November 20th Announcements
Luke 17:11-19
The Scriptures invite us to a life of THANKSLIVING. Our response should be one of gratitude for God’s faithfulness in all things. “Rejoice always. Pray continually. Give thanks in every situation because this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” I Thessalonians 5:16-18
Thank You from the Food Pantry
Thanks to everyone for your donations to the Food Pantry. These cans were necessary to fill the 50 bags that we are giving out in the next distribution. The Food Pantry also requests additional cans of vegetables, dried beans and rice, and breakfast cereals.
Daughters of Anna
The Daughters of Anna Thanksgiving luncheon will be held today in the Great Room following classes. All ladies who attend church alone are invited to attend.
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
If you would like to volunteer to help with the Thanksgiving Dinner, please contact Janet Collins at 918-663-3000 or email garnettinfo@gmail.com. We will be partnering with Connection Church. Volunteers are encouraged to eat lunch with our guests.
We are asking for donations to help purchase the items we will be providing—paper plates, plastic silverware, napkins, drinks, ice, butter.
Secret Sisters’ Christmas Dinner
Our Secret Sisters’ Christmas Dinner will be Thursday, December 1, at 6:30 p.m. in the Great Room. It will be a covered dish dinner. Please plan to join us as the dinner is for all women whether or not you are currently in Secret Sisters. This evening will be a wonderful time for fun and fellowship and a chance to get to know your Sisters in Christ better.
Invitation
Mike Corman will be giving his Celebrate Recovery testimony between 7 and 8 pm Monday, November 21, at Asbury United Methodist Church, 71st and Mingo. You are invited to attend and hear Mike’s testimony.
Contact Christmas Store
Please bring your unwrapped gifts for the Contact Christmas Store by Sunday, December 4. Gifts for teens are especially needed. Monetary donations are accepted if you prefer not to shop.
Containers for the gifts will be available in the Mall Wednesdays and Sundays through December 4. Shopping guides are available at the Coffee Bar. The Contact Christmas Store will be Saturday, December 10, from 10 am – noon, at Contact Church. Contact Phyllis Fields for more information.
Student Ministry
Students: Small Group Sunday Night at the Deavenport’s, 6-8pm. Boys bring drinks, girls bring desserts. Theme: Get your ACTS together.
Students/Parents: We have submitted for our summer week in Denver with Dry Bones for our 2012 Mission Trip, and it’s time to discuss who is going to join in this valuable experience next year. If we meet our minimum size, the cost of this trip will be $550. We have applied for the first or second week in June and will know soon which week we’ll receive. This trip is open to all Juniors and Seniors in 2012 and graduates. Please let me know if you have any questions. A lot of planning goes into this trip and I need to know ASAP how many are planning to join us next summer.
Parents: If you missed the parent meeting last week, I have some information for you. Please contact me when you can.
Staying in the Black on Black Friday
From Dave Ramsey’s email to those taking Financial Peace University Wednesdays this Fall comes a great message about the upcoming onslaught that can lead to stress and not peace. We edited for space.
The one-day sale that makes people lose their minds will be here in a week. Don’t go into Black Friday—or any of your Christmas shopping—without a plan to keep your Baby Step goals in tact!
If you have a strategy, you can stand strong in the face of the hottest day-after-Thanksgiving deals.
1. Make Your List and Check It Twice: If you’re going to get up at the crack of dawn to brave the crowds, decide what you are looking for ahead of time and what you will pay for it. Stay grounded in the midst of the hype, and whatever you do, don’t buy stuff that isn’t in the budget! You’ll be thankful when you’re not paying for this year’s Christmas a year from now. If you have the cash saved up and are feeling spunky, go for it!
2. Just Say No: Sleeping in after a full day of food and family might actually be in your best interest. Look at the Black Friday deals you’ve gotten before and ask yourself the simple question: Was it worth it? Most of the best deals are gone before the average person makes it to the store anyway!
