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Robert A. Schuller speaking

at his father's funeral

Dan Chun (purple center) was the

main speaker at the funeral. He is
a Presbyterian pastor from Hawaii
who Robert Schuller apparently
chose to officiate at his funeral .
Interestingly, none of the regular
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pastors who worked with

Robert Schuller were given any
involvement in the funeral. This
was rather sad to me because
there were many regular pastors
on staff at the Crystal Cathedral
who worked many years for
Robert Schuller, devoted to his
ministry and the causes of the
Reformed Church. But then maybe
they were just as glad not to be
part of the ceremony. Also on
stage was Bishop Charles Blake
from the west LA church. And also
Bishop Vann who leads the
Orange County diocese which is
now headquartered at the Christ
Cathedral. Also Tony Campolo.

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mass in the arboretum
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I see one of the staff pastors...he stands out in

a crowd being rather tall...that's Jim Kok
with the gray hair and sunglasses towards the
rear right of the photo (tallest head)...he was
the director of pastoral care from 1984 until
the crystal cathedral went bankrupt at which
point he retired but still volunteers for the
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shepherd grove congregation. He also did the

Care & Kindness conference every year.

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here you see Carol Schuller

Milner
...she also sort of officiated

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a glimpse of the closed casket

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TONY CAMPOLO
(standing, speaking)

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Bishop Charles Blake spoke about how he

stumbled upon Schuller's pastor conference
many years ago, and this inspired him to
greater goals

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Sheila Schuller also said a few words. Sheila

was one of the lead pastors for a while after
the big breakup...then she went on to start
her own church, taking the new musicians
with her...at which point Bobby stepped in
and led the church along with the restored
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Crystal Cathedral choir until they moved

down the street

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Robert A. Schuller, of course, was the late

Robert's only son, and also took a turn at the
helm of the Crystal Cathedral, but then
family dissension led to him leaving and
Sheila stepping in ...and later Sheila left, and,
as mentioned, Bobby stepped in and remains
the leader at the new location

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the figure of Jesus

Walking on Water is still
here at the Cathedral
campus, but at the
moment there is no
water to walk on.

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ceremony, 630am,

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one of the Bible

stones paid for by
contributors to the
construction of the
Crystal Cathedral...I
heard that the
Catholic diocese
planned to remove
them because they
were fading out so
much, but so far they
still remain. I hope
they remain as long as
possible.
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Bishop Vann
SpeakingHIS
FATHER RECENTLY
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PASSED AWAY AS
WELL

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THIS IS JEANNIE
SCHULLER WHO
LIVES IN HAWAII

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SOME of
the GRANDCHILDREN
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I can't think of his

name at the moment
but this guy walking
by was involved in the
Hour of Power
production for many if
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not all of the years

while it was at the
Cathedral. Maybe he is
still working at the
new location...I
haven't been there
yet.

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many persons with tears

on their cheeks including
this nice woman next to
me

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nice music by this

young man at the end
of the ceremony...as
they carried the
casket to the final
burial place

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there's Jim KOk again

(blue jacket ) & his
lovely wife Linda...I
wish we could have
heard from Jim as
well...he was with the
Cathedral & working
with and for Schuller
for thirty years
years

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after the ceremony, the Schuller family had a

private gathering as the body was laid to rest

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there's Bishop Blake in the red

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above: is that Lawrence Wilkes? He led the

evening service for SO MANY YEARS...;
seeing him made me feel a bit sad again that
none of the staff pastors were given an
opportunity to say anything..it would have
been nice to hear from some of the regular
pastors who actually worked at the Crystal
Cathedral for so many years.

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I met the nicest guy as I was leaving...not sure

who he is but gave me a warm Christian hello

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So we say Thanks for the

memories & inspiration
Robert Schullerand
thanks to ALL those who
made Schullers
dreams possiblea
dream without muscle &
money is impossible
just as muscle & money
without a dream leads to
nothing;Schuller inspire
d many people, and yet
also many people
dreamed that the Crystal
Cathedral would belong
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to all of us who helped

make it possible in
perpetuitythat dream is
no longer a reality even
though the cathedral is
still a church and still
part of the body of
Christ; we are thankful
for the inspiration and
the memories but still, at
times, some of us feel it
could have ended better,
or shouldnt have ended
at all
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