Advocate Newsletter

The Newsletter of the OIMC

January 2, 2024

OIMC 2024 Pastor Meeting

The annual OIMC Clergy and Lay Missioner meeting will be held on January 12-13, 2024, at the Saddleback Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in Oklahoma City.
January 2, 2024

Annual Pastor and Spouse Retreat rejuvenates couples for ministry

Pastors and their spouses descended on St. Crispins Retreat Center between Wewoka and Seminole, Oklahoma to experience a time of relaxation, worship, and study.
December 16, 2023

Advent Message from the Rev. Margaret Johnson

Advent Season: …..is a very special time of the year that sometimes gets lost in the bright lights of the Christmas season it precedes. It is a four week period…
December 16, 2023

Christmas Message from Bishop Jimmy Nunn

As I was reading the First Nations Version of the New Testament, I was interested in the way Matthew 5:1-16 was presented. I have always heard these teachings of Jesus…
March 1, 2022

OIMC Clergy gather for annual retreat at First Americans Museum

Through the generosity of the Oklahoma Annual Conference, 35 clergy and spouses were able to visit the First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City during the annual clergy gathering, January…
March 1, 2022

New partnership boosts Native American Children’s Fund

The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference was blessed to receive generous funding support from the National Network Korean United Methodist Women’s (NNKUMW) organization for 2022. The NNKUMW financial contribution will be…
March 1, 2022

Grants offset OIMC budget impacted by COVID

The fiscal year for The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference was challenging in 2021, but in the end, the conference finished the year strong, thanks to local churches and financial support…
March 1, 2022

OIMC Christmas mission supports reservation school

During a mission trip to deliver UMCOR School kits to Standing Rock, North Dakota in August 2021, an OIMC team came across the Little Eagle Grant School. The school, nearly…
September 24, 2021

Six students awarded OIMC Memorial Scholarship

Six students were awarded the OIMC Memorial Scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year. Scholarships are awarded to students who are members of OIMC churches and attending college full time. Students…
September 24, 2021

School kits delivered to Reservations

Schools on the Standing Rock and Pine Ridge Reservations received school kits through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) in August. Local churches across the connection prepare the school…