3. Contentment Is Free: Gifts are fun, but there’s nothing that brings more joy during this season than being thankful for what we have. Think about who has blessed you with money or taught you how to handle it. Maybe it was your grandma, a parent or a family friend. Drop that person a note, make a call, or thank them in person. It’s a simple but powerful way to bless someone in your life and end up with a heart full of gratefulness yourself!
4. Make a Christmas Budget. Instead of going on auto-pilot, have a family meeting or get the decision-makers together and make a firm budget and keep it. Don’t use credit cards! You’ll be glad you didn’t when you are not paying for Christmas next May! Don’t be pressured by advertising to overspend. A sample budget is available at the coffee bar.
—The Great Recovery Team
Nov. 13th announcements
Sermon: Greg Taylor
What does it mean to love your neighbor as yourself?
Memory verse: Deuteronomy 6:4-5; Leviticus 19:18; Mark 12:28-33
Student Ministry & Children’s Ministry
An important Student & Children’s Ministry Meeting after classes in the Auditorium. Everyone is invited.
Harvest Food Drive
The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is experiencing its greatest food shortage in 22 years. Today is the last day of our Harvest Food Drive to help supply the Garnett Food Pantry with protein–tuna, canned chicken, soups, etc.–for our friends in need. There are containers in the mall to collect these items.
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
If you would like to volunteer to help with the Thanksgiving Dinner, please contact Janet Collins at 918-663-3000 or email garnettinfo@gmail.com. We will be partnering with Connection Church. Volunteers are needed to pick up the food, set up the food, and return the containers on Friday, November 25. We are encouraging the volunteers to eat lunch with our guests.
We will also accept donations to help purchase the items we will be providing—paper plates, plastic silverware, napkins, drinks, ice, butter.
A Message from Contact Christmas Store
Contact Church of Christ, a mission church in Tulsa, invites you to fill the lives of 120 families during this season. Our church family, a community of Christians hit hard by generational poverty and sin, serves as gracious hosts of an annual Christmas Store. The Store provides dignity to financially struggling folks by allowing them to purchase gifts for their children (babies–teens). Rather than receive a hand-out, they receive the toys/gifts at 25% of the original price. The money collected from the Christmas Store is used to sponsor our summer youth programs, such as a no-cost camp for urban youth. Here is how you can help:
1. Take the Contact shopping guide that will be passed out today and go out shopping with your family.
2. Make purchases from the gift suggestion list. Many agencies in Tulsa do not provide gifts for youth past the ages of 12-14. Gifts for teens are especially needed. Monetary donations are accepted if you prefer not to shop.
3. Bring your toys UNWRAPPED and with the PRICE TAGS STILL ON to your congregation’s toy collection box by Sunday, December 4th. Our toy store is on Saturday, December 10(10am-Noon)
4. Pray for 120 families to be touched by God’s grace. We are sending invitations to people that we hear of who are struggling financially from various congregations and in the community.
Healing Rooms
We just received information that there is a training session next week to help us learn how to pray for the sick. The training is led by a member of the International Association of Healing Rooms (HealingRooms.com).
Healing Rooms is a ministry in which a team of volunteers invites the Holy Spirit to touch and heal the sick.
Healing Rooms is a place where members of Christ’s body, of many churches and denominations, come to be trained, coached and gain experience in praying for the sick and hurting—enabling Christians to become more effective ministers of God’s love anytime, anywhere.
The training will be Friday, November 18, from 7-9 pm, and Saturday, November 19, from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, in Room609. Cost for the training is $15, which includes lunch.
Healing Rooms will be open Thursday nights in the Prayer Room from 7-9 pm starting in December.
For more information contact David Harder, Healing Rooms Director, at DavidHarder@cten.org or 918-327-2218.
Daughters of Anna
The Daughters of Anna Thanksgiving luncheon will be held Sunday, November 20, in the Great Room following classes. All ladies who attend church alone are invited to attend.
