Parents Night Out !
A monthly favorite: Harvard Ave PARENTS have a NIGHT OUT ... AND Harvard Ave kids (infants thru 5th grade) gather at church for dinner, time with friends, cool crafts, great games, movies & music, and other great learning activities. One week earlier than usual this month! Friday, February 7 6:00 -…
Family Promise
Did you know that families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population? There are 1217 homeless family members in Tulsa County according to government standard definitions. More than 3700 children live in homelessness (based on local school statistics, which take into account families who are couch surfing, doubling up, or…
HOLE-Y COW.
Friends, when we tell you that there's a lot of work going on at the church, we do not mean (just) inside. There is work outside and even underneath. Literally. As you know, a water main broke somewhere around January 6. On January 12 you arrived to worship (and to…
Looking Ahead : the search for a lead pastor
January 20, 2020. Yesterday in worship, Lead Pastor Search Team member Diana Booren shared the exciting news that we have a candidate to serve as Lead Pastor! With the January 16 vote (unanimous) and recommendation from the Board of Elders, the candidate's profile now comes before the congregation for a…
Souper Bowl of Caring
Soup pots and collection bins will be in the Narthex and Peake Commons on January 26 and on GAME DAY! February 2, as our youth collect non-perishable food items and money to support Iron Gate Ministry of Tulsa. ** Iron Gate can especially use SOUP & STEW items: hearty soups, stews,…
want to connect (or join!) at Harvard Avenue ? BE HERE!
2020 Be Here dates coming soon! Held every 6 - 8 weeks, the Be Here! event is a great evening of casual conversation, questions and answers, time with pastors, and meeting others who are also sort-of-new to the Harvard Ave community. Some of our Harvard Avenue families created a ministry…
Vision {January sermon series}
As we considered this new year … where to begin a preaching and teaching theme this month … as we remain in a period of prayerful waiting, working, and looking ahead … truly the only word that captures it all is VISION. Yes, it is perhaps a cliché and easy…
Pregnant Pause {Advent/Christmas sermon series}
The season of Advent is intended to be a season of waiting and wonder … preparing heart and home, church and world, individuals and community, for the radical transformation of a messiah born anew. In the realities of our world, though, those weeks of December, leading to the Nativity, we…
Next Man Up – First Thursdays
Join the guys of Next Man Up - a Harvard Avenue 'fella-ship' - for an evening of food, drink, and friendship. first Thursday monthly @ 5:30pm White Lion Pub (6927 S Canton) Relax with some food & drink, meet some church brothers you don't know yet, and hang out with…
Book Group @ Harvard Ave
Read. Discuss. Listen. Share. Learn. What could be better? Exciting selections are on the books (ha!) for the Book Group at Harvard Ave 2019-2020 discussion season. Join in ... men and women of any age are welcome! 3rd Thursday monthly 11:00am Room 217 September 19 Everyone Brave Is Forgiven .…
Outreach Update – Summer 2019
Outreach Ministry Team Lead Diana Booren, along with Community Pastor Kevin Howe, have created this quarterly update (click image below) to keep us posted on the ministries we are part of - and how to do more! Fully committed to our 'Become.' core value, discover community engagement at Harvard Avenue…
the inBEtween {August sermon series}
American sci-fi author Ursula LeGuin is quoted saying, “The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” It is that creative tension … where anything can still happen … where all of the good can come to be … that keeps us moving…
Through the Looking Glass : our memorial windows
‘What is the world like on the other side of the glass?’ Alice wondered. Author Lewis Carroll knew that after Wonderland, there was still more story to tell: there was something beyond the glass. More than just colorful decoration, the colorful faceted glass windows in our Sanctuary (Wells Memorial Windows)…
Annual Report / Meeting + State of the Church – Jan 2019
On January 27 2019, Harvard Avenue held its annual congregational meeting to review the church's business of the past year, approve a budget for 2019, and receive the 'state of the church' address from Lead Pastor Mark Briley. That budget ($1.2million) was vetted by the Finance Team, Executive Leadership…
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