Our Life Together Vol. 3 Nr. 39, October 7, 1975

This is an interesting article on love. Love was a very important issue in the life of the community and the church. This wasn't just because it was the 70s, love is one of the most important values in the New Testament; certainly in the life of Jesus. On a practical level, community could only exist where people loved one another. Stating this also demands and explanation -- this was the 70s. Read Ken's article closely. He is not discussing sexual immorality. He is talking about genuine, life giving, self giving love. This kind of love is at the heart of relationships. Personal relationships remained at the center of our lives at FBCCV (probably to the present day) certainly until my retirement in 2005. My last sermon was titled, "When all is said and done, all the matters is our relationships."
I assume this delightful picture is by Brenda Gire (now Smith). She was a master at portraying the sweetness of children and animals. Bobby Dyal was an older gentleman who was with us off and on. Maybe someone else could update us on him. I don't know whether he is still alive or not.
The letter from the Hadfields , missionaries in Indonesia once again points out the influence of Ken's ministry. I suppose that they are retired by now, I lost touch with them. They were on our prayer list of missionaries for many years.

More will be said in later issues about the selection of Ken and Mona as Humanitarians of the Year.
The pictures of the baptisms brings back memories. Tom Scott is performing them. Tom is a layman who was head of one of our non-residential households. Professionally he was/is a painter. He and his wife still live in Chula Vista and, as far as I know, still serve the Lord. I remember the Macagnos and Belle Farry. Belle is the grandmother of Brenda who's artwork appears a few pages back. I don't remember Ronnie Smith.

Larry Clark could always be counted on for interesting articles. He rightly points to the fact that the Charismatic Renewal brought about a flood of new music. This lead to our need to get rid of our hymnbooks. It isn't that the hymns were bad, it is just that there were new songs appearing all of the time. Now with the modern projection equipment, updates are quite easy -- not so at that time.
Several people are mentioned in "All in the Family." Of note are the Wiseman Sisters -- I have mentioned them before. I remember when Sven Boysen visited.
Happy Birthday Phil Woodend -- a young Phil. Phil is one of my friends on Facebook. He was an elder for years and a good friend. He now lives in Corona with his wife -- still serving the Lord.