Children’s Christmas Musical
The Children’s Christmas Musical this year is “FOR THE GLORY OF THE KING.” We will be practicing TODAY and each Sunday morning from
10 am to 11 am in Building 1 in the “Pit” open to 1st – 7th grades. The musical will include drama parts and solos as well as nonspeaking roles as we tell the story of Jesus and why we worship Him today. Kathy Erwin 918-445-1665
THE STORY is coming to Tulsa
Remember how we studied “The Story” last year? There is a unique opportunity to experience The Story through a musical journey from Genesis to Revelation December 3rd at 7pm in the BOK Center. World Vision is presenting “A Christmas Spectacular” featuring not only Christmas carols, but original songs relating to The Story. Artists on the tour include: Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, Francesca Battistelli, Natalie Grant, Selah, Anthem Lights and Max Lucado and Randy Frazee.
Group tickets are $20 each. If you are interested in going with a group from Garnett, Rick and Arlene Hayes will be collecting money after service. Tickets will be purchased tomorrow, Monday, November 14.
OCWA Harvest Dinner
Oklahoma Christian Women’s Association (OCWA) is going to be holding their annual HARVEST DINNER Scholarship Fund Raiser on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Memorial Drive Church of Christ (747 South Memorial). There will also be a Silent Auction and a Dessert Auction. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for children or $30 for the family. See Kathy Erwin (918-445-1665) for tickets. They are on sale TODAY through Sunday, November 13.
Invitation
Mike Corman will be giving his Celebrate Recovery testimony between 7 and 8 pm Monday, November 21, at Asbury United Methodist Church, 71st and Mingo. You are invited to attend and hear Mike’s testimony.
Sunday November 6th Announcements
Memory Verse’s this week: Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Mark 12:28-33
Top 5 Answers to Prayer About Auditorium Changes
1. Pews will be removed beginning November 18 and some of the best will be donated to five area churches that want them.
2. Other pew backs will be used to build into shelves and other furniture.
3. I asked you to pray for more chairs and God is already answering with 100 more! Keep praying!
4. That gives us a total of 400 high quality Bertolini stackable cushioned chairs purchased from Northside Christian Church.
5. Our middle stage has been removed, giving us much more versatility of set up for our church size and other events for our church and community.
Scream Free Parenting
There is a potluck for our Scream Free Parenting class Sunday at 12 pm in the Great Room.
Harvest Food Drive
The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is experiencing its greatest food shortage in 22 years. This week and next week we are having a Harvest Food Drive to help supply the Garnett Food Pantry with protein–tuna, canned chicken, soups, etc.–for our friends in need. There will be containers in the mall before and after worship to collect these items.
Thanksgiving Community Dinner
The First Baptist Church of Owasso has offered us a Thanksgiving dinner to serve to the East Tulsa Community. They are providing enough food for 300 people. We would provide drinks, paper plates, cups, plastic silverware, salt, pepper, and butter. All we have to do is pick up the food at First Baptist between 6 and 8 am Thanksgiving morning, serve it, and then return the containers to First Baptist on Friday morning between 9 and 10 am. We will serve and eat between 11 am and 1 pm, then clean up the room. First Baptist has asked us to take the leftovers, if there is enough, to John 3:16. The food containers are to be returned to First Baptist the next morning between 9 and 10 am. Some people from Connection will join us to help serve and eat.
If you would like to volunteer to help, please contact Janet Collins at 918-663-3000 or email garnettinfo@gmail.com. We will also accept donations to help purchase the items we will be providing.
Student Ministry
Student Ministry Meeting, Sunday, November 13, after classes in the Auditorium. Everyone is invited.
Small Group tonight at the Hillenburg’s, 6-8 pm. Boys bring drinks, girls bring desserts.
Children’s Christmas Musical
The Children’s Christmas Musical this year is “FOR THE GLORY OF THE KING.” We will be practicing TODAY and each Sunday morning from
10 am to 11 am in Building 1 in the “Pit” open to 1st – 7th grades. The musical will include drama parts and solos as well as non speaking roles as we tell the story of Jesus and why we worship Him today. Contact Kathy Erwin for more details.
