Great news: The United Methodist Church just removed all of their anti-LGBTQ+ restrictions to ordination and same-sex marriages! Like us Presbyterians several years ago, this monumental change occurred because a large number of very conservative congregations left the denomination with their property. Let us keep all in our prayers as we continue to be grateful for God's inclusive love!

Sunday, May 19 is PENTECOST SUNDAY! Wear red as we celebrate the Holy Spirit calling us into community, mission, and ministry! Also, we will acknowledge our high school graduate, Evie Olson!

On Sunday, May 26, I invite the entire congregation and friends to my home for a Memorial Day Weekend Worship & Picnic. It's been two years since we held this becauseI was on Sabbatical last year. For all the pertinent details, please read the article below.

NOTE: The worship service at my home on May 26 will start at 10:30 am, with NO church school or worship at the church building.

We will have a golf cart to help those with mobility issues. If you would like to carpool out to my home, cars will be leaving the church parking lot by 10:00 am. This will be a wonderful opportunity simply to relax with one another, worship outdoors, share fellowship, eat picnic food, and get to know each other better. We will have a rain plan.

Blessings, Rev. Todd 

Worship will start at 10:30 am

And thanks to John Gammie for all these photos, and those he contributes each month!

 Remember the 

Thursday, May 16 at 11:30 am

It was decided that we would continue to meet the third Thursday of every month starting at 11:30 am.

If anyone in the congregation would like to attend, but needs assistance with transportation, if this is something you could help with, please (click name to) contact Bryan or Clay Finckward.

Matt Gallagher lead the Adult Church School class in a reading and discussion of his new novel, Daybreak. It was a very meaningful presentation!

At the April gathering of the Book Study Group, we celebrated Jay Lockhart's receiving of her Green Card. And she also recently secured a school teaching position!

Our First Sunday Food Collection for the Kendall Whittier Food Pantry is in need of breakfast cereal (Cheerios, Corn Flakes, or other less sweet cereals) and 1-2 lb. bags of rice.

Canned fruit and boxed cereal are immediate needs for the Food Pantry, so feel free to bring donations to the church at any time, and we will distribute.

Sue Haskins. If you are interested in learning more about this fun discussion group, please contact Sue.

Our dinner for the Day Center for the Homeless will be May 25, when we will deliver Braum’s hamburgers, slaw, pickled okra, oranges and homemade cookies as well as milk for breakfast.

If you would like to volunteer to bake cookies, please text Caroline Johnson at 918-629-2882. 

Many thanks to last month’s bakers (in alphabetical order) Anita, Gay, Jim & Jennifer, Johnna, Martha and Val! 

The Sakhizada Family tutoring team needs a tutor for the 4 year old boy and a tutor for the 18 month old girl on Thursdays from 1:00-2:00 pm while parents are being tutored and on Sundays from 3:00-4:00 pm while the older children are being tutored. 

We will provide you with educational books and toys. One tutor for both children will be fine at this time. We have subs to cover you when you are unable to tutor. If you are interested in tutoring these children, please (click name to) contact Debbie Chase, or Tally Ferguson.

Over the past year, one of the Afghan wives has made bread that the Team is selling in Fellowship Hall the 1^st and 3^rd Sundays of each month. The flat bread is $5 and the Bolani (vegetable stuffed Afghan flat bread) is $7. 100% of the sales proceeds have gone back to the family, which helps supplement the household income for this family with six children.

We need a volunteer to help with this outreach, by sharing the responsibility of picking up the bread and bringing it to the church. Jennifer Campbell can continue picking up most of the time, but would like a back-up person when she is out of town.

Please contact Jennifer at

918-277-9956 or email her at jvcrdh@yahoo.com if you can help. 

Dr. Kim J. Childs, Director of Music

Mike Gibson, Organist

The Chancel Choir of College Hill Presbyterian Church rehearses Wednesdays at 7:00 pm in the second story choral room (next to the church office) for singing, fellowship and fun!

BELLissimo Handbell Ensemble of College Hill Presbyterian Church rehearses Wednesdays at 6:00 pm on the third floor. (Sunflower Room)

Please (click name to) contact our

Director of Music, Kim Childs,

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May 5 ~ Called to Service - Lloyd Larsen

Be Thou My Vision - Cathy Moklebust

There is a Balm in Gilead - Ron Mallory

May 12 ~ O Love, How Deep - Everett Titcomb

May 19 ~Spirit, Now Live In Me - Bryan Jeffery Leech

Compassion Camp is coming back to College Hill! Compassion Camp: Changing the World with Loving Kindness. This multi-generational Vacation Church School experience will take place 3 evenings this summer. Together, we will explore what it means to have compassion for others, ourselves, and the world. The 2 Sundays before and after VCS will also focus on the resource material for VCS.

Joy/Concern Prayer Requests: 

Please submit your requests for prayers of joy or concern in the bowl in the Narthex.  

Also, please reach out to Jan Swafford, Congregational Care Ministry Team Moderator, any team member, or Rev. Todd with needs and concerns.

that will take people to the Donation page of our church website. Studies show how important this method of donating has become, especially for younger generations.

The code can be used for "Pledges or General Donations" to our operating budget, or for "Special Donations" which can be designated to occasional special collections taken throughout the year.

You have seen the beautiful Blessing Box in the west garden between the sanctuary and parking lot. 

You have been generous supplying that box, but we are down to two weeks of supply. If you are able, we could use individual packets of non-perishable food, small drink containers, hygiene products like soap, sanitizer, women's products. Bring this to the Blessing Box closet in Fellowship Hall. 

If you would like to bring flowers to decorate the sanctuary for an upcoming worship service, please sign up on the Flower Chart on the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall.

A meaningful way to celebrate this year's Birthday, is to donate an amount equal to your 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.