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class=097282601-22032013>Thanks, Nancy. I think the hymn writer was Fanny
Crosby...but possibly related in spirit. Lynda
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net
[mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nancy
Lanphear<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Order
Ecumenical Community<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oe List ...] Death of Gordon
Cosby<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dear Lynda, <BR><BR>Our paths have taken us far beyond what we ever
imagined; meeting people who have cared for us in so many
ways. How can we begin to count those people without whom we would not be
who we are today? Thanks for your story about Gordon.
Was he related to Fanny Cosby who wrote innumerable hymns? I think we
Baptists have sung them all.<BR><BR>With love, <BR><BR>Nancy<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Lynda Cock <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:llc860@triad.rr.com"
target=_blank>llc860@triad.rr.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Forrest Craver sent the message
below about Gordon Cosby's death.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">During our time in the WDC House
and during the Local Church Experiment, the Cocks, Cravers, and others were
pleased to have Rev. Gordon Cosby, co-founder of the Church of the Savior in
WDC, speak and be part of our <U></U><U></U>House<U></U>
<U></U>Church<U></U><U></U>. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">This was especially significant
for us because Gordon and Mary Cosby had been the influential and challenging
leadership of a college CSM (Christian Student Movement) retreat that we
attended back in 1960. After seminary and in an early parish, we studied the
books written about the Church of the Savior, as well as the article in Time
magazine about the Ecumenical Institute. We were in
<U></U><U></U>Virginia<U></U><U></U> at another congregation when Bill Newkirk
and Carl Ennis visited, urging us to recruit a PLC and then an RS-I.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT size=+0><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">So we were torn between C<FONT
size=+0><SPAN>hurch of</SPAN></FONT> Savior and EI. EI provided a place to
live. Trusting the mystery and George Holcombe, Jim Addington (PLC), Marilyn
Miller, and Phil Townley (RS-I for our parishioners), we made our big journey
to the <U></U>West Side<U></U> in a blizzard during March 1969 ... 44 years
ago this month. The rest is history. <U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Journey on, Gordon (and Joseph),
with deep gratitude for your combined history-changing work.
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Lynda Cock (and John)
<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">-----Original
Message-----<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">From: Forrest Craver [<A
href="mailto:forrestecraver@gmail.com"
target=_blank>mailto:forrestecraver@gmail.com</A>]<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013
11:34 AM<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">To:
JPC/LLC<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Subject: Please post this list
servs<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Our colleague Rev. Gordon Cosby, a
4th generation Baptist minister ,died yesterday. A four decade colleague of
JWM, every summer Gordon and JWM would meet at Kirkridge with Oliver Nelson to
plot church renewal strategies. Gordon's obit will appear in today or
tomorrow's Washington Post. His memorial service will be held at Foundry UMC
in DC.<U></U><U></U></SPAN></FONT></P>
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