THE STORY is coming to Tulsa
If you are interested going with a group from Garnett on December 3, contact Janet in the church office at 918-663-3000 or garnettinfo@gmail.com. We will be purchasing the tickets Monday, November 21.
OCWA Harvest Dinner
Oklahoma Christian Women’s Association (OCWA) is going to be holding their annual HARVEST DINNER Scholarship Fund Raiser on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Memorial Drive Church of Christ (747 South Memorial). There will also be a Silent Auction and a Dessert Auction. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for children or $30 for the family. See Kathy Erwin for tickets. They are on sale TODAY through Sunday, November 13.
Oct. 30th Announcements
Memory Verse for the Week: Mark 12:29-31
Children’s Ministry
A martial arts group called “The Combat Team” is here today at 11 am for our Kid City worship hour.
Screamfree Parenting
The Screamfree Parenting class will be in The Great Room today due to Connection holding their worship in our auditorium. The Hmongs booked Phillips Hall for their New Year festival before Connection ever came.
We are planning a potluck for our Screamfree Parenting class
November 6 at 12 pm in The Great Room.
Harvest Food Drive
The Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma is experiencing its greatest food shortage in 22 years. Sunday, November 6, and Sunday, November 13, we are having a Harvest Food Drive to help supply the Garnett Food Pantry with protein–tuna, canned chicken, soups, etc.–for our friends in need. Beginning Sunday, November 6, we will have containers in the mall before and after worship to collect these items.
Student Ministry Parents (and Everyone else too!):
New curriculum is being fine-tuned, a calendar for the next year is being crafted, exciting new structure and opportunities are being developed and Sunday, November 13, we’ll meet to discover and discuss all the pertinent details. Get ready! More information about time and place soon.
NOTE: This meeting will not only be for the parents of students, but will be open to the entire church body. We all have responsibilities to know what is happening as well as engage where we can. Opportunities abound in student ministry and you don’t want to miss the opportunity to bless and be blessed in return.
Next Sunday Night Small Group will be November 6th. Stay tuned for more details.
Filipino Mission Dinner & Auction
A heartfelt “thank you” to everyone who participated in the silent auction and dinner Saturday, October 22, that raised money for the Philippines. We raised over $1,600 for Missing Link, which provides a kit to send to the Philippines that enables Filipino churches to teach preschool curriculum (including the gospel) to their communities. Of the total raised, 25 percent was given to Garnett’s GAP fund (approximately $330).
Children’s Christmas Musical
The Children’s Christmas Musical this year is “FOR THE GLORY OF THE KING.” We will be practicing TODAY and each Sunday morning from 10 am to 11 am in Building 1 in the “Pit” open to 1st – 7th grades. The musical will include drama parts and solos as well as non speaking roles as we tell the story of Jesus and why we worship Him today. Kathy Erwin has more details.
OCWA Harvest Dinner
Oklahoma Christian Women’s Association (OCWA) is going to be holding their annual HARVEST DINNER Scholarship Fund Raiser on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Memorial Drive Church of Christ (747 S. Memorial). There will also be a Silent Auction and a Dessert Auction. Tickets are $ 9.00 for Adults, $5.00 for Children or $30.00 for the Family. See Kathy Erwin for tickets. They are on sale TODAY through Sunday, November 13.
THE STORY concert is coming to Tulsa
If you are interested going with a group from Garnett on December 3, contact Janet in the church office at 918-663-3000 or garnettinfo@gmail.com.
Dave Ramsey Peace University
Classes started Wednesday, October 19. If you didn’t sign up and are interested, we can still sign you up. Contact Lance Newsom or contact the church office.
Living Christ
Join us for a year of learning to live like Christ
Church Retreat Pictures
We had a great time at New Life Ranch last week. Here are a few pictures from the weekend:
More pictures can be found on our Facebook Page
If you could not make it to the retreat this year we hope you can join us next year!
