Jim, we bumped into the pastor of the “church across the street“ from Joe’s, while we were in Dallas in the early 1990’s. We had moved from NYC to the Casa View neighborhood of Dallas, and went to a little church unaware of any EI connection. On our first visit, there were pieces of typing paper posted around the sanctuary with the names of people’s saints on them, and one of them said JOSEPH WESLEY MATHEWS. We were astonished of course. We came back to church & the pastor’s Sunday School class a few times, and he would absolutely fill the blackboard in the way we used to teach. The pastor was Will Bailey, and he told us that Slicker used to pastor the church across the street. We were thrilled to find this church and Will Bailey, but in the end we couldn’t handle the pure grief of the congregation as they prepared to let Bailey retire after more than 40 years there. We backed away from it, with our 2 toddlers in tow.

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 5:33 PM James Wiegel via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

It would be great and instructive to detail a bit the wider history of the RS-1 course. Apparently the 44 hours did not fall complete from heaven. I took the course in November 25-27, 1966 and returned for RS-1 Pedagogy sometime in the spring of 1967. By that time, there was a manual and the course was an amazingly crafted event. Mary Laura Jones once described her earlier experience of "RS-1" as a weekend at a camp with Joe Mathews talking. Here is Joe Slicker with 2 remembrances from the 1950's . . .

20 A Seminar at the Church Across the Street

20 A Seminar at the Church Across the Street

23 Joe Slicker My Masters Degree was RS 1

23 Joe Slicker My Masters Degree was RS 1

And another remembrance from Lois Boyd, a trip from Norman. Oklahoma to Austin, Texas one weekend -- undated.
Strane Forty-Four Hours

Strane Forty-Four Hours

Then back to Joe Slicker --
48 Joe Slicker We Saw the Rise in RS 1's Go Over the Hill

48 Joe Slicker We Saw the Rise in RS 1's Go Over the Hill

Jean Watts has experience going back to the Christian Faith and Life Community and might have something to add.

Jim Wiegel

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On Monday, April 26, 2021, 09:32:15 PM MST, Len Hockley via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Hi,

I was there with Gordon in summer 1966. I have no memory of such a heresy!! Please tell me more.

Len

On 4/26/2021 4:35 PM, Laura Grover via OE wrote:
Dear Friends,

I was browsing around in the Archives Spirit Movement collection this morning and came across a video/audio clip of Gordon Harper talking about some of his memories of the earlier days of his involvement in the Spirit Movement.

His comments about a meeting in Detroit the summer of 1966 caught my attention. Evidently the group was discussing whether or not to use the Tillich paper in RS-1. Can you even imagine NOT having the Tillich paper in RS-1? Not going out of the church and playing the Tillich game?

So, do any of you know anything about this discussion? What was the issue with the Tillich paper that was causing concern?

And, if not the Tillich paper, what other paper was being discussed as an alternative?

Thanks for any input you may have.

Laura Grover
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