Camp: Texas Palestine

Messages spoken at the Texas Palestine Camps Farthest Out

Texas Palestine CFO:

10 messages from 5 gatherings, 1959 to 1987.

Texas campers, who first gathered in 1946, settled in 1955 at the Lakeview Methodist Assembly Grounds in Palestine, and by 1980 they had held twenty-four camps there. The name Texas Palestine dates from 1959. In the 2000s campers moved to Glen Rose as the Texas Autumn CFO. The recordings run from 1959 to 1987 and include Ruth Robison, Al Durrance and Tommy Tyson, among others.

Where Texas Palestine CFO Met

1 place, 1959 to 1987
  • Lakeview Methodist Assembly Grounds, Palestine1959, 1967, 1982, 1984, 1987

1950s

1959Texas Palestine CFO 19593 messages

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  1. Easter Monday Instead of Good Friday

    by Ruth Robison

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    Ruth Robison tells how her Richmond prayer group moved its three-hour Easter service to Easter Monday rather than Good Friday. Fifty people went into small groups to study the appearances of Jesus after the resurrection, and nobody wanted to go home at ten o'clock. She was opening the week at the Texas Palestine CFO in 1959.

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  2. The Artist Who Could Not Paint the Eyes

    by Ruth Robison

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    Closing a week at the Texas Palestine CFO in 1959, Ruth Robison tells the story of an artist. He studied an old man's compassion, a child's brightness, and a young person's expectancy before he dared to paint the eyes of Jesus. Christ has no other eyes in the world today, she tells campers, than theirs.

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  3. Lights On the Highway

    by Ruth RobisonMay 8, 1959

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1960s

1967Texas Palestine CFO Spring Retreat 19671 message

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  1. God Knows When To Yank the Coattails Away

    by Norman ElliottMay 18, 1967

1980s

1982Texas Palestine CFO 19822 messages

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  1. Present Me, Granddaddy

    by Tommy TysonJune 1, 1982

  2. Transmitting Life

    by Tommy TysonJune 2, 1982

1984Texas Palestine CFO 19843 messages

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  1. Paul Was a Southerner

    by Al DurranceMay 25, 1984

  2. Hang Loose: Hiram and the Necktie

    by Al DurranceMay 26, 1984

  3. A Casket For the Fly

    by Al DurranceMay 29, 1984

1987Texas Palestine CFO Retreat 19871 message

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  1. The Best John Hobbs I Could Be

    by John HobbsMay 25, 1987