HAVEN
(ages 18-30)
2nd Sunday of each Month
Board Meeting
(open to all)
10th of each Month
Newsletter Articles Due
3rd Wednesday of each
Montli
Newletter Mailing
5:30PM

Tulsa, OK

622-1441

,.
,',

~1 \~

~ ,t,.

.

f~.4

11:ima
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,

(Continued from page 1)

welcomed her into your midst in a
special way! Thank You! I will
remember the cards, notes and
phone calls "just to check up on
me"; Sherry wanting to "storm"
the church when she thought I
was in the church alone and in
trouble; Cheryl standing by in
more than one occasion as my
"angel" ready to dial 911; Kharma
and Julie singing "Together"; the
choir singing "Eagles Wings";
Christmas Carrolling in my culde-sac; seeing Pete Thompson in
nothing but a towel (I'm willing to
talk!); Nancy and the girls taking
Zach in emergency situations
without a moment's hesitation; my
Twins cup from Debbie Harding;
the notes in my mailbox and on
my car from Debbie E.; Bobbye
showing up at my old church in
Baton Rouge the Sunday I went
back there to preach; Diana Hall's
stories; times sitting at the hospital with Barbara; Sunday afternoons at Nancy & Teresa's; hospital visits with Julie; beautiful Holy
Unions; too many memorial services; Carolyn's corn bread;
Alana's "Egyptian Queen"; Jody's
Native wisdom and her willingness to enlighten me; Billie's
fudge; Zi's handiwork; Dee &
Terri's terrible car accident; our
Silent Saints Cathy H., Tony, and
those other ones who would beam
me for mentioning their names (in
particular the one who has been
cleaning, painting, and so on and
so forth); the joy of hiring Cathy
as our keyboardist and choir director; Sheila's pregnancy; the
new Council of Ministry's; Out on
the town in Atlanta with Diana
and Kharma; Stephanie's pregnancy (you go Arnie!); watching
the wondrous faces during some
1,

(Continued on page 3)

'

October is Stewardship
Month!
Don't miss out as we share our time,
talents, and treasures. Gather the
material for the eagle's nest to make

_,.

~ri'

~,:',t,:::<
.:

it strong, safe, and snug. Build the~=============;
nest - spend "time" as we build the
PRAYER LIST
cornerstones of our church. Show
our "talents" as we put our eggs
- Diana Hall
(The various ministries of the
- Barb Baumgartner
church) in the nest. Share our - Carol, who has AIDS - that she
can get to the AIDS quilt in
commitment ("tithing") learning to
Washington DC
fly and leaving the nest.
- MCC of Greater Tulsa's
pastoral search
- William, who has AIDS
Deb
Hardy, who has AIDS
"But they that wait upon
-Datha
God shall renew their
- Retha, who's having more
strength; they shall mount
medical problems
up with wings as eagles;
-The Family of Faith Pastoral
Search
they shall run, and not be
- Pastor Nancy, Barb & Zach, as
weary; and they shall walk,
they leave us on Sept. 30th
and not faint "
- The Delores Berry Healing
ISAIAH 40:31
Service and Concert
- Debbie's mother, who was in the
hospital
- Donna's grandfather (100 years
old!), who had a fall
- Friends of Melissa C. (who went
on to be with Jesus on Sept. 8th)
- Debbie Harding
- Rev. Renee Phillips (MCC
Lubbock), who faces surgery in
the near future
- Rev. Bob Arthur (District
Coordicator of the Mountain &
Plans District), whose lover
recently went on to be with Jesus
- Cheryl, as she faces more
surgery in the near future
- Pam Crocker' s father, who faces
heart surgery

