Community Outreach – Work Day at Common Ground Church

Check out the interns in their latest outreach as they get their hands dirty on a little construction work at
Common Ground Church‘s new location.

Open House – Monday + May 10, 2010

If you’ve ever considered joining the Go Internship or interested in finding out what we’re all about, join us at our next Open House Event. During Open House you can have a look around our Offices, meet the founders, Greg and Christa Baca, the Staff, and this year’s current Interns. This is the perfect time to have your questions about the program answered.

Open house begins at 4:00PM from 4:00-4:15pm tour the offices and take a look around. From 4:15-5:00PM Greg & Christa will be sharing about the program. Hear from current interns about the direct impact the program has made on their lives. Feel free to bring a friend or two, grab a starbucks on the way over, and come chill and hang out.

The offices are located:
12814 S. Memorial
Suite 120 & 122
Bixby, OK 74008

Guest Speaker – Jim and Pam King

Ever have something come up in your life and you didn’t expect it? Maybe things didn’t work out the way you assumed they would or there was something that you couldn’t predict, something that eluded you. I believe this reality of life is a reality within us as well. Just as there are things in life that are around us that we don’t notice, there are also things about ourselves (e.g. personality traits or character flaws) we simply don’t notice. Maybe we are proud or arrogant or maybe we are self-centered. Oh, here is a tough one to swallow; perhaps we are or have been bitter.

Jim and Pam King began our discussion today with Psalm 19:12, “Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults”. When God tells us to change something in our lives it’s because He love us. In the words of Jim King, “God’s goal is to improve us”.

Let’s take a moment and think back to a childhood memory. For me, I was 7 years old, it was summertime, and I wanted to ride my bike. So my parents let me. The catch- my bike had training wheels. How can I say this… Training wheels aren’t cool; especially when all your friends are already riding their bikes without them. I was convinced that my parents were trying to humiliate me. So in my defiance I took a joy ride without my training wheels and it wasn’t long before I ended up in the ditch on the side of the road crying. Crying for whom you might ask? Yes, I was crying for my parents. There was something my parents knew that I didn’t when they told me to use those training wheels. Just like the saying goes, “You have to crawl before you can walk”. If I would of listened to them then I could have avoided a lot of shed tears and even more shed blood. I tell you this because I believe it is so vital to be open to God’s correction. Just as the word of God says in Hebrews 12:5 & 6 – “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He punishes everyone He accepts as a son.”

I believe that Jim and Pam King struck on something that is very simple, but very powerful once you take it to heart- God is your source and He has your best interest at the forefront of His plans for you.

Photo of the Week – by Lauren Tohline

Community Outreach

What does Easter mean to you? This is the question asked by the interns to some of the downtown Tulsa locals. Hear the answers and see the faces of a few of the individuals they came across that afternoon.

A Note From Brown

PURE.

Today, TOMS Shoes is telling people to not wear shoes as a reminder to those who have none. To me this is a great excuse to run around barefoot and laugh at other’s stubby toes or hobbit feet. However, after the day is over the humor doesn’t cover the stench from a group of dirty feet or the pain from the gravel and asphalt. TOMS point is proven as we are left reflecting on the thousands of children whose feet are left naked all the time.

This got me thinking. How many needs are there around the world that go unnoticed? I went barefoot for a day to raise awareness for kids without shoes, but what about those without shelter? What about those going without food or without water? Oh wait, they can have water, it just will have a little mud in it, or maybe some bugs. As I learned more and more about these facts my heart broke! Some time ago I found out that a huge cause of death for infants in the San Blas Islands takes place when they are weaned from their mother’s milk to water. As a result, many mothers give the children coffee, because their water is just that bad! But instead this causes stunted growth and mal-nutrition. Fresh water is a prominent need, however awareness for this need isn’t present.

GO just recently hosted an event called Pure to raise awareness for the water projects we’ll be constructing this summer in Panama. Various artists from around the states created pieces highlighting water, justice, and people, which were sold to support the building of water purification systems. It was such a cool way to get the message across to Tulsa and give people an opportunity to help with what we’re doing.

Recently I’ve focused so much on planning the trip I almost forgot to be excited for it! The TOMS day and the PURE art show reminded me of what I’m going to be a part of in less than eight weeks! As I work hard at fundraising and say no to Starbucks or the cute shoes in the window, I know it will all be worth it when I’m running barefoot in the sand with all the little kids on the San Blas Islands!

-Brown

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