Arvella Schuller

The Crystal Cathedral's senior pastor announced Sunday that she was leaving to start a new church, a move that appears likely to split the congregation. "This is the last Sunday we will be worshiping in this building," Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman told congregants during an emotional 11 a.m. service in the 10,000-pane glass cathedral, designed by architect Phillip Johnson. Schuller Coleman's announcement came one day after her parents, church founder Robert H. Schuller and his wife, Arvella Schuller, resigned from the Crystal Cathedral's board of directors, which oversees the ministry's trademark "Hour of Power" broadcast.

The Crystal Cathedral's senior pastor announced Sunday that she was leaving to start a new church, a move that appears likely to split the congregation. "This is the last Sunday we will be worshiping in this building," Pastor Sheila Schuller Coleman told congregants during an emotional 11 a.m. service in the 10,000-pane glass cathedral, designed by architect Phillip Johnson. Schuller Coleman's announcement came one day after her parents, church founder Robert H. Schuller and his wife, Arvella Schuller, resigned from the Crystal Cathedral's board of directors, which oversees the ministry's trademark "Hour of Power" broadcast.

Robert and Arvella Schuller will mark their 40th year of ministry at the Crystal Cathedral on Sunday by re-creating their original services at a drive-in movie theater. The Schullers plan to appear in a replica of the 1953 Chevrolet they drove to their first services at the movie theater. Arvella Schuller said she will play the organ she used in the 1950s. Actor Charlton Heston will join the celebration to talk about the first Schuller service.

Robert H. Schuller and his wife cited the "negative" environment at the church he founded when announcing their resignation from the Crystal Cathedral board. "We cannot continue to serve on the board in what has become an adversarial and negative atmosphere especially since it now seems that it will not be ending any time soon," Arvella Schuller said in a statement Saturday. The Schullers' resignation marks the end of an era. For the first time, no family member is serving on the board of the church that Robert Schuller founded 42 years ago. A minister from the Midwest, Schuller began preaching in Southern California in 1955 from the roof of a snack shop at a drive-in theater.

The wife of televangelist and Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller is recovering after her second operation Saturday. Arvella Schuller, the 68-year-old executive producer of the "Hour of Power" TV program, underwent corrective surgery at UCI Medical Center in Orange on Saturday morning after a Friday heart bypass operation, a church spokesman said. "There was some bleeding, and the doctors went in and found the source of it. The prognosis is good.

In the first Sunday services at Crystal Cathedral since the Rev. Robert H. Schuller underwent emergency brain surgery in Amsterdam, followers prayed en masse for their ailing pastor and listened to brief messages from his wife and two daughters. In an international phone call, broadcast live over the church's sound system, Arvella Schuller told the 8:30 a.m.

Embroiled in a legal dispute with the church he founded, Robert H. Schuller and his wife have resigned from the international board of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove. The resignations are a result of a breakdown in negotiations over financial claims against the church that the Schullers filed in Bankruptcy Court. FOR THE RECORD: Crystal Cathedral: An article in the March 11 California section about Robert H. Schuller's departure from the board of the Crystal Cathedral said that he founded the church 42 years ago. The television ministry began 42 years ago, but Schuller founded the church 57 years ago, in 1955.

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, whose services from the Crystal Cathedral are watched by millions worldwide, used the 39th anniversary celebration of the founding of his ministry Sunday to announce his latest vision: building the largest Sunday school in California. "You will help me," Schuller told more than 3,000 worshipers as he stood beside his 20-foot-tall image on a huge Sony TV screen. "We're going after the next generation. And their kids. . . .

Every Sunday around 9:30 a.m., James Lawson ascends the Crystal Cathedral's Crean Tower in a basket-like hoist to begin his weekly performance on the world's second largest carillon, located atop the 142-foot spire. The 52-bell instrument is played manually from a clavier (keyboard) located in a small room just beneath the bells. "Many people assume they are electronic," said Tanya Kirkland, an attendant at the prayer chapel in the base of the spire.

The wife of televangelist and Crystal Cathedral founder Robert Schuller is recovering after her second operation Saturday. Arvella Schuller, the 68-year-old executive producer of the "Hour of Power" TV program, underwent corrective surgery at UCI Medical Center in Orange on Saturday morning after a Friday heart bypass operation, a church spokesman said. "There was some bleeding, and the doctors went in and found the source of it. The prognosis is good.

The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, whose services from the Crystal Cathedral are watched by millions worldwide, used the 39th anniversary celebration of the founding of his ministry Sunday to announce his latest vision: building the largest Sunday school in California. "You will help me," Schuller told more than 3,000 worshipers as he stood beside his 20-foot-tall image on a huge Sony TV screen. "We're going after the next generation. And their kids. . . .

Robert and Arvella Schuller will mark their 40th year of ministry at the Crystal Cathedral on Sunday by re-creating their original services at a drive-in movie theater. The Schullers plan to appear in a replica of the 1953 Chevrolet they drove to their first services at the movie theater. Arvella Schuller said she will play the organ she used in the 1950s. Actor Charlton Heston will join the celebration to talk about the first Schuller service.

Every Sunday around 9:30 a.m., James Lawson ascends the Crystal Cathedral's Crean Tower in a basket-like hoist to begin his weekly performance on the world's second largest carillon, located atop the 142-foot spire. The 52-bell instrument is played manually from a clavier (keyboard) located in a small room just beneath the bells. "Many people assume they are electronic," said Tanya Kirkland, an attendant at the prayer chapel in the base of the spire.

In the first Sunday services at Crystal Cathedral since the Rev. Robert H. Schuller underwent emergency brain surgery in Amsterdam, followers prayed en masse for their ailing pastor and listened to brief messages from his wife and two daughters. In an international phone call, broadcast live over the church's sound system, Arvella Schuller told the 8:30 a.m.

Doctors treating the Rev. Robert H. Schuller in Amsterdam on Friday upgraded his condition to stable after determining that medication prescribed to relieve swelling in his brain took effect overnight. The Garden Grove-based televangelist was "alert, verbal and he even briefly sat up in his chair," said Michael Nason, a spokesman for Schuller. "It's a lot better day than (Thursday)."

The Rev. and Mrs. Robert H. Schuller will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and renew their vows with their son Robert A. Schuller officiating at the 9:30 and 11 a.m. worship services Sunday at the Crystal Cathedral. The choir will sing "Because," which the Schullers featured at their wedding. After each service, wedding cake, lemonade and coffee will be served.