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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This doesn’t speak to me. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Herman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>marilyncrocker@juno.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2012 6:04
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have been reading the postings under the above topic for many days
now, but with a bit of growing discomfort. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I have loved the panoply of beloved colleagues' names that
all of our offerings have brought to my consciousness, and especially the
wondrous tapestry of Robert Shropshire's full and unrepeatable life.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>My concern is that all this "naming," although I
believe it is offered in authentic love, prayer and appreciation
of "Black colleagues" in our Order, seems to be subtly
suggesting (even representing) the racial separation
that is still present in our collective consciousness, and therefore in
our society. Perhaps this is one thread of what the UMC has named
"white western privilege."<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To my knowledge we have not sparked a conversation anything
like "Being Indian in the OE," for example, when Mali Balm, or
Desmond Balm, or Shakuntala Jadhav or countless other colleagues died.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm not negating the good and positive memories we have collectively
generated because of Robert Shropshire's sudden and sad passing. I'm just
thinking Shop would perhaps be singing to us -- "<em><i><font
face="Times New Roman">we are the red man, we are the black man, we
are brown man, we are the yellow man, we are the tan man, we are
the white man......"</font></i></em><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Just my two cents, offered in love to you all.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Marilyn<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:11:40 -0700 (PDT) R Williams <<a
href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com">rcwmbw@yahoo.com</a>> writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>I'm
not sure but I think it was Carlos Ollison.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>"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)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> David Walters
<walters@alaweb.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName> <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 4, 2012 3:05 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>In 1971 Robert Shorpshire, larry Ward another fellow whose name
wscapes me were sent out on a coast to cost trip vistiting black churches. They
came back and gave a long presentation on their findings. Does anyone
remember who the other man was?<br>
<br>
-David Walters<br>
<br>
--- hfgreene@mindspring.com wrote:<br>
<br>
From: "Herman Greene" <hfgreene@mindspring.com><br>
To: "'<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName>'"
<oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical<br>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 15:55:24 -0400<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I thought of Gene Beazely
(sp?). How memorable he was</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>
oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Lynda
Cock</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2012 2:41
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName>'<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>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. </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>
oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mary Hampton<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 04, 2012 8:33
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> In
/Summer 70 and the following year I remember James Patterson and Michael Ware. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white'><font size=3
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>mary
h<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:23 PM, "Ann Shafer" <<a
href="mailto:asgoodasitgets@hughes.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:asgoodasitgets@hughes.net">asgoodasitgets@hughes.net</a>>
wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color="#1f497d"
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:#1F497D'>And
there is my beautiful daughter, Tabitha, who is now living in <st1:City w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:City>
soon to move to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Denver</st1:place></st1:City>,
a successful government worker. She graduated from Kindergarten at the local
school while we lived on Westside. Ann Shafer</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'> <a
href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>
[mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>McCabe, Diann A<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, June 03, 2012 1:09
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Nairobi</st1:place></st1:City> after that and returned to live in
D.C. Is married and has beautiful daughters.--Diann McCabe</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Paula
Philbrook <<a href="mailto:paula.philbrook@gmail.com" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:paula.philbrook@gmail.com">paula.philbrook@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Reply-To: </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
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href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b><st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>Re: [Oe List ...] Being
Black in the Order Ecumenical</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:black'>She was my roommate in 1969. </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>On
Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:54 AM, R Williams <<a href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com"
target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com">rcwmbw@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>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></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>Randy</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>"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)</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> James Wiegel <<a
href="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:jfwiegel@yahoo.com">jfwiegel@yahoo.com</a>><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order
Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName> <<a
href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">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</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><br>
You sang on the bus all the way to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bahamas</st1:place></st1:country-region> ? Wow.<br>
<br>
Jim Wiegel<br>
<a href="mailto:Jfwiegel@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:Jfwiegel@yahoo.com">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"
ymailto="mailto:asgoodasitgets@hughes.net">asgoodasitgets@hughes.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
> And I so enjoyed working with everyone in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
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 <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
payroll for<br>
> awhile. Plus David and I had a wonderful time on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Fifth</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
to the World<br>
> trip to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bahamas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
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"
ymailto="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a><br>
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ymailto="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>]
On Behalf Of David Scott<br>
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:23 AM<br>
> To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName><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"
ymailto="mailto:nancy@songaia.com">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>
>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nancy</st1:place></st1:City><br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <<a
href="mailto:marosel2000@yahoo.com" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:marosel2000@yahoo.com">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" ymailto="mailto:mljones2022@gmail.com">mljones2022@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>> To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Order Ecumenical Community</st1:PersonName>
<<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">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 <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> <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 <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">ICA</st1:place></st1:City>'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" ymailto="mailto:dm14@txstate.edu">dm14@txstate.edu</a>>
wrote:<br>
>>> <br>
>>> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep <br>
>>> colleague in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mississippi</st1:place></st1:State>,
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"
ymailto="mailto:nancy@songaia.com">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>
>>> <st1:place w:st="on">Shropshire</st1:place>, 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>
>>> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Nancy</st1:place></st1:City><br>
>>> <br>
>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <<a
href="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:rcwmbw@yahoo.com">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 <st1:place w:st="on">Shropshire</st1:place>,
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 it<br>
> desires."<br>
>>> -Martin Buber (adapted)<br>
>>> <br>
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> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Flathead</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=2 color=black
face=Calibri><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Calibri;color:black'>Paula
<br>
<br>
</span></font><span class=msid16170><i><font size=1 color="#000099"
face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#000099;font-style:italic'>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</span></font></i></span><font
size=1 color="#000099" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#000099'>.</span></font><font color=black><span
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Dr. Marilyn R. Crocker<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">123 Sanborn Road</st1:address></st1:Street><br>
West <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Newfield</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">ME</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">04095</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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