Community Calendar of Events

Shepherd’s Cross Shepherding-Lamb Tours & Shepherd’s Garden Tours

Every Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
March 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30 & 31, 2017

Spring Tour Season Begins at Shepherd’s Cross Shepherding-Lamb Tours & Shepherd’s Garden Tours Sponsored by Heart of the Shepherd Spring & Summer of 2017 Open Thursday – Saturday 8:30-5:30pm • Shepherding – Lamb Tours begin when the lambs are born each spring at Shepherd’s Cross - an authentic working sheep farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. • Come to the farm and watch as the sheep peacefully graze the pastures, and rest by the still waters. • Lambing season is the month of April. Watch the new born lambs jump for joy & frolic in the pastures • Shepherd’s Garden is bursting with blooms in the spring – guided, self-guided or audio tours • Preschedule School or Group Tours:  Shepherding – Lamb Tours o Guided Walking Tour – see the sheep across the fence & learn about shepherding & sheep. References to nomadic shepherds and Biblical shepherding; o donation based – suggested $5 o Wagon Ride Tour – Take a wagon ride out in the pasture and see the flock up close. Learn about the sheep and the shepherd. o references to nomadic shepherds and Biblical shepherding; $7 per person – one free leader for 10 paid  Shepherd’s Garden Tours – a Bible Garden o Guided, self-guided tours or audio tours available on a donation basis - suggested $5 o Guided Tour with a take-home planting activity; $7 per person - one free leader for 10 paid • Wool Mill Guided Tour - wool is processed on site – combed, spun, and woven into a finished product. • Visit the sheep in the farm animal barn area. (USDA licensed) • Tour the educational & interactive Farm Museum & Educational Silo – guided or self-guided tours • Shepherd’s Shop features a host of “woolly” and farm related handmade gifts made by Shepherd’s Cross and over 50 local crafters; honey, Animal Welfare Approved farm fresh meat, Amish jams, health foods, yarns, fiber and art supplies and much more! Additionally the shop features a mission section; purchases made in this section of the store return 100% of the sale price to the indigenous people that made them (countries include Afghanistan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Uganda and more) • Shepherd’s Cross features farm fresh, Animal Welfare Approved, pasture raised, free range, chemical free American sheep meat (lamb & mutton) and Dexter beef. • Yarn, yarn, & more yarn – natural, many types, produced and processed on the farm. Shepherd’s Cross also offers roving, batts, felting supplies, knitting needles, spinning and weaving supplies and much more. Animal welfare Approved wool. • Fiber Arts, Animal Husbandry & American Sheep Industry Certified Shearing classes are available at the farm throughout the year. • Heart of the Shepherd, a 501-C3, provides the educational tours. Teaching basic agricultural principles and agricultural references to the Bible are a part of tours. • Groups of twenty or more please pre-register. • Picnic area is available; bring your picnic with you; limited seating. • Snack and beverage concessions are available on site. • Tours can proceed even in the case of inclimate weather. Demonstrations will take place in the Amish built gambrel roof tour barn, which houses some of the animals as well as the wool processing, farm museum, and the gift shop. • Shepherd’s Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility, a Made in Oklahoma Company, a producer for the Oklahoma Food Co-op, and is Animal Welfare Approved. • Website: http://www.shepherdscross.com • Online Stores: http://www.shepherdscross.biz and http://www.heartoftheshepherd.biz • Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross/ Shepherd’s Cross & Heart of the Shepherd 16792 East 450 Road, Claremore, OK 74017 Dr. Diane Dickinson, President & Executive Director eat1@eau1eav1eaw1 918-342-5911

Spring Break Activiites at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum

March 13, 2017 | 1 - 3 p.m.

Movie Poster (Studio B), Art Program (Gilcrease) and Newspaper Writing (Claremore Progress)

Baseball Field Of Dreams

March 14, 2017 | 1 - 3 p.m.

Spring Break Activities at The Will Rogers Memorial Museum

Flying Day

March 15, 2017 | 1 - 3 p.m.

Spring Break Activities at Will Rogers Memorial Museum

Cattle Brand Making/Horshoes/Rope/Polo

March 16, 2017 | 1 - 3 p.m.

Will Rogers Memorial Museum Spring Break Activities

Symphony by the Sea for Students

March 22, 2017 | 9:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Guerrilla Marketing Event

March 22, 2017 | 1 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Stephanie Hill, Director of University Relations & Communications Office: 918.495.7337, Mobile: 918.720.5548 eat4@eau4eav4eaw4 Who: Student Branding & Promotions Class What: Guerrilla Marketing Event Where: ORU Campus When: Wednesday, March 22 at 1:15 pm Tulsa, OK - With 1600 unsolicited messages bombarding consumers every day, it takes a unique approach to cut through the clutter and gain attention. Oral Roberts University students are hoping to do just that in an upcoming guerrilla marketing event. Students in ORU’s Branding & Promotions classes will use clothespins to get information out about a non-profit doing work around the world to alleviate poverty. They will clip the clothespins with the non-profits website to unsuspecting students’ book bags or jackets. When they later discover the clothespin, their curiosity will drive them to the website where they will learn about the organization and its cause. The students will learn about Kiva (https://www.kiva.org/), a non-profit that helps connect people who are willing to provide loans to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals provide a $25 business loan to help create opportunity for struggling entrepreneurs around the world. It’s not about giving a donation but about asking others to make a short-term microloan with a 97% chance of repayment. The students will gather their clothespins in the Library Resources Center room 232A on Wednesday, March 22, at 1:15 p.m. and then spread throughout the campus pinning the good news on unwary passersby. The guerrilla marketing is a small part of the overall project strategy, which is to target college students' desire to touch lives and make a difference. Because online presence is key nowadays, the students are posting message updates, pictures and student-produced videos on social media as well. They’ve also conducted surveys and done research to gather insight on public awareness and opinion. They’ll take the results of the guerrilla marketing along with their research and present their ideas to a panel of investors “Shark Tank” style. Those investors will decide which student agency wins the account. ### About Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a world-renowned Christian university located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, ORU serves students from 50 states and 90 countries, representing over 40 denominations. ORU offers more than 76 undergraduate majors, 12 master’s programs and two doctoral degrees, plus NCAA Division I athletics. For more information on ORU, visit http://www.oru.edu/