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Morning Prayer from Oklahoma City!

Welcome to the Garden Congregation Youtube Channel! Thank you for joining us - from the fantastic City of Oklahoma! Join Dean Robert and Fletcher in the amazing city and surrounds of this most beautiful part of America, where they celebrated the 40th anniversary of St Augustine of Canterbury's Episcopal Church with dear friend Fr Joseph Alsay and his team and stayed with the most hospitable of hosts, Jeannie and Gil and their beautiful retrievers Charlie and Sandy - who went out of their way to look after us and to show us everything that the incredible city of Oklahoma, "OKC", has to offer - even talking Fetcher into a beautiful pair of cowboy boots when visiting the Stockyards - though Gil had to teach him to wear his jeans on the outside of them and was reprimanded for being a "City Slicker"! (It seems such a crime to cover up such beautiful craftsmanship!) We would like to thank not only Fr Alsay and his wonderful wife Cecelia and Jeannie and Gil but also their whole community and the literally hundreds of people who hosted us through the treasured time we spent in this special place. Oklahoma, as one of the younger incorporated states, has a very complex and difficult history, much of it as a result of wider systemic problems and threats that have come in from elsewhere, and as such acts as a reflection or a microcosm of the whole country - an extraordinary and sometimes very difficult glimpse into the joys but also the struggles and atrocities that have combined to form the nation that we both so love and respect as it went through its "growing pains" and still grapples, as do all nations incuding (especially!) our own, to embrace everyone with equality and justice and to accommodate different cultures and peoples with respect. This vibrant, fun-filled and hopeful city has come through awful and painful times but does not shy away from those and under the exemplary leadership of Mayor Holt and helped by agents for peace such as the dozens of faith leaders that we were able to share time with, it aspires to be a place for all-comers as it looks to a brighter future. We cannot thank the many people and representatives of different groups enough for their openness and trust in sharing such very difficult experiences, historical and actual, and we have tried as best as possible to give a taste of the issues and atmosphere but, sadly, could only include a fraction of these in this film but cannot overstress how vital these have been in helping to give us a fuller understanding of certain issues which will aid in our ministry. The over-riding message was one which came from all that we met - "we do not seek revenge or recrimination but we want our story to be known and then to walk forward together"; we so hope that this little film will do justice to that aspiration. This film was recorded whilst on a tour of the Mid-West when there was not the opportunity to edit and broadcast the film but we hope you will still enjoy it. SUPPORT OUR MINISTRY: IF you enjoyed this film or others and the work of the GC and are in a position to help support and encourage this ministry and would like to be updated on new videos and information, then please go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GardenCo... Links: The wonderful joy-filled 40th Anniversary Celebration Service with sermon by Dean Robert: https://www.youtube.com/live/wEAoyd_3... Greenwood Rising: https://www.greenwoodrising.org First Americans Museum: https://famok.org Tulsa Botanical Gardens: https://www.tulsabotanic.org The Myriad Gardens: https://myriadgardens.org And please do, if you are able, visit this site and support the amazing, brave and most-needed work of: Hospices of Hope: https://hospicesofhope.co.uk The Sovereign Order of Malta: https://www.orderofmalta.int Fr Everett Lees: Please do keep the family and friends of Fr Everett in your prayers and the whole community of Christ Church, Tulsa who adored him and were so happy to have him leading their church with so many ideas and plans for how to make that place a brighter, greener, more embracing and spiritual place of welcome for all. There was not much warning of Fr Everett's passing so the family and community will be in a degree of shock, as are we, and will inevitably be hurting a great deal. SUBSCRIBE: Please be sure to subscribe to the channel by clicking on the "Subscribe" icon, which will ensure that you can find the broadcasts easily in future OR BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK HERE    / @gardencongregation   sub_confirmation=1 Thank you again for visiting this Channel and we hope that you will enjoy the films if this is your first time here – and if so then welcome to the Garden Congregation!