ror
rn~~
~ ~~t~
1!1
~~~~~r ~~~ ~~~l~

,,
•

(Continued from page 2)

l-

of the Children's sermons ( the
kids faces were great too!);
Wobbly Candalabras
on
Christmas Eve; "Lady Diane's" kind words; the Gay
Pride Interfaith Service; my
Ordination
with
Troy
Perry ... and so on and so on
and so on. For all of these
things and the many not mentioned, Thank You!
With Love and Gratitude,
Pastor Nancy

AROUND THE FELLOWSHIP

The new UFMCC address is:
8704 Santa Moncia Blvd.
2nd Floor
West Hollywood, CA
90069-4548
Telephone: (310) 360-8640
Fax:
(310) 360-8680

PRAISE THE
LORD!
- Mary's test results came
back negative!
- Sheila is going to have a
baby!
- Marvita's test results came
back A-OK!
- Pastor Nancy's eyesight in
her right eye has gone from
20/400 to 20/40! !!

rt

ENCORE
PERFORMANCE
ANNOUNCED!
As a kick-off to World AIDS
month, the Friends of Broken
Arrow Community Playhouse will
present an encore performance of
"Quilt, A Musical Celebration" on
Sunday, September 29th at
2:00 P.M. at the Tulsa Community
College PACE Theater. The PACE
Theater is located on TCC' s
southeast campus at Highway 169
and 81st Street.
For those of you that missed its
recent run at Tulsa's Performing
Arts Center, I strongly urge you to
go see this wonderful production,
an incredibly moving depiction of -------------,
what the Quilt is about and it will
Moving?
touch your heart. This play helped
teach all who saw it about the
Please advise the church
humanity behind the statistics of
of your new address so
AIDS, and illustrated how the
you can continue to
disease has touched every segment
receive the newsletter.
of society in every community in
You can reach us at
America.
622-1441.
NAMES Project volunteers,
along with several cast members,
DELORES BERRY
worked many long hours to create
the beautiful Quilt panels which
CONCERT!!
were an integral part of the SEPTEMBER 30th 7 :00 pm
production. The resulting "Quilt"
seen on stage was every bit as "real" The name speaks for itself!
to the audience as is the actual Delores will be with us on
NAMES Project Quilt.
September 29th for a Healing
I left this performance feeling Service at 6:30 pm and a concert
VERY moved, wanting to see the next evening. You won't want
more, and singing to myself, "What to miss either!
does one wear to the Gay and
Lesbian Center?" PLEASE don't
miss this performance!
Don't forget
General admission is $8.00 _(no
Wednesday night
reserved seating); $5.00 for
students and senior citizens.
praise and prayer
Suki

at 6:30 pm.

(/J

\

NOT ALL BATTLES ARE FOUGHT WITH A
SWORD!
October 11 - 13, 1996 at the WashingtonDC NationalMall, we
will unfold the AIDS Memorial Quilt to show the nation that we
care, we remember and that, until there is an end to AIDS, we are
not going away.
This will be the very last time the Quilt will be seen in
Washington DC in its entirety because there will not be enough
room. At its present total of over 45,000 panels (representing only
about 1/10 of AIDS related deaths) will take up the spaces of over
a city block wide and a mile and a half long from the Capitol steps
to the Memorial Monument. Orchestrating a display of this
magnitude will require a volunteer force of 10,000 people! If you
plan to be in DC for the Quilt, the need for volunteers continues.
Please call your local Names Project Chapter to volunteer
A.S.A.P.
I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who
took part in the "Feast with Friends" as guests or hosts September
14th. The money raised will support the work of The Tulsa
Chapter in our community, as well as assist Chapter participation
in the display of the entire Quilt in Washington DC. The "Dessert
Finale" held at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel had many
tempting delights such as lemon tarts from Eats 2 U Catering,
