Morning Prayer from Oklahoma City!

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Welcome to the Garden Congregation KZbin 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.
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@maryfilippou6667 4 ай бұрын

What a Wonderful surprise to wake up to on this cool morning! Thank you for enriching our lives through Christ- centered videos .

@joannejohnson 4 ай бұрын

Thank-you Dean Robert and Fletcher for this beautiful morning prayer from Oklahoma City and with Fr Joseph and filming the beautiful gardens and the photos of the museum which is so moving 🙏.😥Love and God Bless to you both❤

@AnzalnaSatar 4 ай бұрын

Amazing

@riittanykanen9758 4 ай бұрын

Thanks again - and again!

@Wolfspaule 4 ай бұрын

Good vibes from this church!

@roselinnenisin7672 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Dean Robert for the opportunity you give us to get close to God through your visits around the world with Fletcher .

@tl6388 4 ай бұрын

Wonderful video. Learned so much.

@milkweedlake 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Dean Robert and Fletcher for this wonderful and moving service 🙏🏻🥹🌹 Love that sign! Much love and gratitude from Norway 💞

@janethelder1454 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Dean Robert and Fletcher 🙏

@MelissaBarclay-n7z 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another session of morning prayer & for sharing this video, & thanks for all you do for the GC, church & world at large ❤😻💙💜🩵

@joanrandall4325 4 ай бұрын

A very special Morning Prayer, it was wonderful, thank you all of you. Director of Photography ... tip top, Fletcher.

@jennylord409 4 ай бұрын

Good morning Dean Robert, Father Joe and Fletcher, happy to follow this morning in Morning Prayer at St. Augustine of Canterbury in Oklahoma City. What a beautiful Church!

@jeangerow7177 4 ай бұрын

Oklahoma truly was blessed by Dean Robert and Fletcher's visit. Father Joseph's vision of inclusiveness is precisely what our state needs now ❤

@jenni48.32 4 ай бұрын

It's always a pleasure to see you both in celebrating 40 years of celebrating Saint Augustine's church.Reflecting on the beauty of morning worship with father Jo and creating a place of preaching in the tranquility of good company.Its amazing to reflect on various people's and saints and natural green spaces with nature and combining other people's experiences in all creativity within the church and how we all enjoy the spiritual journey in many shapes and forms and love that saying God loves you whether you like it or not.From your time in Oklahoma enjoy and have fun and the space to express yourselves with sheer joy and understanding.The garden congregation is a wonderful connection to the world and to be free spirits.Hope you both are well and that creative poetry pops up once in a while to lift one's spirit.❤❤ love Jennifer

@jennylord409 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Dean Robert and Fletcher, for taking us on these wonderful botanical and ecological tours. A wonderful place of peace to find our heavenly Father and Creator God. At our Church, St. Michael in Bamford, Greater Manchester, we are seeking to make our Church more ecological, so I am following you closely on our spiritual journey.

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

Good morning Jenny! It will come as no surprise to you that I believe that there are few things more crucial than the protection of this beautiful planet that we have been given and the church must play a crucial role in this work so may God bless you and your parish in your endeavours - which will no doubt provide as many opportunities to rediscover and love more deeply your spiritual home just as our work in Canters afforded us. ❤

@jennylord409 4 ай бұрын

@@GardenCongregation Thank you very much for your caring and thoughtful reply. We are thinking of having a bee hive at the back of Church. I have seen a Bee Hotel which I intend on buying to get us started.

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

@@jennylord409 what a great idea! You may be better waiting till next year now as it is coming to the end of the year but how very exciting! You'll be making your own candles in no time!

@AmyDeik 4 ай бұрын

What an honor to “meet” Father Joseph thru this video.. he is utterly charming

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

@@AmyDeik he is UTTERLY wonderful! One of the most true and honorable and hardworking people we know, only bettered by his wonderful wife!

@PedroMPereira 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely film! Wonderful to know more of the History and to reflect on God's grace among human tragedies.

@joantooby3670 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this informative film, sensitively produced with beautiful photography and music, celebrating much of God's marvellous Creation. I greatly appreciated the textual links and notes - including DR as an extra botanical! Blessings and love to you both. 😻😻💛💙

@jamesbiswas3309 4 ай бұрын

Wishing you good health and longevity on this sweet holy morning. Thank you and thank you for dividing the word of the Lord from the Holy Bible. I am James from Bangladesh please pray to God for the present situation in Bangladesh to save our Christian families and churches.🩵🙏

@brjimbo1 4 ай бұрын

Greetings and blessings from the Third Order, Society of St. Francis...from the brothers and sisters in Oklahoma. Br. James +

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Br James, and our love and blessings to you and your community in that fine city! X ❤

@MyChannel-rf8ic 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video and great camerawork. Enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you.

