Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: Idiot's time now for our community connection right here on
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Speaker 1: to you today by Wesley and Kitty College, Tall Grass
Speaker 1: Motors are more Knee Camp Funeral Home.
Speaker 2: Today.
Speaker 1: Get Real Ministries is being represented by Kevin Knowles, the
Speaker 1: worship leader, and he's also one of my partners in music.
Speaker 3: How you doing, Kevin, Tom, I'm doing great. It's great
Speaker 3: to be here, by the way.
Speaker 1: Alrighty get Real Ministries. I understand we have Jesus Burger
Speaker 1: coming up.
Speaker 4: We do tomorrow and we'll have burgers, hot dogs music.
Speaker 4: As a matter of fact, we're bringing in a musician
Speaker 4: from Owasso, my brother.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there you go. It runs in the family. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So what do you now at noon? This is going
Speaker 1: to be outdoors.
Speaker 3: It will be outdoors depending on the weather.
Speaker 2: Ish.
Speaker 1: Now, you're located there on the fourteenth Street on the
Speaker 1: west side of town, just right across street from the FYC,
Speaker 1: and you've been there for a good long while, but
Speaker 1: I notice more and more vehicles parking there these days.
Speaker 4: There are more and more and more and more people
Speaker 4: coming in and it's just amazing to see the growth.
Speaker 1: You've got people working there, volunteering there, and actually and
Speaker 1: also worshiping there, and it's really become a busy little
Speaker 1: place of activity, and that's a good thing.
Speaker 4: It is just seeing, you know, seeing kids fed, people
Speaker 4: who are struggling, being able to get food and clothes,
Speaker 4: and being able to share Jesus in those moments.
Speaker 3: It's awesome.
Speaker 1: So you have a food and clothing ministry that goes
Speaker 1: along you know, Jesus Burger, you're going to get bad.
Speaker 2: Oh boy, are you going to get bad.
Speaker 1: But you also have a clothing ministry that goes along
Speaker 1: with that too, and maybe a place where folks can
Speaker 1: clean up if they don't have resources.
Speaker 4: Yes, we do have shower saws on site so that
Speaker 4: they can so that they can get a fresh shower
Speaker 4: and have fresh clothes to get into too.
Speaker 1: That'd be nice, especially when it gets between you know,
Speaker 1: hotter that all get out and then you know, weater
Speaker 1: that all get out.
Speaker 2: And pick your weather.
Speaker 1: You know, it's got to be rough on the folks
Speaker 1: who are unsheltered or maybe don't have the resources. And
Speaker 1: this is where get real ministry kind of differs from
Speaker 1: a lot of different outreaches. Your church meets people where
Speaker 1: they are, yes, and some are in dire straits and
Speaker 1: some aren't. And you meet them where they are spiritually, physically,
Speaker 1: and also monetarily.
Speaker 2: We do.
Speaker 4: And with each situation wherever they are seeing them come
Speaker 4: in and get a chance for a change in their
Speaker 4: lives more than just on the inside, because sometimes they
Speaker 4: can't get stuff on the inside until they see stuff
Speaker 4: on the outside. You get that shower, get clothes or food,
Speaker 4: because when you're hungry, it's like you don't want to
Speaker 4: hear anything.
Speaker 1: No, no, you're just hungry and you're angry too at
Speaker 1: the same time. And that's I guess that's what they
Speaker 1: call hungry. And it's a real thing.
Speaker 2: It is.
Speaker 1: It's a very real thing. You might think that I'm
Speaker 1: just using the flip and term, but no, if you're
Speaker 1: if you're hungry, your body just doesn't know anything else
Speaker 1: and it's hungry, and your ears really don't want to
Speaker 1: listen to anything anybody has to say. So I get that,
Speaker 1: I really do. So this is this is really cool. Now,
Speaker 1: how long have you been with Get Real Ministries.
Speaker 4: I've been with Get Real Ministries for about two and
Speaker 4: a half years and actually I was introduced.
Speaker 3: To them by you while playing music.
Speaker 1: So yeah, we were crossing second and we were doing
Speaker 1: the biggest show and it was basically it was a
Speaker 1: talent show. And yeah, I think it was like show
Speaker 1: number three You Me and the Gambles, and that was it.
Speaker 1: And Rando was really quite taken with you, and so
Speaker 1: was Shiloh. And conversation started and then slowly but surely,
Speaker 1: next thing you know, I hear, hey, Kevin's with us.
Speaker 4: Now, wow, I didn't think it would happen, but it's
Speaker 4: been great. And their family now are their family to
Speaker 4: my wife and kids to me, and I'll all of
Speaker 4: Get Real Ministries is family to us. It's it's amazing
Speaker 4: to say I love my family and be able to
Speaker 4: include them.
Speaker 2: Oh wow.
