[Oe List ...] Possible DVD of Bishop Jim

Mon Oct 25 07:05:38 CDT 2010

Hi All

We also have near completion the video footage from the Symposium along with
Bishop Jim's speech and the ribbon cutting event. Hope to make it available
soon.

With kindest regards.

M. George Walters

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of W. J.
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 20:29
To: marilyncrocker at juno.com
Cc: oe at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Possible DVD of Bishop Jim

Marilyn, thanks for asking.

The four VHS tapes arrived intact from the Griffins (hooray!). Haven't had
time to comb through all eight hours, but the bits I checked were startling,
to say the least--including (now that I've turned 70) seeing myself (mostly
from the rear, oh dear!) at age 47. Other colleagues will be shocked as well
to see themselves in 1987.

Problem is, I haven't yet located the 'Holy Grail' of the JWM slide show on
the tapes, and from the (somewhat limited) cassette labeling, I've reached
the preliminary conclusion that the slide show wasn't video recorded.

If some of you with a more acute memory for details than I've retained at
this age could clue me in as to WHEN the slide show was scheduled in the
weekend, I'd appreciate it. There's always the chance that it's somewhere in
there, but at this point I seriously doubt it. 

Even without the JWM/JKM material, it might be a good idea to digitize these
tapes and burn them to DVD. Anybody interested in getting a copy? BTW the
video/audio quality is on the low end of an acceptable range. But we were
always a low end group when it came to production quality. Don't even know
who shot this, but it wasn't moi. Somebody with a first generation VHS color
camcorder, I think.

Today I've been in the twilight zone of weird things happening that cause me
to question my grasp of ordinary reality and the accuracy of my memory. So
now I'm even questioning whether the JWM/JKM slide show was part of this
weekend, or whether I'm confusing it with another similar event at another
time. I'd bet my last dollar that I worked with JKM to put together the
slide show and recall his oral in-person narration at a presentation in D.C.
organized by the D.C. Religious House, but I'm less certain that I haven't
unknowingly conflated two events in my memory.

Colleagues, please help bail me out on this one with some helpful details on
what really happened.

Marshall, dazed but still able to type

BTW, Lela Mosely IS on the tapes.

  _____  

From: "marilyncrocker at juno.com" <marilyncrocker at juno.com>
To: synergi at yahoo.com
Sent: Sun, October 24, 2010 4:55:26 PM
Subject: Re: Possible DVD of Bishop Jim

Hi Marshall,

I'm only a month plus late in responding to your note about possibly
rejuvenating Bob & Muriel's VHS tape.  I was wondering if the "mine"
produced "gold," and if so, how might those of us who share your respect and
affection for the Bishop might access such.

Bishop Jim was the "rebel" establishment bishop of the then-Southern New
England Conference (along with that of the then-separate NH and ME
conferences, now all combined into the New England Conference -- which just
this year added some of VT) when, in June 1967 he used his parliamentary
savvy to guide our Conference (as well as the others over which he presided)
in affirming the appointment of some of its brightest young pastors to the
Ecumenical Institute (of course without salary and benefit of pension, but
none could envision retiring at that point!)  This was, indeed, a
legislative victory, as the "old guard" in mindset was still omnipresent,
despite the recurrent, filled-to-capacity PMCs and  90-person RSI courses
taught each weekend at Rolling Ridge, the Conference Retreat Center.  In so
many ways Bishop Jim transformed the UMC in New England, and the lives of
such as Joe Crocker, Don Clark, Charles Moore, etc. and lay folk like me.

I'd love it if you could keep us posted on this particular project.

Grace and peace,

Marilyn

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:27:51 -0700 (PDT) "W. J." <synergi at yahoo.com> writes:

Dear Colleagues,

I grieve and rejoice with you in celebrating the completed life of Bishop
James K. Mathews, whom I counted as a friend and spiritual mentor.

In 1987 I assisted Bishop Jim and his wife Eunice in assembling a slide show
on the life of Joe Mathews which Bishop Jim narrated at the Washington
Religious House at the event commemorating the tenth anniversary of Joe's
death.

(Note to self: always keep copies for the Archives!)

Sadly, Eunice and I have concluded that the original slide show has been
lost to history. 

(But it MIGHT be somewhere in the ICA-USA Archives . . . like, you know, the
Lost Ark in the Archives of the CIA.)

I am very happy to announce, however, that Bob and Muriel Griffin, in
packing up to move shortly, have just found a set of VHS tapes that were
made at that event in 1987. 

(Note to colleagues: you can't be too careful in holding on to the good
stuff! But it helps to remember that you still have it. Somewhere.)

Those tapes are on their way to me this week, and if they yield the gold
mine I hope is there, we'll all be able to enjoy the wonderful parting gift
of Bishop Jim's story-telling about 'Brother Joe.' I think there are also
stories from the late Lela Mosely and others who knew Joe well.

Will let you know what I find. Planning to edit and digitize, and maybe post
in the repository! And/or issue on DVD.

Marshall

Marilyn R. Crocker, Ed.D
Crocker & Associates, Inc.
123 Sanborn Road
West Newfield, ME 04095
(207) 793-3711

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