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Volume 29 No. 4 July-August 2013
The Advocate - A Publication of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference of The United Methodist Church
OIMC responds to disasters
Save the Date! Legacy of the Past, Hope for the Future Gala and Silent Auction A Benefit Gala and Silent Auction supporting an endowment for pastoral leadership for the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference of the United Methodist Church has been set.
Thursday, October 10, 2013 5:30 p.m. Silent Auction 6:30 p.m. Dinner and Program Reed Center 5800 Will Rogers Road Midwest City, Oklahoma $125 plate or $1000 table. For more information about the event, sponsorship opportunities or silent auction you may contact Rev. David Wilson at the conference office 405-632-2006 or oimcgala@oimc.org..
Several weeks have passed since the devastating tornadoes and flooding hit towns and cities across five counties in Oklahoma. The most severe impact was on the city of Moore but the storms destroyed homes in Little Axe, Shawnee, El Reno, South Oklahoma City and the Carney area. The last tornado also produced massive flooding which claimed the lives of many persons. Rev. David Wilson was able to tour some of the affected areas a few days after the tornadoes hit the Moore, Shawnee and Little Axe area. Altogether, with all of the storms, they took close to fifty lives and destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes. He said that there were hundreds of volunteers all over the area and the help was plentiful. During the fourth week in June, he traveled back to the Little Axe area with a group of volunteers who helped with roofing needs and as they drove those same roads, there was not but a handful of volunteers in sight. He said the need is still great, especially in the rural areas of Shawnee and Little Axe. It is estimated that 29 tribal homes were affected in the Little Axe area alone, with at least six that will be demolished due to the damage. The response of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) was quick as usual, he said. Bishop Hayes requested an emergency grant of $10,000 to assist with the immediate work that would be done with Native Americans affected by the storms. The day after the tornadoes hit Moore, Rev. Wilson called Mrs. Phillis McCarty, the former disaster response coordinator to come back and assist with the efforts. He and Phillis assembled a group of persons from OIMC and from the community to organize efforts. Most of the team members are connected to OIMC, and they also came from organizations such as the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, Muscogee Creek Nation, Oklahoma City University and the Oklahoma City Thunder. The team met the first two weeks to assess and begin strategizing with the work. Phillis began receiving calls quickly from persons affected and by the next week she and others set up at New Life UMC in Moore to begin the process of meeting with families regarding needs. It was during the initial meeting of the team that Mr. Cortney Yarholar suggested a mechanism to obtain more funds from people across the country who had been
asking how to help victims of this disaster, in particular, Native American folks. He suggested visiting with DJ Two Bears, who heads the organization, “The Last Real Indians.” It is this organization that uses social media to get the word out regarding the need. He and DJ created the website, “Trails of Hope Oklahoma.” Shortly after the website was created, persons from around the country began responding by making online contributions to the relief effort. Approximately $3,500 has been raised from individual online donations. In addition, The Eastern Band of Cherokees and the AARP have also contributed $10,000 each to the relief effort as a result of this web site. To date, approximately $29,000 has been raised through the online contributions, local churches and tribal and community support. The Disaster Response Program has also partnered with the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic and their staff has provided great support through intake and other support. Nike N7 made a contribution of sports wear clothing and shoes that was made available as well. The OIMC Disaster Response Team has been working since that time to help meet the physical, spiritual and emotional needs of Native persons affected by these disasters. A few weeks after she started, Phillis had to leave her post due to a scheduled surgery of her oldest son. Mr. Billy Hoskison, a recent Law School graduate at Oklahoma City University was asked to come and continue the work that Phillis has started. Since that time, Mr. Hoskison has helped several families with needs such as funding for temporary
housing, deposit assistance, furniture, clothing, roofing repair and much more. It is estimated that OIMC has worked with about 40 Native American families. Rev. Wilson said he and the head of disaster response for Oklahoma Conference, Jeremy Bassett and Richard Norman have met several times to strategize for the continued need. A Native American Case Manager will be hired to care for the continued needs of those affected, along with many other case managers for the affected areas. Rev. Wilson said the Oklahoma Conference has donated at least two thousand dollars of gift cards that has been put to immediate use for those affected. “The need will continue to be great,” Rev. Wilson said. “The pieces that will be most expensive for rebuilding are now materializing and we will spend what we have very quickly.” There continues to be a need for volunteers and they can sign up on the Oklahoma Conference website at www.okumc.org. Local churches that have contributed to the disaster response to date include: Thlopthlocco, Boiling Springs, Mitchell Memorial, Goodland, Concharty, Stilwell, Little Washita, Norman First American, New Hope, Pawnee, Christ UMC, Cane Hill, St. Paul Talihina, D.D. Etchieson, North OKC Fellowship, Huntinghorse and Bryan Chapel. If your local church has not contributed yet, there is still plenty of time to send contributions to the office, Rev. Wilson said. Online contributions can be made on our website at www.umc-oimc.org.
