Posted by Communications Liaison Ellie Simpson, thanks to Archivist Jon Coss.
The Minutes of the Christian Education Committee include a panel from Peanuts laminated on cardboard. Charles Schulz (who died in February 2000) created the comic strip in 1952.
Schulz was raised a Lutheran, attended the Church of God, and later taught Sunday school in a Methodist church. Presbyterian minister Robert Short wrote The Gospel According to Peanuts, using examples from Peanuts to explain Christian theology. It became the best-selling non-fiction book in the U.S. in 1965. There was even a sequel, The Parables of Peanuts.
The Gospel According to Peanuts. Schulz at the drawing board. The Parables of Peanuts.
As it turns out, Kathy Jones, our Organist and Director of Music Ministries, cut the cartoon out of a Sunday newspaper and gave it to Jean Tischler, then the Director of Christian Education. Jean tacked it up on the Christian Ed bulletin board where it stayed for a long time. (Sigh!)
Sources:
Wikipedia. Charles M. Schulz. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_M._Schulz and The Gospel According to Peanuts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_According_to_Peanuts
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