[Oe List ...] Services for Kjell Knutsen

[Ken Fisher via OE]

Recalling Kjell as laid-back, humourous, kind, friendly and intentional.

I enjoyed each and every encounter and opportunity to work together.

Ken Fisher









On Feb 16, 2017, at 7:55 PM, zbarley via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

Yes many thanks to Kjell for his pioneering work as he returned to Malaysia under Bishop Yap Kim Hao to begin our work there. We lived in a Methodist International house - Andrew will remember sharing a room with Wayne Marshall and I think Bernhard as well although he and Ray may have shared.  Kjell recruited the first PLC and worked daily to get our visas approved while we waited in LA as the house there was just starting up. We did child care for the House until we were cleared just days before the course was to begin.

Kjell and I created a bit of a stir in conservative Malaysia as we traveled together to teach courses. He was known and beloved everywhere we went. His former church members greeted him lovingly and more than once smoothed the way thru bureaucracies. When we drove a car load of materials to Singapore for the ITI he got us thru customs without having to pay a heavy duty.

Those were great and amazing days. Rest well Kjell.

Zoe (and Ken) Barley



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From: Sherwood Shankland via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> 
Date: 2017/02/16 5:28 PM (GMT-07:00) 
To: Timothy Wegner <tim at tswegner.net>, Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> 
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Services for Kjell Knutsen 

Greetings to the Knutsen family network :-) Kjell and Marginelle converted their parsonage in Petalling Jaya, Malaysia into the KL House, where in 1975 I joined Dick and Gail West, Titus and Augusta Jayasakera, and others in a place where we operated as the Order Ecumenical under close watch by the Malaysian government. Our weekly Order Report arrived after a few days delay due to censorship with phrases and paragraphs blacked out. Never a dull moment in Southeast Asia...Kjell was in Klang, pastor of the Methodist Church there, and was our steady House Church celebrant. He and Margie were great hosts for a new arrival to Asia, sharing in-depth historical background, current trends and lots of contacts in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The International Training Institutes were a staple program of both 6 week and 3 week formats in Penang, Singapore, Bandung among other locations. Eunice and I met at Area Council meetings and on our visa turn-around trips between KL and S'pore. Kjell had a calming presence that calmed our anxieties and a spirit of adventure that pushed us into action. Thanks, Kjell for the grand adventure of your life and a vocational path that showed us all how to weather the storms. Rest in Peace, my friend and Journey on...Our love and admiration for the whole Knutsen clan! Eunice and Sherwood

From: "Timothy Wegner via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
To: "Order Ecumenical Community" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>, "David Dunn" <dmdunn1 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 3:20:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Services for Kjell Knutsen

Andrew requested to be on listserv and I approved. 

On Feb 16, 2017 12:21 PM, "David Dunn via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote:
From Marie Sharp:

Linda Knutsen has sent word of the death of Kjell Knutsen (father of Lester, Reinard, Andrew, Ray, and Svend).  A memorial service will be held in Boise, Idaho with their entire family gathering.  The family would appreciate reading stories and condolences from the ICA/OE community during the service.  Would you please post Linda's email on both the OE and ICA List-serves?

Grace and Peace,
Marie Sharp


Hi Marie,

Neither Andrew or Reinard are on the ICA list-serve, so I wonder if you would make an announcement there for us? The simplest for you would be to just link to this website that Svend (Kjell's youngest son) created: http://kjellknutsen.com <http://kjellknutsen.com/>.

The service will be Sunday, February 18 at 2pm at Hillview United Methodist Church, in Boise. Please ask everyone to send their stories and condolences to Andrew at ack2.trailhiker at gmail.com <mailto:ack2.trailhiker at gmail.com>.

Thank you *so* much, Marie!

With metta,
Linda


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