Dick Irvine and Kiwanis

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Irvine speaksto Kiwanians

Richard Irvine, left, president of the House of Life inKenmore, was guest speaker last week at a meetiDgof the Kenmore Kiwanis Club. Mr. Irvine discussedthe House, which is a 'temple to Jesus,' and toldKiwanians of the beliefs of its membership. Withhim,left to right, are Gary Wilson, Kiwanis preSident, andTom Vazzi, program chairman.


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A BUFFALO FESTIVAL-Some of the 75,000 spec-tators who toured Buffalo's 14th Annual Allentown ArtFestival in Sunday's 85-degree heat stop to view a

r aw sBy MIKE McKEA TING

The 14th Annual Allentown Art Show ended Sundayin an atmosphere more subdued than last year, butjust as colorful as ever.An odd potpourri of people,

includ ng hippies , middle-agedcouples, devotees of KrishnaConsciousness', New Left pam-

"Allentown Reprieve Vindi-cated." EDITORIAL PAGE

Pictures on the Picture Page

phleteers, and even a few artconnoisseurs, walked shoulderto shoulder along DelawareAve. for six hours in Sunday'ss eltering heat.The show was limited thisear to Delaware Ave. between

1 " pper and North Sts., wherepJlice cordoned off traffic toform a pedestrian mall.Festival hours were also

restricted to between noon and6 Pl\l, Saturday. and Sunday.

BOLT 300 artists tookthe show. Franklin

~pt. Carroll Lyman,- anded the police

contingent, estimated thecrowd at 75,000 persons eachday.The 1970 festival attracted

500 artists and an estimated

300,000 spectators, and wassprawled cut all over the manynarrow streets and alleys ofthe city's Allentown district. Onclosing night, police had to usetear gas to quell a disturbancewhich spilled over from ~tavern brawl.This year, the Allentown

Village Society and city offi-cials agreed to limit the sizeof the show and subject itto str icter controls.But for the student of Ameri-

cana, it was just as colorful asever, if quieter and more se-date.

stripe took advantage of the saijl Karen Fraunheim, 25, acrowd to hawk their wares reading disabilities teacher inand/or philosophies. At one West Seneca.point, all four corners of the Mr. and Mrs. Earl SolomonDelaware-Allen St. intersection 9 f Orchard Park, who enteredwe e oc~eg.~m

fsculpture exhibit in this

On one corner, a Krishna ear's festival, approved of theConsciousness devotee was derly atmosphere.hawking the group's magaz ine, "I think its very well con-"Back to Godhead;" on an oIled. I'm very happy withother corner, enta iv "Mrs. Solomon said. iof a Christian commune rno1: ;~ex 1\F State University of Buffalj tU~..,J;;\ouse.2:;.. LIre \V~L - /Executive Vic e Presideri utl.ug,. a new~1!'t' olt"a lbert T. Somit, who toured tilt't'l'iir'dcor~er, a young person festival with his wife told awas ~assmg ou! a leaflet de- reporter: 'mandmg equal rights for homo- "What's really interesting issexuals, and on the fo?rt~ what you can do when you~.orner, a youth was h~Wkmg'l block off traffic and create aUndercurrent, Buffalo s on~y pedestrian mall like this. We

underl?,round newspaper, ~5 should do this more often."cents. Patrolman William J. Mul-

len of the Southside Station,one of 75 city policemen as-signed to traffic control, said:"I like it much better than

last year. It's not so hectic. Iwalked the length of the streetonce today and it \w 11 ceo Ienjoy things like this -

MOST SPECTATORS seemedto approve of the smaller crowdand more controlled atmos-phere.

"I like it. The quality of theIN ADDITION to the artists art seems higher than lastand sculptors, the modern ver- veal'. There's not so much junkSIC n of soapbox ora tors of ev e rv a " " T J.. . .1 9 it's not so spread out "


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June 1971

NEW COMMUNITY IN CHRIST

PUBLISHERS OF TOGflHU

POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY COFFn Moun

2791 DELAWAU AVI.

KENMORE N.Y. '42'7

PHONE: 716-873-8262

If the Son of God ,~.., you f, you .hall b. fro. Ind dl John 8: 36

Brothers and sisters and co-workers in the Lord Jesus Chris t ,

Greet ings in the Name and Love of our Lord! The brothers and sis ters at TheHouse of Life and the staff of TOGETHER are thankful to be able to share inthe recent ly o, rganized_"~e.~us News Service Internat ional" . We wish to opencommunicat ion between ourselves and other members of the body ' by a n exchange --.of publ icat ions and news happenings in our local communit ies . We have foundthat this type of open shar ing in what the Lord is doing is not only exci t ing

and encouraging, but very helpful . I t ' s l ike what Paul said about Chris t ' sbody; "Let al l th ings be done unto edif icat ion" (I Cor. 14:26). Edif icat ionis jus t a big Chris t ian word for being bui l t up and strengthened in the fai thas members in the body of Jesus Chris t~ We feel that a vi ta l par t inChris t ian fel lowship is close communicat ion and upholding one another inprayer before the Father .

