[Dialogue] Death of Gordon Cosby

[Mary D'Souza]

Thank you Lynda and Forrest Craver.
Sounds like an amazing human being.
Mary

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:51 AM, Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> Forrest Craver sent the message below about Gordon Cosby's death.
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> During our time in the WDC House and during the Local Church Experiment, the
> Cocks, Cravers, and others were pleased to have Rev. Gordon Cosby,
> co-founder of the Church of the Savior in WDC, speak and be part of our
> House Church.
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> This was especially significant for us because Gordon and Mary Cosby had
> been the influential and challenging leadership of a college CSM (Christian
> Student Movement) retreat that we attended back in 1960. After seminary and
> in an early parish, we studied the books written about the Church of the
> Savior, as well as the article in Time magazine about the Ecumenical
> Institute. We were in Virginia at another congregation when Bill Newkirk and
> Carl Ennis visited, urging us to recruit a PLC and then an RS-I.
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> So we were torn between Church of Savior and EI. EI provided a place to
> live. Trusting the mystery and George Holcombe, Jim Addington (PLC), Marilyn
> Miller, and Phil Townley (RS-I for our parishioners), we made our big
> journey to the West Side in a blizzard during March 1969 ... 44 years ago
> this month. The rest is history.
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> Journey on, Gordon (and Joseph), with deep gratitude for your combined
> history-changing work.
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> Lynda Cock (and John)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: Forrest Craver [mailto:forrestecraver at gmail.com]
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> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:34 AM
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> To: JPC/LLC
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> Subject: Please post this list servs
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> Our colleague Rev. Gordon Cosby, a 4th generation Baptist minister ,died
> yesterday. A four decade colleague of JWM, every summer Gordon and JWM would
> meet at Kirkridge with Oliver Nelson to plot church renewal strategies.
> Gordon's obit will appear in today or tomorrow's Washington Post. His
> memorial service will be held at Foundry UMC in DC.
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