bread pudding from Flavor's Restaurant, pies from Tippins Pie
Pantry, chocolate eclairs from Just BEcause Catering, "Oreo
Mountains" from Zia's Restaurant, and many more. Seventeen
dinner parties were held by generous NAMES Project supporters.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!!!!!

'},e~oj,

•

?Jtdiua~teltdu ~ (4 de
~~OH

S~f,

1996,

tJUJt&oead~au
~'16"-

1/t,a~k

4 ~~at

Hd44ed

?~

°"?aid,

I am once again making a
plea for more volunteers to take the
time to take the RAIN Training
classes to be held Novermber 1st
and 2nd at All Souls Unitarian
Church. Friday 5:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.
M. and Saturday 9:00 A. M. - 5:00
P. M. Please pre-register by calling
the Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network at 749-4195. There willbe
limited seats available.
Our RAIN Team has been
an active part of this church sinceits
beginning and because of members
moving out of state or suffering
from bum-out, we are down to just
four team members. A healthyteam
should have about fourteen
membersto avoid bum-out or being
overactive with a client. Please be
reassured that NO ONE is asked to
do ANYTHING that they feel
uncomfortabledoing. I cannot begin
to express how strongly you are
needed in this area. There is about a
six month waiting list for clients
wanting or needing a RAIN Team.
The short time requested of you
weekly or bi-weekly makes a
REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE in
the client's day just knowing that
someone cares. AND HUGS
DON'T SPREAD AIDS....
Please pray about this
ministry and let God help you
decide.

October
1996
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

SAFEHAVEN

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

6

7

8

9:00 am Adult Class 7:00 pm CareGiver
11:00 am Worship
Team Mtg
Potluck after
Worship!

13

14

15

9
6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

Newsletter Articles
Due

16
5:30 Newsletter
Malling

7:00pm Fund
Raising Team Mtg
Board Meeting

10
17

11

12

18

19

25

26

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

11:00 am Worship

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

20

21

11:00 am Worship

7:00 Assimilation
Team Mtg

27

28
7:00 pm Council of
Ministry'• Mtg

11:00 am Worship

22

23

24

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

29

30

31

Family of Faith MCC
P. 0. Box 382
Jenks, OK 74037-0382

Herland of OKC
Pat Reeves
2312NW
39th Street
OKLAHOMA
CITY,OK73112

Address Correction Requested

NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
POSTAGEPAID
PERMITNO. 145
JENKS,OK



Property of the Center

AN OUTREACH TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OFF AMILY OFF AITH MCC

WEEKLY

PASTOR'S PEN
By Rev. Nancy Horvath M. Div.

On behalf of myself and my
family, I want to thank you for
the opportunity of serving Christ
with you over the past year and
a half Good-bye is never easy
and this is certainly no exception! Please know that our love
and prayers will continue with
you. \Ve hope that yours will
continue with us as well! My
last Sunday with you will be the
29th of September. I hope that
you will join us for worship and
then share in the healing service
that evening with Delores Berry.
I will be a part of the evening
service and a part of the concert
on the 30th. That will be my last
time here as the pastor.
Barb and Zach and I will take
many wonderful memories with
us! We have been so blessed to
have a congregation who has
been so attentive to our son. He
knows that he is loved by this
church in a very special way!
Thank You! I know that Barb
will miss so many of you .. .in
particular her Wednesday nights
with the choir. You have
(Continued on page 2)

Family of Faith MCC

Sundays
9:15 am Adult Ed.
