[Dialogue] Death of Gordon Cosby

[Rngjdg]

I remember when you were very interested in the Church of the Savior. Isn't it interesting the paths we take especially when either would have been great plus hundreds of others.  You couldn't have lived a more fulfilled life than the one you lived on the path you took.  Blessings on the work of the Cosbys.  Hope John is doing well today.  I am just getting started with my day.  Love to you both.  Diane

Oh, Reyes's address didn't come through or I couldn't open it.  



-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com>
To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>; 'Colleague Dialogue' <dialogue at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2013 8:21 pm
Subject: [Dialogue] Death of Gordon Cosby


Forrest Craver sent the message below about Gordon Cosby's death.

 
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. 
 
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. 
 
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. 
 
Journey on, Gordon (and Joseph), with deep gratitude for your combined history-changing work. 
 
Lynda Cock (and John) 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Forrest Craver [mailto:forrestecraver at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:34 AM
To: JPC/LLC
Subject: Please post this list servs
 
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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