Kendall & Elizabeth at Kendall’s ordination:

preaching as a seminarian at St. John’s Johns Island SC

Kendall speaking at the Plano gathering, 2003:

More wonderful pictures celebrating Kendall, his lovely bride Elizabeth, and their family:

Kendall’s daughter Selimah got together with some of her friends from her acapella group to wish Kendall Happy Birthday:

As our family informant noted, Kendall can be very silly at times. Here are a few more pix from Kendall as he was growing up, with a few special shots celebrating Kendall’s love of a good time, and his wonderful. infectious and well-known laugh! We’ve provided a few captions sent to us along with the pictures, but once again: creative caption submissions are welcome!

Kendall in elementary school:

Kendall is quite silly some times, here playing the “hysterical fan”

Kendall in high school:

He is known for his laugh – it is recognizable from a distance:

From Kendall’s son Nathaniel:

[i]we’re hoping to get a higher resolution copy of this so that the text is visible – stay tuned[/i]

Update: Here’s the text

Dad, You’re 50! But remember it has its benefits:

-Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size

Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can’t remember them either.

In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.

See! It’s not that bad!

Happy birthday – N

I am interested in what birthday you remember most thankfully and why. Please note that it can be either your birthday, or a birthday of someone else that you helped them celebrate. The most specifics you have the more the rest of us can enjoy your entry–KSH.

Selimah, Kendall’s youngest daughter has a lovely birthday greeting for her dad!

Thanks to a wonderful “guest elf” within Kendall’s family, who shall remain anonymous, we’ve got some WONDERFUL pictures of Kendall we’ll be sharing throughout the day as part of Kendall’s 50th Birthday Bash. Creative captions are welcome!

This is a photo Kendall’s mother loved of her two boys: Randall and Kendall (Kendall
is the older on the right)

Early practice for ministry?? As our informant noted, this is Kendall playing with his brother,
but it looks like baptizing!

In honor of Kendall’s birthday, we’ve put together a quiz to test how well you know Kendall. Answers will follow later in the day, and there may be some clues posted throughout the day. We elves are open to suggestions as to what prize to award the winner!

1) Where did Kendall grow up?

2) When did Kendall meet Christ personally?

3) What college (university) did he attend? Bonus points if you know his major?

4) Where did Kendall meet his wife Elizabeth?

5) How many children do Kendall & Elizabeth have? Bonus points for names….

6) What was the topic of Kendall’s PhD dissertation? Bonus points if you can tell where he earned it.

7) How many times has Kendall served as a deputy to General Convention from South Carolina?

8) How many dogs do the Harmon family currently own? Bonus points for name(s) and breed(s).

9) What are some of Kendall’s favorite hobbies? [lots of room for creative answers on this one!]

10) What are Kendall’s current positions in the Diocese of SC?

Abigail, Kendall & Elizabeth’s oldest daughter, sent us her birthday message to her dad to share on the blog:

Kendall turns 50 today!! To mark this occasion, we elves, with the encouragement and collaboration of certain of Kendall’s close family members, are hijacking the blog today, totally unbeknownst to Kendall! We have lots of fun surprises planned, so check back often throughout the day.

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Kendall turns 50 today!! To mark this occasion, we elves, with the encouragement and collaboration of certain of Kendall’s close family members, are hijacking the blog today, totally unbeknownst to Kendall! We have lots of fun surprises planned, so check back often throughout the day.

We’d like to invite all TitusOneNine readers to join in the celebration of Kendall’s 50th birthday today. We encourage you to share your greetings, and best wishes on this thread. Even more, we would invite readers to share their appreciation of Kendall, a remembrance of some time you met him or heard him speak, a funny story… Help us all celebrate his life and ministry today by joining in!

Note: you can also honor Kendall by contributing to the open thread Kendall prepared for today and share your own favorite birthday memories.