11:00 am Worship Service
Wednesdays
6:30 pm Praise & Worship
7:30 pm Choir
Thursdays
7 :30 pm Co-Dependency
Group

MONTHLY

- - - - • WISH LIST
• Greeting Cards to send out
•
•I Stamps to send the cards
with

I

1st Sunday of Month
Potluck

•
•
•
•
•
•
•I

• An Electric Pop Box
• Christian oriented coloring I
• books, etc. for the
• children's ministry
- - - - - - 5451-E

Mingo

1st Frida_y~ofeach Month
SAFE HAVEN
(ages 18-30)
2nd Sunday of each Month
Board Meeting
(open to all)
10th of each Month
Newsletter Articles Due
3rd Wednesday of each
Montli
Newletter Mailing
5:30PM

Tulsa, OK

622-1441

,.
,',

~1 \~

~ ,t,.

.

f~.4

11:ima
..,. -

,

(Continued from page 1)

welcomed her into your midst in a
special way! Thank You! I will
remember the cards, notes and
phone calls "just to check up on
me"; Sherry wanting to "storm"
the church when she thought I
was in the church alone and in
trouble; Cheryl standing by in
more than one occasion as my
"angel" ready to dial 911; Kharma
and Julie singing "Together"; the
choir singing "Eagles Wings";
Christmas Carrolling in my culde-sac; seeing Pete Thompson in
nothing but a towel (I'm willing to
talk!); Nancy and the girls taking
Zach in emergency situations
without a moment's hesitation; my
Twins cup from Debbie Harding;
the notes in my mailbox and on
my car from Debbie E.; Bobbye
showing up at my old church in
Baton Rouge the Sunday I went
back there to preach; Diana Hall's
stories; times sitting at the hospital with Barbara; Sunday afternoons at Nancy & Teresa's; hospital visits with Julie; beautiful Holy
Unions; too many memorial services; Carolyn's corn bread;
Alana's "Egyptian Queen"; Jody's
Native wisdom and her willingness to enlighten me; Billie's
fudge; Zi's handiwork; Dee &
Terri's terrible car accident; our
Silent Saints Cathy H., Tony, and
those other ones who would beam
me for mentioning their names (in
particular the one who has been
cleaning, painting, and so on and
so forth); the joy of hiring Cathy
as our keyboardist and choir director; Sheila's pregnancy; the
new Council of Ministry's; Out on
the town in Atlanta with Diana
and Kharma; Stephanie's pregnancy (you go Arnie!); watching
the wondrous faces during some
1,

(Continued on page 3)

'

October is Stewardship
Month!
Don't miss out as we share our time,
talents, and treasures. Gather the
material for the eagle's nest to make

_,.

~ri'

~,:',t,:::<
.:

it strong, safe, and snug. Build the~=============;
nest - spend "time" as we build the
PRAYER LIST
cornerstones of our church. Show
our "talents" as we put our eggs
- Diana Hall
(The various ministries of the
- Barb Baumgartner
church) in the nest. Share our - Carol, who has AIDS - that she
can get to the AIDS quilt in
commitment ("tithing") learning to
Washington DC
fly and leaving the nest.
- MCC of Greater Tulsa's
pastoral search
- William, who has AIDS
Deb
Hardy, who has AIDS
"But they that wait upon
-Datha
God shall renew their
- Retha, who's having more
strength; they shall mount
medical problems
up with wings as eagles;
-The Family of Faith Pastoral
Search
they shall run, and not be
- Pastor Nancy, Barb & Zach, as
weary; and they shall walk,
they leave us on Sept. 30th
and not faint "
- The Delores Berry Healing
ISAIAH 40:31
Service and Concert
- Debbie's mother, who was in the
hospital
- Donna's grandfather (100 years
old!), who had a fall
- Friends of Melissa C. (who went
on to be with Jesus on Sept. 8th)
- Debbie Harding
- Rev. Renee Phillips (MCC
Lubbock), who faces surgery in
the near future
- Rev. Bob Arthur (District
Coordicator of the Mountain &
Plans District), whose lover
recently went on to be with Jesus
- Cheryl, as she faces more
surgery in the near future
- Pam Crocker' s father, who faces
heart surgery

ror
rn~~
~ ~~t~
1!1
~~~~~r ~~~ ~~~l~

