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

Sat Jun 2 10:17:22 PDT 2012

She was my roommate in 1969.

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:54 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a name in my head that I can't quite put a face with.  Does the
> name *Marcella* *Buchanan*, or something like that, ring a bell with
> anyone?
>
> 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)
>    *From:* James Wiegel <jfwiegel at yahoo.com>
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Cc:* Order Ecumenical Community <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:03 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
>
> You sang on the bus all the way to the Bahamas ?  Wow.
>
> Jim Wiegel
> Jfwiegel at yahoo.com
>
> I can't say as I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
> Daniel Boone
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2012, at 18:25, "Ann Shafer" <asgoodasitgets at hughes.net> wrote:
>
> > And I so enjoyed working with everyone in Fifth City but most especially
> > Velma Brocks who is my daughter, Catherine's, godmother. Velma could say
> so
> > much without saying anything. She and I handled the Fifth City payroll
> for
> > awhile. Plus David and I had a wonderful time on the Fifth City to the
> World
> > trip to the Bahamas so beautifully enabled and spiritized by Alice and
> Jim
> > Baumbach. Remember Peggy who led the singing on our bus all the way there
> > and back? I know the Fifth Citizens were not O:E but they were our
> > colleagues and mentors. Ann Stewart Shafer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net
> > [mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of David Scott
> > Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:23 AM
> > To: Order Ecumenical Community
> > Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
> >
> > 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
> >>>
> >>> 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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-- 
Paula

*Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough,
and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to
clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger
into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today,
and creates a vision for tomorrow*.
*Melody* Beattie
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