» Feature: Sermon O' the Weekend
The theme for today is ordination sermons. Ordination, in Reformed churches, usually consists of a "manual imposition" - laying on of hands - of the minister by other ministers, and there are usually "ordination sermons." Another lost tradition is the "ordination brew" but we'll leave that aside for now. A similar service takes place for ministers, elders, and deacons. All of today's sermons have been preached recently at ordination ceremonies: ordination service of Chad Van Dixhoorn (MP3), Cambridge Presbyterian Church; ordination sermon for Jamison Galt (MP3), Park Slope Presbyterian Church; Deacon ordination service in Lafayette, IN; and finally, a deacon's ordination service at a Reformed Baptist congregation in Easley, South Carolina.
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6 Comments:
That's Lafayette, IN, not LA. And too bad - I thought it might've been someone I knew!
Thanks for the correction.
I'd like to know more about the ordination brew. Sounds like it may be a practice worth reviving.
Perhaps we'll do a story on ordination brew at some point; for now, we can refer you to a book "The Alcoholic Republic" - a history of alcohol use in America.
Sheesh. As if the sermon at my ordination wasn't challenging enough, I now see that I'm linked in the same sentence with Van Dixhoorn. Talk about intimidating. Definitely an argument that my ordination should have been accompanied by a special brew!
Blessings,
Jamison Galt
Drinking with Calvin and Luther is also an excellent work on the history of alcohol in the church.
B
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