[Oe List ...] Death of Gordon Cosby

[Nancy Lanphear]

Dear Lynda,

Our paths have taken us far beyond what we ever imagined;  meeting  people
who have cared for us in so many ways.  How can we begin to count those
people without whom we would not be who we are today?    Thanks for your
story about Gordon.  Was he related to Fanny Cosby who wrote innumerable
hymns?  I think we Baptists have sung them all.

With love,

Nancy

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Lynda Cock <llc860 at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> ** ****************
> Forrest Craver sent the message below about Gordon Cosby's death.****
>
> ** **
>
> During our time in the WDC House and during the Local Church Experiment,
> the Cocks, Cravers, and others were pleased to have Rev. Gordon Cosby,
> co-founder of the Church of the Savior in WDC, speak and be part of our **
> **House** **Church****. ****
>
> ** **
>
> This was especially significant for us because Gordon and Mary Cosby had
> been the influential and challenging leadership of a college CSM (Christian
> Student Movement) retreat that we attended back in 1960. After seminary and
> in an early parish, we studied the books written about the Church of the
> Savior, as well as the article in Time magazine about the Ecumenical
> Institute. We were in ****Virginia**** at another congregation when Bill
> Newkirk and Carl Ennis visited, urging us to recruit a PLC and then an
> RS-I. ****
>
> ** **
>
> So we were torn between Church of Savior and EI. EI provided a place to
> live. Trusting the mystery and George Holcombe, Jim Addington (PLC),
> Marilyn Miller, and Phil Townley (RS-I for our parishioners), we made our
> big journey to the **West Side** in a blizzard during March 1969 ... 44
> years ago this month. The rest is history. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Journey on, Gordon (and Joseph), with deep gratitude for your combined
> history-changing work. ****
>
> ** **
>
> Lynda Cock (and John) ****
>
> ** **
>
> -----Original Message-----****
>
> From: Forrest Craver [mailto:forrestecraver at gmail.com<forrestecraver at gmail.com>
> ]****
>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:34 AM****
>
> To: JPC/LLC****
>
> Subject: Please post this list servs****
>
> ** **
>
> Our colleague Rev. Gordon Cosby, a 4th generation Baptist minister ,died
> yesterday. A four decade colleague of JWM, every summer Gordon and JWM
> would meet at Kirkridge with Oliver Nelson to plot church renewal
> strategies. Gordon's obit will appear in today or tomorrow's Washington
> Post. His memorial service will be held at Foundry UMC in DC.****
>
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