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Annual Conference revisited! “No New Faces – No More Church” – what a statement as we look at the future of the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference. The theme of this years’ annual conference is referencing the lack of a large presence of young folks in our churches as well as the need for us to look at ministry and church differently in order to grow. From the opening ceremony and worship with Holy Communion to the introduction of the ministerial candidates to the retirement of Rev. Lester Tims who served faithfully for 44 years to the Sunday morning celebration of baptisms and the reading of the appointments everything emphasized the theme and scripture background taken from Acts 2:17.
Army Veteran Rev. Nelson Wesley proudly carries the American flag.
In the opening worship Nûnû Hesakat Fellowship under the direction of Marcus Briggs-Cloud, worship leader for the conference, reminded us of our language diversity. Bishop Hayes in his sermon “Making Room for Tomorrow” told the church that if we wanted to see new faces our churches need to be inviting churches, welcoming churches, loving churches, forgiving churches as well as equal opportunity churches. Does your church even look inviting to passer-byers from the outside, does it even look welcoming? And if they do come into your church will they find a loving church, a forgiving church. Does everyone regardless of age have the opportunity to serve the church? Friday we remembered those who were part of the clergy family that departed to their eternal home: Mulsie Long, surviving spouse of Rev. Harry Long; Diane Jacob, wife of Rev. Don Jacob; Paul McDaniels, Jr., son of Diaconal Minister Maude McDaniels; Hepsey Harjo, mother of Nelson Harjo, Sr.; Donna Tartsah, surviving spouse of Rev. Rudolph Tartsah, Sr.; Rev Walter Quoetone, active Clergy; Timothy Haunpo, son of Rev. Gerald Haunpo; Leona Sullivan, surviving spouse of Rev. Jesse Sullivan; Rev. Jeanette Washington, sister of Rev. July Tecumseh and Paul Tecumseh; Harriet Bigpond, surviving spouse of Rev. Roy Bigpond; Jon Walter McHenry, brother of Rev. Eli McHenry; Juanita Dunson, mother of Rev. David Dunson; and Patricia Hayes, sister of Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr.
Clarence Yarholar Jonathan Clour Also new local pastors were presented: Clarence Yarholar, Jonathan Clour and Rudy Tartsah, Jr. Also introduced to the conference were Rev. Carol Txipama and husband former missionaries who will be serving Pickett Chapel UMC and Fernando Padilla, Jr., from the Oklahoma Conference who will be serving Salt Creek UMC. Also introduced but were not able to be present were Justine Smith, ministerial candidate and J.B. Jackson who will be serving the Dallas church. During his sermon “Ready or Not…” Bishop invited all those under 40 to come to the front of the tabernacle. It was a surprise to all to see the large number that filled the front of the tabernacle. We the church must be ready to embrace the younger generations and to step out of our comfort zone.
Fernando Padilla, Jr. Rudy Tartsah, Jr. Two reports the conference look forward to each year are the Methodist Men’s report and the Conference Council on Youth Ministries; and once more they did not let us down. Merle Berryhill, Conference president of the UMM, a dedicated UMM is also a good story teller and his stories are priceless! The CCYM have not raised funds for Nothing But Nets – Imagine No More Malaria for a number of years and decided this would be the year. A child size basketball goal and ball were brought out and Bishop Hayes, Conference Superintendent Rev. David Wilson, Northern District Superintendent Rev. Margaret Johnson and Southern District Superintendent Rev. July Tecumseh had a chance to help raise these funds. They were each dressed by the youth and were given ten shots apiece. Bishop Robert “Perkins” Hayes, Rev. David “Westbrook” Wilson, Rev. Margaret “Shimmel” Johnson and Rev. July “Kidd” Tecumseh. Over $500 was raised during that short amount of time and Margaret “Shimmel” won the shoot off!
