a word from Greg Taylor

DRAMA TONIGHT FROM OKLAHOMA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE
A drama group from Oklahoma Christian University will perform in Phillips Hall, 7 pm tonight! Come for the Wednesday meal 5-7 pm and stay for this entertaining and thought-provoking group.

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY'S WON BY ONE
In two weeks, June 24, 7 pm Phillips Hall we'll have "Won by One," a singing group from Pepperdine University.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Did you hear what Loy Johnson said Sunday? Ice Cream July 5. Cool, in more ways than one. Mike Hornsby told me a story about an ice cream social he attended at Garnett years back when he ate some of the best ice cream he'd ever eaten. Peach Ice Cream in a homemade ice cream freezer. Well, Mike went looking for the maker and found her. He didn't tell me who she is--wondering if she'll fess up after this email! (Most importantly, will she make this ice cream again . . . Please?) Below is the secret recipe for the best ice cream Mike ever ate.

She said, "I got my ice cream freezer ready." Check. Then she said, "I got a couple cans of peaches and opened them up and poured them in." Check. Then she told the secret. She said, "I went down to Braums and got a few pints of vanilla ice cream and mixed it in with the peaches and put the container down in the ice." Viola. "Homemade" ice cream, and the best, according to Mike Hornsby.

So if you can make "homemade" ice cream, bring it on. If not, bring Braums! OK, we need some of you good folks to help organize the tables, bowls, signs on the ice cream, sign people up, etc.

Who wants to help the Shepherds get this done? We need people with the gifts of Church Social Planning! And really, this kind of hospitality is a true gift and some of you work hard at it, so if you can help with organizing the Ice Cream Social July 5, please contact Janet Collins - jcollins@garnettchurch.org. This will be a good "warm up" to our Garnett 40th Anniversary Family Reunion August 28-29. Mark your calendars for that!

This Sunday, June 14, I'll be continuing the Jesus series with the first of several sermons on the "I am" sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of John. I'm looking forward to what we'll learn together about our Lord Jesus.

Loy Johnson will preach in my place Sunday, June 21. You won't want to miss Loy's unique and creative approach to pulling a lot of things together for us historically and in how the church ought to live our our mission in Christ today.






Greg Taylor

A word from Greg Taylor

Recently Robin and some Garnett students were at Wendy's on 31st West of 169, and the manager, Joy, said she'd like to host a Student Ministry Fundraiser for our student mission trips this summer. So tonight, before or after the Neighborhood Kitchens meal and classes, head over to Wendy's for a Frosty or burger and take the handout students have been passing out, and we'll receive part of tonight's profits for missions.

Joy, the Wendy's manager, said she has come to our Neighborhood Kitchens meals, and two other employees at Wendy's chimed in and told Robin how good the food was and how much they enjoyed it, and one employee even mentioned Clarence Davis and how he had helped with a ride.

"It was exciting to feel that immediate sense of connection with the community meal," Robin said.
These are the amazing connections and fun we're having in the community. Thanks, Robin! And speaking of Wednesday meals, this is (from left) Mark Rushmore and Martin Ramos. They are friends working together at our Wednesday night meal, called Neighborhood Kitchens. Each Wednesday 200 are served and most are guests from our community.

Mark is a Garnett partner who helps set up tables, chairs, takes nasty dripping trash to the dumpster, and smiles as he's doing here! Mark is one of the kindest, most Christ-like guys you'll meet, but he's not the type to just slap people on the back and introduce himself to strangers. Yet he's serving Wednesdays . . . and so can you. If you are the type who likes to meet new people, come and enjoy plenty of people to meet and serve (and the cool thing is we also learn and are served by our guests!).

Martin Ramos works with East Tulsa Prevention Coalition (ETPC) in gang prevention. He gets kids in East Central High School and our neighborhood enrolled in "Martin's gang." Martin is bilingual, speaking great Panama Spanish and mixes it up with the many Spanish speakers who come to our Wednesday meal. We're so glad to have Martin with us each week and so glad to have him as a friend.

Come tonight!

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