Joy Mennonite Church: Supporting and challenging one another to follow Jesus' way of peace, justice, and inclusive love. Weekly Schedule for 504 NE 16th St, Oklahoma City:
Sunday
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Worship service via FB Live and Zoom. After the FB Live service ends we continue with our Zoom session for discussion of the sermon, share prayer requests, and make announcements. If you would lik
e to join the Zoom service, please send us a message requesting so via email at [email protected] or send us a message here on FB. We believe in the fundamental humanity and value of all people, regardless of age, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity and expression, religious identity, socio-economic status, mental and physical ability, or immigration status. As a priesthood of all believers, we welcome anyone who shares our commitment to living out the radical peace and justice demonstrated by the life of Jesus to engage fully in our congregational life. We are committed to
Educating ourselves about the obstacles and challenges faced by those who do not look like us, live like us, love like us, think like us, or worship like us
Interrogating the structures of power that have marginalized and oppressed women, people of color, native peoples, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, trans people (binary and nonbinary), undocumented people, poor people, and victims of religous persecution of all faiths, creeds, or non-beliefs
Asking ourselves difficult questions regarding our complicity in systems of power that hurt and oppress others
Leveraging our privileges to support the work of justice for these historically oppressed groups both in our local community and around the world
Joy Mennonite Church is a small urban Mennonite Church. We meet in an old house in the historic Lincoln Terrace neighborhood, just south of the state capitol. Our congregation was founded in 1990 but its roots go back to the Vietnam era when a Mennonite VS (Voluntary Service) unit was based out of our current location. VS’ers from around the country came to Oklahoma City to do alternative service in lieu of being drafted, which included working in inner city schools, helping to repair homes in the neighborhood, and running a pre-school program for at-risk children (this was before the days of Head Start). More recently our congregation has been actively involved in peace and justice work through the Oklahoma Center for Conscience, as well as our support of other organizations such as the Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Oklahoma Conference of Churches, and Mennonite Central Committee. We meet for worship every Sunday. Our attendance ranges from about 15-30, with a broad mix of both younger and older members. Our preaching is done a rotation, but you can count on hearing hard-hitting sermons that focus on Jesus’ difficult teachings, We also have lots of music, prayers, and sharing by those present. And we have a community garden! Please come and visit us!
