Upcoming events.
Sunday - Rev Dr. George E Young, Sr
First Congregational is grateful to welcome back Rev Dr George E Young, Sr. Dr Young’s sermon will be entitled Do you Want to be Made Well?.
Rev Dr. Young is a:
Senior Pastor at Greater Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK
Former State Senator
Author
Community Organizer
Adjunct Professor
Sunday Service - Rev Dr Mark Davies
First Congregational is grateful to welcome back Rev Dr Mark Davies who is:
Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics at Oklahoma City University
Director of World House Institute of Social and Ecological Responsibility
Executive Director of the United Methodist LEAD Hub in the US
Sunday Service - Rev Dr Mark Davies
First Congregational is grateful to welcome back Rev Dr Mark Davies who is:
Wimberly Professor of Social and Ecological Ethics at Oklahoma City University
Director of World House Institute of Social and Ecological Responsibility
Executive Director of the United Methodist LEAD Hub in the US
Sunday Service - Rev Dr Mitch Randall
First Congregational Church is grateful to welcome back Rev Dr Mitch Randall who is:
CEO of Good Faith Media
Former Director of the Baptist Center for Ethics
Longtime pastor
Support of Norman Public Schools
The FCC Social Justice Committee is hosting the 5th Sunday Potluck with Carla Atkinson, Curriculum Director for the Norman Public Schools.
Join us to learn how we might provide more support to students, teachers and others with Norman Schools
Sunday Service - Rev Dr Kathy McCallie
First Congregational is grateful to welcome back Rev Dr Kathy McCallie who is:
Associate Professor of Ministerial Leadership and Ethics and Director of Formation for UCC Students and Phillips Theological Seminary.
Political Scientist with a focus on Latin America and the Middle East
Founding Minister of Church of the Open Arms UCC, Oklahoma City.
Sunday Service - Lindsay Bruehl, M.Div.
First Congregational is proud to welcome FCC member Lindsay Bruehl who is a:
Bookkeeper
Founding Assistant for the Baptist House of Studies
Progressive
Social Justice Activist.
Sunday Service - Dr Imad Enchassi
First Congregational is grateful to welcome back Dr Imad Enchassi who is a:
Chairman of Islamic Studies, Chaplain and Professor at the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University
Senior Imam at the Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City
Sabra and Shatila massacre survivor
Sunday Service - Michael Bumgarner, M.Div.
First Congregational Church is grateful to welcome back Mike Bumgarner, who is a:
Life coach
Pastor and Chaplain with a focus on end-of-life ministries
Sunday Service - Dr. Lloyd Musselman
First Congregational is grateful to have member Dr Lloyd Musselman who is a:
Historian
Former Professor at OCU
Higher Education Hall-of-Fame members
Sunday Service - Tate Monroe
Mr. Monroe’s sermon is entitled “Contagious” and will be reflected from Isaiah 52:7 and 2 Corinthians 2:14-17.
Tate Monroe is:
An Anti-Poverty Activist
The Director of Discipleship and Student Ministries and United Methodist churches in Chandler and Meeker, Oklahoma
A student of Dr. Meyers at Oklahoma City University.
Attacks on the LGBTQIA+ Community
The FCC Social Justice Committee is hosting a potluck dinner to discuss attacks on LGBTQIA+ community. The discussion will be led by Don and Kay Holladay, founding members of FCC Norman. Both have been involved in various state and national organizations that support the LGBTQIA+ community. Additionally, Don was actively involved in the lawsuit against the State of Oklahoma for the right for same-sex couples to have the right to marry.
Sunday Service
Rev Robin R Meyers PhD will deliver the sermon, Peter Expands His Palate, from Acts 11:1-18. Special music will be provided by Dr. Marilyn Rosfeld and celloist Kiegan Ryan.
Sunday Service-CANCELLED DUE TO POTENTIAL FOR BAD WEATHER
CANCELLED - Due to potential for bad weather
Muslim Fun Day & Market
Assalamu Alaokum!
Get ready for an exciting day full of un, food and community vibes at the Muslim Fun Day & Market.
Bring your friends and family for a un-filled afternoon featuring:
cotton candy
snow cones
balloons
bouncy house
coffee and tea.
