Well, it was a great way to spend the 1 year anniversary of my diaconal ordination (December 18). I went to the ordination of 4 deacons in the Diocese of Michigan. Susie was radiant, of course. It was great to be there to support Shannon and Joyce, also. I was able to meet Lisa at her after-ordination party (nice to have connections so I can crash these things…).
I was able to reflect on where I was a year ago and what is going on. I was in the middle of my last year of seminary – a total whirlwind of being in 4 different places. I was somewhere for 10 weeks and then moved on to another place for 10 weeks. My ordination was a great celebration, but one on which I did not have enough time to reflect, because then I was off to write GOEs. So, being at other ordinations is a great event to spend some time reflecting on what it means for me to be ordained.
I am sorry that I missed the priesting of so many friends and colleagues in Chicago, but I had seen their diaconal one 6 months ago.
Thanks to Gary and Terry and Tracy for giving me places to stay and eat. It was nice to visit with everyone. Thanks for the great gifts. Gary is obviously psychic (or knows me well, whichever way you want to go with that…) because he got me Scene It which I’ve been wanting to play and very interested in owning.
Posted by Heather Voss at December 22, 2004 07:27 PM