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<DIV>Dear Colleagues, </DIV>
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<DIV>Oh my, the heart fills with warmth and pleasure when I think about Carol,
and with sadness when I realise I won't have another conversation. </DIV>
<DIV>I remember her and Joe from the Academy in the autumn of 74. The clarity of
her teaching..the piercing of illusions... shocking moments. </DIV>
<DIV>I remember hanging out with her and Joe during the summer gatherings.
People would gather in their room, around the fan and Joe in his wheelchair. I
enjoyed the sparkling intelligence and eyes.</DIV>
<DIV>I remember the little engagement party she threw for Christine and me in
81, and the fine advice and support in those daring days. </DIV>
<DIV>I remember visiting her in her carefully constructed flat last summer:
content and upbeat, hearing fine stories of her life and current
activities. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am grateful she was in my life.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Paul</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 21/09/2012 15:31:55 GMT Daylight Time,
agammel@ix.netcom.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><FONT
color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>My memories are more
recent. I met Carol at the Profound Journey Dialog in Chicago a couple of
years ago, in her electric cart and oxygen tanks, lunch and conversation with
her. I admired her courage and optimism. Her concern and caring came through
in each conversation over the last couple of years. I join in the celebration
of her life and legacy.<BR>Alan Gammel<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT>
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Message----- <BR>From: Herman Greene <HFGREENE@MINDSPRING.COM><BR>Sent: Sep
21, 2012 7:00 AM <BR>To: 'Order Ecumenical Community'
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I have strong
memories of Carol. Part of them were just that she was part of the
“permanent order” of which I stood in awe. (Guess we have to reinterpret
permanent, but I feel sure she was to the end part of he permanent order.)
Part of it was her connection to the amazing Joe
Pierce.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=navy size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">She was always
friendly to me. She gave me hope. I will miss her and will always remember
her as she was in the prime of her life.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Herman<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
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oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net]
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>R
Williams<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday,
September 21, 2012 9:47 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 ...] Carol
Pierce</SPAN></FONT><O:P></O:P></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2 face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It was my good
fortune to encounter Carol last Saturday at the Accelerate 77 gathering in
<ST1:CITY w:st="on"><ST1:PLACE
w:st="on">Chicago</ST1:PLACE></ST1:CITY>. Even though my conversation
with her was brief, I sensed that she still embodied all the qualities and
traits that you recognized in her when you first met her back in the 60s,
and she still had a bit of the accent and that little "twisting" of her
mouth. I'm sorry you didn't get to have "one more conversation"
with her. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Randy<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><FONT color=black size=2
face=Tahoma><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"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></DIV>
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face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
color=black size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> George Holcombe
<geowanda1@me.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> Friday, September
21, 2012 6:04 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><FONT
color=black size=3 face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>Thanks, John and Ann. The
first time I went to 3444 (was it '63,'64, can't remember), it was in the
afternoon. I got out of the taxi and went through the door, no
security then, went up the stairs and the only two people around were Carol
and Kathy (now Zervigon), walking down the hallway. They immediately
greeted me, treated me to coffee and we talked as if we had known each other
forever for I don't know how long. After that I never sensed that I
didn't know Carol. She had a way of twisting her mouth and saying in
that southern drawl something that would shift the mood of the conversation
whenever it went off track, even when Pierce was rocketing off on some
subject that was blowing out all the light bulbs. I'm a bit sad, hoped
to have had one more conversation.<BR><BR>George Holcombe<BR>14900
Yellowleaf Tr.<BR><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY
w:st="on">Austin</ST1:CITY>, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">TX</ST1:STATE>
<ST1:POSTALCODE w:st="on">78728</ST1:POSTALCODE></ST1:PLACE><BR>Mobile
512/252-2756<BR><A title=mailto:geowanda1@me.com
href="mailto:geowanda1@me.com" target=_blank
ymailto="mailto:geowanda1@me.com">geowanda1@me.com</A><BR><BR>Hope
appeareth, but it is not your Hope—you do not have anything to do with it.
It just appeareth. It comes as a stranger, as an alien—it just appeareth!
You do not even know why you hope. How in the world could you hope when
there is absolutely nothing to justify any hope? ~Joseph W.
Mathews<BR><BR><BR>On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:12 PM, <A
title=mailto:jlepps@pc.jaring.my href="mailto:jlepps@pc.jaring.my"
target=_blank ymailto="mailto:jlepps@pc.jaring.my">jlepps@pc.jaring.my</A>
wrote:<BR><BR>> Carol Pierce<BR>> A person of presence, graciousness,
competence, and humor: when we knew her, she embodied those features along
with a twinkle that demonstrated a certain detachment from the immediate
crises with which she was involved. Her spirit and style will be greatly
missed. We join the Order and the family in celebrating her completed life.
And we are grateful for the privilege of having known and worked with
her.<BR>> <BR>> Grace & Peace<BR>> Ann & John Epps<BR>>
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