[Oe List ...] Passing of colleague Standrod Carmichael

[Lynda Cock]

Thank you, Ellen and Richard, for your care. It is amazing how often we
unsuspectedly run into people who have had contact with EI.  What an
adventure with wide spread effect.
 
 
Hope you are doing well.  Are you back to normal or in a state of new
normal?  What lingering effects are you experiencing?  Have you figured out
how you contracted this ailment?  
 
It's been a busy summer with the arrival of a new granddaughter from
Ethiopia, having grandparent time with each of the grandchildren during
school vacation, and assisting with Dad's care more. I've tried a little
backyard gardening which has been enjoyable to nurture, but then I was gone
when the bulk of it came in.  However, I got to share it with neighbors.
I also went with our oldest granddaughter Kaitlyn (almost 16) on a mission
trip of tornado relief to ALA.  That was a special experience to share.
Little Meron, who will be three this weekend, is being baptized Sunday.
After church we'll have a shared birthday party for her and her dad
(Jono-44).  Kelley brought back a traditional Ethiopian outfit for her to
wear.   Meron seems to be adjusting well to her new lively family and they
all surely love her.  She's picking up English quickly.  
 
Thinking of you with care and trusting that you are doing well.  
 
Lynda  
 
 

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of RICHARD HOWIE
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:00 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Passing of colleague Standrod Carmichael


A wonder-filled story and life lived. 
Thanks, Lynda and Johnl
Ellen

On Aug 9, 2011, at 11:21 AM, Lynda Cock wrote:


 
Since we are rehearsing old history, I wanted to share the news of the
passing of  a special  friend of ours, the Rev. Standrod Carmichael, an
Episcopal priest who served 19 years in Chicago (about 1964-1983) before
taking a retirement assignment at a little mission church in Galax, VA. in
1983 -- shortly before we returned there to John's hometown in 1984.  
 
In a town the size of Galax (about 6,000), two newcomer families from
Chicago quickly learned about each other. We learned that we not only shared
Chicago history, but that we also shared Ecumenical Institute history.
Standrod and his wife Marietta were on the faculty of a private school
(which I recall was largely black) on the Southside of Chicago. Standrod had
attended Ecumenical Institute courses and reported that he was at one time
interested in joining with this zealot group, but couldn't get a family
consensus. He was very taken with Joe Mathews and the mission of inner-city
work. He was part of a clergy group there in Chicago associated with EI.
References to familiar sounding theology would frequently appear in his
Galax sermons. 
 
He was a good friend of EI, as illustrated by his story: in the midst of the
riots of 1968, he was called to help with the evacuation of EI women and
children from the riots that had broken out on the Westside. He commandeered
a school bus and met a group at the "el" station at Kedzie and Homan and
took them to several pre-arranged locations. 
 
Standrod and Marietta were both musical and put those talents to use in the
tiny Episcopal church but also in the community where they founded a little
opera company and a choral group that brought an enlarged sense of culture
to that mountain area.  
 
In their declining health they moved to Atlanta several years ago to be near
family. Marietta died last year and Standrod died this past weekend after a
long illness. We had a recent letter from him. We salute their
colleagueship, their gifts of ministry, music and in depth community care,
and willingness to risk to help EI folks in crisis.  
 
Journey on, dear colleagues,   
 
Lynda  and John
 
 
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