Speaker 1: And this does feel like a family when you get
Speaker 1: to be a part of Get Real Ministries. If you
Speaker 1: are kind of lost, and some say, well, what is it,
Speaker 1: what do you mean lost? We can be lost spiritually,
Speaker 1: you can be lost maybe sometimes cycle logically and just
Speaker 1: really down to the point where you really don't know
Speaker 1: which way is up. This is a great place to
Speaker 1: start because this is where they do some of their
Speaker 1: best work. When you've hit rock bottom. They everybody that
Speaker 1: has attended get real ministries has been there for that
Speaker 1: real experience.
Speaker 3: Everybody has that real experience.
Speaker 4: And I have to say this, everyone I've ever met
Speaker 4: has had a moment where they've had rock bottom. And
Speaker 4: so there there's when when you have that point in
Speaker 4: your life you realize.
Speaker 3: That you need to get up.
Speaker 4: And there's no better way than up, because you want
Speaker 4: stuff underneath your feet rather than over your head.
Speaker 1: Oh indeed, and when you get lifted up through the
Speaker 1: Holy Spirit, it's a whole new up.
Speaker 3: It is.
Speaker 2: We both know this, don't wait, we've both been too.
Speaker 4: I've heard the quote, and I have to say this,
Speaker 4: It's something that I hold on too.
Speaker 3: There's no high like the most high.
Speaker 2: So I like that. I like that. Now on top
Speaker 2: of a worship leader.
Speaker 1: You do a lot of music with the church, and
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people remember you and know
Speaker 1: you from your music. You've released several albums fourteen fifteen,
Speaker 1: fifteen fifteen, and some of those have been your Christmas
Speaker 1: albums are spectacular, by the way, thank you.
Speaker 2: I mean wow wow.
Speaker 1: But everything from things that are you know, praise to
Speaker 1: smooth jazz or songs of the heart guess is what
Speaker 1: I really want to call it, because what you do,
Speaker 1: what you do with your music is you paint emotions
Speaker 1: and you very rarely use words.
Speaker 4: Who is Francis of ASSISI said, preach the gospel and
Speaker 4: if you must.
Speaker 1: And you know something, that's my favorite quote ball It
Speaker 1: really is. I've lived that for a long time and
Speaker 1: in just the way you put things together all full disclosure.
Speaker 1: Kevin and I did a song called the London Fog
Speaker 1: and you produced that and I was really surprised. I
Speaker 1: just binding my own business. And Kevin says, hey, I
Speaker 1: did a little something.
Speaker 2: With that song.
Speaker 3: What song?
Speaker 2: Oh wow, you painted that thing. That's really good.
Speaker 1: But these days you take care of the worship music
Speaker 1: within the.
Speaker 2: The services too. I do.
Speaker 1: Yeah, tell us a little bit about that, because you
Speaker 1: have a very neat little band there.
Speaker 4: Oh, we we have a great band. I think Shiloh
Speaker 4: has dubbed us the Revelators, and we my son plays drums.
Speaker 4: We we have Scott Rally on bass, Rando's on guitar
Speaker 4: and singing.
Speaker 3: Bill Lorton is playing congas.
Speaker 4: So we have the broad thing and I get to
Speaker 4: stay in my corner and do fill in spots on
Speaker 4: guitar and.
Speaker 1: Keyboard sometimes at the same time, which is still amazes
Speaker 1: me because folks, if you've never seen Kevin perform, whether
Speaker 1: it be at Sunfast or any of the fine restaurant establishments,
Speaker 1: he can play a guitar and the keyboard at the
Speaker 1: same time and not even work up a sweat.
Speaker 2: You kill me, man, you just killed me. And you
Speaker 2: do that with the with the Revelators too.
Speaker 3: They won't let me go barefoot with another thing at
Speaker 3: my feet. But ah, but yes.
Speaker 4: It is fun and I do enjoy doing doing multiple instruments.
Speaker 4: That way I can fill in and I do it
Speaker 4: not so much to be a show, but to fill
Speaker 4: in more of the sound because I want I don't
Speaker 4: want anybody to be distracted by Sometimes when there's an
Speaker 4: empty spot in the music, someone's distracted. It's like that
Speaker 4: needs something rather than thinking about you know, this is
Speaker 4: this is, this is Jesus in this moment, and I
Speaker 4: can take that. And so I want people to be
Speaker 4: able to focus and really be able to say I'm
Speaker 4: receiving from God here rather than do what's that?
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it does sound like it's coming from heaven.
Speaker 2: Hey, I want to get back to Jesus Burger, because
Speaker 2: I know.
Speaker 1: This happens just about every time Get Real Ministries gets together.
Speaker 1: Will there be baptisms?
Speaker 4: There will definitely be baptisms. A funny thing is with
Speaker 4: Rando and Shiloh, they sometimes they're really busy. They were
Speaker 4: doing a funeral during the last Jesus Burger and a
Speaker 4: good friend of Get Real Ministries who has a ministry
Speaker 4: or his wife still has the ministry and uh Coffeeville.
Speaker 3: But so I ended up leading Get Real Ministries.
Speaker 4: We had five baptisms during the month of June at
Speaker 4: Jesus Burger, and I.
