You sang on the bus all the way to the Bahamas ? Wow.
Jim Wiegel
Jfwiegel@yahoo.com
I can't say as I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
Daniel Boone
On Jun 1, 2012, at 18:25, "Ann Shafer" <asgoodasitgets@hughes.net>
wrote:
> And I so enjoyed working with everyone in Fifth City
but most especially
> Velma Brocks who is my daughter, Catherine's, godmother. Velma could say
so
> much without saying anything. She and I handled the Fifth City
payroll for
> awhile. Plus David and I had a wonderful time on the Fifth City
to the World
> trip to the Bahamas
so beautifully enabled and spiritized by Alice and Jim
> Baumbach. Remember Peggy who led the singing on our bus all the way there
> and back? I know the Fifth Citizens were not O:E but they were our
> colleagues and mentors. Ann Stewart Shafer
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net
> [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net]
On Behalf Of David Scott
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:23 AM
> To: Order Ecumenical Community
> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
>
> Phylis Christmas
>
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Nancy Lanphear <nancy@songaia.com> wrote:
>> Dear Ones,
>>
>> Our common memory is such a gift. Each of us can let go of some
of
>> our worry about loosing our own. Thanks for sharing your
memories with
> me.
>>
>> Love,
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:48 AM, E B <marosel2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Who can forget Dawn Lingo and Lynette Shanklin?
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022@gmail.com>
>>> To: Order Ecumenical Community
<oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>
>>> Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 9:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Being Black in the Order Ecumenical
>>>
>>> I learned so much from Lois Reeves and Emma Melton in the Cleveland
>>> Region. I am so grateful for their presence in our lives. Many
things
>>> they said still make me smile. Their wisdom and leadership were
very
>>> important in the ICA's
work.
>>>
>>> Mary Laura Jones
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:12 AM, McCabe, Diann A <dm14@txstate.edu>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Sharon Turner stands out for me. Vincent Scott and Mary. And deep
>>> colleague in Mississippi,
the late Ruth Wilson.
>>>
>>> Diann McCabe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/1/12 8:17 AM, "Nancy Lanphear" <nancy@songaia.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Randy,
>>>
>>> I, too would appreciate hearing some of the stories about what it
was
>>> like to be black in the Order. I remember Phoebe Reynolds,
Christine
>>> Harris, and some of the children .... Tad and Todd Mueller,
Eric
>>> Shropshire, Adam and Kaira Lingo,
Emanuel Ward, Kevin Woodward ...
>>> I am sorry , who are the others who have slipped through my memory
>>> ...? Thank you Joyce and Randy
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 3:55 AM, R Williams <rcwmbw@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>>>
>>> Joyce,
>>>
>>> Your brief comment, in remembering Robert Shropshire, about what
it
>>> was like to be black and to have been in the O:E has me wanting to
>>> hear more about what that experience was like, and trying to
recall
>>> our black Order colleagues prior to our being dispersed around the
>>> globe, embracing cultures of color everywhere.
>>>
>>> In addition to you, Carlos and Shropshire,
I remember Larry Ward,
>>> Nadine Ward, Harold Williams and Richard whose last name was, I
think,
> Epson.
>>> Other faces are pictured in my mind's eye whose names I cannot
>>> recall. Who were they?
>>>
>>> My interest is peaked by the fact that the white majority, in the
U.S
>>> at least, is shrinking and will likely soon no longer exist,
combined
>>> with the fact that there is a glimmer of indication that cultural
>>> diversity of all kinds is coming to be not only tolerated but
>>> embraced by more and more people.
>>>
>>> On behalf of the future, with an eye toward how all people may
live
>>> together in peace on this flat, increasingly diverse and crowded
>>> planet, I would love to hear more of your reflections, as well as
>>> those of others, on what it was like then to be black and in the
O:E
>>> and what, with
>>> 50 years of experience behind us, we all have learned.
>>>
>>> A conversation like this could be a fitting tribute to Robert,
>>> Nadine, Harold and others now departed who have impacted our
>>> community and consciousness over the years.
>>>
>>> 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)
>>>
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