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Carol Pierce
by Tracy Longacre 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

Just read on Facebook that Carol Pierce has died. True? Tracy E. Longacre from London, UK +44 (7519) 636546 just another child of God Blog: http://tlongacre.wordpress.com Run Blog: http://revruns.blogspot.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlongacre/ Subscribe to e-mail updates: telupdates-subscribe(a)topica.com ———-O0ooo— ———–(——)— ————)–-/—- ————(_/- —-ooo0O—- —-(——)—- —–\-–(– ——\_)-

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Carol Pierce
by jlepps＠pc.jaring.my 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

Carol Pierce 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. Grace & Peace Ann & John Epps

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Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce
by Del Morril 22 Sep '12

22 Sep '12

Carol was such an important friend to us when we lived in Kemper building. She will be greatly missed by us. The Morrills _____ From: oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Mary Laura Jones Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:10 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce Carol Pierce passed away a little before noon today of cardio-pulmonary complications. Aimee Hilliard and Mary Laura Jones were with Carol the entire morning. Carol enjoyed the Accelerate 77 event on Saturday and loved keeping in touch with many of you and keeping track of your lives and activities. There will be a Memorial Service at the ICA GreenRise Center building on a weekend in the September or October. I will post the time and date as soon as the family decides the date. Carol will be deeply missed. She was a wise and courageous mentor to many of us. I will miss her wisdom, her humor, her gracious attitude and her demonstration of living a great life in the midst of physical adversity. Mary Laura On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Jack Gilles <icabombay(a)igc.org> wrote: Tracy, Yes, we in Chicago learned about it this afternoon. We hope more details will follow. She did get to be at the Accelerate 77 event and mingled with colleagues here at 4750 afterward. She will be missed. Grace & Peace, Jack On Sep 20, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Tracy Longacre wrote: Just read on Facebook that Carol Pierce has died. True? Tracy E. Longacre from London, UK +44 <tel:%2B44%20%287519%29%20636546> (7519) 636546 just another child of God Blog: http://tlongacre.wordpress.com <http://tlongacre.wordpress.com/> Run Blog: http://revruns.blogspot.com <http://revruns.blogspot.com/> Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlongacre/ Subscribe to e-mail updates: telupdates-subscribe(a)topica.com ----O0ooo- ----(--)- ----)--/-- ----(_/- --ooo0O-- --(--)-- --\--(- --\_)- _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net -- Mary Laura Jones Grants Resource Development Consultant 1454 W. Fargo Avenue Chicago, IL 60626 cell: 773 636-2022 mljones2022(a)gmail.com

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Edith (Ellery) Adele McKinley Elizondo
by jonzondo＠juno.com 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

I celebrate the completed Life and Death of my mother Edith Adele McKinley Elizondo. She took her last breath this morning. As many of you may know, she was dancing with Alzheimer's for the last 4 years or more. If you are interested, a Memorial is in the works soon to be held in The Woodlands, TX. Contact me for details. Thank you for all your support and Love. I'm am surrounded and Grateful. Jon Mark Elizondo We are all connected. ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2

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Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce
by PSchrijnen＠aol.com 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

Dear Colleagues, 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. I remember her and Joe from the Academy in the autumn of 74. The clarity of her teaching..the piercing of illusions... shocking moments. 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. I remember the little engagement party she threw for Christine and me in 81, and the fine advice and support in those daring days. I remember visiting her in her carefully constructed flat last summer: content and upbeat, hearing fine stories of her life and current activities. I am grateful she was in my life. Paul In a message dated 21/09/2012 15:31:55 GMT Daylight Time, agammel(a)ix.netcom.com writes: 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. Alan Gammel -----Original Message----- From: Herman Greene Sent: Sep 21, 2012 7:00 AM To: 'Order Ecumenical Community' Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce 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. 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. Herman ____________________________________ From: oe-bounces(a)lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of R Williams Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 9:47 AM To: Order Ecumenical Community Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce George, It was my good fortune to encounter Carol last Saturday at the Accelerate 77 gathering in Chicago. 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. Randy "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." -Martin Buber (adapted) From: George Holcombe <geowanda1(a)me.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce 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. George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin, TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 _geowanda1(a)me.com_ (mailto:geowanda1@me.com) 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 On Sep 20, 2012, at 10:12 PM, _jlepps(a)pc.jaring.my_ (mailto:jlepps@pc.jaring.my) wrote: > Carol Pierce > 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. > > Grace & Peace > Ann & John Epps > > _______________________________________________ > OE mailing list > _OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net_ (mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net) > http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list _OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net_ (mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net) _http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net_ (http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net) _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce
by Alan 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

