• For physical, emotional, mental, spiritual safety of all our campers & volunteers.
• For Garnett to build relationships with the campers & their families from our neighborhood
• For campers & their families to KNOW that they are loved by Christ!

• For physical, emotional, mental, spiritual safety of all our campers & volunteers.
• For Garnett to build relationships with the campers & their families from our neighborhood
• For a Nurse!
• For campers & their families to KNOW that they are loved by Christ!

Make sure your friends are on the list! Check our web site for updates! www.garnettchurch.org

Secret Sisters: All Garnett ladies are invited to join us June 4th at 6:30pm at the Olive Garden @ Utica Square. Please RSVP to Kathy Erwin ((918) 760-9218) or Julie Allami (918) 892-3539) by June 2nd.

2013 Day Camp 4 Kids: Day Camp is June 17-21. There are lots of ways you can help out! (Bringing donuts & OJ for the parents in the mornings, bringing snacks, your small group providing lunch, teaching a craft, leading an activity or game, etc.) See Beth West at the table in Cafe Mosaic after service to sign up to help.

Daughters of Anna Luncheon: The Daughters of Anna will meet Sun. June 23 @ 12PM. in the Great Room. All Ladies that attend Church alone are welcome. If you have any questions or concerns please call Dorothy Johnson at 918 665-7055.

FINANCIAL PEACE UNIVERSITY starts Wed, June 5 at 6:30pm. TODAY is the final day to register. Forms are available at the coffee bar. Fill out the form and give it to a staff member, or place it in the offering. Your next step will be to immediately order the class materials online through the FPU website: www.daveramsey.com. Alum of the course can attend for free. A new class workbook to match the new set of DVD’S is available to alum for $16.95, and may be ordered directly through the FPU website.

Ephesians Study: If you’re not taking FPU, Bill Campbell will lead a study on Ephesians on Wednesdays at 6:30pm in the GCEC Office.

Student Ministry
Mission Trip @ Home!-Day Camp 4 Kids!: This year we are focusing our mission trip efforts right here in our own backyard as kids from all over the community come for Day Camp. We have an opportunity to serve them and to give them a real camp experience that they can cherish and remember for years to come. To do this right, we need your help. YOU can make a difference in the life of a child.

We also want to engage the families of the campers, so parents, you’re invited to join us too. If you’d like to participate, please let me know and we’ll make it happen.

There is a 2 hour (fun!) training session Mon. 6/ 10. Volunteer applications are available at the Day Camp table, or ask Bryce or Lance for one.

Dry Bones 2013: Please be praying for our Dry Bones group as they leave today & return June 9th.

From the Summer Intern: I have been very blessed so far by this church financially and through the prayers of the congregation. I have almost raised 1/3 of my funds for the summer, but still need to raise a little over $2000! If you can help in any way, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for being such a loving and supporting congregation. It really has taken this entire village to raise me, and hopefully to support me through my internship. God Bless, Bryce.

Tank Tops for Sale: GSM is selling tank tops for $10 each. Today is the last day to order, so See Bryce Garren to reserve yours.

Thank you from the Girl Scouts: We are so grateful for the amazing outpouring of donations we received, from monetary to wonderful items of all types. So many stepped forward and blessed these Girl Scouts. From the bottom our of hearts, with true sincerity-Thank You! – Holly Chiarello &Troop 301 & the Three Feathers Service Unit

Baby Abley: Brian & Christina (and big sister, Sophie) Abley welcomed Olivia Marie into their family May 31. All are doing well.

Harding Night @ ONEOK Field: Harding invites everyone to the Tulsa Drillers game Tues. 6/ 11. Tickets are $15 & include a game ticket & all-you-can-eat buffet before the game! Space is limited & deadline to order is June 3. Contact Mark Pruitt at 800-477-4407 ASAP.

Mowing Help needed: We need volunteers to help mow & trim the lawn a few times this summer. Contact Bob Schweikhard if you can help.

• Thermometers
• Bandaids
• Q-Tips
• Dental Floss
• Gatorade for Damage Area Relief Workers
• Baby Blankets (LOTS!!)
• Kids Shoes – under 6 yrs
• Deli Meat
• Unwrapped Sliced Cheese
• Shoes – Women’s 8,8.5 | Girls & Boys Shoes | Men’s less than size 8
• Medical Ointments and Creams
• Feminine Hygiene Products
• Razors
• Travel Hand Sanitizer
• Anti-Bacterial Wipes
• EMPTY Plastic Travel Containers for Toiletries
• Snack Size Chips
• BOTTLED WATER!
• Underwear of all sizes
• Socks
• Ziploc Bags – Sandwich & Gallon Size
• Senior Supplies – Hearing Aid Batteries, denture cream, Depends, etc.
• Reading Glasses or Prescription Glasses

5/23/2013
Below I’ve printed a very recent text conversation I had with a member of Garnett Church of Christ and Girl Scout Mom, after the Moore tornado hit. I want to give this as an example of what we do to join efforts of others, rather than opening our own effort after a disaster.