Participants of the Nunu Hesekat Fellowship
Rev. and Mrs. Lester Tims
Communion elements being brought into the services by women from Northeast Region Creek churches.
Bishop Robert E. Hayes, Jr. blessing the elements.
What an awesome time to recognize Rev. Lester Tims’s retirement of 44 faithful years of service! Saturday evening was once more dedicated to the children. Eight churches participated in the Tribal Language Retention program singing in Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee, Navajo, Ponca and Euchee. Sunday we were blessed to experience five baptisms. In his sermon “When the Church Comes Alive!” Bishop Hayes shared with the church that in order for our churches to come alive we must be a believing church, a worshiping church and a witnessing church! If we were to be all of these there would be new faces and new churches would be formed. (You may go to page 4 for a listing of the 2013-2014 appointments.) 2014 annual conference will be held at the Southeast Region Center.
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OIMC welcomes missionary couple In 1980, I became a US-2 missionary with GBGM and was assigned to Henderson Settlement in the Red Bird Missionary Conference. In 1986 I was commissioned as a World Division Missionary of GBGM and sent to Selley Oak Colleges in Birmingham, England and CETI Language School in Lisbon, Portugal for training to serve in Mozambique, Africa. When I arrived in Mozambique I was assigned to teach home economics and English as a Second Language to adults at CEMUDRI (Center for Rural and Industrial Development of the UMC). In 1993 I returned to Henderson Settlement in the RBMC to serve as a commissioned Home Missionary as Mission Education Coordinator and in January of 2000 I was also appointed as the pastor of Wallins UMC in the RBMC. In 2003 I was commissioned as a Probationary Elder of the UMC. I continued to serve that church until May 2007 when I was ordained as the first woman Elder of the UMC in the RBMC. In June 2007 I left the RBMC to begin an assignment as a GBGM missionary to
Rev. Alex and Rev. Dr. Carol Txipama Angola, Africa where I served as missionary pastor of Quessua UMC, and lecturer/administrator of Quessua United Methodist Faculty of Theology. I continued to serve in Angola until June of 2010 when I was appointed directly from the RBMC to Africa University to teach in the Faculty of Theology until February 2013. At present I am serving at Pickett Chapel UMC in Sapulpa. My husband, Alex Txipama, is also an ordained United Methodist pastor in the East Angola Conference. ….. Rev. Carol Txipama We welcome Rev. Dr. Carol and Rev. Alex Txipama to the OIMC!
Percentage of Apportionments and Insurance paid to date Churches that have paid 100% of their Apportionments to date are: Mary Lee Clark, Big Cussetah, Broken Arrow, Concharty, Fife Indian, Haikey Chapel, Kaney Chapel, Little Cussetah, New Hope, Seminole Hitchitee, Stilwell, Thlopthlocco, Wewoka, Cane Hill, Choctaw Academy, Mitchell Memorial, Seeley Chapel, Sulphur Springs, Whitesands Bennington, William Anderson, Cache Creek, Little Washita, Mt. Scott Comanche, Mt. Scott Kiowa, and UMC of Apache. Churches that have paid 100% of their Property Insurance to date are: Clinton Mission, Mary Lee Clark, Ponca Indian, Big Cussetah, Fife Indian, Haikey Chapel, Honey Creek, Kaney Chapel, Lawrence Indian, Stilwell Mission, Thlopthlocco, Wewoka, Boiling Springs, Cane Hill, William Anderson, Cache Creek, JJ Methvin, and Little Washita. Other percentages for Apportionments paid: Angie Smith 32%; Billy Hooton 0%; El Reno Fellowship 17%; Norman First American 45%; Pawnee 0%; Wichita 23%; Arbeka 1%; Canterbury 39%; Choska 0%; Christ 