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The Oklahoma United Methodist Contact
January 24, 2024
Eden Chapel pastor serves as Boy Sc interreligious training
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t the meeting of the Clergy Orders and Fellowship on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, Bishop Jimmy Nunn, on behalf of the Council of Bishops, honored Rev. Katie Paul with a certificate of completion from the United Methodist Ecumenical and Interreligious Training: Young Adult Network (UMEIT: YAN). Paul is the pastor of Eden Chapel UMC outside of Stillwater. The two-year, monthly cohort meetings were usually via Zoom meetings, but two in-person meetings took place - first in Atlanta in September, 2022, and again An average night of worship for the protestant group of Boy Scouts of America at at Cliff College in the United Philmont adventure camp in New Mexico. Photo by Chip Turner. Kingdom in September, 2023. The students met camp for scouts and staff as well as project to promote ecumenical and/ together online for devotion, a few worship services a week in the or interreligious engagement in their learning and actively leading. Those backcountry. context. who were able also met in person “One of the other frequent jobs was The chaplaincy work was Paul’s two times. Each student created a conflict resolution between scouts and project, as all participants committed to passing on what they sometimes with their adult advisors, and seeing the power of reconciliation had learned through the work of a made a huge impact on me. Serving ministry project. as a chaplain to scouts was a great Paul shared of her experience, opportunity to encourage spiritual “I served as a protestant chaplain growth and curiosity in today’s teens for three weeks at Philmont -and young adults.” one of the BSA high adventure The chaplain corps is made up of a camps -- in New Mexico. I was coordinator plus a Jewish chaplain, an able to put my ecumenical and LDS chaplain, three Roman Catholic interreligious training to work chaplains, and three protestant interacting with scouts from a chaplains of various mainline and variety of faith backgrounds or Rev. Katie Paul preaches during evening evangelical backgrounds. Each has no faith. As a chaplain, we would worship at a BSA adventure camp. Photo to be comfortable interfacing with lead daily worship services at base by Ken Barrett.
