John Raymond Zinn Green
The Reverend John R. Green, Episcopal clergyman, age 85, of Maumee, died Monday, January 31, 2000 in the Medical College of Ohio Hospital. From 1971 until his retirement in 1986, he served as a chaplain at the Toledo Mental Health Center. He was associate director of the Episcopal Community Services of the Diocese of Newark (New Jersey), and director of Protestant Welfare Services of Newark, NJ. He also was director of the Refugee Resettlement Program of the Diocese of Newark. During his ministry, he served as chaplain in mental, cancer, geriatrics,tuberculosis, mental retardation, correctional and medical-surgical facilities in the states of New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Maryland, and he was associated with the chaplaincy service of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, the Episcopal Diocese Ohio (in Cleveland) and the New York City Episcopal Mission Society. He was rector of churches in Lakewood, Ohio and Bayonne, New Jersey. While in Newark, NJ, he was affiliated with the clergy staff of Trinity Cathedral.
Prior to entering the Episcopal Priesthood, he was a social worker in the coal fields of Northern West Virginia and the Dept. of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C. He did his undergraduate studies at West Virginia University and graduated from Bexley Hall, The Divinity School of Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (now affiliated with the Ecumenical Theological Center, Rochester, NY). He trained with the Moreno Institute of Psychodrama in New York City and studied with the William Alanson White Psychiatric Foundation in New York City and the Alfred Adler Institute in Chicago.
He formerly served as vice president of the New Jersy affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. He also was a founder of the New Jersey affiliate, served as treasurer and was a member of its Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Essex County (NJ) Mental Health Association, and was a member of the Departments of Social Education and Action and Ministry to Institutions of the New Jersey Council of Churches, and a member of the Anti-Poverty Task Force of the National Council of Churches.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta Irene Green; and sisters Sarah Simmons of Whittier, CA and Naomi Clagett of Las Vegas, NV.
Friends may call at the Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, Maumee on Thursday from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday at 12:30 p.m. in St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Maumee. Interment will be in Ft. Lincoln Cemetery in Brentwood, Maryland.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness
for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of
the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me:
Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
Thou prparest a table before me
in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head wih oil:
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
for ever.
In Memory Of
Rev. John R. Green
Date of Birth
May 25, 1914
Burnsville, W. VA.
Date of Death
January 31, 2000
Toledo, Ohio
Place and Time of Service
12:30 PM Friday
February 4, 2000
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Maumee, OH
Presiding
The Rev. Paul Board
Interment
Ft. Lincoln Cemetery
Brentwood, Maryland
Arrangements By
MAISON-DARDENNE-WALKER FUNERAL HOME
501 Conant St.
Maumee, OH.
Prelude
Opening Anthem - B.C.P.491
The Collects
The Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 61:1-3
The Sequence Psalm: Psalm 139:1-11 - B.C.P.794
The New Testament Lesson: Romans 8:14-19, 34-35, 37-39
Hymn: My Face Looks Up To Thee - Hymnal 691
The Holy Gospel: John 14:1-6
The Homily
The Apostles Creed - B.C.P.496
The Prayers of the People - B.C.P.497
The Holy Communion - B.C.P.361
Post Communion Prayer - B.C.P.498
The Commendation - B.C.P.499
Hymn: A Mighty Fortress - Hymnal 688
B.C.P. denotes the red Book of Common Prayer.
Hymnal denotes the blue book.
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the broken-hearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and release to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour,
and the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
to provide for those who mourn in Zion -
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, 'Abba! Father!' it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ - if, in fact, we suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the children of God;
Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jesus said to his disciples, "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling-places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going." Thomas said to him, "Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Celebrant - The Rt. Rev. Arhtur B. Williams, Bishop Suffragan
Eulogy - The Rev. Richard Gingher
Homily - The Rev. J. Paul Board
Prayers - The Rev. Linda Smith-Criddle
Deacon - The Rev. Suzannah H. Rohman
Lector - Dave Watts
Organist - Jane Weber
Acolyte - Ray Gallo