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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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font face="Arial"><span 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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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span 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">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. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:11pt">So we were torn between C<font><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.
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<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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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:Arial;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Lynda Cock (and John)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial"><span 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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<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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