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Carol Pierce
by Richard Alton 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

Carol Pierce was my neighbor at 4750 when I moved in about 2004. I had very little and especially did not have a TV. Carol would invite me over to chat and watch sports which were really important to me. One day she just gave me a key to her room, She said Dick, “I go to bed early and many of the sports are late, so just come in at any time”. I was amazed Sort of how I remember Carol: a great sense of sharing life rather than trying to hoard it. My daughters just came back from Burning Man (let’s call it a retreat center) and they sent me the Center’s 5 principles. The one I liked and resonated as Carol’s gift is “Expect more from strangers”. Carol expected a lot not only from strangers but from her friends Her life was deeply appreciated. Dick Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton(a)gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth

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Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney
by David Walters 21 Sep '12

21 Sep '12

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Re: [Oe List ...] Edith (Ellery) Adele McKinley Elizondo
by Bill Schlesinger 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Tony and Ellery greeted me warmly in Chicago. Their warmth, generosity, kindness and humor were a large part of my sense of the humanity of our community. Grace and peace - Bill Schlesinger Project Vida 3607 Rivera Avenue El Paso, TX 79905 (915) 533-7057 x 207 (915) 503-1014 FAX pvida(a)whc.net www.projectvidaelpaso.org -----Original Message----- On 2012-09-20, at 9:25 AM, jonzondo(a)juno.com wrote: I celebrate the completed Life and Death of my mother Edith Adele McKinley Elizondo. She took her last breath this morning. As many of you may know, she was dancing with Alzheimer's for the last 4 years or more. If you are interested, a Memorial is in the works soon to be held in The Woodlands, TX. Contact me for details. Thank you for all your support and Love. I'm am surrounded and Grateful. Jon Mark Elizondo We are all connected. ____________________________________________________________ Fast, Secure, NetZero 4G Mobile Broadband. Try it. http://www.netzero.net/?refcd=NZINTISP0512T4GOUT2 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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Re: [Oe List ...] free speech, Romney and tenderness
by LAURELCG＠aol.com 20 Sep '12

20 Sep '12

Thank you so much for this, Mary, and for standing for Love. Jann In a message dated 9/20/2012 7:05:02 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, mhampton(a)att.net writes: Dear John, George, Herman, Susan and all, First, George thank you for the meditation. I have been reading with interest these two threads: one about the sensibilities and practical safety in avoiding angering people in the larger world, the second about how we listen to each other when our values do not match. Tenderness in my subject line is not some sentimental value of being nice to each other. It's more like the RS1 illustration of feeling everything (every perspective) through burned raw nerve endings. Quakers use it in talking about how you hold Business Meeting where the objective is "to descern God's will." There is a great book by a Jesuit who came to observe and participate called Beyond Consensus. Recognizing you are in a corporate endeavor to do more than what humanly possible, you must make extreme allowances for the others doing the process. You aim to treat each other tenderly. Of course, the world does not use this standard, but one can hope the People of God could. It is the gift and duty of Those Who Care to be sensitive when others cannot. Indeed, its how you know who they/we are. Grace and Peace, Love, LIGHT, mary ____________________________________ From: George Holcombe <geowanda1(a)me.com> To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe(a)lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Thu, September 20, 2012 5:09:56 AM Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] A good reflection on Romney Part of my early morning meditation is coming across some of the writers, spiritual guides, etc. and I got Richard Rohrs this morning and thought about us. " THE REIGN OF GOD There are always two worlds. The world as it operates is largely about power; the world as it should be, or “the Reign of God,” is always about love. How can you live in both worlds at the same time? As you allow yourself to loosen your grip on the first, you will gradually see the inadequacy and weakness of power as domination or control. You will then tighten your grip around the second, which is the ever purer motivation of love for others instead of yourself. Any exercise of power apart from love leads to brutality and evil; but love that does not lead people to a whole new kind of power is mere sentimentality and emotion. I must admit, it is rare to find people who hold both together in perfect balance—who have found their inner divine power and use it for others. Prayer: Your will be done. George Holcombe 14900 Yellowleaf Tr. Austin, TX 78728 Mobile 512/252-2756 _geowanda1(a)me.com_ (mailto:geowanda1@me.com) 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 _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE(a)lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net

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