30%; D.D. Etchieson 20%; Davis Chapel 0%; Grant Chapel 6%; Honey Creek 68%; Lawrence 43%; Mutteloke 30%; Newtown 17%; Pickett Chapel 43%; Salt Creek 18%; Springfield 66%; Springtown 0%; Sullivan Chapel 0%; Thewarley 0%; Tulsa Indian 16%; Yeager 28%; Bethel Hill 50%; Big Lick 9%; BobbMyers 15%; Boiling Springs 25%; Bokchito 50%; Chihowa Okla 0%; Dallas Indian 50%; Goodland 47%; Good Springs 91%; Good Water 34%; Grace Chapel 42%; Hampton Chapel 0%; Johnson Chapel 6%; Kullichito 41%; Kullituklo 0%; Nanih Chito 0%; Old Cedar 83%; Pennington 30%; St. Paul Talihina 42%; Tohwali 85%; White Sands Valiant 0%; Yasho 80%; Botone Memorial 0%; Cedar Creek 0%; Hunting Horse 0%; JJ Methvin 42%; Petarsy Mission 12%; Sherwood Tsotigh 0%; Ware’s Chapel 0%. Other percentages for Property Insurance paid: Angie Smith 45%; Billy Hooton 52%; El Reno Fellowship 0%; Norman First American 50%; Pawnee Mission 50%; Wichita Mission 42%; Arbeka 0%; Broken Arrow 50%; Bryan Chapel Fellowship 50%; Canterbury Chapel 0%; Choska 0%; Christ 42%; Concharty 50%; D.D. Etchieson 50%; Davis Chapel 33%; Grant Chapel 42%; Kahbeah Fellowship 42%; Little Cussetah 18%; Mutteloke 50%; New Hope 50%; Newtown 50%; NuNu Hesakat Fellowship 0%; Pickett Chapel 78%; Salt Creek 50%; Seminole Hitchitee 53%; Springfield 42%; Springtown 33%; Sullivan Chapel 0%; Thewarley 0%; Tulsa Indian 50%; Yeager 25%; Bethel Hill 50%; Big Lick 42%; BobbMyers 17%; Bokchito 50%; Chihowa Okla 0%; Dallas Indian 50%; Goodland 42%; Good Springs 50%; Good Water 33%; Grace Indian 26%; Hampton Chapel 0%; Johnson Chapel 42%; Kullichito 42%; Kullituklo 50%; Mitchell Memorial 50%; Nanih Chito 0%; Old Cedar 50%; Pennington 25%; St. Paul Talihina 43%; Seeley Chapel 90%; Sulphur Springs 42%; Tohwali 50%; White Sands Bennington 6%; White Sands Valliant 50%; Yasho 50%; Botone Memorial 8%; Cedar Creek 17%; Hunting Horse 83%; Mt. Scott Comanche 51%; Mt. Scott Kiowa 50%; Petarsy Mission 0%; Sherwood Tsotigh 0%; UMC of Apache 50%; Wares Chapel 0%.
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In Memoriam Patricia Maria Hayes Patricia Maria Hayes , 67, died on May 19, 2013. She was the daughter of Dorothy Hayes and the Rev. Dr. Robert E. Hayes, Sr. She was a life-long Houstonian, having attended Grimes Elementary, Ryan Jr. High, and graduating from Jack Yates Sr. High School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas Woman’s University, one of the first AfricanAmerican students to do so. She worked at Veteran’s Administration Hospital of Houston for 30 years as a registered nurse, and then worked for the Houston Independent School district at Gregg Elementary for 15 years before retiring in 2012. Patricia was preceded in death by both of her parents. She is survived by her three siblings, Bishop Robert Hayes, Jr. (Deliliah), Kathleen Morgan (Edward), and Dr. Laurie Fluker (Rod); two foster siblings, Dr. J.D. Phillips and Artis Petterway, and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins., Memorial services were held Thursday, May 23, at Westbury United Methodist Church, 5200 Willowbend Blvd, Houston, TX 77096. Viewing was from 910:45 AM, followed by a service of celebration at 11 AM. In lieu of flowers, the Hayes family requests charitable donations to be made in Patricia’s honor to her favorite charity, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital , 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis, TN 38105. Mary Betsy (Colbert) Gooden September 13, 1922 - May 26, 2013 Mary Betsy (Colbert) Gooden, 90, a proud citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation and longtime Okmulgee resident, passed away Sunday, May 26, 2013, in Tulsa. She was born to Edmon Colbert and Ellen Perryman on September 13, 1922.
