Dear Lakeside members and friends, Although we have made significant progress in recent weeks toward our apportionments, we still have a ways further to go. At this point, we have paid 100% of the following apportionments: Africa University, Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference, Rio Grande Conference, Urban Ministries, Cookson Hills Center, Neighborhood Services Organization, Oklahoma Volunteers in Mission, United Methodist Manor, Oklahoma Conference of Churches, Mt. Sequoyah Assembly Grounds, SMU Campus Ministry, Lydia Patterson Institute, Ministerial Recruitment, Interdenominational Cooperation Fund, Jurisdictional Administration, Episcopal Fund and Housing, Equitable Compensation Fund, Group Insurance Fund, and Ministers’ Moving Fund. Listed below are the apportionments with balances due before December 31: World Service and Conference Benevolences.......................... 1,000 Ministerial Education Fund.......................................................... 772 Black College Fund..................................................................... 268 Camps and Conferences............................................................... 96 Congregational Development...................................................... 428 Prison Ministry............................................................................ 298 Hispanic Ministries...................................................................... 195 Oklahoma City University........................................................ 1,958 Campus Ministries................................................................... 1,484 Circle of Care............................................................................. 633 Nursing Homes............................................................................. 63 Chemical Dependency Programs.................................................. 47 Ok. Ministry to Racial Ethnic Churches......................................... 98 Board of Ministry.......................................................................... 36 General Administration Fund...................................................... 179 Oklahoma Conference Administration..................................... 1,934 Communications......................................................................... 545 District Superintendent Fund................................................... 1,249 Conference Center Building........................................................ 389 St. Paul Seminary, OCU.............................................................. 343 REMAINING TOTAL....................................................................... $12,015 If you have already completed your 2011 pledge and can made an additional contribution toward one or more of the above items, it would be greatly appreciated. Remember, all contributions must be dated and postmarked before December 31, 2011, if they are to be recorded as 2011 contributions. Contributions received after that will be recorded as 2012 contributions. Thank you, Lakeside, for what you have already done and are doing. The ministries and programs represented on this page are making a difference in countless lives around the globe. Let as all do our utmost to meet 100% of Lakeside’s 2011 commitments.
—Henry Bockus Administrative Council Chairperson
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—Pat Donnelly Lay Leader