First United Methodist Church

8th & Seminole • Okmulgee First United Methodist Church invites you to join us

First United Methodist Church invites you to join us this Sunday. Traditional Worship Service begins at 9 a.m. in the Sanctuary, followed by Sunday School at 10 a.m. for all ages. Children’s Church is held at 11 a.m. every Sunday (except the first Sunday of the month). Contemporary Praise & Worship Service is held at 11 a.m. in the Rowe Family Life Center. On Sundays, the youth meet from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Opportunities of the Week:

Opportunities of the Week:

Wednesday, July 8

7 p.m. Chancel Choir Practice - Sanctuary

Sunday, July 12

9 a.m. Worship - Sanctuary

10 a.m. Sunday School

11 a.m. Worship - Rowe

5 p.m. UMYF Mission Time

Crossroads Baptist Church

Crossroads Baptist Church, located at Alt. 75 and Happy Camp Rd. in Beggs, would like to welcome you to join us! Our purpose is to Reach, Disciple and Send, and our primary strategy is Connect Groups. Senior Pastor: Brayden Buss, Worship Pastor: Bro. Justin Wells, Youth Pastor: Gary Honeycutt, Children’s Minister: Kylie Pope. Service times are as follows:

Service times are as follows:

Sundays

9:30 a.m. - Connect Groups

10:30 a.m. - Sunday Worship & Children’s Church

Wednesdays

6:30 p.m. - Adult Bible Study, Youth Bible Study & Crossroads Kids

Crossroads Kids

Nursery for children ages 3 and younger is provided for all services. For more information, please call 918-267-4720 or check us ouNursery for children ages 3 and younger is provided for all services. For more informationt at www.crossroadsbaptistbeggs.org.

Henryetta First Christian Church

8:30 a.m. - Sunday morning services and fellowship with Pastor Carl Tinnea. 9 a.m. - Breakfast in downstairs Fellowship Hall with Bible Study for adults and Sunday school for children of all ages. 10 a.m. - Praise & Worship service. A nursery is available for children ages four and younger. First Christian Church is located at 412 N. 5th St. in Henryetta.

“Flip the Switch” by Mary Morris

Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them. (John 12:35-36)

What is the first thing most of us do when we enter a dark room? Look for the light switch. Why? Because we can’t see what lies before us that could trip us up and cause us harm.

Jesus was how God was going to save His creation. He was the one-time-only, completely perfect sacrifice whose blood would entirely wash away all sin. Animals, which are also God’s creation, served for a time, but just weren’t quite up to snuff. Because they were animals, people just didn’t have the kind of connection needed in order for that sacrifice to have the deep meaning God had intended. We could kill animals with very little compunction. A person, however, was something totally different.

So we see today that Jesus refers to Himself as the light. In our lifetime, our walk, we must stay by His side to stave off the darkness and evil of the world. It isn’t He that wanders away from us. That would be us taking the detours away from Him. Do you recall times in your past when things were bleak? What were you doing? And be honest with yourself. Were you holding tightly to Jesus’ hand, or had you let go for a time?

Jesus says that if we stay with the light while we live, our light will never go out and we will become the light. So what’s wrong with that? Nothing! Let’s flip that switch for ourselves and watch the changes that come over us!

Second Baptist Church

Dr. Steve Gallagher is our pastor. Services are currently presented on Facebook Live for those wishing to tune in. If you need to contact the church office, please call 918-756-6027. Our office is currently closed.

Second Baptist Church is located at 1003 N. Alabama and is “Where God’s Love Comes First.”

St. Michael Catholic Church

15th Sunday (A)

God is continually calling us to a better life. Through his word in the Bible, we can read and meditate every time. Jesus compared the word of God to a seed which a man plants in the ground. For the seed to grow it needs to be planted in good soil, with water and fertilizer.

When we see the straight rows of crops growing tall and healthy at this time of year, we know that farmers plant very carefully to guarantee the highest yield. But that is not the way the farmer in today’s parable plants. This farmer takes a big risk, it seems. Throwing seed around indiscriminately, some of it falls on the rocks, some on the road, some in the brambles, and, inevitably, some falls on good cultivated soil…

This is how God sows his words. Like the seeds, the Word of God is to be scattered indiscriminately over the whole earth, without regard to where the good soil is that can receive and nurture it. Even though the Word of God does not take root everywhere. The Prophet Isaiah tells us, “It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” St. Paul reminds us that the whole world will, “share in the glorious freedom of the children of God.”

The seed of God’s word has to germinate in our hearts by means of meditating, welcoming it, applying it to our lives. We need the “Sun” of God’s love and grace, and that “Sun” is always shining. With this kind

of germination in the soil of our hearts, there is bound to be a bountiful harvest of holiness in us, our families, and our communities. Let the word of God, like seeds, germinate in our lives. Sunday: Religious Classes for Children: 10 a.m. The Eucharistic Celebration: 11 a.m. Welcome you all to St. Michael Catholic Church. Cornerstone Foursquare A Place for Everyone Cornerstone Foursquare exists to bring hope to find and follow Jesus. CF is made up of people who choose to love, accept and forgive one another. Join us as we learn to live lives that are full and inspired, even in these difficult times.

“CF is synonymous with Hope,” Lead Pastor Rev. Mickey Baldwin said. “Our doors have reopened and the public is welcome to join us each Sunday as we continue to ask for God’s direction, wisdom and anointing for our community. There is always passionate worship, inspiring real-life stories of God’s goodness and encouraging words from God’s Word. Come as you are as we join our hearts to faith.”

This hope-filled connection is “not complicated,” as pastors Mickey and Marcie lead in this series for today that seems so complicated. Jesus is our Savior, Healer, Baptizer and Soon-Coming King! Your next step to God’s Grace could be right here with the CF family.

CF services stream on Facebook Live at 10:30 a.m. Sundays and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

CF is located at 617 N. Oklahoma Ave. at the intersection of Oklahoma & Trent.

Check us out a little more at these social media sites: Instagram - CornerstoneOkmulgee, Twitter - @CornerstoneOK and Youtube.

For more information, call 918-756-4787 or find us on the web at www.okmulgeefoursquare.org.

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Church of the Living God

Church of the Living God, 1301 W. Eufaula, invites the public to come and worship with them every Sunday. Services begin with Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and morning worship at 11 a.m. Wednesday evening Bible Study begins at 5 p.m. Elder Marcus Long is pastor.

Shorter Chapel AME Church

Shorter Chapel AME Church is located at 405 N. Central Ave. in Okmulgee. Freeman Culver is the pastor. Services are every Sunday at 11:30 a.m. Come to pray, and come as you are!

First Church of the Nazarene

If you do not have a church home, we invite you to visit First Church of the Nazarene for these momentous services. Our Life Groups (a.k.a. Sunday School) begin at 9:30 a.m. and we have classes for all ages.