,,
•

(Continued from page 2)

l-

of the Children's sermons ( the
kids faces were great too!);
Wobbly Candalabras
on
Christmas Eve; "Lady Diane's" kind words; the Gay
Pride Interfaith Service; my
Ordination
with
Troy
Perry ... and so on and so on
and so on. For all of these
things and the many not mentioned, Thank You!
With Love and Gratitude,
Pastor Nancy

AROUND THE FELLOWSHIP

The new UFMCC address is:
8704 Santa Moncia Blvd.
2nd Floor
West Hollywood, CA
90069-4548
Telephone: (310) 360-8640
Fax:
(310) 360-8680

PRAISE THE
LORD!
- Mary's test results came
back negative!
- Sheila is going to have a
baby!
- Marvita's test results came
back A-OK!
- Pastor Nancy's eyesight in
her right eye has gone from
20/400 to 20/40! !!

rt

ENCORE
PERFORMANCE
ANNOUNCED!
As a kick-off to World AIDS
month, the Friends of Broken
Arrow Community Playhouse will
present an encore performance of
"Quilt, A Musical Celebration" on
Sunday, September 29th at
2:00 P.M. at the Tulsa Community
College PACE Theater. The PACE
Theater is located on TCC' s
southeast campus at Highway 169
and 81st Street.
For those of you that missed its
recent run at Tulsa's Performing
Arts Center, I strongly urge you to
go see this wonderful production,
an incredibly moving depiction of -------------,
what the Quilt is about and it will
Moving?
touch your heart. This play helped
teach all who saw it about the
Please advise the church
humanity behind the statistics of
of your new address so
AIDS, and illustrated how the
you can continue to
disease has touched every segment
receive the newsletter.
of society in every community in
You can reach us at
America.
622-1441.
NAMES Project volunteers,
along with several cast members,
DELORES BERRY
worked many long hours to create
the beautiful Quilt panels which
CONCERT!!
were an integral part of the SEPTEMBER 30th 7 :00 pm
production. The resulting "Quilt"
seen on stage was every bit as "real" The name speaks for itself!
to the audience as is the actual Delores will be with us on
NAMES Project Quilt.
September 29th for a Healing
I left this performance feeling Service at 6:30 pm and a concert
VERY moved, wanting to see the next evening. You won't want
more, and singing to myself, "What to miss either!
does one wear to the Gay and
Lesbian Center?" PLEASE don't
miss this performance!
Don't forget
General admission is $8.00 _(no
Wednesday night
reserved seating); $5.00 for
students and senior citizens.
praise and prayer
Suki

at 6:30 pm.

(/J

\

NOT ALL BATTLES ARE FOUGHT WITH A
SWORD!
October 11 - 13, 1996 at the WashingtonDC NationalMall, we
will unfold the AIDS Memorial Quilt to show the nation that we
care, we remember and that, until there is an end to AIDS, we are
not going away.
This will be the very last time the Quilt will be seen in
Washington DC in its entirety because there will not be enough
room. At its present total of over 45,000 panels (representing only
about 1/10 of AIDS related deaths) will take up the spaces of over
a city block wide and a mile and a half long from the Capitol steps
to the Memorial Monument. Orchestrating a display of this
magnitude will require a volunteer force of 10,000 people! If you
plan to be in DC for the Quilt, the need for volunteers continues.
Please call your local Names Project Chapter to volunteer
A.S.A.P.
I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who
took part in the "Feast with Friends" as guests or hosts September
14th. The money raised will support the work of The Tulsa
Chapter in our community, as well as assist Chapter participation
in the display of the entire Quilt in Washington DC. The "Dessert
Finale" held at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel had many
tempting delights such as lemon tarts from Eats 2 U Catering,
bread pudding from Flavor's Restaurant, pies from Tippins Pie
Pantry, chocolate eclairs from Just BEcause Catering, "Oreo
Mountains" from Zia's Restaurant, and many more. Seventeen
dinner parties were held by generous NAMES Project supporters.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!!!!!

