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I remember Ken from Crystal Cathedral days. Always friendly: "Kenneth N. Leestma '52 of Seal Beach, Calif., died on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007. He was 81. He was born in Holland, Mich., the first child of Peter and Martha Leestma, and grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich. Following high school, he served in the Army Air Corps as staff sergeant in Japan. After the war, he graduated from Hope and from Western Theological Seminary. He was then ordained and called to be the founding pastor of Lincoln Avenue Community Church in Pomona, Calif. This marked the beginning of his fifty-three-year career as a pastor to congregations across the nation and the world. Following his ministry in Pomona, after overseeing the building of a new sanctuary there, he was called to Bethel Reformed Church, Sheldon, Iowa. His family now numbered seven. In 1966 with wife Bette, David, Pamela, Daniel, Mary and Mark, he moved to Bradenton, Fla., serving Bayshore Gardens Reformed Church. A new educational building was completed there just before he accepted a call from El Dorado Park Community Church, Long Beach, Calif., to serve as a co-pastor with his colleague and childhood friend William Miedema '50. Being back in California seemed to complete his coast-to-coast ministry. In 1975, he was called to New Life Community Church in Artesia as senior pastor. This was the church, formerly called Artesia Reformed, who first invited the Arcadian Quartet, representing Hope College, to sing. That invitation gave the quartet singers, Kenneth Leestma, William Miedema '50, Warren Hietbrink '47 and Robert H. Schuller '47 their first taste of California. All four began ministries in California, Kenneth being the first. Kenneth first retired in 1991, but was asked by the Reformed Church in America to serve churches in need of his pastoral expertise in northern California and as far as Bahrain before he accepted the call to become the pastor of congregational care at the Crystal Cathedral. This in many ways was the position of his lifetime. Working with a ministry that he knew so well from its very beginning, being near his family, and sharing the joys of ministry longevity with his longtime friend Robert H. Schuller and so many other colleagues, became the providential finale of his ministry and life. Most notable among his many accomplishments, Dr. Ken, as he was affectionately called, earned his doctoral 2
degree in pastoral ministry and was a president of The Reformed Church in America (RCA). He represented the RCA in Japan and India and provided leadership in the RCA Classis and Synod throughout his entire ministry. He also served on the Words of Hope radio ministry board for eight years. At the memorial service, David Leestma said of his father, "Dr. Ken made more hospital calls than a medical doctor and he made friends with everyone he met. A man of extraordinary humbleness, integrity, kindness and love for people, he modeled every biblical gift of the Spirit more often than anyone I ever knew. A gentle giant of a man who will never leave our memory." He served Hope as a member of the board of trustees and was presented with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 1986. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth (Bette) Leestma; five children, David '73 (Cathy Schaub '73) Leestma, Pam Leestma '75, Dan Leestma, Mary Leestma (Jack) Tackett, and Mark (Selina) Leestma; and seven grandchildren, including John (Katie Wierenga '01) Leestma." http://www.hope.edu/pr/nfhc/archive/expanded200712december.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:51 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2015
RHS HAS SURGERY: 1/31/15 "Pastor Robert Schuller: Lastest [sic] Update on Robert H. Schuller's Health" http://robertaschuller.blogspot.com/2015/02/lastest-update-on-robert-h-schullers.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:10 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
RH SCHULLER IN NEW FACILITY:"Pastor Robert Schuller: Update On My Father, Dr. Robert H. Schuller's Health" Why don't they take him into their own home? http://robertaschuller.blogspot.com/2015/02/update-on-my-fatther-dr-robert-h.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:07 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
"Schuller's Tree of Life Community Church to Merge into Shepherd's Grove" https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/ywp6bhu4trr4/?&th=14b934c411f691d6&v=c Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 5:49 AM No comments:
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8/21/11 crystal cathedral bulletin, matthew barnett gave the message (sheila reads scripture)
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8/21/11 crystal cathedral bulletin, matthew barnett gave the message (sheila reads scripture) Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:14 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2014
WWSS: WHAT WOULD SCHULLER SAY? "The Case Against Positive Thinking " http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/11/17/the-case-against-positive-thinking/? mod=article_prev Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:00 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
:"IT'S A NEW TIME The Orange County Register
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NEW HOUR OF POWER: "IT'S A NEW TIME" The Orange County Register http://m.ocregister.com/articles/schuller-638042-hour-church.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:05 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2014
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crystal cathedral, scott & debbie smith arrive, john tebay leaves, ; brooks douglass special guest Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:32 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
8/21/11 crystal cat bulletin
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three years ago 8/21/11 CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL BULLETIN Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 4:00 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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MORE PICS re the NEW CHRIST CATHEDRAL Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 3:25 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014
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WOW! KERNEL OF WHEAT MUST DIE:"Orange County, CA Prayer Breakfast Declares Mission for Christ Cathedral" Is this divine providence? What seemed like a sad,tragic,ending to Schuller's Crystal Cat,may actually be divine intervention,ie a "a kernel of wheat must die..." ! Will a new,eager,evangelistic flock rise up from the now-Catholic cathedral? http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/09/27/O-C-Prayer-Breakfast-DeclaresMission-for-Christ-Cathedral Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 8:15 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
SKY VIEW ELIMINATED:"Christ Cathedral's $113 Million Redesign to Include Illuminated Sanctuary, Host Up to 8,000 at Mass" http://m.christianpost.com/news/christ-cathedrals-113-million-redesign-to-includeilluminated-sanctuary-host-up-to-8000-at-mass--127062/ Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:00 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
TOTAL REVAMP:"The glasspaneled megachurch where Robert H. Schuller once delivered sermons..." - News - fchornet.com http://www.fchornet.com/m/news.php?id=6826 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 7:12 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
"Book on pastoral succession: ‘All pastors are interim pastors’ "- The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/book-on-pastoral-succession-all-pastorsare-interim-pastors/2014/09/17/064dbc5a-3e8f-11e4-a430-b82a3e67b762_story.html Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 6:41 AM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
CATHOLICS BIG PLANS 4 CHRIST CATHEDRAL:"Lawyer Tim Busch Plans for a Catholic Nexus in Orange County" "..."It has become the home of multiple movements that are going on in the Church," says Busch, "which 20
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crystal cathedral memorabilia: ministries of the old crystal cathedral
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discover the crystal cathedral (memorabilia)
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a nail from a sermon-message given by Sheila Coleman...everybody was given a nail at the end of the service to commemorate Good Friday Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:19 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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some old knick-knacks from the crystal cathedral Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:18 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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Christ Cathedral Academy Replaces Crystal Cathedral Academy
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9/18/11 crystal cathedral bulletin: robert schuller's birthday! Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:14 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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2/6/11 crystal cathedral bulletin: "be a salt shaker" (a message by sheila coleman) Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:00 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
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FLASHBACK 6/6/04 crystal cathedral; interview guest maria shriver
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crystal cathedral bulletin, interview guest anne hjelle Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 2:26 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
FLASHBACK: 5/16/04 crystal cat bulletin, guest jon eldridge, , music by the living years, russ lee, next week laurie whaley,
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some old crystal cathedral bulletin excerpts
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2/29/04 an old classic crystal cathedral church bulletin
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more crystal cathedral mission statement documents
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The attached document was sent from the Bookscan station at the Newport Beach public library. Thank you. http://www.Newportbeachpubliclibrary.org This email is From: BookScanStation Date: 05.04.2014 Time: 13:39:05 Posted by THEOLOGICAL at 1:39 PM No comments: Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2014
ART LINKLETTER @ the CRYSTAL CATHEDRAL
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