[Oe List ...] The Last Chapter- John Singleton

Fri May 1 09:19:46 PDT 2020

Great, Paul

On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 2:08 AM PAUL SCHRIJNEN via OE <
oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> We could make it a group exercise:
> Step 1: Agree what we mean by an obituary.
> Step 2: hang flip charts with the name of each person on the walls of the
> room
> Step 3: we all go around write down the three essential qualities of this
> person.
> Step 4: in groups of 3, agree on the 3-4 essential qualities
> Step 5: go around and write anecdotes underneath those qualities
> Step 6: find poetry, songs, art forms that come to mind when thinking of
> this person.
> Step 7: Share with great generosity of spirit in a large zoom gathering
>
> How does that sound?
>
> Paul
>
>
> On 1 May 2020, at 03:51, James Wiegel via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> So, I am part of this last chapter group and I am supposed to draft an
> obituary for myself by May 15. Any suggestions?
>
> Jim Wiegel
>
> “We are all time travelers journeying into the future. But let us make
> that future a place we want to visit. “ — Stephen Hawkings
>
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 7:01 PM, Mari Crocker via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> Just checking in to give thanks for the efforts OE/ICA has made to
> memorialize the saints of our Order and Movement, like Charles Hahn and
> others.  Personally, I loved the obituary entry the Hahn family offered for
> Charles — it seemed to embody this wonderful man’s long — before and after
> ICA  — relations with the world, far beyond his important service in so
> many Global nexus (nexi ?) or the various campaigns many of us may or may
> not remember.
>
> I also agree with Zoe — for so many of US in the order — to think of or
> remember Charles, is to think of and remember Doris — and Marcia and
> Shelly.  When I think of Zoe Barley, I always think of Ken and Kristin and
> Gwen — in Malaysia and …….  We were a FAMILY order, not only a 501c3
> non-profit corporation called the EI and later the ICA.
>
> I am still blessed with living independently and caring for my 92-year old
> husband, Joe, who has advanced dementia.  Our nearly 53 years of married
> life were deeply enriched by our 22 years as members of the OE.  But I hope
> when the ICA, in its loving and kind efforts to “remember Those Who Care”
> move to write a piece on either Joe or me, they will check out the script
> with whichever of us is still alive and astute, or with our sons, such that
> far more than a programmatic run down is offered.  I say that because any
> or all the assignments across the globe any of us might have met and
> fulfilled finally mean very little, especially as an Order whose members
> were committed to be the "Nobodies.”  The way we have embodied the NRM, the
> 144s, the Profound Humanness, the Other World, etc. not easily documented,
> will be far more important to the future of Planet Earth.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Grace, peace and love,  Marilyn
>
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 8:33 PM, Ken Fisher via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> To my fellow men,
>
> I have acted as a lone-ranger from to time, but in truth, every erg of
> effectivity from my own initiative is in resonance with accompanying
> energies. For me, that has never been more true than my being with in love
> with Patricia for the past 10 years. How can that be acknowledged in paying
> tribute to a life fully lived? Let’s find the poetry.
>
> In warmth and light,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On Apr 30, 2020, at 8:18 PM, Isobel and Jim Bishop via OE <
> oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
>
> Thank you Zoe for being so wise in saying what I also noticed, with
>  puzzlement and sadness.
>
> My gratitude  and appreciation to you Zoe, and also to you Sarah.
>
> Grace is yours and peace,
>
> Isobel Bishop.
>
> Isobel and  Jim Bishop
> isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1 May 2020, at 2:24 am, Zoe Barley via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net>
> wrote:
>
> I do hesitate to say anything that can seem critical - but . . .  Both
> John Singleton and Charles Hahn are very good friends. Neither undertook
> their Order life alone. Neither would have been able to accomplish what
> they did alone. Both had strong wives/partners without whom their lives
> would have been quite different. John would never have gone to Africa
> without Louise having done the work she did first.  The two obituaries
> leave me very sad that the richness of these two lives is missing.
>
> Zoe Barley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Alton via OE
> Sent: Apr 29, 2020 10:09 AM
> To: Colleague Dialogue , Order Ecumenical Community
> Cc: Richard Alton
> Subject: [Oe List ...] The Last Chapter- John Singleton
>
> *An ICA Tribute to John Singleton*
> In the face of great loss, no words convey the sadness we feel for those
> who loved John Singleton. Yet we dare to say Death is neither a curse nor a
> blessing, an end or a beginning, but only that it is a wondrous,
> frightening and redemptive reality. It is a step into the Unknown Unknown.
> It is sacred, and it is good.
> Even though Death is universal, it is also unique---because every life is
> unrepeatable. It arrives in its own time and is always shocking, even when
> it is anticipated. It can be painful or peaceful, timely or not, tragic or
> strangely welcome, or all of the above at once. We don’t choose the manner
> or the moment and can only respond by acknowledging its finality and
> trusting what was, is and will be. We go on.
> Whether you celebrate death as a Home Going or as a finality that prevents
> you from being with your loved one physically, acknowledging death is
> important. We accompany you in your grief. We pray for you in your journey.
> We hope for your experience of being accompanied by the Divine Spirit. May
> it sustain you in your sorrow. Our hearts are with you.
> We are grateful for what we learned and how our lives were enriched
> because of the unique life of John Singleton. We offer here our
> appreciation for the contributions he made to the life and work of the
> Ecumenical Institute/ICA.
> As a representative of the Institute of Cultural Affairs I would like to
> hold up and celebrate the unique contribution of John Singleton’s to the
> work of the Institute:
>
>
>  John participated in the Institute work in the Local Church Experiment
> with a cluster of Denver churches and particularly at Montview Boulevard
> Presbyterian Church. The focus was on lay leadership to bring
> intentionality to the church’s role as mission to the world.
>
>
> John also worked with the Institute in Africa designing a community-based
> program to combat HIV/AIDS first in Ghana in 2002. This was during a time
> that Africa was the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. John was part of a
> team to visit hospitals and clinics and document the Ghanaian health system
> response to HIV/AIDS. Later John would go to Uganda to help launch the
> Institute's Community based HIV/AIDS program to empower and enable
> communities to challenge HIV/AIDS.
>
>
>  The Institute would like to celebrate John’s life and his unique
> contribution to caring for this planet and being part of the People of
> Care.
>
>
> Death is an experience that each and every living creature will finally
> experience.  However, we also understand that every single life is unique
> and unrepeatable, and, therefore, today we come to acknowledge a very
> unique death. There has been no death like the death of John Singleton and
> no life such as the unique and unrepeatable life of John Singleton.  What
> he did and what he was will never be repeated again.
>
>
> John Singleton died February 3, 2020
>
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> --
> Richard H. T. Alton
> One Earth Film Fest ( OEFF)
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Richard H. T. Alton
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