Social Networks: Connecting You with Your Crystal Cathedral

We continue to expand our communities and social networks to connect with you where you are. Just as Dr. Schuller first reached out to the early Crystal Cathedral congregation in a drive-in theater, today we are where you are - on Facebook,Twitter, MySpace, and YouTube.

Join us on Facebook, one of the most popular social networks today with millions of users and is still growing. In line with our mission to reach the unchurched, we urge you to connect through Facebook to help grow our ministry to reach out to new friends around the world. Leave messages and invite your friends to join in! Become a friend of Sheila Schuller Coleman. Join a group. Choose Hour of Power, Crystal Cathedral, and Mommy Grace with Sheila Schuller Coleman. Leave a message, add a photo, post a link, and invite your friends to join you! Become a “fan” of Hour of Power and Crystal Cathedral. Learn about important events and ministry announcements. Watch videos, read notes, and get widgets you can post on your profile to help spread the word about our ministry.

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Nick & Lucy: On the Road Again!

By Nick & Lucy Della Valle

We often think of the Crystal Cathedral as a hospital; a place where people with breaks in their life came to be mended. At least that was the case for us, when we arrived on campus in 1988.

Jesus brought us here to be cared for, educated, loved, and gently put back together. Seeds like "Life is not fair but God is good." "Tough times never last, tough people do." "God's delays are never God's denials" and "If it's going to be, it's up to me" took root deep in our hearts. We drank in Christ at Sunday services, through Bible classes like the Becomers and Homebuilders and in Wednesday morning fellowship. We were blessed to have served on the Hour of Power staff for a number of years but then at the beginning of the new millennium, we heard a whisper.

At first, we fought it. What could Almighty God want with us? No matter how we tried to ignore it or reason against it, the whisper grew persistently stronger. What do You want of us, Lord? How can we be of any use to You? This went on for months and piece by piece, conversation by conversation, God outlined His plan for us. In 2001, we left our positions and the Crystal Cathedral to become missionaries to America; storytellers for Christ as we began our first 3300- mile walk across America for Christ.

Eight years have flown by. We have shared our biblical presentations in over 400 churches; we have walked through 18 states. A second 3300-mile walk, from Philadelphia to Albuquerque, took place in 2005. God has allowed us to use our gifts to bless thousands of people and He has used tens of thousands of Americans to bless us!

Soon we will start our third 3300-mile walk. The life we now lead was birthed at the Crystal Cathedral. As we wander the back roads of America, we seek your prayers for continued protection, provision and good health. God bless you always and if you see Dr. or Mrs. Schuller... give them a hug for us.

Follow Us! You are a part of us and so we invite you to follow us along the journey through our web site: www.christwalk.us

China Connection: A Special Visit from Religious Publications Directors

By Chen Meilin, China Advisor to the Hour of Power

Recently, Crystal Cathedral received two special guests from Beijing, China: Mr. Song Han, the Chief Editor of China Religion Journal; and Mr. Yuanpeng Shi, Deputy Editor of Religious Culture Publishing House. They came to visit and hear about the Hour of Power broadcast ministry. Mr. Han shared that this was his second visit to the Crystal Cathedral, having met Dr. Schuller in 2002 at a special memorial service where Dr. Schuller prayed for world peace and, specifically, for the victims of 9/11. Mr. Han remarked that he keeps a picture taken with Dr. Schuller as a reminder of this memorable meeting.

First-time visitor, Mr. Shi, said he had heard so much about Crystal Cathedral and Hour of Power from Ye Xiaowen, Minister of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, who was a guest speaker at the Crystal Cathedral in October 2005 during China Sunday.

Mr. Han and Mr. Shi both remarked that they had been deeply touched by Dr. Schuller's special relationship with the people in China, which began with Dr. Schuller's uncle Henry Beltman, who built the first Reformed Church in Xiamen, China. Dr. Schuller has continued this love for China, visiting China often and lecturing at universities and other public gatherings, and preaching at a number of churches in China. Dr. Schuller also supported the first China Bible Ministry Exhibition in the U.S., which was held at Crystal Cathedral in 2006. Both Han and Shi graduated from Beijing University where Dr. Schuller has visited and lectured in 2001.

Though the Hour of Power program is not yet shown in China, people in China know Dr. Schuller well, and his possibility thinking has impacted Christians and non-Christians through various websites, books, and other publications. "Possibility thinking not only benefits the churches but also all the people in China," said Mr. Han and Mr. Shi. "Possibility thinking inspires people in China who are suffering from being laid off, facing financial crises, and losing confidence in life. It is an important encouragement! We wish that we could introduce Dr. Schuller's possibility thinking through our magazine and our publication."