(This photo is of me lat week taking a break last week with friends at Compton Gardens in Bentonville, AK, which leads into the Crystal Bridges Museum.)

So here’s something more like a pre-pandemic message.. It’s summer! I wish all of you a very fun and safe 4^th of July weekend (which also happens to be on Sunday this year). I especially pray for those of you who are traveling this month – hopefully to spend some ‘down time’ vacationing, visiting family and friends, and marveling at God’s beautiful creation all around us. 

Blessings, Rev. Todd 

Nursery care is now available during worship.

Time with the Children and Worship Connection have returned. Church Schools will start with Rally Day in August.

Sofia Ohlson, Jesper Ohlson, Kye May, and David & Susan West helped clean up a teaching garden at Skelly Elementary School.

For questions or more information, (click name to) email our Christian Education Ministry team Moderator Susan West, or you may call her at 918-724-7521.

Coney Islander will provide coney packs (two dogs wrapped together) for dinner at the Day Center.

Menu also will include slaw, pickled okra or dill pickles, oranges, homemade cookies and lemonade, plus 4 quarts of milk for breakfast.

Thanks to many generous donors, our Day Center dinner fund can provide all items except the homemade cookies.

If you would like to bake and deliver 3 to 4 dozen cookies, please contact Caroline Johnson via text at 918-629-2882.

Celtic Circle (In-Person!) Gathering

Lughnasa is the Celtic celebration of the beginning of the harvest and occurs in early August. The Celtic Circle will gather (in-person!) for a time of discussion and fellowship. Our program title is “Listen to the Trees”.

Please (click name to) contact Mark Miller for additional information or to be added to the Celtic Circle email list.

with Rachel Fuller

For those who may not know - click here for a brief bio!

Jordan is the daughter of

Trinna Burrows and Judith Nole

Barbara Perry has two people who will take her to and from church on most Sundays, but there will be weeks when we need a driver to do one of these things. 

Would you be willing to be an occasional substitute driver for Barbara?  If so, please let CC Team moderator Gretchen Hrachovec know. Call or text Gretchen at 918-697-4198. 

We are the first generation to know we’re destroying the world, and we could be the last that can do anything about it! This summer’s columns will feature ideas of what one person can do.

Turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth. A bathroom faucet releases water at an average rate of two gallons per minute. Doing so can save EIGHT gallons of water per day or 240 gallons every month.

Limit water usage as you wash dishes, and only run the dishwasher when it is full.

Ditto in the laundry room! Only wash when the laundry load is full. Heating a washing machine full of water takes a lot of energy, but in most cases, cold or warm washes clothing just as well as hot. Cold water can always be used during the rinse cycle.

Mark Miller suggests improving the efficiency of your home appliances may be as easy as reading the instruction manual. For example, Bosch recommends using one tablespoon of powdered dishing powder in their dishwashers. (Bosch is what we have in the church kitchen.) This is probably much less than you typically use plus the powder detergent comes in a cardboard box which has much less environmental impact that plastic packaging.

And speaking of packaging … remember Tulsa’s recycling facility is still “down,” so all curbside pick-ups go to the trash-to-energy plant. Therefore, put only paper – junk mail, catalogs, magazines, cracker and cereal boxes, office paper & cardboard in your blue bin. Take your aluminum cans, plastic #1 & #2 and glass to the MET.

A meaningful way to celebrate your Birthday in this new year is to donate an amount equal to your new age to the Endowment Fund.

This donation is also a wonderful way to honor others such as children, grandchildren and friends and allows the church to have funds available for special projects.

      Remember the 

July 13th marks the 15th anniversary of Dr. Kim Childs beginning as College Hill’s Director of Music Ministry! You can click the link below to read the article about his life history and how fortunate we are to have him with us.

To celebrate, we’re going to have a party on Sunday, August 15th, after worship in Fellowship Hall (in order to allow everyone to be back to church after their summer vacations). There will be cake, punch and a few surprises. So, let’s celebrate Kim!

Based on continued CDC guidance, recommendation of the Re-Union Ministry Team and approved by the Session, College Hill has entered modified Phase III Re-Union effective Sunday, June 13, 2021.

~ Resume in-person youth or children’s programming (including Nursery, Time with the Children, Worship Connection and Church School) with masks (if unvaccinated) and reasonable attempts at social distancing* [Both children and adult church school programs will not resume inside the church until Rally Day in September.

~ Expanded special services or third-party building use may occur at the discretion of Session with masks (if unvaccinated), social distancing*, sanitation stations and additional cleaning/disinfecting

~ Expanded special services or third-party building use may occur at the discretion of the Session with masks (if unvaccinated), social distancing*, sanitation stations and additional cleaning/disinfecting.

* As indicated by CDC guidance, social distancing may be reduced or eliminated during

JULY 4 - Terry Baxter, tenor

JULY 11 - Lisa Wagner, oboe

JULY 18 - Lori Decter Wright, soprano

JULY 25 - Rebecca Howard and Cynthia Fox, sopranos

AUGUST 1 - Caleb Ricketts, tenor

AUGUST 8 - Dana Livingston, soprano

CHANCEL CHOIR

College Hill Chancel Choir is on Summer Break and rehearsals resume August 11. The Choir practices Wednesdays at 6:45 p.m. in the second story choral room (next to the church office) for singing, fellowship and fun! (While strictly adhering to Phase 3 Covid-19 guidelines and safety requirements recently implemented by College Hill's Re-Union Ministry team.) If you would like to sing with the Chancel Choir, we are welcoming new members.

College Hill BELLissimo Handbell Ensemble is on Summer Break and rehearsals resume August 11. BELLissimo practices Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. in the second story choral room. (While strictly adhering to Phase 3 Covid-19 guidelines and safety requirements recently implemented by College Hill's Re-Union Ministry team.) If you are interested in playing in this fun ensemble (permanent member or substitute), please contact Director of Music for more information.

Special thanks to John Gammie for continuing to provide us with wonderful photos of our congregational life together!

Nancy Gammie and granddaughter Chloe check in.Kathy Brandon and Donna Wood staffing the check in. Tim Smith and Clay Finck-Ward helping out.

First Time With the Children in 15 months!

Rev. Debbie Chase and Pat Lucy

Gretchen Hrachovec and Martha Brown

Mark & Johnna Thurston with their grandchildren.

Sherrie Garnett

The extended Kari & Allen White family

Rev. Gordon Edwards, preaching

Dr. Kim Childs, Director of Music Ministry, and soloist throughout most of the pandemic.

Mike Gibson, organist & pianist, with help from his son, Clayton.

Matthew Zerger, Acolyte

(His mom, Crystal, was the Liturgist this day.)

Rev. Freeman with Adrienne Driscoll, Liturgist

Linda & Gary Watts

Time With the Children

The extended Coleman and Driscoll families