My hope is that if you are part of a small or medium sized church or organization wondering what you can do, consider this approach and free people up to train, serve, learn more, do, give through established and experienced relief organizations. For example, after Joplin tornado, some church members wanted to go and help, and we asked them to join Red Cross or another official organization operating relief efforts, and they did. What they learned was that working through a large organization is most helpful, and donating money is usually better than clothing that needs sorted and creates a huge backlog and mess that needs managed. If clothing is donated, for example, we do it through an organization we know is on the ground consistently in these situations not one that arises just after the storm. Another time we helped with a major relief effort through our church was Katrina, and even then we worked throughFEMA heavily.

What I’m saying is, our church body believes right now that there are other churches and organizations in town who do a whole lot better at large-scale relief efforts than we do, and so we joyfully join them rather than attempting to duplicate efforts. We had the same approach when we considered building houses a few years ago and we joined with other churches and Habitat for Humanity to build, rather than going out on our own and forming a new approach by our church.

President George W. Bush (R-TX) working on a
Habitat for Humanity build site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

For example, this morning we sent out the following article from Tulsa World of ways to help rather than getting our own truck, which we believe would simply just cause more confusion in Moore. Tulsa World article about how to help Moore and surrounding area victims

OK, back to the text conversation. The text thread originated from a Girl Scout Mom, an adult named Holly Chiarello, who is also a member of Garnett Church of Christ, and she gave me permission to print our text conversation verbatim.

Holly: Hi Greg! Is our church doing any kind of donation drive or anything 4 the people of moore? My Girl Scout troop is goin 2 try 2 hold a drive sunday in BA!

Greg: awesome pls send that info to Beth W. so she can put
that info in bulletin — send before 12 thurs, tomorrow or text to
Beth at (number)

Holly: Ok will do! We will take anything! Monetary, clothes, food, water! All
i got left 2 do is get permission from a business in BA 2 use parking
lot 4 about 3 hours!

Greg: If you can’t find a place, use the church and you have my permission
for sure right now as peace of mind backup parking lot — I figure you
might want to use a Ba location but feel free to use ours

Holly: I’ll tell you what! Id be honored to use ours! Thats perfect! Thank you
greg! Im goin to say from 1pm to 4pm…longer if doing well! Is that
time okay?

Greg: Yes, time is perfect and if people know they can bring donations to
church so pls send plans ASAP so we can put in bulletin … our method
at Garnett is to partner with groups who already doing good, so if you
have a truck or place you are taking like Guts or somewhere that’s
great … who’s getting donations to Moore?

Holly: Were are trying 2 find a truck to take down or thinking to donate to
red cross here in town. or if possible a church of christ in moore is
my 1st choice! =) If you would like let beth know that we are for sure setting up at 1pm till 4pm. Taking all items..even gently used clothing and linens!Anything helps!

The official emblem of the International Federation of
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Greg: My experience over the years, Holly, is to get a list from Red Cross and do not stray from it and insist people bring good items from the list and then take it to a distributor like Red Cross to transport but you have to be clear what you can bring and don’t try to duplicate
efforts … if Red Cross or Guts church doing something, get their list and have everybody bring what matches that distributor and take everything over there that afternoon after collection. The reason I’m directing you this way is because I’ve been in this situation many times and it always works better to work thru experienced
organizations already taking things and do collection together and arrange to take to the spot where a truck is already gettin filled … guts for example said they’ll keep filling trucks and taking when full so if you arrange enough folks just to take a few miles to guts at 4
pm that might work as long as someone on duty at guts

Holly: I sooooo appreciate your help greg! I didnt really want to have to try
to drive down there! And red cross is establisged…so is guts! I like
the guts idea! =)

Greg: cool

Holly: I value ur opinion and i like the idea of a couple trucks to guts!
much easier! Thank you Greg! I really appreciate the love & support!

Greg: I pray each day to let God show me someone to give empowerment, to
encourage to live out the calling of Christ where you are, so consider
this a prayer answered that both of us pray! Talk to you soon.

Greg: Holly, this is a strange request but would it be OK if I added this conversation to my blog and facebook just as an example of how we talk through relief efforts at our church?

Holly: Of course, sounds fantastic! I love the idea! We are the Three Feathers Service Unit from Coweta/Porter/Broken Arrow. Our Girl Scout troop is Daisy and Brownie Troop #301. I’m so happy!

Final registration deadline is Sunday, May 26.

Our 3rd annual Day Camp 4 Kids will be June 17-21st for 1st-6th graders.

What’s the schedule?
Monday June 17-Friday June 21 from 8:30am-4:30pm each day.

Wednesday Ice Cream Social
Please come back from 6:30-7:30pm for an ice cream social. We’ll have the ice cream, you bring your appetites! 

Talent Show/Potluck

Please join us Friday night for the Potluck & Talent Show. We will provide hot dogs & drinks at the potluck. We are asking each family to bring a side dish (chips, salad, beans, desserts, etc).

• 5:00pm: Dinner // 5:30pm: Talent Show

I still have some questions.
Please call Beth at the church office (918-663-3000) & she can help answer any other questions or concerns you might have.