Sunday 10/23 announcements
Memory Verses
October 9: Fasting – Matthew 4:4
October 16: Retreat – Psalm 46:10
October 23: Stewardship – Psalm 115:1,16; 1 Peter 4:10
Today’s Message
We’ve been participating in four practices that will help us prepare for Christlikeness as we launch into a “Year of Living Christ.” As you read through these, what is a common thread running through each?
1. Fasting – Many have participated in the beans and rice fast and have given money they saved on food or “cheat cards” to help the food pantry ministry feed the hungry. Fasting is a practice of Christ, and it helps us do spiritual inventory and takes away a dependence on food and reminds us of Christ’s words in Matthew 4:4, “Man cannot live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”
2. Financial Peace – Fifty people from Garnett and Connection and neighbors kicked off the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University learning to live like no one else so we can give like no one else.
3. REVEAL – 55 people have taken the spiritual growth survey called “Reveal.” Thank you. This is a beginning stage of spiritual inventory as we begin a journey of Living Christ. Please use this link http://www.revealnow.com/slsurvey?uid=6275 to access the survey by October 22.
4. Retreat – 71 participated in the All-Church Retreat at New Life Ranch. Thanks to all who came or sacrificed so others could come. The weather was beautiful and the place was excellent, and the time together was even better than the weather and the place! We ate together, worshipped around the campfire, worshipped outdoors for Sunday am service, and focused on Psalm 46:10. Let’s do it again next year and double the number who come!
Courageous – The Movie
Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God … and to their children?
Taylor’s Life Group will be meeting tonight at 76:30 pm at the Cinemark at Tulsa, 10802 East 71st St., to see the 7 pm movie. Join us!
Thanksgiving Meal & Harvest Food Drive
The money given during the fast will go toward hosting a meal for those with no means or family to eat with on Thanksgiving. We’re hosting a Thanksgiving meal 11 am – 1 pm thanks to the generosity of Owasso Baptist Church making the meals, and we’ll go get it and serve it here at Garnett.
Student Ministry Parents (and Everyone else too!):
New curriculum is being fine-tuned, a calendar for the next year is being crafted, exciting new structure and opportunities are being developed and Sunday, November 13, to discover and discuss all the pertinent details. Get ready! More information about time and place soon.
NOTE: This meeting will not only be for the parents of students, but will be open to the entire church body. We all have responsibilities to know what is happening as well as engage where we can. Opportunities abound in student ministry and you don’t want to miss the opportunity to bless and be blessed in return.
Next Sunday Night Small Group will be November 6th. Stay tuned for more details.
Children’s Ministry
Kid City
A martial arts group called “The Combat Team” is coming Sunday, October 30, 11 am for our Kid City worship hour. The team captures attention of youth with high flying kicks, crushing concrete, smashing boards, and awesome displays of strength and power. But the purpose is to deliver a clear and powerful message using testimonies and personal experiences to effectively communicate the importance of a personal relationship with the Lord. The team travels throughout the world performing at churches, youth groups, prisons, and schools.
Hmong New Year
Will be held next weekend at Green Country Event Center.
Children’s Christmas Musical
Hey Kids – It’s time to start rehearsing for this year’s Christmas musical. Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, October 30. Watch for next week’s bulletin to get more details. If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Erwin.
THE STORY is coming to Tulsa
Remember how we studied “The Story” last year? There is a unique opportunity to experience The Story through a musical journey from Genesis to Revelation December 3rd at 7pm in the BOK Center. World Vision is presenting “A Christmas Spectacular” featuring not only Christmas carols, but original songs relating to The Story. Artists on the tour include: Steven Curtis Chapman, Newsboys, Francesca Battistelli, Natalie Grant, Selah, Anthem Lights and Max Lucado and Randy Frazee. Group tickets are $18 each. If you are interested going with a group from Garnett, contact Janet in the church office at 918-663-3000 or garnettinfo@gmail.com.
OCWA Harvest Dinner
Oklahoma Christian Women’s Association (OCWA) is going to be holding their annual HARVEST DINNER Scholarship Fund Raiser on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. It will be held at the Memorial Drive Church of Christ (747 S. Memorial). There will also be a Silent Auction and a Dessert Auction. Tickets are $ 9.00 for Adults, $5.00 for Children or $30.00 for the Family. See Kathy Erwin for tickets. They are on sale TODAY through Sunday, November 13.
Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University
Classes started Wednesday, October 19. If you didn’t sign up and are interested, we can still sign you up. Contact Lance Newsom.
Life Line Screening at Green Country Event Center
Protect your health by registering today for the 6 for Life Health Assessment for $79. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. Take control of your health, knowledge is empowering.
October 9th Announcements
Spiritual Growth Survey
The survey takes about 30 minutes, and the findings will help shape our decisions about how to create the best possible ministry strategies–ways to help us grow in Christ. So please type this link into your web browser and take time to help our church grow spiritually.
http://www.revealnow.com/slsurvey?uid=6275
PS – Staff will be available Sunday to help those who do not have access to a computer at home.
Garnett All-Church Retreat
We are looking forward to getting away for a weekend of fellowship and fun & games at the Fall Retreat. It’s not too late to sign up!
Please contact Beth West if you plan to attend part OR all of the Retreat. We need to have accurate numbers by TODAY.
All payment is due SUNDAY 10/9. Checks can be made out to “Garnett Church of Christ” with “Fall Retreat” in the memo line. See Beth with questions about this.
For those just coming over on the bus for Sunday morning worship, the cost is $10 and you need to sign up with Beth West.
On Sunday, October 16, weather permitting, Bruce Judd and Jerald Rider plan on riding their bikes to New Life Ranch for Sunday morning service. Bruce would like to invite any bikers to ride along with them, or anyone in a car/truck who would like to follow a bunch of bad boy (wanna be) bikers to services. They will meet anyone who would like to join them at the Loves at Hwy 412 & 69 at 9 am that morning. If you have any questions, please contact Bruce.
Student Ministry
Okay Students, I’m throwing down the challenge. We preach inclusivity of student ministry with the entire body. You are not tomorrow’s leaders, you are TODAY’S leaders. Let’s lead. We have an opportunity to share in the weekend all-church retreat with the entire church. Let’s lead them on how to have fun at a retreat. It’s not too late to sign up and your parents don’t even have to join us for you to participate! Come for the whole weekend or come for a day.
Parents / Students: See Lance Newsom after worship today for more details.
Dave Ramsey Peace University
If you missed the free preview night for the upcoming Dave Ramsey class, it’s not too late to sign up. Today, after worship, we will offer opportunities to ask more questions and enroll for the Wednesday night classes beginning October 19. Cost is $100 per family and we’re willing to offer creative ways to cover that cost if necessary. Our goal is to share this valuable information with everyone that would like to participate. Meet at Coffee Bar after worship.
Daughters of Anna
Because of the All-Church Retreat there will not be a Daughters of Anna luncheon in October.
Filipino Dinner and Auction
Mark your calendars for the Filipino Dinner and Auction to be held at Garnett on October 22 at 5:30 pm. Proceeds will go to Philippine Missions and the GAP (God Always Provides) fund. Tickets are $10 for the dinner and silent auction and you can purchase them from Annie Mileur after service on Sunday. If you have an item to donate for the silent auction, please see Beth West. For more information contact Annie Mileur.
Life Line Screening at Green Country Event Center
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
If you are age 21-80 learn your risk for developing 6 different chronic diseases.
$3 out of every $4 spent on healthcare is for treatment of chronic disease.
Better lifestyle habits can help prevent 80% of heart disease and 90% of type 2 diabetes.
The 6 for Life Health Assessment measures your risk of developing 6 chronic diseases, including heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes, COPD and lung cancer. A customized report will determine which risk factors contribute most to your disease risk and are within your control to change. Finger-stick blood tests along with biometric measurements are included with this assessment. Green Country Event Center will be hosting a Life Line Screening preventive health event on Wednesday, October 26, 2011.
This event is also being sponsored by SouthCrest Hospital
Protect your health by registering today for the 6 for Life Health Assessment for $79. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. Take control of your health, knowledge is empowering.
