The First United Methodist Church has a new pastor, Ms. Tracey Ivy, who started on June 1 and preached for the first time on June 12. She is a breath of fresh air for our town. She has attended one meeting of the Watonga Ministerial Alliance and met several of the ministers from other churches in town. Moving itself is a daunting task, but transitioning from a city suburb like Chicago, where she is originally from, or even Broken Arrow, where her last post was, has to be overwhelming. She has confessed that she is impatient but she has hit the ground running and we pray that the hardest part of the move is over. Come hear her message on Sundays. The FUMC's Sunday School is at 9:30 am, then we have a light breakfast "snack" and fellowship, and the service starts at 10:50 a.m.
The Red Carpet Country Tourism board is working on renewing memberships and this fall's issue of the Visitor's Guide. The annual Tourism Conference is scheduled for August 23, 2016 in Fairview, OK. Find out all the information you need on the RCC facebook page or on the website at www.redcarpetcountry.com. You can contact Linda Barrett, the board member representing Blaine County, for membership (580-623-4269, or Sherri Feely for advertising (580-822-0001).
Tonight we will be serving pizza dinner to youth groups from Clinton SC and Ozark, MO who are in our area doing mission work through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Oklahoma. This is the third time Steve Graham has brought youth groups out to the Chaparral Retreat for dinner, and they are a joy to visit with. Each group has been an amazing testament to God's love.
I guess that's all the news that isn't News for this week!
(c) Linda Barrett
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