[Oe List ...] Death of Gordon Cosby

[Lynda Cock]

Thanks, Nancy.  I think the hymn writer was Fanny Crosby...but possibly
related in spirit.  Lynda   

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From: oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net
[mailto:oe-bounces at lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Nancy Lanphear
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:47 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Gordon Cosby


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]

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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