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Excathedra do stick around cause I for one love your humor and you dam I laugh so hard at some of your comments. :D-->You are a riot and you liven these threads up. Your heart too shines genuine ! Yeah the internet can be scary I agree but hey you are among some ex cult people who care about ya ! :)-->

Happy Birthday to your baby Shell who is halfway to 18 !

Happy Day on July 5th to ya and enjoy your day and have a whole lot of fun to celebrate !

Yeah a master he was ! :(--> Bless ya Ray !

Am I alone ? As bad as some of you think Way Productions was I still have a hard time with some of the current Christian music out there ?

!Just my opinion ok ?

Anyone here listen to the funeral of Ray Charles in LA yesterday on public radio ? OOOOOps Am I derailing the thread ? Sweet Georgia on my Mind !(Will miss that Ray ! :(-->)MR. Charles what a cross over musician and will

look up if he did any Gospel tunes. Anyone know ? I did learn listening to the funeral his son is a minister! Ray Charles my hero right next to the FAB 4 and others ! None in TWI though ! Way Productions had their limitations but did still manage to put out some gems that still move some.

Anyone remember the Way Orchestra doing the big band swing music back when at a ROA ? Anyone remember someone at ROA 74 blasting POCO'S music over the sound board when setting up in the afternoon ? Ok time to go now while I can savour some good memories of Way world !

So many of those songs still locked in and not just the Way Productions music but the fellowship level stuff written by friends of fellowships I was in too. k back to Way Prod. "Open your heart and just give Christ a try" He's in love with you he arose to set you on high" You'll never know till you know that you've tried, His warm and tender love always thinking of God's Son inside" Still sing that one ! :)--> Another one: If you could look into God's eyes. What would you see ? A Father's love so tender . so complete. yeah they are still there ! Oh and that Paul Vergillio's "THere's A Place in the Valley" Some hated but me I love it ! I may have the title wrong and of course there was Pressed Down and loved that tune Got a Connection Got a Connection hey hey I gotta a connection ! Think that was by John M. of TAKIT part2. "Way of Peace" by Joe Fair ! To my first twig leader Paul L.,That song you wrote and performed for us at fellowship is still a gem bro ! "Listen people to what I got to say now" ooooooooooh "you don't have to cry no more" yeaH Paul ! To another fine musician & song writer in that same fellowship your songs still touch me too dear lady ! Excuse me having a moment ! So much of my life wrapped in these songs ! :)--> Maybe I should compile a best of Cd ? Ok gotta go to some sleep now !

Ted so nice to see you on this thread !Around 1982 I think you and that English guy were doing some PFAL promo entetertainment with a boom box in Rochester, MN You 2 were quite act I was told! You both ended up spending the night at our home. My wife and I loved the fact that you both went out and hit some local tavern that you told me you had performed at pre TWI gigs. You both slept in late and awoke when I did from the night shift for breakfast noon ! See at the time Ted I was working a 8pm to 4am job that paid well and getting all kinds of flack over it ! You were a bright spot on that visit and I never made the PFAL public X the night before but my wife told me about the whole act ! :D--> You also shared with me about all your gigs years ago in the SE Minnesota area. To close Ted your songs always touched me and one song I love to play is "Me and CHRIST JESUS" Got our own thing goin yeah yeah yeah ! "Attic Of Your Mind" was and still is a song I find myself singing too !Actually the song describes my mental state while in TWI ! My attic got more arranged when I left TWI ! I thought you were one strange act when I first saw you in Rye, NY back in 74 but amazing how I got to love your act and the passion with which you would perform! Take care and no more boom boxes for a back up band these days ? :D--> :)-->

Hey I just looked really quick at that TWI phrases and was the term : FRUIT in there ?

Fruit as in new people ? Hi this is Tom and Nancy and they are my new friut in twig !!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hated that ! My FRUIT !!!!!!!!!!!!! --> Some people even got into fits because they were worried you might spoil their fruit and then they wouldn't look as good in front of the BC

Hey I just looked really quick at that TWI phrases and was the term : FRUIT in there ?

Fruit as in new people ? Hi this is Tom and Nancy and they are my new friut in twig !!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hated that ! My FRUIT !!!!!!!!!!!!! --> Some people even got into fits because they were worried you might spoil their fruit and then they wouldn't look as good in front of the BC

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Originally posted by coupcake:

MJ .. ok that made me cry... mostly because I do too. I hope you.. I hope we all can get that back.

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(((((((coupcake)))))))) Think we have maybe received a bit of that back on this site and outside of this site too ? Working on it here and yeah I have and much more liberating this time around ! :)-->

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Originally posted by outandabout:

I miss the thousands of dollars I gave them.

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yeah me toooooooooooooooo ! of course I do miss the people, the music and yeah all that cash !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --> :D-->

I remember one article about Twi that mocked VPW's account from the Way Living In Love about the snow storm. I think TWI was pretty good at keeping their deep dirty secrets from the media. At that time I remember you had "The Children Of God" "The Moonies" and they seemed to really get the bad press. Having been raised Catholic the term cult never really meant anything and amazing how that so called very large cult kept dirty secrets hidden pretty well too !As bad as TWI was there were worse groups out there but that to me, that does not excuse their behavoir and some left with less scars than others and me I still have some anger I am working through ! Maybe I should call a reporter and see if another media story should be written or even if it's worth repoting ? A an updated story and maybe call it "The Way and What The HELL Happened ? No pasing pasties either ! Probally not worth the ink ! TWI sucks ! Excuse me .