Speaker 3: Expect there to be.
Speaker 4: It's amazing when when people come and they come forward
Speaker 4: to receive Jesus as Lord of their life, and they
Speaker 4: want there to be an outward show of what they've
Speaker 4: had happened inside and and that's where baptism comes in.
Speaker 1: And sometimes, and I've heard this a lot from Rando
Speaker 1: and Shiloh, that there are folks who will come to
Speaker 1: Get Real Service not even not even anywhere in the
Speaker 1: back of their mind there do you think of baptism?
Speaker 1: And then next segging up and we go and uh,
Speaker 1: it just happens, It just happens.
Speaker 3: It just happens.
Speaker 4: And then and then, of course, because we do have
Speaker 4: the clothing ministry, we're able to say, okay, well let's
Speaker 4: just get you in fresh close. If that's your worry,
Speaker 4: we'll get you in fresh clothes, so you don't have
Speaker 4: to worry about it.
Speaker 3: Let's go ahead and get you in.
Speaker 2: Get you in there, you go.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Now that thing's mobile too, because you guys had to
Speaker 1: take that on the road a couple of times.
Speaker 3: We even had it set up at SunFest.
Speaker 2: That's where I saw it.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, man, so you know, no one will be denied, no, no,
Speaker 1: And if you're hungry, we've got the burgers, We've got
Speaker 1: the hot dogs and everything else for the Jesus Burger.
Speaker 1: But not only are you going to get filled up
Speaker 1: physically but spiritually because we.
Speaker 4: Do share the word absolutely a little bit about what
Speaker 4: so first and foremost is sharing Jesus. You know, we
Speaker 4: have to share the Gospel. I say have to, like
Speaker 4: it's a bad thing, but but it's a necessity. And
Speaker 4: it's this, it's a drive that that we share Jesus.
Speaker 4: We share the god spool of Jesus Christ at every
Speaker 4: service and seeing people see the difference in their lives.
Speaker 4: Oh I need this, you know, I want some of that,
Speaker 4: and maybe maybe something else that's happened during the course
Speaker 4: of the service, their attitude, what they have. I want
Speaker 4: what they have, and I want people to want what
Speaker 4: I have. Rather than say, well you could get safe
Speaker 4: so you could be just like me, we do it.
Speaker 1: We do it purely coming to where you are. Like
Speaker 1: like we said before, we're meeting you where you are. Yes,
Speaker 1: and if you want to be lifted up the hand
Speaker 1: of God or ready for you, elevator up, baby, elevator up,
Speaker 1: elevator up.
Speaker 2: I hear that as a song, I do.
Speaker 3: I think there's a challenge or a challenge accepted.
Speaker 1: Don't be surprised if you get an email about three
Speaker 1: in the morning.
Speaker 2: Hey, keV, guess what, that's never happened before.
Speaker 3: Let's do it. Let's do it.
Speaker 2: It's good.
Speaker 1: So once again, we're out there on fourteenth Street. We're
Speaker 1: across from the FYC and randall allways jokes, he says.
Speaker 1: When you hear we're on the other side of the tracks,
Speaker 1: he means just on the other side of the tracks.
Speaker 3: Just on the other side.
Speaker 4: And it's funny. The address there is four to one
Speaker 4: one guess what. For those of our generation, we know
Speaker 4: that means information.
Speaker 1: There we go four one one West fourteenth Street, and
Speaker 1: uh Shiloh likes to call it miracles on fourteenth Street.
Speaker 2: She where's that T shirt? There?
Speaker 3: Not enough?
Speaker 4: I think we all need to wear that T shirt
Speaker 4: because I am a miracle on fourteenth Street.
Speaker 1: It's so so am I and so are a lot
Speaker 1: of people. It's kind of funny we see folks out
Speaker 1: and about. We just kind of wink and everybody. Everybody
Speaker 1: knows what's going on, and it's it's a pretty cool feeling.
Speaker 1: It's not like it's a private club or any think.
Speaker 1: By no means is that the deal. What we're doing
Speaker 1: is we're sharing the good news with a smile.
Speaker 2: Right all right.
Speaker 1: We will see folks noon and watch the weather. It
Speaker 1: gets too hot, we may have to move. It gets
Speaker 1: too rainy, well we'll get to move. But just watch
Speaker 1: the weather, and there will be somebody to point you
Speaker 1: where to go if you get down there in the general.
Speaker 4: Direction that there will be somebody to point you out
Speaker 4: where to go. And we will have the food, we
Speaker 4: will have the music, and we will have the word
Speaker 4: and the baptisms.
Speaker 2: And the baptism. You know you gotta like that.
Speaker 1: That's what I call a complete package. Absolutely, Kevin Knowles,
Speaker 1: thank you for being with us. Thank you Tom. All Right, folks,
Speaker 1: you have been listening to the words of Get Real
Speaker 1: Ministry with Kevin Knowles. I'm Tom Davis and this he
Speaker 1: has been our community connection.