December 10th

Every year thirty to sixty residents of the Jordan Plaza Retirement complex come out for Christmas dinner. Rev. Smith, Assistant to the Pastor and the liaison for the Plaza, shares several additional blessings the residents receive. “We provide grab baskets, the youth ministry sings Christmas Carols, sometimes there is a special guest musician to perform, and then Pastor or a clergy provides a Christmas message.”

This year the dinner will be held on Dec. 10th at 1:00pm in Stalnaker Hall. Volunteers are always welcome; there is no sign up required. If you have any additional questions, please contact Rev. Henry Smith.

Click here read the full story in December’s newsletter on Jordan Plaza and the Christmas Dinner.

“This year’s story is about how God continuously blesses all of us. It reminds us to cherish the relationships with our friends and family,” says Shay Brown, the Drama Ministry Leader, who wrote and will direct this year’s play.

You can catch this play on Dec 18th during our Sunday Morning worship service at 11am.

Click here to read the full story in December’s newsletter on the Christmas play.

Special selections will come from: Rev., Dr. James Norwood, The Bell Choir, Praise Dances from Generation of One, KOTK’s new music director, Uriah Owens (the piano student of Sis. Naomi Wimberly); and Kennedy Jackson.

Read the full story in December’s newsletter on the Christmas Musical.

About 22 months ago, my truck was stolen and I have been on disability so I am having a hard time trying to figure out how to replace it.In June,I started working for a guy in Texas and I thought the old guy was going to give me my money all at once like he promised.I decided that it was time to get paid and that millionaire decided that he wasn’t going to pay me.I can’t afford an attorney and this guy is trying to pin things on me because I won’t work for someone who won’t pay.He called me a slave and so did his daughter.I need that money and I don’t know what to do.I hope that’s not the way ALL rich people are.

Monday, September, 19th, 2011:  FBCNT Tulsa will host the 114^th Session of the OBSC on October 17^th-20th. The convention was founded in 1847, and is under the current direction of Dr. C.W. Whitlow.

An estimated 500 to 600 guests will be visiting the city for the convention; all are unified members of the National Baptist Convention. The national convention was founded in 1881in Montgomery, Alabama with only 151 delegates. Today, they are one of the largest baptist conventions in the nation. According to their website, their purpose is to “… unite national baptist churches, district associations and state conventions in Christian evangelism… to fulfill the Great Commission of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through preaching, teaching, and healing.”

In anticipation of out of town guests, several steps have been taken to ensure they have the best experience:

Mayor Dewey Bartlett, House Representative Jabar Shumate, and Senator Judy Eason McIntyre, are a few public officials who will kick off the convention with an official welcome to the city on the 17^th; 300 Maps are being provided by the Tulsa Metro Chamber; First Baptist is providing a special edition of their First Baptist Newsletter, which will preview the events during the convention, including the itinerary for all four days; and members of the convention will get a special discount by making reservations at the Downtown Doubletree no later than October 3^rd . Guests can call the Doubletree to reserve a room.

The Downtown Doubletree is also the site for the convention’s T. Oscar Chappelle School of Religion  annual banquet, which will take place on October, 18^th, 2011 at 6:30p.m. The banquet is to help raise funds for the OBSC’s School of Religion. The school was founded in 1954 and continues to help Christians develop their skills for service. Guests have the ability to sponsor a table of ten, which will be listed in the convention program, or they can purchase tickets for general seating.  For details on how to make reservations for the banquet and to reserve a vendor booth for local Tulsa businesses see the Tulsa World’s “Religion Briefs.”

Several events are open to the public free of charge. Please see FBCNT’s facebook page for additional information.

Continues with youth lead community worship services

On August 12^th- 13^th, girls ages 9-18 learn what it means to be a young women in today’s society, and on August14th, the youth department will host its 6^th community worship service!

Tulsa, August 10^th, 2011:  First Baptist Church North Tulsa will be sponsoring their second God’s Leading Ladies Workshop. The workshop is sponsored by the churches deaconess ministry. According to the churches facebook post on July 26^th, the event is an “opportunity for young ladies to fellowship and learn what it means to be young women, by confronting questions and current issues that all women face.”

Friday, August 12^th at 6:30pm, the girls will have some fun at movie night. The church will show Disney’s Despicable Me; snacks and games will be provided that evening.  The girls come back Saturday, at 9:00 am for the workshop. Topics include: Self Esteem, Boys, Dating, Your Body and How it is Changing, Fashion Show, Girl Scout presentation, and much more.

Earlier today, First Baptist released a mass email to their church distribution list encouraging everyone to forward on the information to young women in the community. Click here to see the email.

In conjunction with the workshop, the youth department will be hosting their 6^th Generation of One Youth Community worship service the same weekend, Sunday, August 14^th at 5:00pm. News on 6 reporter, Chris Wright covered the second worship service in August of 2010 in the story, North Tulsa Churches Working to Keep Kids off the Street, which also featured Greenwood Christian Center.

According to Rev. Byron-Dixon, the youth minister and founder of the service, he continues to see a positive response from the community and is looking forward to many more services.

Rev. Jordan was a well known Pastor in the community of Tulsa and will be missed deeply

Tulsa, February 28, 2010:  On Saturday, February 26^th the Pastor Emeritus for First Baptist Church North Tulsa passed away. Rev. LeRoy K. Jordan served as Pastor for 32 years (1962-1994) with immeasurable love and service that extended far beyond the pulpit.

On Sunday, Pastor Anthony Scott announced he would honor the late Rev. Jordan in two ways.  None of the ministers, including Rev. Scott, will be sitting in the pulpit (where Jordan’s ministerial robe will hang) for 30 days. His second announcement was his replacing of the morning sermon with a special message honoring Jordan’s many accomplishments and legacy.

(Click here to view Sermonhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9brRNMcxNoU )

The memorial service will be at Antioch Baptist Church, (540 Cameron M. Alexander Blvd NW, Atlanta, GA 30318) on Saturday, March 5^th at 11:00 a.m.  Antioch’s Pastor, Dr. Cameron Alexander will preside.

The body is resting at the Murray Brothers Funeral Home (1199 Utoy Springs Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30331).