Ordination

Planning is under way for my ordination, at Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden Colorado, on May 10, 2009 at the traditional time, four in the afternoon. Invitations are being mailed, a service is being outlined -- it's all very exciting.

Some would argue that I should wait until I'm installed at my first settled congregation to be ordained. That could be years, if ever, since I feel called to interim rather than settled ministry. A wise friend reminded me that the older tradition in the New England churches was for the church that 'called out' a minister -- that sent the minister out into the world -- to ordain the minister. Jefferson Unitarian Church is that 'sending' church for me.

May 10 is Mother's Day. It was the only day available in a busy church with busy people. The day fits for me, for my own mother was an inspiration for my call to ministry. She would have been surprised by that, as she was not religious, though she did admit a fondness for 'the Unitarians'.