[Dialogue] code list

[Len Hockley]

Will do!
Len


On 5/16/2012 7:13 AM, Jack Gilles wrote:
> Can't we post the document on the Repository and we can all access it 
> rather than email copies to everyone?
>
> Jack
> On May 16, 2012, at 7:54 AM, M George Walters wrote:
>
>> Please send me a copy as well
>> *From:* dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net 
>> <mailto:dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net> 
>> [mailto:dialogue-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] *On Behalf Of 
>> *jlepps at pc.jaring.my <mailto:jlepps at pc.jaring.my>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:15 PM
>> *To:* Colleague Dialogue
>> *Subject:* Re: [Dialogue] code list
>> Thanks Marilyn.
>>
>> That was indeed a great experience -- recording the polity we were 
>> living. Do you still have a copy of the document? Regretfully I do not.
>>
>> Grace & Peace
>>
>> John
>>
>> At 07:42 PM 5/15/2012, you wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Dear Darrell and other colleagues,
>>
>> In the spring and summer of 1977 I was part of a small task force 
>> commissioned by JWM to "write up our Order Polity."  He fully 
>> intended to present this, once vetted by him, later that year, 
>> because when we presented the final document to him, two months 
>> before he died, his question was, "Can I bring this to Rome?"
>>
>> The task force was a wonderful mix -- David Morton, a brilliant 
>> writer and thinker outside the box; John Epps, a solid theologian;  
>> Lyn Matthews, a profound and mature keeper of the memory for decades; 
>> Isobel Bishop, one of the first leaders of the movement in Australia, 
>> the continent where our work first began to manifest relevance; and 
>> me, Marilyn Crocker, member of the OE since 1968 -- and whose 
>> credentials others than I can offer.
>>
>> At that time we five were also functioning as the Global Panchayat, 
>> whose universal roles were to "guard the comprehensive; defend the 
>> deeps; and watch the election."
>>
>> The Polity Document we compiled, on behalf of the OE, was 112 pages.  
>> The statements you requested can be found on pages 54 - 62, and are 
>> entitled the 24 Classic Principles of the Order Ecumenical.
>>
>> As this was one of the most focused, and internally vetted (thanks to 
>> JWM)  efforts to "document" our polity experiment, I am sorry you and 
>> others may not be able to access it on Golden Pathways.
>>
>> I thank my beloved partners in that wondrous six month adventure, 
>> David, John, Isobel -- and Lyn -- and of course, Joe.  When Bishop 
>> Jim, Joe's brother, visited with us here in Maine six or so years 
>> ago, he asked me for a copy of the "Polity Document."  I was happy I 
>> had an extra copy and could pass it along. I imagine he, if anyone, 
>> could appreciate how both the UMC polity, and the collaborative modes 
>> of so many global civilizations all conspired to shape "who we were" 
>> in those wonderful days.
>>
>> Grace and peace to you, Darrell, and thank you for asking your 
>> important question.
>>
>> Marilyn
>>
>>
>> Dr. Marilyn R. Crocker
>> 123 Sanborn Road
>> West Newfield, ME 04095
>>
>> On Tue, 15 May 2012 06:32:18 -0700 "darrell walker" 
>> <darrell66 at earthlink.net <mailto:darrell66 at earthlink.net> > writes:
>> At some point in the far-distant past, I remember a code, a list of 
>> twenty or so statements of foundational beliefs of the Order.  One of 
>> the statements went something like “effectiveness, not efficiency, 
>> is the mark of our work.”  Another paraphrased was “care is 
>> rendered structurally.”  Does anyone recall (and have a copy) of 
>> the list I am referring to.  If so, I would like to have a copy.
>>     Darrell Walker – in Phoenix where it willl be 106F today.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Dialogue mailing list
>> Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
>> _______________________________________________
>> Dialogue mailing list
>> Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net <mailto:Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dialogue mailing list
> Dialogue at lists.wedgeblade.net
> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/dialogue-wedgeblade.net
>    

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.wedgeblade.net/pipermail/dialogue-wedgeblade.net/attachments/20120516/49cffde2/attachment.html>