10th Anniversary of Ordination & Induction
This amazing cake was made by an amazingly talented member of our congregation, it marks the 10th anniversary of my ordination and induction to Banchory-Ternan East.
Some anniversaries are ones of joy and celebration, while others, especially the anniversaries of tragedy, are particularly difficult.
When you say the ‘9/11’ people instantly know what you are talking about as they recall harrowing pictures of planes flying into the twin towers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania.
So every year, as the anniversary of my ordination and induction comes around. I have mixed feelings: There is joy as I remember a special event in my life, but it is also tempered with a sense of sadness, because I also remember that there was another event that happened, which touched and shaped my ministry, and which touched and changed our world.
We pray for our world.
We pray that the fellowship of the church will stand as a sign of the possibility of barrier-breaking.
We pray for those who mourn and those who suffer – especially those who mark today an anniversary of loss.
We pray for peace.
And all God’s people said … Amen.
