16TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Gen. 18:1-10 / Col. 1:24-28 / K. 10 L: 38-42) BY FATHER PETER PHUNG The virtue of hospitality is a center theme of this Sunday reading Mass. In the first reading from the...

15th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (Deut. 30: 10-14/ Col. 1: 15-20/ Lk. 10: 25 -37) THE GOOD SAMARITAN BY FATHER PETER PHUNG The parable of the Good Samaritan breathes forth of bigness and yet it was by occ...

Last Sunday in the Gospel of Luke, we heard Jesus tell all listeners that he expects much from his followers. He told us that we must be prepared to undergo economic uncertainty and that we cannot let...

This Sunday we go back to the ordinary time by starting the 13th Sunday. The topic I want to share with you and me is: Not Turning Back! Luke’s Gospel today tells us that Jesus says to those who want ...

Last week we celebrated the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. This week’s scriptures continue to explore the gift of the Holy Spirit, but this time they focus on how the gift of the Holy Spirit b...

Just before his ascension into heaven, Jesus said to his Apostles, “You will receive the power of the Holy Spirit as it comes upon you, and you are to be my witnessed in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, S...

In the early church there arose a problem about transferring Jewish regulations into new Christian community. Gentile converts to the church could not see why they had to be coerced into following pra...

5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Act. 14:21-27/Rev. 21:1-5/Jn. 13:31-35) BY FATHER PETE PHUNG This Sunday the Church invites us to hear and meditate a special thing, sometimes as human beings we are not ready to...

4th Sunday of Easter (C) (Acts. 13:14-52/ Rev. 7:9-17/ Rev. 7:9-17/ Jn. 10:27-30) Three Sundays ago, the Church invites us to hear and Meditate readings telling us about Jesus who suffered, died but r...

3rd Sunday of Easter (Act. 5:27-41/Rev. 5:11-14/Jn. 21:1-19) I hope you still remembered when Jesus was arrested by the Roman soldiers; they brought him to high priest at the Sanhedrin. We know how ba...

EASTER SUNDAY (Acts 10:34-43/Col. 3:14/Jn. 20:19) BY FATHER PETER PHUNG Today all believers everywhere in the world celebrate Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer. He died, b...

On Thursday, March 31, the Okmulgee City-Wide Prayer Band celebrated 65 years of gathering for prayer. Rev. W. M. Haynes founded the Prayer Band in 1957. Today, Rev. Gregory Richardson of Conversion C...

This Sunday, we begin the “Holy Week,” the week in which Christ Jesus suffered, died, then rose from the dead as he told his Apostles, that he must suffer and be handed over to the high priests. In al...

The Refuge Church Pastors Rocky and Samantha Ausbrooks invite you to The Refuge Church, where our heart is to be a place of healing and restoration, a safe place for the guilty and broken to have an e...

This Sunday the Church invites us to hear and meditate John’s Gospel chapter 8 verses 8-11. Some Scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and made her stand in the middle....

This Sunday, March 27, is the Fourth Sunday in Lent. The readings will be from Exodus 16:2– 21, Acts 2:41–47 and John 6:1–15. THE LORD FEEDS HIS PEOPLE The Lord provided bread from heaven for His peop...

Pastors from the Okmulgee community came together Thursday, March 17, for the Prayer365 Pastors Prayer Luncheon. Jim Fuller of Pastoral Care Inc. shared details to help pastors live stronger lives unt...

Henryetta First Christian Church Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship service at 10 a.m. Come join us for worship! Everyone is welcome and invited to attend. Henryetta First Christian Ch...

WILSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS BREAKFAST Wednesday, March 23 – Cereal, Breakfast Burrito, Fruit or Juice and Milk Thursday, March 24 – Cereal, Donut, Fruit or Juice and Milk Friday, March 25 – NO SCHOOL Monday...

3rd Sunday of Lent (C) (Zep. 3:14-18/Phil. 4:4-7/Lk. 3:10-18) We are on the third Sunday of Lent. The Church invites us to hear and meditate the word of Christ Jesus: “Unless you repent, you will all ...