@eileen6928 4 ай бұрын

The memorial area of the 1995 bombing was moving beyond words . The music was perfect. Thank you Fletcher for all your videos.

@Annie-j4p 4 ай бұрын

What a fascinating and inspiring explanation by Father Jo of the reconfiguring of the church interior

@alisonbrown7701 4 ай бұрын

One word to all involved in this production. Magnificent. Thank you. God’s presence is felt from start to finish.

@vhughes7651 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful and Amen.

@violetporter6842 4 ай бұрын

What a blessing to enjoy this in a dedicated hour set apart for the purpose! I'm reminded of many times, places and people who have drawn on words from 2 Corinthians: "not somehow, but triumphantly". God bless you all.

@SushilaSumanam 4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful Morning Prayer !! Soul satisfying! Soul stirring! Thank You

@tony8074 4 ай бұрын

That was simply put, awesome.

@andrewm4564 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your time in Oklahoma with us. From the beautiful green spaces to the educational and sobering variety of museums along with your prayers and discussions, you provided us with many topics for thought and prayer. My mother was born and raised in Oklahoma City. She met my father, a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and they were married in Oklahoma City in 1950. From the late 50's to the early 70's, we visited my grandparents many times in Oklahoma City. My favorite memory was visiting the zoo every time we came to Oklahoma City. When we entered the zoo, there was a "sunken ship" where many entertaining monkeys lived. Unfortunately, I have not been there since the 1980's. If I get back there again in the future, I plan to visit St Augustine of Canterbury's Episcopal Church.

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

Hello and thank you for sharing these wonderful connections and memories with us. We have utterly fallen in love with the mid-West, its flora and fauna, its stunning scenery and its warm-hearted and loving peoples and OKC is right at the top of places we would love to go back to! Clearly we need to visit the monkeys at the zoo too - that sounds awesome! We did not stop for 2 minutes in our week there and visited so many fine places but still had so much to see - something we could easily say about almost every city we visited - but the atmosphere of Oklahoma was different somehow from the other places and offered such a wonderful range of different museums and historical sites which spoke so vividly of the peoples there in that place which was very special but next time we go we clearly need to pay our respects to the monkeys of the shipwreck! Have a super day and thank you for your lovely message xx ❤

@andrewm4564 4 ай бұрын

@@GardenCongregation I really enjoyed sharing my memories of Oklahoma City. Thank you for your detailed response. Because you mentioned the zoo, I looked at their website, and I don't see the monkey shipwreck that I remember from my childhood. Even if it isn't there, I am sure that the zoo would still be worth a visit from animal lovers like you.

@jennifercampion9154 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much to the two of you❤

@vhughes7651 4 ай бұрын

Very funny lower third on the bridge Fletcher!

@AnzalnaSatar 4 ай бұрын

❤

@zechariah4663 4 ай бұрын

Go out and VOTE!!!!

@minhnhan89 4 ай бұрын

Helo 🖐🙏♥️

@carolloynes7711 4 ай бұрын

Is this a video from their previous visit or have dean Robert and Fletcher returmed. ? Thankyou amd God Bless.

@jeangerow7177 4 ай бұрын

This video is from Dean Robert and Fletcher's visit to the mid-west U.S. in May and June.

@carolloynes7711 4 ай бұрын

@@jeangerow7177 Thankyou for your reply.

@justg8798 4 ай бұрын

What a heart-touching, spiritual video, in all its aspects. May I mention also that this 1:19:16 recording as it is shown is an incredible feat of editing, Fletcher! No doubt it took many hours for you to compile all the footage into this very professional film.which could certainly qualify as a documentary! Kudos to you, Fletcher. Thank you both for your work, your art, your hearts, your spirituality and faithfulness to the Garden Congregation.

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! As it sounds like you know, the edit can be quite complicated and usually takes 5 hours or so including uploads but this film did take considerably more time because of the number of items to include, each requiring editing, but it is all worth it to know it has brought joy to folk and, hopefully, a taste of some the stories we were honoured to share with the good people of Oklahoma. Thank you for taking the time to get in touch and for your thoughtful comments! Fx

@jamesbiswas3309 4 ай бұрын

@GardenCongregation 4 ай бұрын

@@jamesbiswas3309 James, please be sure of our prayers for your beautiful country and our dear Christian brothers and sisters and all the people of Bangladesh for a spirit of peace, love snd understanding xx