Pastor Steve Fender talks about TV Resolution at Kenneth Phillips Church

[josh]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

Steve and Becky Fender I believe were among the "ex-hippies" converted during Phillips' first big wave of growth in Austin in the early 70s.

Blair and Regina Adams were some others. Adrian Littlefield was making hay with his testimony of being shot by Charles Whitman at the University of Texas at the time.

I was just a kid and all these folks came to the senior youth camps in Louisiana when Phillips preached them in 1972 or 1973.

Hmm.

If Fender used to go on a weekend of drinking and taking drugs when he was a youngster before he got converted was it called a Fender Bender?

Good morning, Tim.

Becky Fender is the daughter of one of my dad's closest friends back through the years, and a man you probably know, David Varnado. The last I heard he was still living in the Lake Charles area.

Dad said that Steve Fender got in church in Illinois or somewhere up that way. He preached for us back in the seventies at Sandy Lake and was a powerful preacher.

Their close association with KP would have come later...

Good to see you back on...

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by josh

Good morning, Tim.

Becky Fender is the daughter of one of my dad's closest friends back through the years, and a man you probably know, David Varnado. The last I heard he was still living in the Lake Charles area.

Dad said that Steve Fender got in church in Illinois or somewhere up that way. He preached for us back in the seventies at Sandy Lake and was a powerful preacher.

Their close association with KP would have come later...

Good to see you back on...

You confirmed what I was thinking about Becky, Josh.

Don't know about Steve.....he could have come from the "hippies".

[timlan2057]

Originally Posted by josh

Good morning, Tim.

Becky Fender is the daughter of one of my dad's closest friends back through the years, and a man you probably know, David Varnado. The last I heard he was still living in the Lake Charles area.

Dad said that Steve Fender got in church in Illinois or somewhere up that way. He preached for us back in the seventies at Sandy Lake and was a powerful preacher.

Their close association with KP would have come later...

Good to see you back on...

I didn't realize she was a Varnado from Lake Charles.

Had I known at one time, I'd long forgotten.

If she's David's daughter, I guess she'd be A. D. Varnado's granddaughter.

My daughter worked in the kitchen at the junior camp, had to skip the senior camp for art academy and then was back for campmeeting.

David Varnado was her boss so I guess he's following his dad as head of the kitchen during the Louisiana camps.

My bad ... I thought they were some of KP's converts around the time the hippies were coming on board.

Grady Stebbins was another.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

I didn't realize she was a Varnado from Lake Charles.

Had I known at one time, I'd long forgotten.

If she's David's daughter, I guess she'd be A. D. Varnado's granddaughter.

My daughter worked in the kitchen at the junior camp, had to skip the senior camp for art academy and then was back for campmeeting.

David Varnado was her boss so I guess he's following his dad as head of the kitchen during the Louisiana camps.

My bad ... I thought they were some of KP's converts around the time the hippies were coming on board.

Grady Stebbins was another.

Becky Varnado was from Oil City, La, as I recall.

I saw her at the youth rally's. She had the longest curly ponytail of any girl I ever saw.

[josh]

Originally Posted by timlan2057

I didn't realize she was a Varnado from Lake Charles.

Had I known at one time, I'd long forgotten.

If she's David's daughter, I guess she'd be A. D. Varnado's granddaughter.

My daughter worked in the kitchen at the junior camp, had to skip the senior camp for art academy and then was back for campmeeting.

David Varnado was her boss so I guess he's following his dad as head of the kitchen during the Louisiana camps.

My bad ... I thought they were some of KP's converts around the time the hippies were coming on board.

Grady Stebbins was another.

Grady Stebbins...man, I had forgotten about him. He preached for us at Sandy Lake, too.

Seems I remember him playing a guitar and singing "Me and Jesus".

I was about seven years old then.

[Steve Epley]

Steve Fender preached a service a the AMF conference at Little Rock years ago if I remember correctly.
Some friends visited him a few years back stayed for the entire service they did have folks repeat the sinner's prayer. SF had the guys to come into his office to visit and he kept them for hours talking about the old days. They said he seemed very lonely?

Originally Posted by josh

Good morning, Tim.

Becky Fender is the daughter of one of my dad's closest friends back through the years, and a man you probably know, David Varnado. The last I heard he was still living in the Lake Charles area.

Dad said that Steve Fender got in church in Illinois or somewhere up that way. He preached for us back in the seventies at Sandy Lake and was a powerful preacher.

Their close association with KP would have come later...

Good to see you back on...

David is indeed Becky's dad and David lives next door to my daughter and son-in-law in Moss Bluff, LA. His nephew, Jim Vanover goes to church with me. His sister is Sister Janet Trout in Delaware. Becky has a significant pedigree in Apostolic circles.

Some of you would be surprised at the UC roots that Steve and Becky had. He used to preach for many of the AMF brethren, including the late Charles Cooper in Pitkin, LA. Of course, as some have already indicated, Becky sang the revivals and Steve basically gave the altar calls.

Another couple that I thought of with the talk of Steve and Becky was Sharon and Paul Haygood... one key difference was that Paul could preach as well as Sharon could sing.

[Esther]

Originally Posted by philjones

David is indeed Becky's dad and David lives next door to my daughter and son-in-law in Moss Bluff, LA. His nephew, Jim Vanover goes to church with me. His sister is Sister Janet Trout in Delaware. Becky has a significant pedigree in Apostolic circles.

Some of you would be surprised at the UC roots that Steve and Becky had. He used to preach for many of the AMF brethren, including the late Charles Cooper in Pitkin, LA. Of course, as some have already indicated, Becky sang the revivals and Steve basically gave the altar calls.

Another couple that I thought of with the talk of Steve and Becky was Sharon and Paul Haygood... one key difference was that Paul could preach as well as Sharon could sing.

If this is not the Becky Varando for Oil City, La. what was her name?