'},e~oj,

•

?Jtdiua~teltdu ~ (4 de
~~OH

S~f,

1996,

tJUJt&oead~au
~'16"-

1/t,a~k

4 ~~at

Hd44ed

?~

°"?aid,

I am once again making a
plea for more volunteers to take the
time to take the RAIN Training
classes to be held Novermber 1st
and 2nd at All Souls Unitarian
Church. Friday 5:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.
M. and Saturday 9:00 A. M. - 5:00
P. M. Please pre-register by calling
the Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network at 749-4195. There willbe
limited seats available.
Our RAIN Team has been
an active part of this church sinceits
beginning and because of members
moving out of state or suffering
from bum-out, we are down to just
four team members. A healthyteam
should have about fourteen
membersto avoid bum-out or being
overactive with a client. Please be
reassured that NO ONE is asked to
do ANYTHING that they feel
uncomfortabledoing. I cannot begin
to express how strongly you are
needed in this area. There is about a
six month waiting list for clients
wanting or needing a RAIN Team.
The short time requested of you
weekly or bi-weekly makes a
REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE in
the client's day just knowing that
someone cares. AND HUGS
DON'T SPREAD AIDS....
Please pray about this
ministry and let God help you
decide.

October
1996
Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

1

2

3

4

5

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

SAFEHAVEN

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

6

7

8

9:00 am Adult Class 7:00 pm CareGiver
11:00 am Worship
Team Mtg
Potluck after
Worship!

13

14

15

9
6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

Newsletter Articles
Due

16
5:30 Newsletter
Malling

7:00pm Fund
Raising Team Mtg
Board Meeting

10
17

11

12

18

19

25

26

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

11:00 am Worship

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

20

21

11:00 am Worship

7:00 Assimilation
Team Mtg

27

28
7:00 pm Council of
Ministry'• Mtg

11:00 am Worship

22

23

24

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

29

30

31

Family of Faith MCC
P. 0. Box 382
Jenks, OK 74037-0382

Herland of OKC
Pat Reeves
2312NW
39th Street
OKLAHOMA
CITY,OK73112

Address Correction Requested

NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
POSTAGEPAID
PERMITNO. 145
JENKS,OK



Property of the Center

AN OUTREACH TO MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OFF AMILY OFF AITH MCC

WEEKLY

PASTOR'S PEN
By Rev. Nancy Horvath M. Div.

On behalf of myself and my
family, I want to thank you for
the opportunity of serving Christ
with you over the past year and
a half Good-bye is never easy
and this is certainly no exception! Please know that our love
and prayers will continue with
you. \Ve hope that yours will
continue with us as well! My
last Sunday with you will be the
29th of September. I hope that
you will join us for worship and
then share in the healing service
that evening with Delores Berry.
I will be a part of the evening
service and a part of the concert
on the 30th. That will be my last
time here as the pastor.
Barb and Zach and I will take
many wonderful memories with
us! We have been so blessed to
have a congregation who has
been so attentive to our son. He
knows that he is loved by this
church in a very special way!
Thank You! I know that Barb
will miss so many of you .. .in
particular her Wednesday nights
with the choir. You have
(Continued on page 2)

Family of Faith MCC

Sundays
9:15 am Adult Ed.
11:00 am Worship Service
Wednesdays
6:30 pm Praise & Worship
7:30 pm Choir
Thursdays
7 :30 pm Co-Dependency
Group

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SAFE HAVEN
(ages 18-30)
2nd Sunday of each Month
Board Meeting
(open to all)
10th of each Month
Newsletter Articles Due
3rd Wednesday of each
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Newletter Mailing
5:30PM

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welcomed her into your midst in a
special way! Thank You! I will
remember the cards, notes and
phone calls "just to check up on
me"; Sherry wanting to "storm"
the church when she thought I
was in the church alone and in
trouble; Cheryl standing by in
more than one occasion as my
"angel" ready to dial 911; Kharma
and Julie singing "Together"; the
choir singing "Eagles Wings";
Christmas Carrolling in my culde-sac; seeing Pete Thompson in
nothing but a towel (I'm willing to
talk!); Nancy and the girls taking
Zach in emergency situations
without a moment's hesitation; my
Twins cup from Debbie Harding;
the notes in my mailbox and on
my car from Debbie E.; Bobbye
showing up at my old church in
Baton Rouge the Sunday I went
back there to preach; Diana Hall's
stories; times sitting at the hospital with Barbara; Sunday afternoons at Nancy & Teresa's; hospital visits with Julie; beautiful Holy
Unions; too many memorial services; Carolyn's corn bread;
Alana's "Egyptian Queen"; Jody's
Native wisdom and her willingness to enlighten me; Billie's
fudge; Zi's handiwork; Dee &
Terri's terrible car accident; our
Silent Saints Cathy H., Tony, and
those other ones who would beam
me for mentioning their names (in
particular the one who has been
cleaning, painting, and so on and
so forth); the joy of hiring Cathy
as our keyboardist and choir director; Sheila's pregnancy; the
new Council of Ministry's; Out on
the town in Atlanta with Diana
and Kharma; Stephanie's pregnancy (you go Arnie!); watching
the wondrous faces during some
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October is Stewardship
Month!
Don't miss out as we share our time,
talents, and treasures. Gather the
material for the eagle's nest to make