She married Rev. Willie M. Gooden on March 7, 1970, at Big Cussetah Church. He preceded her in death on December 24, 2005. She was a LPN and worked at the Claremore Indian Hospital until her retirement in 1984. Mary was a life-long member of the Big Cussetah Church and was a past Senior Muscogee Creek Nation Princess. Her loves were her husband, Rev. Willie M. Gooden; dog, Caligula; family, reading, old TV reruns, TVLand, writing and cutting out newspaper clippings. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and a stepdaughter, Joyce Ann Gooden Lefthand. Survivors include one daughter, Mary Angela (Tookie) and husband Richard Kihega of Norman; three sons, George Frederick Colbert Taylor of Oklahoma City, Robert Taylor of Tulsa and J D Colbert of Okmulgee; stepson, Bennie and wife Ruby Gooden of Dewar; four grandchildren, Michael J. and wife Dean Kihega, Kit and wife Ginny Colbert, K.C. Colbert and Andrea and husband Taylor Mann; and five great-grandchildren, Brooke, Breanna, Michaela and Mike Kihega Jr. and Zoe Colbert. Wake services were held at 7 p.m. May 28 and the funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, both at Big Cussetah Indian Methodist Church, with burial following at the Big Cussetah Cemetery. Rev. David Wilson and Newman Frank Jr. officiated. Casket bearers were Pete Beaver, Robert Hardridge, Wotko Long, Levi On The Hill, Jerry Wilson and Darrell Wade. Honorary bearers were Richard Larney, Royce Wittman, Floyd V. Jones and Edward Tarpalechee.
United Methodist Women The Conference Mission u, formerly Mission Education Event sponsored by the United Methodist Women will be held July 24-27, 2013 at Northeastern State University, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Mission studies for this year include The Call: Living Sacramentally,Walking Justly (Spiritual Growth), The Roma of Eastern Europe (Geographic) and Poverty (Social Issue). Study leaders for this year are: Spiritual Growth – Rev. Margaret Johnson, Jeff O’Dell and Rev. Julienne Judd; Geographic – Josephine Deere and Vikki Schwartz; Poverty - Rev. Debbie Humphrey. Leading the youth study will be Rev. Bernadine Dowdy. Registration fee is $150 and is due along with the registration form by July 15. Registration fees will cover room, board and study books. Registration will begin at 2 p.m. on the 24th, opening plenary at 3:45 and first class at 6:15. Mission u will conclude Saturday the 27th
at noon. Casual dress is recommended as well as comfortable walking shoes; however golf carts will be available. For more information on registering contact Registrar, Carmen Svitak, at 918534-3164 or email mhsvt@aol.com. 2013 Dean is Carissa O’Dell, Assistant Dean Tamara Wilson and Associate Dean, Sonia Pahcheka. The annual meeting for the conference UMW will be held October 4 and 5 at Ponca Indian. Guess keynote speaker will be Yvette Richards, National President of the United Methodist Women from the Missouri Conference. The National Assembly will be held in Louisville, Kentucky April 25-27, 2014. Please be watching for registrations early fall. The conference is planning on chartering a bus so please watch for that information also.
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OIMC 2013-2014 Appointments
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Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference 2013 Appointments Bold print= changes in appointment, status of appointee, or circuit changes) Extension Ministry Conference Superintendent David Wilson Superintendent – Northern District Margaret Johnson Superintendent – Southern District July Tecumseh Executive Director, Native American Comprehensive Plan, GBOD Anita Phillips GBGM, Director, Cookson Hills Center Meri Whitaker Special Project Officer Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma Rick Gassaway Clinton Indian Church and Community Ministry Donna Pewo Banfield Charitable Trust Delana McNac Executive Secretary of Native American and Indigenous Ministries, General Board of Global Ministries Glenn Kernell, Jr.