October 2nd Announcements
The Gathering
Our Gathering on October 5, 6:30-7:30 pm, will be a FREE preview of the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace class. We’ll have a preview and begin sign-ups for the class. The class will begin Wednesday, October 19, at 6:30 pm. For more information go to the Financial Peace University website www.daveramsey.com/fpu. (There will be an activity for children and students during this time.)
Garnett All-Church Retreat
There are still spots available for the Retreat Oct. 14-16th, so sign up with Beth today! There are options to come for the whole weekend (Friday night-Sunday morning) OR just come for the day on Saturday OR just come out for Worship on Sunday morning.
We plan to have a bus available to take people from the church parking lot to NLR & back on Sunday the 16th for our morning Worship Service. Cost is $10/person & the bus will leave at 8:30am & return around 12:30pm.
If you are signed up, if you still need to sign up, or if you have ANY questions, please see Beth West at the coffee bar after service or contact her at bethmariewest@gmail.com.
Deadline for final payment is October 9th.
Filipino Dinner and Auction
Mark your calendars for the Filipino Dinner and Auction on October 22 at 5:30 pm. Proceeds will go to Philippine Missions and the GAP (God Always Provides) fund. For more information contact Annie Mileur.
Student Ministry
Small Group will be at the Hillenburg home this Sunday evening from 6-8 pm. Guys bring drinks. Girls bring desserts.
Prayer and support from GSM to the Deavenport family for their recent loss.
Email Updates
We are in the process of updating email addresses for notification purposes. If your email has changed and you think we might not have the correct address, please let us know by contacting us at garnettinfo@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address listed in the directory, please let us know.
Life Line Screening at Green Country Event Center
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
-If you are age 21-80 learn your risk for developing 6 different chronic diseases.
-$3 out of every $4 spent on healthcare is for treatment of chronic disease
-Better lifestyle habits can help prevent 80% of heart disease and 90% of type 2 diabetes
The 6 for Life Health Assessment measures your risk of developing 6 chronic diseases, including heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes, COPD and lung cancer. A customized report will determine which risk factors contribute most to your disease risk and are within your control to change. Finger-stick blood tests along with biometric measurements are included with this assessment. Green Country Event Center will be hosting a Life Line Screening preventive health event on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. This event is also being sponsored by SouthCrest Hospital. Protect your health by registering today for the 6 for Life Health Assessment for $79. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. Take control of your health, knowledge is empowering.
Spiritual Growth Survey Begins Now!
As a church, we want to do everything we can to support your spiritual growth. We want to know what’s helping you grow spiritually, and what’s getting in the way. So we need your help taking the REVEAL Spiritual Growth Survey that Greg Taylor talked about last Sunday. We will spend time taking the survey Oct 9, but we’d love for you to take it early so we can help those without computers to take the survey while together Sunday, Oct 9.
The survey is ready and you can take it now! Email us at garnettinfo@gmail.com
The survey takes about 30-35 minutes, and this important time that you can help our church grow spiritually. How? The survey findings will help shape our decisions about how to create the best possible ministry strategies–ways to help us grow in Christ. We know you are busy, but this is very important. And pass it along to all your friends who call Garnett Church of Christ their church home.
September 25th Announcements
Connection Church and Garnett Church Partnership Begins Today!
This is a huge day for Garnett Church of Christ and Connection Church. We are partnering in a significant way that we believe is part of a fulfillment of Jesus’s prayer for unity, that we’d all be one, that we’d learn from and grow together in Christ and not stand in the way when God’s Spirit is moving us to work together for a common cause of calling people far from God to become fully devoted followers of Christ. We are members of two different churches but citizens of the Kingdom of God together!