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it strong, safe, and snug. Build the~=============;
nest - spend "time" as we build the
PRAYER LIST
cornerstones of our church. Show
our "talents" as we put our eggs
- Diana Hall
(The various ministries of the
- Barb Baumgartner
church) in the nest. Share our - Carol, who has AIDS - that she
can get to the AIDS quilt in
commitment ("tithing") learning to
Washington DC
fly and leaving the nest.
- MCC of Greater Tulsa's
pastoral search
- William, who has AIDS
Deb
Hardy, who has AIDS
"But they that wait upon
-Datha
God shall renew their
- Retha, who's having more
strength; they shall mount
medical problems
up with wings as eagles;
-The Family of Faith Pastoral
Search
they shall run, and not be
- Pastor Nancy, Barb & Zach, as
weary; and they shall walk,
they leave us on Sept. 30th
and not faint "
- The Delores Berry Healing
ISAIAH 40:31
Service and Concert
- Debbie's mother, who was in the
hospital
- Donna's grandfather (100 years
old!), who had a fall
- Friends of Melissa C. (who went
on to be with Jesus on Sept. 8th)
- Debbie Harding
- Rev. Renee Phillips (MCC
Lubbock), who faces surgery in
the near future
- Rev. Bob Arthur (District
Coordicator of the Mountain &
Plans District), whose lover
recently went on to be with Jesus
- Cheryl, as she faces more
surgery in the near future
- Pam Crocker' s father, who faces
heart surgery

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of the Children's sermons ( the
kids faces were great too!);
Wobbly Candalabras
on
Christmas Eve; "Lady Diane's" kind words; the Gay
Pride Interfaith Service; my
Ordination
with
Troy
Perry ... and so on and so on
and so on. For all of these
things and the many not mentioned, Thank You!
With Love and Gratitude,
Pastor Nancy

AROUND THE FELLOWSHIP

The new UFMCC address is:
8704 Santa Moncia Blvd.
2nd Floor
West Hollywood, CA
90069-4548
Telephone: (310) 360-8640
Fax:
(310) 360-8680

PRAISE THE
LORD!
- Mary's test results came
back negative!
- Sheila is going to have a
baby!
- Marvita's test results came
back A-OK!
- Pastor Nancy's eyesight in
her right eye has gone from
20/400 to 20/40! !!

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ENCORE
PERFORMANCE
ANNOUNCED!
As a kick-off to World AIDS
month, the Friends of Broken
Arrow Community Playhouse will
present an encore performance of
"Quilt, A Musical Celebration" on
Sunday, September 29th at
2:00 P.M. at the Tulsa Community
College PACE Theater. The PACE
Theater is located on TCC' s
southeast campus at Highway 169
and 81st Street.
For those of you that missed its
recent run at Tulsa's Performing
Arts Center, I strongly urge you to
go see this wonderful production,
an incredibly moving depiction of -------------,
what the Quilt is about and it will
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touch your heart. This play helped
teach all who saw it about the
Please advise the church
humanity behind the statistics of
of your new address so
AIDS, and illustrated how the
you can continue to
disease has touched every segment
receive the newsletter.
of society in every community in
You can reach us at
America.
622-1441.
NAMES Project volunteers,
along with several cast members,
DELORES BERRY
worked many long hours to create
the beautiful Quilt panels which
CONCERT!!
were an integral part of the SEPTEMBER 30th 7 :00 pm
production. The resulting "Quilt"
seen on stage was every bit as "real" The name speaks for itself!
to the audience as is the actual Delores will be with us on
NAMES Project Quilt.
September 29th for a Healing
I left this performance feeling Service at 6:30 pm and a concert
VERY moved, wanting to see the next evening. You won't want
more, and singing to myself, "What to miss either!
does one wear to the Gay and
Lesbian Center?" PLEASE don't
miss this performance!
Don't forget
General admission is $8.00 _(no
Wednesday night
reserved seating); $5.00 for
students and senior citizens.
praise and prayer
Suki

