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Help Native children through the Native American Children's Fund For more than 30 years the OIMC has supported the needs of children in the conference through the Native American Children's Fund (NACF). Donations through the fund provide school supplies, clothing and summer activities for Native American children.  Due to the tough economy, the fund is dwindling.  We need your help now, more than ever, to meet the needs of children in the OIMC. Please consider a donation today.  For members of The United Methodist Church, the NACF is an Advance Special.

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"With Our Voices"

The OIMC is proud to make available online more than 21 traditional songs that serve as an historic witness of Native people.  The songs were recorded live during the June 2001 OIMC Conference in Preston, Okla.  If one listens well, and with the heart, he or she will hear words of hope and promise and feel the grace of God, shared through Native people to the church and to the world.  That grace is a gift of God. These songs are the Native people's gift to you.

Sample:

Benefit Gala and Silent Auction

A benefit gala and silent auction benefitting an endowment for Pastoral Leadership for the Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference of the United Methodist Church has been set for October 10, 2013 at The Reed Center, 5800 Will Rogers Road, Midwest City, OK.  Silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will be followed with dinner and program at 6:30.  Tables are $1,000 and individual plates are $125.  A live auction will also be held and will include such items as a painting by renowned native artist Brent Greenwood who will be doing the painting live during the silent auction as well as a jewelry piece that will also be constructed live during the silent auction.  For more information contact the conference office.

A great short video to watch on church attendance.  http://www.churchleadership.com/attendance/

Children and Youth Worker Forms

COMMENTARY:  The Price of Repentance 
by Anita Phillips *

The 2012 General Conference will be a turning point for The United Methodist Church.  I'm not referring to budget discussions or organizational changes but to the planned “Act of Repentance to Indigenous Peoples” that will test the fragile relationship between the denomination and Native peoples.

As a Native American United Methodist I view the Act of Repentance as a double edged sword.  On the one hand, it will be a time when delegates to the top decision-making body of the denomination will stop and listen and, I pray, engage seriously in the reflection and self examination that repentance requires.

On the other hand, we have a long history with Euro-American brothers and sisters -- since first contact -- that leaves me and other Native Americans with little trust that true repentance will take place. (more)

OIMC 2011 Annual Conference Journal now available online.