» 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.