Welcome to the website for the Class of 1969!  We’re grateful to the Alumni Office for providing so many names and e-mail addresses of classmates so we can start talking once again, get caught up a bit, and maybe share some recent pictures and websites.  That way we will have a better chance of recognizing one another when we all show up at the class reunion…and we will have a little glimpse into what everyone has been doing over the years.

Feel free to make comments on various posts or send me a post of your own to put on the site.  We hope this small effort to begin to reconnect with one another will create interest in attending the reunion at Moody next year.  Let us know your web/blog address or your interest in posting pictures…from the 60’s or the present.  We’re open to any and all ways we can make it fun and interesting to visit the site.  Most of you are much more creative and blog savey than I am, so join in and make a contribution!

 

On Friday night, we pulled out a dusty old box, checked to see if the old 35mm slide projector bulb would still light, put up a rickety old screen and looked at the old photos.  These are not perfect reproductions by any means, but the images still trigger great memories of long long ago on a a galaxy far away. 

There is some history contained in these images - mainly from Senior Retreat.  John Frye’s leap of faith after which he feigned serious injury.  The frightful fall from a stone bridge after dark.  A visit and speech by Dr. Ralph Abernathy.  A couple wedding shots - some of you showed up that day, summer 1969.  Enjoy. 

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Ken and Carolyn

It’s a digital rip-off from our Senior Class Annual - and a random collection of images… take a look; and remember.

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It is wonderful to see the different roads that the Lord has led the people from our Freshmen class at Moody.  I was not at the Senior retreat because I’d transferred to get my teaching degree.

I have three grown children and am a Language Literacy teacher with ESL certification.  While some teachers are retiring, I am just beginning this area of education–the icing on the cake!

I do not know if I can come to the reunion but it is uplifting and encouraging to find out what people have been doing since walking the tunnels of Moody so long ago.

Winnie’s Comment

You may have noticed that the dates for Founder’s Week were not posted on the MBI site.  Nancy called the office and spoke to the people in Alumni.  Here’s her response…  Thanks, Nancy.

From: Nancy Hagen
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:41 AM
To: ‘Ken Kemp’
Subject: RE: Setting the clock…

I just talked with Millie in the alumni office…the first official event of Founder’s Week for Alumni will be the 4:00 p.m. dinner together on Monday, February 2^nd.

That give us just about ten months to  plan…. 

Welcome to Green Lake Conference Center…maybe it stirs memories of Senior Retreat 40 years ago.

What do you remember about September 25-28, 1968???

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The guest speakers were Dr. Henry Nelson from Trinity College and Dr. Alan Johnson, our Senior Class Advisor.  We shared the conference grounds with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and heard Dr. Ralph Abernathy on Wednesday night.

It must have been pretty nice weather because some were wearing shorts and some went swimming!

My memories are kind of foggy…send a comment on what YOU remember!!!

Nancy, thank you for the note, I will look forward to a Moody Reunion, and hopefully the dates will work for things here at Silver Cliff.  It will be fun to check things out on the blog.   Yes we have been here at Silver Cliff for 25 years, somedays it seems  longer, but we still do like it.  This is the hire staff time of the year, not my favorite time, but God seems to bring us the right people.  If you know of any kids looking for a summer position have them touch base.

www.silvercliffranch.com

Yes, I am looking to a 40 year reunion! Life is busy yet good! My son Mark got married to a wonderful godly doctor on March 8^th. They meet at Med School, she is doing a family practice residency also, she is at Stroger (Cook County) Hospital in Chicago, Mark is doing a family practice residency at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park. Both are in their 2^nd year. They now live one block away from the church. The wedding was at Calvary Memorial Church, the reception was at Adler Planetarium.

NOTE - We Googled Howard… and look what we found! - Nancy

Howard Duncan, Pastor of Care and Support Ministries
Howard desires to provide a sense of compassion, comfort, counseling, and community to the church. He oversees such programs LifeCare, hospital visitation, prayer ministries, singles ministries, women’s ministries, the Golden Heirs, and bereavement. For 20 years he served as an associate pastor and camp director in Chicago, and then 7 years as a system analyst at a north suburban hospital. He is a graduate of Moody Bible Institute, Wheaton College, Wheaton Graduate School, and a doctoral candidate from Northern Illinois University. His wife, Professor Linda, is the Director of the undergraduate department of nursing at North Park University, Chicago, IL. Howard and Linda have two children, who are both medical doctors.

http://www.calvarymemorial.com/

Looks great Ken!  Sure glad you know what you are doing!  I am a little behind the times with this blogging stuff! I must get “with it”!! I have contacted Jackie Hitch so hopefully we will hear from her soon.

blessings,
margie

Mona and I have been looking forward to this reunion as a great time to get reaquainted