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Julie Haas (right) was one of more than 40 volunteers who sold tickets and concessions during Saturday’s Ken Davis appearance in Garden City.
Matt Johnston / The Free Press


The Sir Henry Wellcome Auditorium in Garden City was half-capacity a full 45 minutes before Ken Davis was set to take the stage on Saturday. More than 700 people were in attendance for a show that was part inspiration and part humor.
Matt Johnston / The Free Press

Published May 18, 2008 12:34 am -

Great feat comes together
Small church group enjoys a big crowd for a famous act

By Tanner Kent
The Free Press

GARDEN CITY

Garden City’s population was listed in the 2000 census as 700 people.

On Saturday night, the blink-and-miss-it historic town just off Highway 169 that occupies all of about eight city blocks more than doubled in size.

There were hundreds of cars parked on the lawn in front of the old Garden City schoolhouse. There were families and babies in strollers. There were teenagers and seniors and a faint smell of buttered popcorn lent an almost carnival-like feeling.

“You can’t underestimate what small groups can do with the blessings of the Lord,” said Rudy Maurer, pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Good Thunder.

Some while ago, Tracy Jones started tossing around the idea of booking famed Christian comedian Ken Davis.

Davis, a Brainerd native, has a daily radio show on more than 800 stations, has written several books and has made a living for 25 years as a comedian who intertwines Christian inspiration and everyday humor. He charges as much as $10,000 for a chance to laugh along at his stories of a Kansas cow that haunts his car and confronting chainsaw-wielding intruders in his underwear.

Maurer showed a video of Davis’ routine during a bible study session and the feeling was unanimous:

As good as advertised — but much too expensive for Garden City.

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