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

Mon Jun 4 11:40:32 PDT 2012

Christine Harris and Melanie were with us in the 5th City House.  I also
remember James Mosely from the Milwaukee Region and Debra Mosely who was
with us in the Washington DC House.  

  _____  

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[mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Mary Hampton
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 8:33 AM
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 In /Summer 70 and the following year I remember James Patterson and Michael
Ware.

mary h

On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:23 PM, "Ann Shafer" <asgoodasitgets at hughes.net> wrote:

And there is my beautiful daughter, Tabitha, who is now living in Baltimore
soon to move to Denver, a successful government worker. She graduated from
Kindergarten at the local school while we lived on Westside. Ann Shafer

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[mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of McCabe, Diann A
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:09 PM
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Realize I left Marcella off the list I sent earlier-She was a force of
beauty, strength, and humor in the Atlanta House in 74 or so. Went to
Nairobi after that and returned to live in D.C. Is married and has beautiful
daughters.--Diann McCabe

From: Paula Philbrook <paula.philbrook at gmail.com>
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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> 
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Sent: Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:03 PM
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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-----
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> [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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