Non Cole Town Hall (to be held with or without the actual coal)
All are welcome
Former Governor David Walters and Former Senate Pres Pro Tem Cal Hobson will answer your questions that you would like to ask Rep. Tom Cole
Sunday Service
Ten Things We Can Do to Resist Trump II
Rev Robing R Meyers, PhD, will deliver the sermon, Ten Things We Can Do to Resist Trmp II, from Luke 6:20-26.
Communion will be served.
Special music will be provided by Kiegan Ryan and Dr Marilyn Rosfeld.
Poetry Discussion
After completing the book, Ten Poems to Change your Life, those in attendance will discuss poems they have written, or poems written by others that are important to them.
Stand Up to Transphobia
Stand Up to Transphobia
Join us for a peaceful demonstration during the Riley Gaines event
When: April 2, 5:30 pm
Where: South Oval Outside Dale Hall (parking will be free by Dale and Elm Hall)
Bring your own sign. No signs on sticks. Come with a safety buddy!
Need a group? Contact oklahoma.citizens@protonmail.com
Fifth Sunday Potluck
Join us for our 5th Sunday Potluck where Dr. Lloyd Musselman will be leading the discussion.
Sunday Service
Rev Robin R Meyers, PhD, will deliver the sermon, “The Prodigals” from Luke 15:1-2 and 11:32. Special music will be provided by Kiegan Ryan and Dr Marilyn Rosfeld
Poetry Discussion
After completing the book, Ten Poems to Change Your Life, those in attendance will share poems they have written, or poems written by others that are important to them.
Sunday Service
Rev Robin Meyers, PhD will deliver the sermon, Among the Dark Lilies, from the St John of the Cross poem, The Dark Knight.
Special music will be provided by Kiegan Ryan and Dr Marilyn Rosfeld.
10 Poems to Change Your Life - Robin Meyers
Dr. Meyers will lead an eight-week adult study series on a book by Roger Housden entitled, Ten Poems to Change Your Life (ISBN 0-609-60901-7). After each poem is studied, Dr. Meyers will preach a sermon on that poem for Lent.
This Sunday we will discuss The Dark Knight, by St John of the Cross. If you have a poem that you have written feel free to bring copies for the class for discussion.
10 Poems to Change Your Life - Robin Meyers
Dr. Meyers will lead an eight-week adult study series on a book by Roger Housden entitled, Ten Poems to Change Your Life (ISBN 0-609-60901-7). After each poem is studied, Dr. Meyers will preach a sermon on that poem for Lent.
Sunday Service
Twice Beauty
Rev Robin R Meyers, PHD will deliver the sermon “Twice Beauty” from Pablo Neruda’s poem “ode to My Socks.
Special music will be provided by Dr. Marilyn Rosfeld and Kiegan Ryan
10 Poems to Change Your Life - Robin Meyers
Dr. Meyers will lead an eight-week adult study series on a book by Roger Housden entitled, Ten Poems to Change Your Life (ISBN 0-609-60901-7). After each poem is studied, Dr. Meyers will preach a sermon on that poem for Lent.
This Sunday we will be discussing Ode to My Socks, by Pablo Narudo
Second Saturday Conversation
Second Saturday Conversation
March 8, 2025
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March 8, 2025
9:30-11:00 am pacific time
Excuse Me? Interrupting on Behalf of Justice.
On Second Saturday Conversation March 8, 2025, we are honored to have with us Robin Meyers. The Rev. Dr. Robin Meyers. Robin is a peace activist (is that a dated term? I hope not), philosopher, pastor, professor, civil rights leader, educator, author, public voice. He is also a fellow of the Westar Institute whose mission is to raise biblical and religious literacy. Robin self describes as offering a non-literal, non-dogmatic, profoundly subversive and counter-cultural understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Robin speaks with provocative clarity and challenging forthrightness as we see in some of his book titles: saving Jesus from the church, spiritual defiance, saving God from religion.
Marcus always spoke highly and admiringly of Robin and his work. He urged me to pay attention to what Robin was doing and would be doing in the future.
Marcus died in 2015. Some traditions consider remembrances on the tenth death anniversary year particularly important. Having Robin with us is part of the tenth year remembrance of Marcus’s work and spirit. Marcus is no longer here. But Robin is. He continues life work that was Marcus's life work as well.
