Rev. Bert Potts’ Blog

In order to improve our care for one another we are changing our way of sharing in prayer concerns. Erin Powers, our Social Media Coordinator, is revising our prayer requests forms and they should be in the pews and on our web in just a few weeks. Presently you can send in your requests from…

It is an annual occurrence, the time when United Methodists gather to celebrate the way God has worked through them during the past year and prepare for a brand new year. Our Oklahoma conference of clergy and lay delegates will begin on Memorial Day and conclude the following Thursday. We will be voting on Health…

The Reverends Bert and Mickey Potts will lead an adult class on Wednesday evenings during June and July. Bert is our Senior Pastor and Mickey is her husband, also an ordained clergy and pastoral counselor. Participants are invited to come, and with good humor, reflect on life issues ranging from our family of origin (father,…

A few months ago my faith was shaken, somewhat,as I looked at the challenge of ministry ahead of us and the lack of financial support to meet that challenge. I began to think of the hard issues, like cutting back on ministries and staff. However, leaders pulled together and said, “We can do this budget!…

1. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CONNECT AND SUMMIT Sunday Night at EXPERIENCE 6:35 two of our brightest and best young pastors will lead our evening worship. The Reverends Allen Buck and Adam Ricks will be sharing about our two exciting “church starts” which are doing well, right in our own back yard. The area of Edmond…

I am startled at how much is happening in our wonderful and amazing congregation. Our choir is ready to take a road trip to Paul’s Valley and is offering a concert at The United Methodist Church on Saturday, April 13. We are hosting two EXPERIENCE 6.35 worship services with other congregations, Tabitha Baptist Church of…

I love what Ben Zander, coauthor of THE ART OF POSSIBILITY, says about the importance of practicing. In a cello lesson with his teacher, Mr. Herbert Withers, who was 83 years old when Ben was 11 years old, described what it was like when he tried to play a passage of music. “I couldn’t make…

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking…Love never fails… faith, hope and love remain, but the greatest of these is love.” adaptation of I Cor. 13 Dear Congregation, We, as a staff, are truly humbled…

“He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted”…that is just part of the call on Jesus’ life, which was first uttered by the prophet Isaiah. That means the words are ancient. Can they be relevant for you today? This congregation has a plan for today and the future. There is no doubt that we…