So today is the day we begin partnering with Connection Church in what is now called “Kid City”! Kid City is for infants to 5th graders. We invite all parents to come register your kids in the kiosks in Cafe Mosaic before or during adult worship. The children will be released to their worship and classes for Kid City at 10:30 am during Garnett worship. We are happy to have children of all ages in our Sunday gatherings for this first 30 minutes and then set them free for a little more kid-friendly loud movement learning about Christ and the Word. You can pick up your kids then at 12 pm after classes. If you have an infant – 2 year-old, you can check in before worship and pick up at any time.
We Need Your Help!
Sunday, October 9, we’re going to do something we’ve never done before. We’re asking you to bring your laptops, ipads, or any device that can pull up a web site. The reason for this is that we want to get everyone to participate that day in taking an online survey. We’ll be asking those with devices to help those without access to computers or difficulty using computers to take a Spiritual Life Survey that must be done online, because options change depending on responses you give.
The survey takes about 30 minutes. There will also be a way to complete this online later, and that internet link will be provided later, but we want to get as many people to do the survey while we’re here because we need a high percentage of us to complete in order to make the data meaningful. The survey findings will help shape our decisions about how to create the best possible ministry strategies to serve God and help our congregation grow spiritually. As a church, we want to do everything we can to support your spiritual growth. We want to know what’s helping you grow spiritually, and what’s getting in the way.
Tim Hawkins Live
Don’t forget Tim Hawkins, Christian comedian, is coming to the Green Country Event Center on Thursday, September 29, at 7 pm. Tickets are available online at greencountryeventcenter.com or in the mall after services through Rick Hayes or Tim Schweikhard. Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. All tickets are general admission so come early to get a good seat.
Dave Ramsey: Financial Peace University
On Wednesday, October 5, at The Gathering we’ll have a preview and begin sign-ups for the class. The class will begin Wednesday, October 19, at 6:30 pm. For more information go to the Financial Peace University website www.daveramsey.com/fpu.
Garnett All-Church Retreat
Only 3 weeks until the retreat! Beth West needs to know as soon as possible if you are planning to attend. Please call her, email her, or find her after service. There is still space available!
There will be no service Sunday, October 16 in Tulsa. Our service will be held at New Life Ranch (where the retreaters will be.) We invite everyone to join us over there for Sunday service at 10am. We are providing bus transportation for those that would like to join as a group for the Sunday morning worship at the retreat site. For more info contact Beth West.
Filipino Dinner and Auction
Mark your calendars for the Filipino Dinner and Auction on October 22 at 5:30 pm. Proceeds will go to Philippine Missions and the GAP (God Always Provides) fund. For more information contact Annie Mileur at 918-627-4544.
Student Ministry
Summer Fundraising Update: Change Can Totals
The spare change drive, led by Student Ministry for the benefit of our “One More” campaign, raised a total of $1257.60! Thank you to all that participated. Empty cans are available at the coffee bar and we are ready to send them home with you again to make this an on-going fundraiser. Just think… If we did this every 3 months, we could raise an additional $5,000 in the course of a year. Every penny helps, and they all add up.
Student Small Groups Starting in October
Student Ministry Life Group will begin meeting on the first and third Sunday evenings of the month beginning October 2 from 6-8pm. Locations will vary from time to time with the October 2nd group meeting at the Deavenport’s home in Broken Arrow. Contact Lance Newsom for more information, or if you would like to assist in facilitating this ministry.
Directory Pictures
We still need pictures for our new directory of some of you. Niki Erwin has volunteered to take your picture today after services in the mall. This will be the last time we’ll be taking pictures before the directory is printed.
Email Updates
We are in the process of updating email addresses for notification purposes. If your email has changed and you think we might not have the correct address, please let us know by contacting us at garnettinfo@gmail.com. If you do not want your email address listed in the directory, please let us know.
Life Line Screening at Green Country Event Center
Life Line Screening will be at GCEC again this year on October 26 – and is offering a special discount for Garnett Members. It is dedicated to providing the highest quality preventive screenings at an affordable rate. See flyer in Cafe for more information.
Children
· Nursery provided for babies and toddlers – Hall 3.
· Two year olds thru 5th grade – dismissed at 10:30 till 12 noon for children’s worship and Bible classes in Hall 3
