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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Here is the list that I
requested, from Paula Philbrook.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> <FONT size=2 face=Arial>Darrell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
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<P><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.6pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">THE <SPAN
style="COLOR: "><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"
color=#222222>20</FONT></SPAN> <SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#222222>PRINCIPLES</FONT></SPAN> OF
<SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"
color=#222222>CORPORATENESS</FONT></SPAN></FONT><U></U><U></U></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">1.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: "><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc" color=#222222>Corporateness</FONT></SPAN>
grows out of a mutual calling.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">2.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt">Covenant and discipline sustain
community.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">3.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt">Regular accountability of each member is
necessary.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">4.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt">Absolution is that without which <SPAN
style="COLOR: "><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"
color=#222222>corporateness</FONT></SPAN> fails.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">5.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.15pt">Each member has a gift to be developed and
offered.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">6.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt">Everyone is responsible for the whole
mission.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">7.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: -0.3pt">Worship of <EM>God</EM> by whatever name is the
most important act of the community.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">8.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">The community has one mission, not
many.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">9.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Sacrificial commitment of time and resources is
crucial.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">10.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt">Care is provided
structurally.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">11.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">The power is in the <I>center of </I>the
table.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">12.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt">
</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN>Decisions are made by consensus, not by majority
vote.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">13.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">Equity, not equality, is the key to
fairness.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">14.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.05pt">Effectiveness, not efficiency, is the hallmark of
service.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">15.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.4pt">The first response is always
<EM>yes</EM>.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">16.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">Indirection is preferred to direct
encounter.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">17.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.2pt">Only criticize with an alternative model to
offer.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">18.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">Only decide or act as a team of two or
more.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">19.<SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt">The external situation is never the real
problem.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN style="LETTER-SPACING: 0.25pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: "><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffcc"
color=#222222>20</FONT></SPAN>.<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "><FONT
style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt"> </FONT><FONT size=3>The community <EM>has </EM>local
autonomy and global responsibility.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Dear Darrell and other colleagues,</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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?"</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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."</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Grace and peace to you, Darrell, and thank you for asking your important
question.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Marilyn</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Dr. Marilyn R. Crocker<BR>123 Sanborn Road<BR>West Newfield, ME
04095<BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>On Tue, 15 May 2012 06:32:18 -0700 "darrell walker" <<A
href="mailto:darrell66@earthlink.net">darrell66@earthlink.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> Darrell Walker – in Phoenix where it will be 106F
today.</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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