Central Christian Church

When Jim started working at Central Christian in Fort Worth, he needed John Dan's talents and knew that his brother was dependable. John Dan had enjoyed Broadway in a passive way. There were "experts" at Broadway who did everything. The young people weren't given a chance to be helpful.
John Dan loved helping his brother in his work with young people and being able to use his abilities. Went in the old church bus with Jim, and kept the old bus running most of the time.

At Central Christian, John Dan met Jeff Manske. Jeff would come to our house in the middle of the night when he couldn't get in at home. He climbed the trellis and slipped into John Dan's room, never waking anyone. I guess John Dan left his window ajar.
Our boss always had a knack for finding boys who needed family.

I don't remember when John Dan actually moved his membership to Central. He just sorta grew up there.
He's still doing the sort of things that he and Jim did there together, I think. And he is appreciated.

Some time in there K- Mom's 1959 Ford was passed on to us, and John Dan drove that for years. Probably used it to take Steve and Lisa to rehearsals for The Littlest Wiseman in the winter of 1976.