God willing
and the people consenting
The Right Reverend Jeffrey D. Lee
Bishop of Chicago
will ordain
Phillip J.A. Fackler
Shelley A. Forrester
Tyrone Fowlkes
Bradley W. Pace
Courtlyn G. Williams
to the Sacred Order of Priests
in Christ's One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church
Saturday, the sixth of December
Two Thousand and Eight
at eleven o'clock in the morning
Saint James Cathedral
Sixty-Five East Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois
Your prayers and presence are requested
The liturgical color is white
Reception following in the narthex
Monday, December 1, 2008
What a week!
Well, it is turning out to be an interesting week.
First, I was preparing for ordination on Saturday. Of course, this mainly consists of being antsy and trying to focus on all the work I should be doing (like preparing a sermon for Wednesday), but it is still something that is occupying my mind. In some ways I feel like I should be preparing in a more "real" way. I don't have time for a full-blown retreat, so it seems like a should be doing something "holy" and "preparatory," but I just have too much work to do between now and then. I truly hope I remember to bring my vestments that day!
Second, I just found out that I am officiating a funeral that day (no Eucharist). We had the planning meeting with the widow and it went very well. I learned a great deal about how that process works, especially how you get info to write a sermon for a person you really don't know very well (his wife is a parishioner and her mother is a founding member of the parish). The funeral is going to be very cool as the man was a policeman and the police and fire departments are providing honor guards. His police motorcycle will be parked by the church entrance and there will be a police bagpiper "piping" us as we process to the church yard for internment of ashes in the columbarium.
Lots and lots to do this week. At least it will make the time go by faster and I will quit fidgeting so much. I hope.
First, I was preparing for ordination on Saturday. Of course, this mainly consists of being antsy and trying to focus on all the work I should be doing (like preparing a sermon for Wednesday), but it is still something that is occupying my mind. In some ways I feel like I should be preparing in a more "real" way. I don't have time for a full-blown retreat, so it seems like a should be doing something "holy" and "preparatory," but I just have too much work to do between now and then. I truly hope I remember to bring my vestments that day!
Second, I just found out that I am officiating a funeral that day (no Eucharist). We had the planning meeting with the widow and it went very well. I learned a great deal about how that process works, especially how you get info to write a sermon for a person you really don't know very well (his wife is a parishioner and her mother is a founding member of the parish). The funeral is going to be very cool as the man was a policeman and the police and fire departments are providing honor guards. His police motorcycle will be parked by the church entrance and there will be a police bagpiper "piping" us as we process to the church yard for internment of ashes in the columbarium.
Lots and lots to do this week. At least it will make the time go by faster and I will quit fidgeting so much. I hope.
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