The Global Archives of the Ecumenical Institute and Institute of Cultural Affairs

1965 – 1968

Training the Spirit Movement

1965: Launching 5th City

Summer 1965

“In the summer of 1965, fifty students came to 5th City for six weeks as a study and work group in the community. We were the audience for the comprehensive curriculum as it was being developed by the Ecumenical Institute; and we were the work force for the beginning of the 5th City Community Development project. We did work days on many properties in the neighborhood as well as recruiting children for the preschool to start in the fall. This gathering was the first experiment in bringing outside people into the community for the summer, and it became the model for many years.”  As told by Marilyn Oyler in 2018

North Shore Cadre Manifesto, August 14

School of Religious and Cultural Studies Brochure

1965 TALKS:  “Common Worship”, Joseph Mathews, May;  “Corporateness”, Joseph Mathews, October, “Launching the 5th City Preschool Memory Fragments”, Aimee Hillard

1966

Summer 1966: Beyond Protest

June 26 – August 7  –  Six Weeks with Clergy, Teachers, College Students

“In the summer of 1966, summer participants were in three groups of approximately 50 each: clergy, teachers and students. The teachers focused on imaginal education as well as methods of working together to create a revolution in the schools. We developed curriculum for our subject areas and mostly fell in love with the idea of having a team to work with, doing important work in the civil rights movement …..

More on Summer ’66 HERE

Council I, August

Presidium, December 5-7

Articles about the EI:  “Laboratory for Tomorrow’s Church”, Together Magazine, March; “Church Renewal” published in March, Joseph Mathews; “You Can Help Bend History”, Chicago Magazine, May 19; “E.I.” Great Plains Observer, October; “E.I.”, Great Plains Observer, October; Letter to Laymen”, compilation of 1966 letters

1966 TALKS:  “ Church Renewal”, March, Joseph Mathews;  Corporate Life: Internal Dynamics, Summer, Donna McCleskey; “The ‘New Woman’”, Summer, Donna McCleskey;; “Cybernetics”, Council, September 1966, William Cozart; “Fifth City Model”. Joseph Mathews

1967

Presidium, March 27-29

Presidium Minutes

Summer 1967: The Movemental Declaration

Council II

Presidium, September 19-20

Presidium Minutes

Winter Presidium and First National Faculty Meeting, December 14-15

Presidium Minutes

1967 TALKS: Model for the Ecumenical Parish, May; The New Woman, May 17, Del Morrill; The International Training Seminar, July; Local Movement Organization, July 27, Gene Marshall; Local Churches Must Offer Their Lives, October, Joseph Mathews;  The Journey to Oxford, December, Don Clark

1968

Summer 1968: Beyond Accomplishment

Two 3-week sessions:  June 30-July 21 and July 28-August 18

Council III

Presidium Compilation for 1968

Africa Report, Fall

1968 Talks:  Style of Being a Christian, May 21, David Morton; Spiritual Discipline and Sacramental Community, Donna McCleskey; Charting, November 29, Joseph Mathews; Essay on Style, Joseph Mathews

The infinitely interconnected, mysterious web of life so overwhelms us that we sometimes close our eyes and pretend we are its organizers.   Tarsi Vitachi

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