McFarlin Centennial Celebration 2024

Dear McFarlin Members and Friends,

The McFarlin 100th Anniversary Team is excited to share five planned activities for McFarlin’s Centennial Celebration in 2024. Please mark the following dates on your calendar so you can be part of the fun.

  1. McFarlin’s 100th Anniversary Float in the 2023 Norman Christmas Parade, TBD;
  2. Scavenger Hunt, exploring our 100-year-old building, and Chili Supper January 21, 2024;
  3. Green Grass Festival for the family with potluck supper and activities June 9, 2024;
  4. McFarlin 100th Celebration Weekend with dinner and special program at Embassy Suites, Saturday, August 10, 2024 and special worship services Sunday, August 11, 2023;
  5. Worship services Sunday, December 8, 2024, 100 years and one day after the opening of McFarlin on December 7, 1924.

We need your assistance in three ways.

First, Celebration Dinner reservations for the August 10, 2024, 100th Anniversary Celebration at Embassy Suites are now being taken. Please make your reservations to help McFarlin with the tentative headcount. Contact the committee at centennial@mcfarlinumc.org or 405-321-3484, ext. 132. The cost per person is $25. Child care will be available at the church for infants through 5th grade.

Second, please share the August events and dates with family and friends connected to McFarlin now or in the past. Send the names and addresses of those you would like to receive dinner invitations to Daphne Fix at dfix@mcfarlinumc.org. Invitations will go out in 2024.

Third, we invite you to help on one of the event subcommittees by contacting Carol Warner or Trudy Sickles. We look forward to hearing from you!