First, thanks to volunteers who helped us give out
three tons of food in one hour this past Thursday morning; come volunteer any
Tuesday or Friday morning from 9:30 am to noon at our food pantry days at the
Welcome Table Community Center, 5920 N. Owasso Ave....And thanks to those who
walked with us in the recent Tulsa Gay Pride Parade, carrying our banner and
letting all know that we welcome all here in the 74126 and northside
area....
1. This Saturday June 16 from 5 to 7 pm come to the
Odd Fellows Lodge at 6227 N. Quincy Ave. to help us celebrate Juneteenth with a
Soup Smorgasborg to raise funds for our northside renewal efforts, particularly
for our kitchengardenpark and orchard and food pantry and environmental justice
events. Suggested donation is $5 per adult minimum and children under ten eat
for free. If you have wanted to find a fun way to help support our mission, and
enact it at the same time by breaking bread together and lifting up our
multi-ethnic future, come to this event. And bring a
friend.
2. Tomorrow afternoon we are pleased to host a class
from Phillips Theological Seminary to discuss social ethics in the community on
the ground, and how it can help grow communities and lives of soul and service.
3. Wednesday I will be meeting with the director of
the Tulsa Health Department to go over future projects together, to celebrate
what we have done together in the past, and to grow our ties with the coming of
the North Regional Wellness Center to our neighborhood.
4. Also Wednesday, June 13, 6:30 pm join us for free
meal and spiritual and missional movie Vision, based on the life of the medieval
mystic, community leader, breaker of expectations and set roles, artist,
Hildegard of Bingen. RSVP if you can for the meal, but come for sure to the
Center, 5920 N. Owasso Ave.
5. My lecture this past weekend in Dallas on community
renewal, trends in American culture and religion, and the missional church, One
Mission, Many Communities: What the Post-Congregational World Requires of Us can
be read and shared at http://www.missionalprogressives.blogspot.com/2012/06/one-mission-many-communities-what-post.html
6. Our northside community kitchengardenpark and
orchard is making huge leaps forward. We recently put up the new fence (not to
keep anyone out, but to help slow down the little ones who are inside and keep
them safe) and are continuing to now move into second phase of the project,
constructing the social areas and working on grants for the
kitchen/shelter/greenhouse/rainwatercollection and for the many community art
projects we want to have at this site which overlooks downtown Tulsa and our
beautiful area. Let community artists know we want to provide them an outside
gallery. Stay tuned for more updates. We gather at the garden to harvest for the
food pantry and to meet neighbors on Monday and Thursday evenings at 6 pm and on
Saturdays at 8 am. Thanks to Hope Unitarian Church volunteers who worked all
morning and then ate with us during lunch.
7. This Sunday for Fathers' Day our worship gathering
will start at the Center at 9:30 am with a study of the parable of the prodigal
family and then watching and discussing the movie Parenthood and its lessons for
communities and lives, followed by communion and a common meal.
8. I will be gone the rest of the month, just about,
to Phoenix to represent the Christian Fellowship at our UUA General Assembly.
For more on us see www.uuchristian.org. We
are also now selling online our Revival DVDs from the event this past March
featuring feminist authors and professors and speakers, Dr. Amy Oden of Wesley
Theological Seminary, Dr. Mary E. Hunt of the Women's Alliance For Theology,
Ethics, and Ritual, and Margaret Starbird, best selling author of books on Mary
Magdalene; and CDs of our many worship services featuring communion, prayer and
healing, and opening and closing worship. All for just $30 for a set of six
DVDs. You may also order yours by email by replying to me via email.
9. Remind you to support our partners the North Tulsa
Farmers Market on Tuesdays 9 am to 2 pm at the Northeast Campus of Tulsa
Community College Apache and Harvard, and on Saturday mornings at the Newsome
Community Farms on 56th St. N. just west of Highway 75...Our condolensces to
Board Member Elaine McDondle on the loss of her sister...We had a good interview
by Channel Six this past Thursday at our food giveaway event and it should be a
part of a series they are doing on food for hungry children in our town. It may
be a part of coverage of the new community garden at the Jewish Federation
building on 71st Street tomorrow in south Tulsa. Also great to hear of the
progress on the community garden at the Dept. of Human Services building on
North Peoria also.
10. Don't Forget the next Turley Area TownHall will be
held on Tuesday June 26 at 7 pm at O'Brien Park recreation center; give back to
community and hear about issues and connect with local officials. Also that is
Election Day. Remember the freedom we have based on lives lost and rights fought
for.