The Lord has raised up the minis t ry for Him here very quickly . LastDecember 15 we found ourselves moving into a large 3 s tory house locatedjust outs ide the business dis t r ic t of Buffalo , N.Y. and only blocks fromthe area 's largest col lege campuses . The Lord has real ly blessed and wenow hold Bible Raps and studies on Tue s days and Thursdays; prayer , 6harin~:and tes t imonies on \-J 'ednesdays;and, Fr iday and Saturday, the Power and LightCompany Coffee House is open to communicate the Gospel to the area youth.Sundays we gather for praise and worship of our Lord Jesus Chris t .

The brothers here work to provide bread in a construct ion company that westar ted cal led "The Carpenter ' s Men". The Lord has provided jobs and needs

- are ..beLng met . Praise our wonde rful Lord. for t .he .way. . H e p ro vi de s _ _f or _Hi sFamily! The sis ters here have found an apar tment close by and wil l beworking harder than ever this summer.

The Lord has r ichly blessed our newspaper . TOGETHER with much frui t in aharvest of new lives for Him and a growing ou t reech, Circula t ion is nowover 60,000 per issue and the Lord has helped us grow to be able to reachmore people for Him each issue.

We have seen the Lord Jesus work in many wonderful ways in the l ives ofmany people here in the Buffalo area and we are anxious to hear what Heis doing for you and other par ts of the country . Please keep ' in touch.

May the peace of our Lord bless .you r ichly . Maranathal

- Brother Marty Irvineand al l the brothero andsis ters in the Forever Familyat The House of Life


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House of Lite1ew Community in Christ2 7 9 8 Delware Av e .Kernnore , ~,Y

Dear frothers and Sisters in Christ,

On December15th, we celebrated the second anniversary of theHouse of Life ministry. It has been some time since many of you

have heard from,us, so nowwe would like to share with you some ofthe blessings of the year.

The Lord has been taking us through many changes, molding usto be better used by Him. They take into consideration our

personalities and the ministry God has given to us. Each week ourschedule continues to include prayer meetings Bible studies,i.Jorship service and the Power and Light Coffee House. Ue praisethe Lord for the manynew brothers ar.d sisters that He has broughtto us this year .

.A.lthough many nev faces have been added, we are missing afew brothers and sisters. Bob and Candy Stains are studying atJ.lyackCollege, where the Lord has been blessing and teaching themmuch. Joe Turcer is at Roberts \iesleyan College in Rochesterstudying for the ministry. Dave Derk, Jim Carroll, and Jim Irvineare praying about continuing their educations at christian colleges.Roger Dill is in Costa 1iesa, California fellm1shipping with thec .ristians at Calvary Chapel. liarty Irvine was married to Bonnie}riedburg last month and will be continuing his studies at theUniversity of Duffalo.

One unfortunate event of the year was the discontinuation ofthe "Dust" newspaper. Due to lack of assistance in canpiling thepaper' and some financial troubles. the newspaper has been set aside.Pray for Marty and direction concerning that ministry.

On December 14th, in celebration, a vorsbap service 'Has heldhere to gather together to praise and thank God for these pasttwo years. Our meeting room vas completely full and yet itrepresented only a small fraction of the people '-Ie have come tothrough the ministry here. l'iany of those present uere not christiansu ro years ago. I t just thrilled us to see all the beautifulfaces a n d to recall the wonderful experiences that God has given tous through His ministry here.

',':e continue to praise and thank God for the Houseministry.for allOWingus to be used by Him, Thank you for your part.Please continue to uphold us in pr~er and comevisit and fell~~ship

with us soonI

Love in Jesus,Brothers an d Sistersat the House of Lite


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AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL GUESTS FROM THE

BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT THE HOUSE OF LIFE

Welcome! We h9pe that your stay here with us wi l l be helpful to you.Jus t a few words about what we believe:

The House of Life is a Chr ist ian Disc ip leship Communi ty andal l the brothers and sis ters here have given thei r l ives toserving the Lord Jesus Chr ist and shar ing Him with peoplein any way we can. We simply bel ieve that a personal re la-t ionship wi th Jesus as God 's Son is the solut ion to anyh um an p ro ble m. \-Ie know that we have exper ienced a new li fegiven to us B Y the Lord Jesus Chr ist . We jus t want to sharei t wi th you. All we can do is say, "It ' s real , and i t works- there is a l iving, loving God and He cares about you. I fyou want to know His peace and love, jus t co~e to Him thruJesus and accept what He has done for yo~."

