Posted on 04/08/2015 6:27:51 AM PDT by marshmallow
Services for Crystal Cathedral founder, the Rev. Robert H. Schuller, will be held in the very iconic sanctuary that his ministry created.
While it's now under the ownership of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange and named Christ Cathedral, the large southern California church building will be used for the famous televangelist's funeral.
Carol Schuller-Milner, daughter of the former "Hour of Power" host and head of Crystal Cathedral Ministries, announced the details last weekend.
"A funeral service for Crystal Cathedral founder Robert H. Schuller has been scheduled for 10 a.m. April 20 at the Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove," noted the Orange County Register.
"The closed casket memorial will end with a procession into the Memorial Gardens where Schuller will be buried next to his wife, Arvella, who died a little over a year ago."
In 1951, Schuller and his wife founded the Crystal Cathedral church in Garden Grove, Orange County, California.
In 1970, Schuller started the influential and popular "Hour of Power" religious program, which remains on the air today and is helmed by his grandson.
Ten years later, the pastor started services in his new Crystal Cathedral, an imposing glass and steel sanctuary with approximately 10,000 windows and thousands of regular attendees.
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And bankrupted.
Yeah, yeah. Let he who is without sin.
I'm as disgusted by "spiritual" leaders who waste other people's money as I am by politicians.
'Course, the difference is his congregants weren't forced to give him their money.
And Disneyland is just a hop, skip and a jump away down Harbor boulevard so if you have to go to the funeral the second half of your day isn’t a complete loss.
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Ping!
¡SI!
Will it be as grand and opulent, and respectful, as Ted Kennedy’s funeral?
May he rest in peace.
(The building is not technically a Catholic church yet; it's still being renovated, and Dr. Schuller is not having a Catholic funeral.)
I doubt that it will come close to the Catholic ceremonies to honor Ted Kennedy and his memory.
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