[Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical

[David Scott]

Phylis Christmas

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Nancy Lanphear <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
> Dear Ones,
>
> Our common memory is such a gift.  Each of us can let go of some of our
> worry about loosing our own.  Thanks for sharing your memories with me.
>
> Love,
>
> Nancy
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <marosel2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Who can forget Dawn Lingo and Lynette Shanklin?
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022 at gmail.com>
>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
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>> I learned so much from Lois Reeves and Emma Melton in the Cleveland
>> Region. I am so grateful for their presence in our lives. Many things they
>> said still make me smile. Their wisdom and leadership were very important
>> in the ICA's work.
>>
>> Mary Laura Jones
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, McCabe, Diann A <dm14 at txstate.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep
>> colleague in Mississippi, the late Ruth Wilson.
>>
>> Diann McCabe
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <nancy at songaia.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Randy,
>>
>> I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it was like
>> to be black in the Order.  I remember Phoebe Reynolds, Christine Harris, and
>> some of the children  .... Tad and Todd Mueller, Eric Shropshire, Adam and
>> Kaira Lingo, Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward   ... I am sorry , who are the
>> others who have slipped through my memory ...?  Thank you Joyce and Randy
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Joyce,
>>
>> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what it was
>> like to be black and to have been in the O:E has me wanting to hear more
>> about what that experience was like, and trying to
>> recall our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the
>> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.
>>
>> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire, I remember Larry Ward, Nadine
>> Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I think, Epson.
>> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot recall.  Who
>> were they?
>>
>> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the U.S at
>> least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist, combined with the
>> fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural diversity of all
>> kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but embraced by more and more
>> people.
>>
>> On behalf of the future, with an eye toward how all people
>> may live together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded
>> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as those of
>> others, on what it was like then to be black and in the O:E and what, with
>> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.
>>
>> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert, Nadine,
>> Harold and others now departed who have impacted our community
>> and consciousness over the years.
>>
>> Randy
>>
>> "Listen to what is emerging from yourself to the course of being in the
>> world; not to be supported by it, but to bring it to reality as it desires."
>> -Martin Buber (adapted)
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Margaret and David Scott
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