To help al l of us out , we 've come up with a few simple agreementsthat we wish you would abide by whi le you ' re here .

1. The length of your s tay wil l be two days . I f you planto s tay in Buffa lo longer, please look into otheraccommodations whi le you are here , Don ' t hes i ta te toask the elders about any problems that you may have.They wil l be glad to help in any way they can. Theelders are :

Brothers Steve -Ensmenger , Bob .Sta ins ,~Marty Irv ine , Dick Irvine and Roger Di l l

2 . While you are here we ask that you would not usetobacco, a lcohol or drugs. Don ' t br ing any dopeinto the House .

3 . Please be in by 10 :30 P.M. as the door gets locked then.

4. Living quar ters wil l be ass igned to you. Keep yourth ings together . The kitchen. basement and 2nd f loorare off l imits .

5. Please eat a l l meals with us at the regular meal t imes .

6. You are invi ted to attend al l meet ings , s tudies andraps wi th us .

7. A few simple jobs wi ll be ass igned to you so the youcan help o~t around the House.

8. Please s ign our "Guest Book" . This wi l l be helpfulbecause we have to keep track of who 's been here .

9. Let us know when you ' re going to leave so that someonecan see you off .

10 . Al l minis ter ing and teaching will be carried out bythe brothers at the House .


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Suicide Prevention and CrisisService, Inc.560 Main St. Suite 405Buffalo, N.Y. 1420~November 11, 1971

Hamburg Town Youth BoardHamburg Town HallHamburg, New York

Attn.: Mr. Robertson

Dear M r . Robertson:

The House of Life in Kenmore, N.Y., has informed me that they areexploring with you ways of developing programs to help young people,with the possibility of including their approach to youth as one ofthe means to that end. They have asked that I write to you a letterexplaining and endorsing their goals and methods, of operations.

I will speak of the experience' that I, several of my clients,andour agency has had with the House of Life. We operate several twentyfour hour telephone emergency sercices under contract to the Erie Coun-ty Department of Mental Health, including a Crisis Line, a Teen HotLine, a Problems of Living Line and a Drug Hot Line, receiving in theaggregate about two thousand calls a month. Additionally, we operatea twelve hour a day Crisis Clinic that sees between 250 and 500 dif-ferent clients every month, and a night time storefront counsellingcenter that sees about 300 different clients every month. From all

of these services, we have had need to use the kind of help that theHouse of Life is willing to give on many occasions.

Specifically, we find we are able to call the House of Life atany time of the day or night to secure temporary lodging for homelessyoung (or even older) people, or runaways. This service has providedus a breathing space so that the following day we are able to contactthe significant others involved and begin a counseling process thatwill resolve the crisis that led to the runaway. In this regard, theHouse fo Life itself has a policy of encouraging :unaways to returnhome and work things out. We have used the services of House of Lifepeople to supply a "crash pad" for a person on a bad trip, or to other-wise see a young person through a bad drug experience when no othersuch help is available. I want to emphasize that the House of Lifehas a strict and well disciplined rule against drugs on their prem-ises. My knowledge of this comes through one of our most trustedinterns at SPCS, herself a former heroin addict, and a counselor fortwo years in the David Wilkerson program (of "Cross and Switchblade"fame) who has recently received her Masters degree in RehabilitationCounseling. This counselor, by the way, has made her Church horne atthe House of Life, and functions competently and harmoniously with thefifteen other psychologists, clinical nurses, social workers, lawyersand clergy at SPCS.

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Finally, on several occasions I have referred troubled and non-functional young people in my therapy groups to the House of Lifefor the purpose of having a warm and accepting socializing experi-ence. All have reported back to the group that they have,had a veryproductive experience and found they were able to get something thatstarted them functioning again. Some found it in the free-form rel-

igious services, ot~ers in the warmth of the social interaction after-wards, or at the coffee-hcJse type of gathering.

Perhaps it should also be mentioned that in addition to my pro-fessional social work and psychotherapist functions I am an Episcopalpriest, and as such am a member:of an urban clergy group who took itupon themselves to investigate the House of Life. Though we findtheir expression of religion different from ours, the clergy solidlyapproved of the House of Life from both a religious and a human pointof vi.ew~

If you have any further questions about my experience with theHouse of Life, I would be happy to answer such questions as you maydesire, or meet with you to discuss it further.

Very -truly yo~rs7)~.-)I .... / ./

(....: t, ~~~;:4,,0:,// ,irohnA. Russell, M. Div.,

/ /Director of Education andM.S.W.Consultation

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