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<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">Hi Dick,</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">I understand that JOhn Epps pass away.</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">Please send me the announcement and colleague comments.</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;"><br>
</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">Thanks,</blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 3px;">Cynthia Vance</blockquote></div>
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From: Richard Alton via Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>; Colleague Dialogue <dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net><br>
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Sent: Fri, Jun 26, 2020 3:55 pm<br>
Subject: [Dialogue] Last Chapter- John Epps Appreciation<br>
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<div class="yiv1386086585gmail_default" style="font-size:large;">I've tried to just list what might be called "contributions" by time and place instead of describing experiences. Hope this is what you want.<br>
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<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">John Epps:<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Born June 30, 1939, Charleston, South Carolina<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Education: The Citadel, BA<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Perkins School of Theology, BD, PhD – Systematic Theology<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Married: Ann Epps, August 3, 1964<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Joined OE and EI, January 1972<span></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1386086585MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">1972-79 – Chicago Ecumenical Institute, Nexus<span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Taught numerous RS-1 and Parish Leadership Courses<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Prior of Research Centrum that produced quarterly Ecclesiola manuals<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Member of first full-time Panchayat<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Co-authored the OE Polity Document<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Assisted in organizing the Oklahoma Town Meeting 100 campaign<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Member of team for three “Kitchen Sink” Summer Programs in Chicago<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Member LENS strategic planning development team and three global treks to pilot the course<span></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Consulted, trained, and travelled to Projects throughout SEPAC<span></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Co-led regional organizing team for Colorado Exposition of Rural Development<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Formed IERD regional steering committee including Lieutenant Governor<span></span></span></div>
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<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Marketed and Co-facilitated multiple strategic planning projects with financial, insurance, technology, direct selling, international non-profits (Save the Children Norway, UK Volunteers, etc.), and petroleum industries<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Trained public courses in Malaysia in ToP Facilitation Methods, Strategic Planning, Imaginal Education, Meeting Design, Facilitation from the Inside Out<span></span></span></div>
<div class="yiv1386086585gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:New;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;">Founding member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), internationally, and co-organizer of IAF events in Malaysia<span></span></span></div>
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