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NORTHERN DISTRICT Central Region Angie Smith Memorial & OKC Young Adult New Church Start Billy Hooton Memorial El Reno Indian Fellowship Mary Lee Clark Memorial Norman First American Pawnee Indian UMC Ponca Indian UMC Wichita Mission Northeast Region Arbeka Big Cussetah/Concharty Broken Arrow Bryan Chapel Christ UMC Canterbury Chapel Choska Davis Chapel/Springtown D.D. Etchieson Fife Indian NuNu Hesakat Fellowship
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Alvin Deer TBS- Donna Pewo Bill Foote, Sr. Justine Smith Clarence Yarholar Jimmy White Julienne Judd
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Abe Jackson TBS -Newman Frank, Jr. Anna Stilwell Tammy White Bernadine Dowdy TBS- Meri Whitaker TBS Paul Tecumseh David Cook Sam Battiest, Jr. Marcus Briggs Cloud Tamara Wilson Grant Chapel TBS- Josephine Deere Haikey Chapel TBS- Royce Wittman Honey Creek TBS- Jerry Baker Kahbeah Fellowship TBS - Jim Foster Kaney Chapel Hazel Battice Lawrence Indian/Kansas City Native American Fellowship Jami Moss Little Cussetah/Newtown David Dunson Mutteloke TBS New Hope Mike Svitak Pickett Chapel Carol Txipama Salt Creek Fernando Padilla, Jr. Seminole Hitchitee TBS- Rick Deer Serenity Fellowship TBS - Rick Gassaway Springfield/Thlopthlocco David Little Stilwell Indian Debbie Humphrey Sullivan Chapel John Martin Thewarley Arlene Davis Tulsa Indian Judy Aaron Wewoka/Yeager TBS- Kenric Boyiddle
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Conference Calendar SW Region Trustee Meeting, Hog Creek Independence Day, Conference Office Closed North District UMW Executive Meeting SE Region Senior Banquet, TBA Southern District UMW Exec. Mtg., Seeley Chapel UMC, 9:30 a.m. SE Region Youth Lock-In, SE Region Center SE Region Trustee Meeting, SE Region Center, 9 a.m. Conference Council on Local Church Ministries, Conf. Office, 10 a.m. SE Region Pastors Meeting, SE Region Center, 7 a.m. UMW Mission u Event, NSU, Tahlelquah
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SE Region Children’s Back to School, SE Region Center SE Region UMW Exec. Mtg., SE Region Center, 9:30 a.m. NE Region Youth Rally, Fife Indian UMC NE Region Lay Speaking School (?), TBA NE Region Pastors Gathering, NE Region Center, 6:30 p.m. Cabinet, Conference Office, 9:30 a.m. Endowment Committee Mtg., Conference Office, 1 p.m. SE Region UMW Annual Meeting, SE Region Center NE Region Supt., SPRC/PPRC Training, NE Region Center, 9:30 a.m. SE Region Lay Speakers Gathering, SE Region Center Conference UMW Exec/MEE Mtg., Mt. Scott Comanche UMC Central Region Pastors Gathering, Norman First American UMC, 6:30 p.m.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT Southwest Region Botone Memorial Cache Creek Cedar Creek J.J. Methvin Huntinghorse Little Washita Mt. Scott Kiowa/Mt. Scott Comanche Petarsy Sherwood Tsotigh Memorial UMC of Apache Ware’s Chapel
Bill Reedy Cecil Gray, Jr. Rudy Tartsah, Jr. Robert Simpson Sharon Yeahquo Sue Burgess Michael Eddy TBS- Ricky Horse Rhonda Hejny Gary Tahmahkera Arthur Tsatoke
Southeast Region Bethel Hill/Bokchito/Kullituklo Rosa Baker Big Lick/Bobb Myers/Old Cedar Amy Johnson Boiling Springs Stanley Smith Cane Hill TBS- Linda Jacob Chihowa Okla Eli McHenry Dallas Indian J.B. Jackson Goodland TBS- Kim McKinney Good Springs TBS- Margie Jones Grace Chapel/St. Paul Talihina David Warden Johnson Chapel Belle Harjo Kullichito/Tohwali Edgel Samuel Mitchell Memorial Don Jacob Nanih Chito TBS Pennington TBS Choctaw Academy/Hampton Chapel/Goodwater Tommy Wesley Seeley Chapel Duane Baker Sulphur Springs/ White Sands Bennington TBS- Mel Gaines White Sand Valliant Ray Jessie William Anderson TBS - Charles Battiest Yasho TBS
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