Mid-year 1971, Carol flew from Chicago to KC and came to the Religious House to talk straight to the Cocks and Tolmans, the new priorship team--neither family had any globally assigned priorship experience. In essence she said, "Get this house and region moving. We think you can do it, but it won't be easy. Call us if you get in trouble. Good luck and G&P. Oh, I think the four of you need to hang tight. Make everyone sure that if they've talked to one of you, they've talked to all of you." We sort of saluted and thanked her. We were nervous about our assignment, but eager. We were a good team. It worked out. I reminded her of this when we visited with her at her apartment a year or so ago in Chicago. She did that interesting laugh and said something like, "We probably didn't have anyone else to send to KC." One never had to guess where Carol stood, and where she stood was. more often than not, in exactly the right place. We send you out, dear colleague, to continue the profoundly mysterious journey. John (and Lynda) _____ From: oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of William Schlesinger Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 6:50 PM To: Order Ecumenical Community Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Carol Pierce Carol was one of my early memories at 3444 W. Congress. So many completed lives... On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Mary Laura Jones <mljones2022@gmail.com> wrote: 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@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 (7519) 636546 <tel:%2B44%20%287519%29%20636546> 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@topica.com ----O0ooo- ----(--)- ----)--/-- ----(_/- --ooo0O-- --(--)-- --\--(- --\_)- _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@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 <tel:773%20636-2022> 636-2022 mljones2022@gmail.com _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net -- Bill Schlesinger Project Vida 3607 Rivera Avenue El Paso, TX 79905 (915) 533-7057 ext. 207