Oklahoma City University Wimberly School of Religion

Incredibly proud of our Capstone presentations last night. Great job!

The Wimberly Nonprofit Leadership for Faith Organizations certificate workshop series returns in March. Workshops can be attended in-person or online. Sessions are $25 each or $40 per day. Register today!

Schedule:
9:00 - 11:30 a.m. - Navigating Government Partnerships in the Era of Funding Cuts
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Strategy of Sourcing and Writing Winning Grants

Learn more & register: okcu.edu/nonp-faith

Our paid internships offer young adults the opportunity to work with elementary children and grow professionally and personally during their summer of service.
Apply today at: https://projecttransformation.org/oklahoma/our-programs/young-adult-service-program/apply-now

We are proud to have 2022 WSOR alum Jackie Guajardo preaching today in University Worship. Her sermon was titled Todos A La Mesa (Everyone to the Table).

Join us at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel for University Worship!

We are excited to welcome Rev. Dr. Becky Copeland, who is the guest lecturer for the 2025 Wilson Lecture Series.

Dr. Copeland will also be giving lectures at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in Watson Lounge on the lower level of the chapel.

Can't make it to campus? Join via livestream: https://www.facebook.com/share/19uLHgCNbu/?mibextid=wwXIfr

All are invited to the 2025 Willson Lectures at Oklahoma City University’s Wimberly School of Religion with Rev. Dr. Becky Copeland of Boston University School of Theology. She will be giving three lectures on Thursday, October 9 at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For more details, including info about live-streaming of the event, see this link: https://www.okcu.edu/news/lecture-series-takes-faith-based-view-of-environmentalism

We hope you will join us for the 2025 WIllson Lectures with Dr. Becky Copeland hosted by the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma CIty University on Thursday, October 9, 2025. Lectures are at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. in the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel.

For more information see: https://www.facebook.com/events/4003869686496547

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OCU was recently selected as a 2026 Best College in the U.S. by College Raptor! 🌟

Read more: okcu.link/4m9JTwI.

Another Wimby making the world a better place!

Meet Sean! As a CoC Housing Advocate, Sean connects survivors to safe, stable housing and supports them every step of the way.

For two years at Newhouse, Sean has offered guidance and encouragement: “No two people’s trauma, healing, and journey to self-determination are the same; that overcoming the cycle of DV and reclaiming their power is possible..."

Sean has done incredible work in various roles at Newhouse and deserves lots of celebration! Read more about Sean: newhousekc.org/2025/07/30/staff-spotlight-sean

When I saw this picture, I teared up. 🥹 OKC has been through so much. At times, it seems like a lot doesn’t go our way in Oklahoma. Today was a great day for everyone. We needed this moment more than we realized or could ever say. 🥰

Photo Credit: OKC Thunder

SAVE THE DATE!

The Willson Lectures at Oklahoma City University will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 7 p.m. on campus in the W. Angie Smith Chapel. This year we are pleased to announce that our lecturer is Rev. Dr. Rebecca Copeland from Boston University School of Theology. Dr. Copeland will be talking about her most recent book (Entangled Being) and her current project (Replanting the Uprooted).

Rev. Dr. Becky Copeland serves as Associate Professor of Theology and the Director of the Faith and Ecological Justice Program at Boston University School of Theology, Affiliated Faculty with the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, and a provisional deacon with the Virginia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Her research and teaching engage theology, ethics, and biblical studies, exploring the ways in which classical Christian texts and doctrine can be reconstructed considering what we learn about the world through environmental studies.

Dr. Copeland has published two books, numerous articles in biblical studies and theology, and received prestigious fellowships and grants to support her work. Her first two books, Created Being: Expanding Creedal Christology (Baylor, 2020) and Entangled Being: Unoriginal Sin and Wicked Problems (Baylor, 2024), use a relational lens to reconsider Christian understandings of the incarnation, sin, and repentance. Her current book project, Replanting the Uprooted: A Social-Ecological Approach to the Agricultural Parables, re-examines parables in the Synoptic Gospels in light of the concrete agricultural practices in the early Roman empire.

Dr. Copeland was named the 2023-2024 Boston University School of Theology Exemplary Teacher of the Year (awarded by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, UMC) and received the Boston University School of Theology Teaching Excellence Award (awarded by the Class of 2024). She has served in various community and church roles, including as a deacon for Wesley UMC in Worcester, and a member of the Worcester Congregations for Climate and Environmental Justice, the Methodist Higher Education Environmental and Social Responsibility Initiative, and the United Methodist Creation Care Vocations Group.