Friday, June 17, 2011

United Methodist Church Ordinands called to be 'real world' leaders

Ordinands called to be 'real world' leaders

http://www.bwcumc.org/news/ordinands_called_be_real_world_leaders

BY MELISSA LAUBER
UMCONNECTION STAFF http://www.bwcumc.org/news/ordinands_called_be_real_world_leaders

As she knelt at the Service of Ordination beneath the stars painted on the dome of the Lovely Lane UMC, the Rev. Bonnie Scott remembered when she was 15, and attended a similar ordination service of a friend at National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. She had shared a sense of call that stirred within her at that event with her pastor, the Rev. Rod Miller. Bishop Felton May found her on the steps of the cathedral, laid hands on her and prayed with her that May night.

"God is faithful," said Scott as she robed, preparing for the processional that would lead to Bishop John Schol praying over her and commissioning her as an Elder in The United Methodist Church.

Scott, one of the 13 people commissioned as Elders and three commissioned as Deacons, stood among the seven others ordained as Elders and two as Deacons in the Baltimore-Washington Conference May 27.

As the service began, Bishop Forrest Stith explained that "ordination is a gift from God and a response of the individual to God's grace and stirrings of the Holy Spirit."... http://www.bwcumc.org/news/ordinands_called_be_real_world_leaders

United Methodist Church Ordinands called to be 'real world' leaders

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