Stan Crow's Corner: Memories of Stan and Resources from Rite of Passage Journeys
a collection of articles, links, resources, etc
In loving memory of Stan Crow, 2/5/39 - 11/15/09
| Who was Stan Crow? Stan Crow passed away on Sunday, November 15th, leaving behind a rich legacy of community. He touched the lives of so many, as a loving husband, father, and grandfather; as co-founder of Songaia CoHousing Community; active and involved member of Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church (he was Board President at the time of his passing), member of the Institute of Cultural Affairs, and as Founder and Director of Rite of Passage Journeys. |
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A life-long lover of nature, Stan directly provided hundreds of young people with the opportunity to get outside and connect with the natural world. Through his work with the Unitarian Church and Rite of Passage Journeys, he worked tirelessly to provide meaningful coming of age experiences for youth. He also trained and mentored other individuals and organizations to provide rites of passage to youth, in his programs and through their own programs. |
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He was key to the development of the coming of age curriculum standard in UU churches today; his work is the basis of the rich teaching bundle that Rite of Passage Journeys offers through training and consulting work.
Rite of Passage Journeys has created a Legacy Fund in honor of Stan Crow's life work. Please read more about the Fund here. Or contribute to the Stan Crow Legacy Fund today to help us further disseminate his life work.
We'll post it with all our other Memories of Stan right away.
The impact of Stan's legacy is infinite. He had a heart that was bigger than life. Through his unassuming, always-available mentorship of young people, he raised generations of empowered and inspired adults. Through his absolute confidence in each of us, he helped many find their paths. And through his vision, he leaves communities that will continue to serve and gather even in his absence. That these will continue without Stan is a testament to his real leadership and mentorship gift--with Stan, each of us knew that we could do far more than we thought we could.
Stan, we love you and will miss you. Thank you for blessing our lives.
We
at Journeys wish to offer this forum for the Rite of Passage Journeys
community, and the wider community, to post stories of Stan, stories
that we can collect and preserve as part of his history, and the
history of Journeys. You can share your memories here, and we'll post them right away. Over the coming weeks and months, we will work
make this space more user-friendly. There's also a place to post wishes for the family and more general thoughts on his church's website, on a Stan Crow Memorial Page. The page here on the Journeys site is for this special piece of his life and legacy--mentoring youth, adults, and elders through life transitions, and all the lives he touched through this work.
We will also continue to collect more and more
of Stan's work. He left behind a full office and many papers, and
we look forward to sharing more of his legacy with the wider
community. Part of our mission at Rite of Passage Journeys is to
educate individuals and organizations about the what, why, and how of
rites of passage. We will continue to have these resources here, at Stan's Corner.
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