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SWORD!
October 11 - 13, 1996 at the WashingtonDC NationalMall, we
will unfold the AIDS Memorial Quilt to show the nation that we
care, we remember and that, until there is an end to AIDS, we are
not going away.
This will be the very last time the Quilt will be seen in
Washington DC in its entirety because there will not be enough
room. At its present total of over 45,000 panels (representing only
about 1/10 of AIDS related deaths) will take up the spaces of over
a city block wide and a mile and a half long from the Capitol steps
to the Memorial Monument. Orchestrating a display of this
magnitude will require a volunteer force of 10,000 people! If you
plan to be in DC for the Quilt, the need for volunteers continues.
Please call your local Names Project Chapter to volunteer
A.S.A.P.
I would also like to take the time to thank everyone who
took part in the "Feast with Friends" as guests or hosts September
14th. The money raised will support the work of The Tulsa
Chapter in our community, as well as assist Chapter participation
in the display of the entire Quilt in Washington DC. The "Dessert
Finale" held at the Downtown Doubletree Hotel had many
tempting delights such as lemon tarts from Eats 2 U Catering,
bread pudding from Flavor's Restaurant, pies from Tippins Pie
Pantry, chocolate eclairs from Just BEcause Catering, "Oreo
Mountains" from Zia's Restaurant, and many more. Seventeen
dinner parties were held by generous NAMES Project supporters.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROSITY!!!!!

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I am once again making a
plea for more volunteers to take the
time to take the RAIN Training
classes to be held Novermber 1st
and 2nd at All Souls Unitarian
Church. Friday 5:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.
M. and Saturday 9:00 A. M. - 5:00
P. M. Please pre-register by calling
the Regional AIDS Interfaith
Network at 749-4195. There willbe
limited seats available.
Our RAIN Team has been
an active part of this church sinceits
beginning and because of members
moving out of state or suffering
from bum-out, we are down to just
four team members. A healthyteam
should have about fourteen
membersto avoid bum-out or being
overactive with a client. Please be
reassured that NO ONE is asked to
do ANYTHING that they feel
uncomfortabledoing. I cannot begin
to express how strongly you are
needed in this area. There is about a
six month waiting list for clients
wanting or needing a RAIN Team.
The short time requested of you
weekly or bi-weekly makes a
REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE in
the client's day just knowing that
someone cares. AND HUGS
DON'T SPREAD AIDS....
Please pray about this
ministry and let God help you
decide.

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1996
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6:30 pm Pnyer &
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7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

SAFEHAVEN

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9:00 am Adult Class 7:00 pm CareGiver
11:00 am Worship
Team Mtg
Potluck after
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6:30 pm Pnyer &
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7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

Newsletter Articles
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Malling

7:00pm Fund
Raising Team Mtg
Board Meeting

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7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

6:30 pm Pnyer &
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11:00 am Worship

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

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11:00 am Worship

7:00 Assimilation
Team Mtg

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7:00 pm Council of
Ministry'• Mtg

11:00 am Worship

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24

6:30 pm Pnyer &
Pnise Service

7:J0pmCoDependency Mtg

7:30 Choir Pnctlce

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