Has it ever occurred to you that one hundred pianos all tuned to the same fork are automatically tuned to each other? They are of one accord by being tuned, not to each other, but to another standard to which each one must individually bow. So one hundred worshipers [meeting] together, each one looking away to Christ, are in heart nearer to each other than they could possibly be, were they to become ';unity' conscious and turn their eyes away from God to strive for closer fellowship. Social religion is perfected when private religion is purified.
A.W. Tozer

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#1 · November 15, 2003, 1:15 pm

Posted by: david.alitz <david.alitz@...>

Just a quick note to let you know that today my wife is being
consecrated as a diaconal minister in the ELCA (Lutheran).

The diaconal roster is a fairly new roster. It's defined as a minister
of Word and service as opposed to the traditional pastor which is a
minister of Word and sacrement. Generally, it means that her ministry
doesn't regularly include preaching or the sacrements. The consecration
service for diaconal ministers is the equivalent to ordaination for a
pastor. As a symbol of her service, she receives a bowl and towel;
symbolic of Jesus' washing the disciples feet. Pastors in the ELCA are
presented with a stole.

Please offer a prayer of celebration with us today as we mark a
milestone in our spiritual journey.

Dave Alitz

(P.S. After this is over, I can stop cleaning the house for guests and
get to work assembling my Gecko!)

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