Yeah Oak I started to see the bad press too about TWI around that time peroid. I have to say the media did like a lot things never seem to get the story quite right and TWI was no exception. I remeber the full media blitz being in full force when Takit performed I think around 81 with that "Take A Stand Caravan" or whatever it was called. Dam it was all over the papers and hostlie crowds greeted us lovely TWI folks as we entered the theatre in Minneapolis.I felt sorry for the Way peole living here then as I drove back home ! Even my boss had heard of Takit as I asked for time off ! sheeeesh He got it from the paper ! lol I for one was never too impressed with the media on the coverage and dam Int'l would have made a great 60 minute spot ! Probally just too many cults and a lawsuit about LCM doesn't make much of a ripple outside of The New Knoxville area. What was interesting to me was as soon as Takit left town all was forgotton in our news. They also did an article on TWI in my hometown which was half accurate. Dam lousy reporting I thought !I had conditioned myself too against any bad press but most of what I read was pretty crappy reporting. Hey I found my WOW name tage from 75. Is WOW still a radio station in Omaha ? Dam they thought we were radio WOW'S ! Excuse the side bar talk Oak ! Maybe some have some articles they can post on here ?

Man of a thousand please private post me or IM me. (See my profile) I think I can accomodate ok ? Later :)--> My DSL or your wonderful internet provider keeps returning my dam e-mails to you !!!!! --> --> We will get through this !!!!! :D-->

Originally posted by wyteduv58:

Thank you all for your prayers for me. I DON'T HAVE CANCER (((((DOVEY))) so wonderful to hear ! :)-->

Originally posted by imbus:

Thank you all that reply to my question. imbus I didn't reply to your thread with doctrine or easy answers but it sure is a subject I ponder quite a bit so thanks for putting up for respones to see if I could get something out of your question too. gee it not being in the doctrinal area didn't even phase me ? Go figure ? My quest in knowing this Jesus started before TWI and continues but I have figured out I do have a realtionship with Jesus or a connection so maybe more people on here imbus can add to what's been already been posted. I mean no direspect to those that have already posted. Kit you did say something that stuck a chord about Twi version of what these relationships should be according to their perception because I always felt so alone at times but found I could on my own have a meaningful relationship with this God, Jesus and holy spirit and I think others did that too.

Yes, to our Vetrans here and all our true ally vetrans too. I reflect with sadness and all like Donner's family on what she & many other's experienced with war. I thank and salute you all! Sometimes I forget what that cost of freedom really has cost. I am thankful that cost is still willing to be paid but pray we as a nation never let politics do a diservice or our citizens disrespect our armed forces. :(--> To my neighbor Buddy who wasn't the same big brother type we all loved when he came in the neighborhood back from Viet Nam and who we in our youth disrespected because he had changed and hated our new found ideals. All of us 15 year olds loved you and this 15 year old aged still has you in his heart my big brother who always watched for us and you never messed with Buddy's friends. Ok too much emotion flowin but we all here too have our stories too ! War sucks !

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Originally posted by TheManOfa Thousand ScreenNames:

The real purpose (or Flipper, if you will) is to drag the remaining remant of the 'prevailing household' kicking and screaming back to this planet. :P-->

We're not full yet, so climb aboard. So that's why I loved flipper so much as a child ? Never missed an episode and glad Flipper found another gig and a purpose too ! No PORPOISE CULT FOR HIM ! LOVE THAT FLIPPER !

(For those not familiar with the concept, the above was blatant sarcasm. One quality a fundamental believer in anything tends to lack is of sense of humor, therefore the clarification)

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[ :D--> :D--> :D--> :D--> :D--> :D--> :D-->QUOTE]Originally posted by A la prochaine:

purpose?

to irritate the crap outta' people who find us irritating. :D--> You are way too funny you !!!!!! :D--> TRIPLE TIMES TRIPLE LAUGHTER !!!! STOP THAT !!!!!!!!LMAO x 10 :D-->

Now that that this thread is on t-shirts, flying on the planet lie some pigs do , orbiting like a spacecowboy off the planet and everyhere else I wonder ? can I get a gs t-shirt with a bear logo, favorite baseball team, a pic of Frank Zappa and a spacecowboy put on my special order gs t-shirt ? I wonder ? I WHA WHA WHA WHA WONDER ? Where she will go ?(freakin thread !) My run run run run RUNNAWAY ! Dam I cannot reach those high notes anymore ! Yeah I was punked !!!!!!!!! :D--> I'll get over it and with a few laughs too ! Thank you very much my fellow postersfor the space and Those were the days my friends!!!!! I 'm glad the cult days did end ! --> P.S. Is GS looking for salepeople to sell the t-shirts ?("retire" = I love that word !!!)Will :)-->not however sell door to door !!!!!!!!!!!!! Too much coffee today !!!! -->

Catcup I do understand your intention in what you were saying in what you did. I sometimes think people come on this site just to see how we will repsond. I found the nature of the question not to be of someone who would be scared off so easily and as of yet I have not recieved anything from my sincere offer to discuss (his or her) issues out of the room. Yes maybe I was a bit sarcastic but not mean spirited so I really do wonder if this post was just a put on for someone who gets some demented thrill on reading our responses? WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK ? A GREASESPOT PUNKED ? !!!!! WHAT WE BEEN PUNKED ? :D-->

Congrats you ! Proud of ya you home state transplant !

Vickles you Birthday lady you ! Happy HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! :)-->

yeah ! Hope that cake was good and your BIRTHDAY WAS fun fun !

my timing was off ! hope ya had a good Birthday ! :)-->