SJC: Where Eagles Dare

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Comment by Darth Swede on November 25, 2009 at 8:34pm

My curiosity is still not satisfied.

Comment by Darth Swede on November 29, 2008 at 6:26am

I'm only joining because I'm curious. When my curiousity is satisfied then I'll leave.

Comment by Richard Scott on October 14, 2008 at 8:48pm

Hi to all the Johnnies. I graduated in May 1979. I attended from Fall of 76 to Spring of 1979. Those there during that time probably remember me by the name Donny.

Comment by Pastor Mike Scudder (Trail Guide - IA) on April 19, 2008 at 5:48am

Good to see the Johnnies! I was only there for one semester (Jan. - May 1986) but it was the best of my college time! Both my sisters, Jennifer and Juli, are also Johnnies.

Comment by Dcs Melissa, Robert's wife on April 1, 2008 at 6:19pm

I attended dear old St John's with Walt in the final years. I graduated as a junior with my AA, before attending Seward my senior year. I must add that a memory of Walt is a reading for Auf Wiedersehen from a Ray Bradbury novel, dedicated to Bob Connors.
Many wonderful memories there. I still keep in touch with many Johnnie friends, or they run into me.
I was at Concordia Seminary deaconess program. One classmate was Brad Klein. Just before my CSL graduation, Rick Marrs joined the faculty. His wife Laura & I were SJC mailbox mates.
Small world, I still run into Johnnies now. A retired pastor who will be celebrating his 70th in the ministry was a Johnnie. His roommate, also a Johnnie, just passed away two weeks ago. Men in their 90's and minds that are/were sharp, despite their few/many ailments.
Had to share.
Peace 2U. ~Melissa [AA 86] ><+> Psalm 46:10

Comment by Lisa Sylvester on March 27, 2008 at 3:23am

I was thrilled to see that there's a group for Johnnies! I came to Winfield, KS from Pittsburgh, PA in 1977. What a wonderful place to do my college studies for 2 1/2 years! In January of 1980, I received the Call to be a Parish Worker at a church in St. Louis and have pretty much called this town home since then. Steve and I got married here and 2 of our 3 girls were born here. We took a few years away in Alabama and had another daughter but moved back in 1993 and love it. I work in the Admissions Office of Concordia Seminary (again) and that's been great too. We've even got quite a few Johnnies on staff at the sem too!

Comment by Steven Sylvester on March 25, 2008 at 10:19pm

Just getting around to joining, Walt. Still new to all this social networking type thing.
Howdy to all the rest of the Johnnies here - started in '77 along with Ted and was there with Walt also. St. John's was a wonderful place for so many reasons, not the least being meeting my wife of 27 years there.

Comment by Joanne on March 21, 2008 at 12:29am

Hi all. I was at Winfield in the Academy in 1964-65. College 65-67. I sang at Dr. Mundinger's funeral at Trinity Church. I believe it was a piece by Schutz, If we live, we live unto the Lord. If we die, we die unto the Lord. I have not been back to Winfield since the homecoming of Thanksgiving 1967. While I was there they built the new campus center (dining hall). In the picture above, I'm missing 10 or 20 large elm trees and a whole street. Looks nice though. I hear the city of Winfield uses it now.

Comment by Pr. Theodore E. Cook, Sr. on March 20, 2008 at 11:35pm

Small group. Melissa, you are the only one I don't know, or don't remember I know.
My parents met at St. John's. Dad was on staff. Mom was a freshman. Wally Behrhorst introduced them at my mom's request. I started in the fall of '77. Walt was wild and scary back then. He was also taller than I. Still is. I was too type A? I loved playing soccer. Thanks for the fun Neal. I still have my shoes, but my exercise now comes on the bike I got when I was confirmed. I've only wrecked once. Scared my wife half to death. Ambulance drivers have no consideration for one strapped to a board with no equilibrium. They should have just let me sleep in the grass in the ditch.
I've been at Zion Pittsburg, KS for 5 years, prior to here- 6 years in Oakley, KS and before that SE Nebraska for 9 fresh out of Sem.
Michele and I only have 6 kids, but we are counting our oldest's bride as our seventh. Liz is wonderful to have in the family. She too is a PK and most recently from Appleton, WI.
Back to SJC. I was the first 4 year graduate in '81. 60% of my graduating class went on to Seminary and I am the only one left in the parish. I don't get back to Winfield much. It is home though. Born there, raised there and watched SJC take her last breaths. My orange sweatshirt still has a bold black eagle on it. I wear it on special occasions.
Oh, the others in my class. Pat is president of CUW and Reed is chair of the graduate dept at St. Louis. Mindy's mom lives in Ft. Scott and she has visited here twice. Kathy still lives in Aurora I think.
I'm serving a parish that Walt's dad served in the 60's when he was a kid. The congregation is way smaller now. But Christ still reigns.