Robin suggested this title for our session together: Excuse Me? Interrupting on Behalf of Justice. Here is how he describes possibilities for our conversation together:
"One of the principal roles of prophetic rhetoric is to interrupt on behalf of the unconditionality of justice. There are times when we can wait out what is happening around us and times when—because we are running out of time—we must interrupt. Jesus was a cosmic interruption. Prophets interrupt with their impatient urgency. Ordinary people can also interrupt, with their bodies, as well as with their words, by refusing to be in compliance with what the Bible calls 'the principalities and the powers.' We are living in a moment when the good, the true, and the just are being disassembled right before our eyes. Can I get an 'excuse me?'"
Please join us for Second Saturday Conversation March 8, 2025 with special guest Robin Meyers. All of our gatherings are free. But you must RSVP to receive a link to the session. You will receive a link the day before and morning of March 8. We meet from 9:30-11:00 am pacific time.
In advance, thank you Robin for being part of this tenth year remembrance of Marcus and his work. And for the way you voice and embody the call to do Justice, love kindness, walk humbly and to do so boldly.
Look forward to being with you March 8.
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Impact of Current State and National Policies on the LGBTQIA+ Community
First Congregational Church of Norman founding members Don and Kay Holloway will be speaking at this event.
Kay has lived in Norman, with her husband Don, since 1963. They have three adult children and one grandchild. She is a former schoolteacher, community volunteer, and served on the Norman Board of Education. Kay has a master’s degree in public health administration and is retired from the area of HIV/AIDS treatment and care as an executive director of an HIV non-profit as well as a division director at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Kay is the co-founder of PFLAG Norman and served as PFLAG National’s regional director and on its national board.
Don is an attorney and artist. He began representing Oklahoma’s marriage equality plaintiffs, Mary Bishop and Sharon Baldwin and Susan Barton and Gay Phillips, in 2009. The couples filed a case challenging Oklahoma’s referendum vote banning same-sex marriage in 2004 – immediately after the ban was enacted – but the original attorney could not continue due to health reasons. Subsequently the Supreme Court held, in a 5-4 decision, that state bans on same-sex marriage and on recognizing same sex marriages duly performed in other jurisdictions are unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Summit for Religious Freedom - 365 Webinar
We invite you to RSVP today to join us Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. ET for a free, virtual webinar on “Trump’s First 45 Days: Hope in Action for Rights & Religious Freedom.”
Our expert group of panelists will dive into what’s happened during the first 45 days of the second Trump Administration and how its policies are impacting church-state separation and the issues that depend on it including racial equity, civil liberties, and LGBTQ+ rights – especially for transgender people. They will also highlight how Americans United and our allies are fighting back.
Panelists include:
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, Executive Director at Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE)
Antonio L. Ingram II, Senior Counsel for NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
Fish Stark, Executive Director at the American Humanist Association (AHA)
Moderator Alessandro Terenzoni, AU VP of Public Policy
This webinar is part of AU’s ongoing SRF365 webinar series and just one example of the dynamic programming attendees can expect at our annual Summit for Religious Freedom (SRF) on April 5-7, 2025, in person in the Greater Washington, D.C., area, and virtually.
So register now for our free SRF365 webinar on March 5, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. ET and learn more about how you can support AU’s fight for church-state separation, inclusive religious freedom and our democracy. Then take the next step by visiting theSRF.org to register for the Summit for Religious Freedom. Last year’s event sold out, so act fast!
Forward together!
Brian Silva
Vice President, Outreach
March 4 Liberty
MARCH 4 LIBERTY
Oklahoma State Capitol
We the People take care of each other! Join us for a peaceful march for liberty and Justice.
Marching will take place from 1 pm to 4 pm
We’re also collecting donations for the homeless:
Underwear, socks, winter hats, dog leashes & collars, sleeping bags, prepackaged foods.
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Sunday Service
Rev. Robin R. Meyers, Ph.D. will deliver the sermon “Longing for the Guest,” from Kabir’s poem “The Time Before Death.”
Special music will be provided by Kiegan Ryan and Dr. Marilyn Rosfeld.
10 Poems to Change Your Life - Robin Meyers
Dr. Meyers will lead an eight-week adult study series on a book by Roger Housden entitled, Ten Poems to Change Your Life (ISBN 0-609-60901-7). After each poem is studied, Dr. Meyers will preach a sermon on that poem for Lent.
The discussion this week will be based on Kabir’s poem, “The Time Before Death.”