[Oe List ...] Lynda's family news

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Thank you, Lynda, for the newsy e-mail. I really enjoyed the stories of the 
 Carmichaels and our summer report..
 
Blessings,
Jann McGuire
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/9/2011 11:28:48 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
llc860 at triad.rr.com writes:

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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