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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'>His email is m.george.walters@verizon.net<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>W. J.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, September 04, 2012
5:00 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] [SPAM]
congratulations,George! congratulations to the O:E!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>lives with Carol in Lutz, FL.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'><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'> Marge Combs
<combsxing@aol.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tue, September 4, 2012
1:48:56 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Oe List ...] [SPAM]
congratulations, George! congratulations to the O:E!<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:black'>Does anyone know the whereabouts of George Walters? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><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='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Braxton
Combs<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
From: Marge Philbrook <msphilbrook@gmail.com><br>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Sep 4, 2012 7:11 am<br>
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] [SPAM] congratulations, George! congratulations to
the O:E!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It is so exciting for me as part of
the present Archives team to hear such news. What we have observed in
recent years is "subtle or disguised" quotes from our work as the
Institutes over the years.  This news gives us a hopeful
reminder that we are not wasting our times as volunteers in the work of
the archives. Marge Philbrook<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 10:54 AM, Herman
Greene <<a href="mailto:hfgreene@mindspring.com" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:hfgreene@mindspring.com">hfgreene@mindspring.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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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'>Retire?</span></font><font size=2
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color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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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'>Matthew Fox suggests re-firement.</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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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><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Herman</span></font><font size=2
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color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><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:<a href="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank"
ymailto="mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>W. J.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, September 01, 2012
12:28 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Order Ecumenical Community<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [SPAM] [Oe List ...]
congratulations, George! congratulations to the O:E!</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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      href="http://www.umcmission.org/Learn-About-Us/News-and-Stories/2012/August/Congregation-and-Community-Developer-Nominated-to-Lead--United-Methodist-Mission-and-Evangelism-Efforts"
      target="_blank">http://www.umcmission.org/Learn-About-Us/News-and-Stories/2012/August/Congregation-and-Community-Developer-Nominated-to-Lead--United-Methodist-Mission-and-Evangelism-Efforts</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>George Howard,
      his entire family, and all his colleagues are to be congratulated on his
      new job!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>As one who toiled
      for years (& peanuts, BTW) in the back rooms at 475 Riverside Drive
      for what was then the Methodist Board of Missions, I am particularly
      proud to celebrate this occasion.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>For years Joe
      Mathews and company went hat in hand to the Methodist establishment to
      offer a new model of 'mission' -- and to invite their cooperation and
      financial support for our efforts to demonstrate this model globally.
      Without, of course, all the theological and institutional baggage that
      conservative Methodists tended to perpetuate through their "career
      missionaries."</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>Bottom line is
      that although we created some amazing partnerships with churchmen of all
      denominational stripes, particularly at the local and regional level and
      especially in places like Asian nations where there was a strong
      institutional infrastructure of Methodist presence, the denominational
      hierarchy @ 475 tended to be institutionally rigid (reflecting the
      conservative mission theology in local churches that sent and supported
      their career missionaries). Their response was more like, "Yes, BUT
      . . ." "Yes, but where's your orthodox Christology and your
      evangelical preaching calling individuals to make decisions for
      Christ?" Et cetera.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>Fast forward a
      half century, more or less. Amazingly, almost all of those career
      missionaries are gone. As are most of the short term misisonaries in the
      program Lela Jahn was in. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>And, amazingly,
      this Board finally gets it that in order to create significant
      partnerships with Methodists and their institutions worldwide, it's
      necessary to give up the old (and resented) model of sending missionaries
      and money controlled from 475, invest in new, non-hierarchical,
      cooperative relationships with these Methodists (not to mention others
      outside the denominational fold), and pursue what they call
      "asset-based community development" (which means tapping and
      developing the potential resources that are already present, rather than
      pouring in vast quantities of outside funding). Sounds strangely
      familiar!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>Of course they
      were wise enough to hire George Howard!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>So to all of us
      who sweated blood for years in the global band of human development
      projects and the religious houses and local colleagues who made it all
      happen (despite an absence of institutional support in many cases), I
      offer my profound gratitude for all we did together to be part of 'the
      great turn.'</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>Now we see more
      evidence that our years of practical research and demonstration have
      finally taken root and blossomed within the established church. Amazing.
      But what else could they do? The fundie missionaries are clueless and up
      the proverbial creek without a paddle.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>As one who is
      about to REALLY retire and just enjoy the amazing view from my front
      porch rocking chair (& I mean this LITERALLY!), I'm very happy to let
      go of any sense of having to pursue any unfinished business. Let the
      Order Archives team organize, preserve, and disseminate our corporate
      wisdom for the new world. And let Terry and company take care of the
      Kemper Building and preserve our footprint in Chicago to be of service in
      the new world.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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      <p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span
      style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#0000BF'>Amen.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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        color="#0000bf" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
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