[Oe List ...] Audrey Ayres Celebration

Fri Jun 27 21:59:04 EDT 2008

Isobel,
Thank you so much for your sensitive, sober, and joyous words.  I am thankfull that we still have a caring and profound community, even if we do not have an organization---we are the Order:Ecumenical. 
Grace and Peace and love to you and all the others.
Charles 

----- Original Message ----
From: Isobel & Jim Bishop <isobeljimbish at optusnet.com.au>
To: Order Ecumenical Community <oe at wedgeblade.net>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 4:36:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Audrey Ayres Celebration

Dear Alice and Jim,
Thanks you very much for sending these photos- it helped make me feel as if I had attended the Celebration of a wonderful and courageous spirit woman. 
I had a trip to the Other World as I  looked at the photos of those dear  familiar faces from my years in the Order Ecumenical...... 
Grace and peace and love,
Isobel.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jim Baumbach 
To: Order Ecumenical Community ; Colleague Dialogue 
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 10:20 AM
Subject: [Oe List ...] Audrey Ayres Celebration
Following are a few pictures from the celebration of Audrey Ayres life on Saturday, June 21, in Naperville, Illinois.  Those in attendance that many of you would know were: 

Carol Pierce, Rosemary Albright, Jim Troxel, Pam Bergdahl, Judy and Norm Lindblad, 
Jim and Alice Baumbach, Ruth Carter and Joyce Jordan. 

It was a glorious celebration! We particularly thought of all of you when we sang "/Obedience/" to the tune of "/Joyful/, /Joyful/" -Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.  (From Alice & Jim Baumbach) 

Bulletin with flowers                                                                    More flowers 

Kerry-Grandaughter (Soloist-"Bird's Song (Pilgrim's Progress #7") 

L to R: Pam Bergdahl, Jim Troxel, Rosemary Albright,  Carol Pierce & Martha Ayres Garcia.  (Carol Pierce did a reflection on behalf of ICA.)

 John Ayres & Joe Ayres (John shared a story about their pet flying squirrels as children.) 

Kerry Ayres, Carrie & Jeremiah Ayres (grandson) & Jean (Michael's friend) 

Andre Da Costa (long time friend of family), Lisa (John's Friend) & John Ayres (Andre did a reflection.) 

Alice Baumbach & Kerry Ayres (Alice read Psalm 146.) 

Joe Ayres 

Martha Ayres with one of Audrey's brothers (4 weeks after heart surgery--2nd brother still recovering from a different heart surgery and not able to attend) 

Grandson Nicholas Ayres with friend and sister Kerry 

Michael Ayres with friend Jean.  (Michael did a musical tribute to his mother, "/Requiem for Those Left Behind./") 

Peter's wife, Lioness, and Andre DaCosta 

Rev. Reed 

John Ayres with Joyce Jordan (5th City Preschool-retired) 
(Ruth Carter (no picture) also did a spirited reflection. Ruth's daughter, Regina, sang a beautiful song she had written.) 

A family picture. (Joe is absent and Peter Ayres is in the center, behind Martha.  He read Matthew 6:19-21, 24) 
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