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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net
[mailto:dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jack Gilles<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:14
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Colleague
Dialogue</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Dialogue] code list</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Can't we post the document on the Repository and we can all access it
rather than email copies to everyone?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On May 16, 2012, at 7:54 AM, M George Walters wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>Please send me a
copy as well<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><span
class=apple-converted-space><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> </span></font></span><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><a
href="mailto:dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>[mailto:dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net]<span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span></b><a
href="mailto:jlepps@pc.jaring.my">jlepps@pc.jaring.my</a><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Tuesday, May 15, 2012 11:15 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Colleague
Dialogue</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>Re: [Dialogue] code list<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks Marilyn.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
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Grace & Peace<br>
<br>
John<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br>
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At 07:42 PM 5/15/2012, you wrote:<br>
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Dear Darrell and other colleagues,<br>
<br>
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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Rome</st1:place></st1:City>?"<br>
<br>
The task force was a wonderful mix -- David Morton, a brilliant writer and
thinker outside the box; <st1:PersonName w:st="on">John Epps</st1:PersonName>,
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.<br>
<br>
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."<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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 <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Maine</st1:place></st1:State>
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.<br>
<br>
Grace and peace to you, Darrell, and thank you for asking your important
question.<br>
<br>
Marilyn<br>
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Dr. Marilyn R. Crocker<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">123 Sanborn Road</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
West <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Newfield</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">ME</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">04095</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
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On Tue, 15 May 2012 06:32:18 -0700 "darrell walker" <<a
href="mailto:darrell66@earthlink.net">darrell66@earthlink.net</a><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.â€
Does anyone recall (and have a copy) of the list I am referring to. If so,
I would like to have a copy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> Darrell Walker – in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Phoenix</st1:place></st1:City> where it willl be 106F today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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