“Willowbank Wiki”

A Collection of Information About the Key Individuals, Events, Organizations & Topics Related to the Conception, History & Current Operations of The Willowbank Foundation.

Individuals & Groups of Individuals:

  • Board of Directors / Board of Governors
  • Terri Allison, Willowbank Foundation General Manager
  • Norman Grubb, Co-Author of The Willowbank Story & General Secretary for North America of the “Worldwide Evangelization Crusade”
  • Irving Harris, C0-Author of The Willowbank Story
  • Richard C. Halverson D.D., The Willowbank Story Foreword, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate
  • Howard Dickinson
  • Rene Dickinson
  • Abraham Vereide, Founder of the Breakfast Groups & International Christian Leadership (ICL)
  • Harold Cooper
  • Kay Roberts
  • Mrs. Zuill
  • Jack Davis
  • Fernance Perry
  • John Barritt
  • Geoffrey Kitson
  • Canon H. Wallace Bird
  • The Inaugurating Committee Trustees (F. John Barritt, Harold Cooper, W. Jack Davis, Howard Dickinson, Geoffrey Kitson, Fernance Perry)
  • Allan Doughty (Trustee)
  • neville Tatem (Trustee)
  • Peter Jones (Trustee)
  • Melvyn Bassett (Trustee)
  • Edward Richardson (Trustee)
  • Winston Kempe (Trustee)
  • J.B. “Bennie” Ferguson (Trustee)
  • F.S. “Fred” Furbert (Trustee)
  • Joel Benevides (Trustee)
  • Betty Kitson
  • Bill Pringle (Early Donor)
  • W.S. Purvis (Philanthropist)
  • Admiral Brian Spencer
  • Agnes Shields
  • General Glancey, General Motors Vice President
  • Kathleen Tatem
  • David Tatem (Son of Kathleen)
  • Tatem Children (5)
  • Billy Graham
  • Murray Gawne, Anglican Rector of Devonshire
  • Brigadier Charles Watt, Salvation Army
  • Bruce Larson, Director of Fieldwork for “Faith at Work”
  • Anglican Bishop of Bermuda
  • Roy Cook
  • Roy & Evelyne Cook
  • Evelyne Coe Cook
  • Roy & Evelyne Cook children (2)
  • Doug Coe (Fellowship House, Washington)
  • Merv Rosell
  • Dr. Irving Fox
  • Mrs. Milton Coe
  • Mark Hatfield, Professor of Political Science & dean of Men at Willamette
  • Reverend Ted Anderson, Baptist Church Pastor, Salem, Oregon
  • Gillian Savage (1st person to join the Willowbank Community)
  • Paul & Nell Traub (Early Willowbank Community members)
  • Sheila and Harland Buhler
  • Donald Paget
  • Madelaine shaw
  • Evelyn French
  • Marjorie Knapp
  • Sue Hanaford
  • Helen Jennings
  • Patty Loos
  • Patty Barrick
  • Helen Steynor
  • June Godfrey (Personal Assistant to Roy Cook)
  • Robbie
  • Joel Benevides, Building Contractor
  • Lee & Irma Whiston (Massachusetts)
  • Reverand and Mrs. Churchhill
  • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hare
  • New England Banker “Under New Management” (early Willowbank Guest)
  • Herbert “Herbie” Knight
  • Geoff Kitson
  • Charles Watt
  • Clifton “Robbie” Robinson
  • Juan de Bermudez (Spanish Mariner)
  • Admiral Sir George Somers (1609 Shipwrecked & Settled in Bermuda)
  • Stephen Olford, Baptist Minister
  • Kathleen Whittle, Christian Literature Crusade (The Willowbank Story proofreader)
  • Lorna Kerr (The Willowbank Story proofreader)
  • Julia C. Harris (The Willowbank Story manuscript)
  • Anne Espenschied (typing of The Willowbank Story)
  • Peggy Peniston Berk (artwork for The Willowbank Story)
  • Charles Tatem (photography for The Willowbank Story)
  • Mr. Augustinovic (Island Press, The Willowbank Story)
  • Stu and Jan Murtoff (Willowbank leadership successors to Roy and Evelyne Cook)
  • Abe and MarthaVereide (son and daughter in law of I.C.L. Founder Abraham Vereide)
  • Charles Steynor (Willowbank Resort leadership 1983-1988; Spiritual Director 1993-)
  • Jack Harris and wife Mair Harris (assistant to Charles Steynor 1987-88, leadership 1988-)
  • Terri Allison (former Willowbank Manager)
  • Morag Whitehead (former Willowbank Manager)

Events, Organizations & Topics:

  • Presidential Prayer Breakfasts
  • The Willowbank Story
  • Breakfast Groups
  • International Christian Leadership (I.C.L.)
  • National Prayer Breakfast
  • Lee Abbey Christian Retreat Center (England)
  • Wesley Methodist Church
  • The Horse and Buggy
  • The English-Speaking Union
  • Rotary International
  • Bermuda’s 1st ICL Conference
  • “The Heavenly Hotel” Fund
  • Faith at Work Conference (Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania)
  • Worldwide Evangelization Crusade
  • Navigators Program
  • Bermuda Industrial Union Dispute
  • Oregon Fellowship House
  • Bay Grape building
  • Hibiscus unit
  • Bermuda “Roof Wetting” Ceremony
  • New England Banker “Under New Management”
  • Bermuda’s Annual Memorial Day Conference
  • “Herbie’s Nickel”, In God We Trust
  • Christmas at Willowbank
  • Bibles for the World (Willowbank Guests)
  • American Keswick (Willowbank Guests)
  • World Vision Festival of Mission (Willowbank Guests)
  • The Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization (Willowbank Guests)
  • Christian Discovery (Willowbank Guests)
  • The Salvation Army of Bermuda (Willowbank Retreat Guests)
  • The healing powers of the Aloe plant
  • Kiskadee “What is he saying”
  • Willowbank “Prophet in Residence” Visiting Ministry Program
  • Heydon Park
  • Packwood Old Folks Home
  • St. James Church
  • The Sunshine League
  • Prison Ministry
  • Annual Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast

Foundation Beneficiaries: