[Dialogue] 20 Principles of Corporateness

[Bill Schlesinger]

And the pharisee is more dangerous to corporateness than the libertine.



Bill Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 533-7158 FAX
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On Aug 17, 2011 5:51 PM, John Cock <jpc2025 at triad.rr.com> wrote: 




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Below 
is the list from memoir Herman Greene posted recently. I had a 
loose sheet of 20 Principles from OE somewhere. Can't find it 
now. Can't remember how much I edited 
them. ~John
 
HOW DO I BEGIN to list what I learned from my 
years in the Order: Ecumenical? Maybe with a variation on some of the Order's 
operating principles that are quite 
applicable to any sensitive and responsive group:

THE 20 PRINCIPLES OF 
CORPORATENESS
1.                
Corporateness grows out of a 
mutual calling.
2.                
Covenant and discipline sustain 
community.
3.                
Regular accountability of each 
member is necessary.
4.                
Absolution is that without which 
corporateness fails.
5.                
Each member has a gift to be 
developed and offered.
6.                
Everyone is responsible for the 
whole mission.
7.                
Worship of 
God by whatever name is the 
most important act of the community.
8.                
The community has one mission, 
not many.
9.                
Sacrificial commitment of time and resources is 
crucial.
10.            
Care is provided 
structurally.
11.            
The power is in the center of 
the table.
12.            
Decisions are made by consensus, not by majority 
vote.
13.            
Equity, not equality, is the key 
to fairness.
14.            
Effectiveness, not efficiency, 
is the hallmark of service.
15.            
The first response is always 
yes.
16.            
Indirection is preferred to 
direct encounter.
17.            
Only criticize with an 
alternative model to offer.
18.            
Only decide or act as a team of 
two or more.
19.            
The external situation is never 
the real problem.
20.            The community has local autonomy 
and global responsibility.
 
Called to Be: A Spirit Odyssey, by 
John Cock, pg. 
217



From: dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net 
[mailto:dialogue-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of darrell 
walker
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 12:02 AM
To: 
Colleague Dialogue
Subject: Re: [Dialogue] core 
values



It was something like that.  It was a paper in 
common usage, I thought.  Too bad it is lost.
    Darrell

  
  Maybe it was more like a summary of revolutionary principles for being 
  the Order.
  Marshall
  

  
  
  

  
    Way back when, I remember there was a list of, 
    I guess, what one would call "core values."  It was a list of 
    twenty or so qualities, among them "the first answer is always 'yes'" and 
    "effectiveness, not efficiency, is the hallmark of our work."  
    (paraphrased)  Could someone send me that list.  I have lost 
    mine.
        Darrell Walker -- Phoenix 
    where it remains 110 F
    


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