On my last post, I stated he was certified. Today's ceremony officially ordained Aaron, Doug, and Craig. Doug is the school pastor and they called him Mr. B. One of the pastors visiting called them Pastor A, Pastor B, and Pastor C. That had not occurred to me! Too funny! I just thought I might share with you a little about our day. Some of you were toooo far away to attend. Share in our blessing here.
This morning was a normal church morning so we all headed out to Sunday school and Aaron was staying for the service. I figured God wouldn't be too upset with me if we skipped out this morning to be more prepared for the afternoon. Thank goodness all my cleaning was done ahead of time. Now I just needed to get ready to have family over for lunch and the kids to do some last minute stuff. Derek had his girlfriend Savannah there to help. He went and picked up the lunch while I made a place for it.
Once the family arrived and Aaron was able to get home, we dug in. I waited untill Aaron finished his lunch and I couldn't take it any longer!! The kids and I had a suprise for him!! We had a friend make a stole for him. This was a unique gift! We made cut outs of our hands and feet. She placed these on colored fabric to represent all four church seasons. I can't thank her enough for using her talents to make this gift. Thank you Ramona!!
After lunch and visiting with our family, it was time to head out to the church. We had plenty of seats reserved for our family. I then needed to meet up with the other wives to see what our role would be in the ceremony. I have had many people ask me, "Are you ready to be a Pastor Wife?" I even read several books. I was worried about what would be expected. Quite honestly, I have too much normal wife and mom things to do. We have great examples of pastor wives in our church already. Sharon and Ashley are wonderful Godly women!! So, I have decided it is okay to be me. To be the wife and mom I have been and continue to support his ministry. To be his helpmate in new ways that God reveals to me everyday. Whether I am a pastor wife or not.
The service started with music that was so majestic you felt like you had a glimps of heaven. God has generously blessed our church with talented musicians. You can feel the worship flowing from every organ note, trumpet sound, typhanny boom, bell rang, string instrument, flute fluted, and surrounding choir members singing. To see and hear all the Lutheran pastors in the area proceed to the front of the sanctuary singing was quite overwhelming. Soon, they were kneeling at the feet of the man who would be ordaining them. All of the pastors took turns laying their hands on them and giving enouraging words of wisdom and scripture. The Board of Elders and Deaconess presented them with a gift as well. Then they called the wives to come and place the official stoles on them. While placing the stole (very neatly I might add) the pastor tells us we may kiss our husbands if we would like. I'm sure I was red in the face. I gave him a quick peck. I'm pretty sure it landed somewhere completely unromantic, like his eye or nose. Thankfully he was facing the altar, no one saw.:) I red all over again once they were able to get up and bring us roses!! I love roses! Sweet.
What a special day. He is thankfull for all of the cards, gifts, encouragement and prayer. We enjoyed one gift of wine tonight! We are excited to see what God has planned for this journey!! Here are some pictures of the service.
