Morning Star Fellowship - part 3

Here's another installment on the history of Morning Star Fellowship.  I've been focusing on the founding families of the church - primarily the Hart and Kealy families.  In the last installment I mentioned that Shawn Hart had a secret that he told no one.  That secret is revealed in the story "The Bond" which I just finished about a week and a half ago.  Now on to Fred Kealy and his family.  By the way the story, "Grace Song", that I'm working on right now is a Kealy family story.

The 1960s
The summer after Fred Kealy graduated from high school he married his high school sweetheart Alice Allyn.  They lived in a small one bedroom apartment. He worked part time in the office at church while she worked at an insurance company.  In the fall Fred started college and continued to work at the church.  In addition to this Fred started to become involved in various ministries through the church and various Christian outreaches out in the community.  Sometimes Alice joined him.  He did manage to stay on top of his school studies while he was busy with church and ministry.

Fred became so busy that Alice rarely saw him home.  From time to time she saw him in the evenings.  She always smiled and tried to keep a positive outlook on things.  She also prayed that he would keep his priorities straight, and that he would always be in God's will in everything that he did.

There were times when Alice told Fred, "Honey, you need to be home tonight. You need time to yourself.  You don't have to tell every Tom, Dick and Harry 'yes'."

Fred always replied, "But, my father is always telling my brother and I that he expects a lot out of us."

When Fred and Alice had gotten married she had told him that she wanted several children.  But he told her that he wanted no more than three.  They had decided to start their family after he finished college.  The summer after Fred finished his first year of college Alice discovered that she was accidentally pregnant.  He told her that he was not happy about them starting a family already while he was still in college.

Jason Kealy was born while his father was in the middle of his second year of college.  The baby had his mother's blonde hair and big gray eyes.

Fred told Alice, "I think he's going to look like you, Dear."

Alice replied, "I pray that he will be serious about the things of God like his father is."