<font color="#000000"><font><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">She was my roommate in 1969. <br></font></font></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:54 AM, R Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rcwmbw@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif"><div><span>I have a name in my head that I can't quite put a face with. Does the name <u>Marcella</u> <u>Buchanan</u>, or something like that, ring a bell with anyone?</span></div>
<div><span></span> </div><div><span>Randy</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>"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."<br>
-Martin Buber (adapted)<br></div> <div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial"> <div style="margin:5px 0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);min-height:0px;line-height:0;font-size:0px" readonly>
</div> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> James Wiegel <<a href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 2, 2012 12:03 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<br> </font> </div> <br>
You sang on the bus all the way to the Bahamas ? Wow.<br><br>Jim Wiegel<br><a href="mailto:Jfwiegel@yahoo.com" target="_blank">Jfwiegel@yahoo.com</a><br><br>I can't say as I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. Daniel Boone<br>
<br><br>On Jun 1, 2012, at 18:25, "Ann Shafer" <<a href="mailto:asgoodasitgets@hughes.net" target="_blank">asgoodasitgets@hughes.net</a>> wrote:<br><br>> And I so enjoyed working with everyone in Fifth City but most especially<br>
> Velma Brocks who is my daughter, Catherine's, godmother. Velma could say so<br>> much without saying anything. She and I handled the Fifth City payroll for<br>> awhile. Plus David and I had a wonderful time on the Fifth City to the World<br>
> trip to the Bahamas so beautifully enabled and spiritized by Alice and Jim<br>> Baumbach. Remember Peggy who led the singing on our bus all the way there<br>>
and back? I know the Fifth Citizens were not O:E but they were our<br>> colleagues and mentors. Ann Stewart Shafer<br>> <br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> From: <a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>
> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>] On Behalf Of David Scott<br>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:23 AM<br>> To: Order Ecumenical Community<br>
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<br>> <br>> Phylis Christmas<br>> <br>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Nancy Lanphear <<a href="mailto:nancy@songaia.com" target="_blank">nancy@songaia.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> Dear Ones,<br>>> <br>>> Our common memory is such a gift. Each of us can let go of some of
<br>>> our worry about loosing our own. Thanks for sharing your memories with<br>> me.<br>>> <br>>> Love,<br>>> <br>>> Nancy<br>>> <br>>> <br>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <<a href="mailto:marosel2000@yahoo.com" target="_blank">marosel2000@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>>>> Who can forget Dawn Lingo and Lynette Shanklin?<br>>>> <br>>>> ________________________________<br>>>> From: Mary Laura Jones <<a href="mailto:mljones2022@gmail.com" target="_blank">mljones2022@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> To: Order Ecumenical Community <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>>>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:37 AM<br>>>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<br>
>>>
<br>>>> I learned so much from Lois Reeves and Emma Melton in the Cleveland <br>>>> Region. I am so grateful for their presence in our lives. Many things <br>>>> they said still make me smile. Their wisdom and leadership were very <br>
>>> important in the ICA's work.<br>>>> <br>>>> Mary Laura Jones<br>>>> <br>>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, McCabe, Diann A <<a href="mailto:dm14@txstate.edu" target="_blank">dm14@txstate.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>>>> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep <br>>>> colleague in Mississippi, the late Ruth Wilson.<br>>>> <br>>>> Diann McCabe<br>>>> <br>
>>> <br>>>> <br>>>> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <<a href="mailto:nancy@songaia.com" target="_blank">nancy@songaia.com</a>>
wrote:<br>>>> <br>>>> Dear Randy,<br>>>> <br>>>> I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it was <br>>>> like to be black in the Order. I remember Phoebe Reynolds, Christine <br>
>>> Harris, and some of the children .... Tad and Todd Mueller, Eric <br>>>> Shropshire, Adam and Kaira Lingo, Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward ... <br>>>> I am sorry , who are the others who have slipped through my memory <br>
>>> ...? Thank you Joyce and Randy<br>>>> <br>>>> Nancy<br>>>> <br>>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <<a href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rcwmbw@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> <br>>>> Joyce,<br>>>> <br>>>> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what it <br>>>> was like to be black and
to have been in the O:E has me wanting to <br>>>> hear more about what that experience was like, and trying to recall <br>>>> our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the <br>>>> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.<br>
>>> <br>>>> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire, I remember Larry Ward, <br>>>> Nadine Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I think,<br>> Epson.<br>>>> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot <br>
>>> recall. Who were they?<br>>>> <br>>>> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the U.S <br>>>> at least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist, combined <br>
>>> with the fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural <br>>>> diversity of all kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but
<br>>>> embraced by more and more people.<br>>>> <br>>>> On behalf of the future, with an eye toward how all people may live <br>>>> together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded <br>
>>> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as <br>>>> those of others, on what it was like then to be black and in the O:E <br>>>> and what, with<br>>>> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.<br>
>>> <br>>>> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert, <br>>>> Nadine, Harold and others now departed who have impacted our <br>>>> community and consciousness over the years.<br>
>>> <br>>>> Randy<br>>>> <br>>>> "Listen to what is emerging from yourself to the course of being in <br>>>> the world; not to be supported by it, but to bring it to reality as
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Paula <br><br><font size="1" color="#000099" face="'comic sans ms', sans-serif"><em>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</em>.</font></div>
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