Well, this year brings a bunch of changes for me. My senior year of nursing school (ok, with a previous degree, doesn't that make all subsequent years "senior years"?), my first roommate in almost a decade, and I am entering discernment and starting Education for Ministry- a sort of condensed seminary course that lasts four years. Discernment starts next week when the father gets back from his Mexican family vacation (must be nice, all I get to go to is Midland, Texas ) and I apparently already have the vestry lining up to interview me and put me through the wringer. Some parishes actually make you write faith essays. What am I getting myself into? Ok, I feel better.
Best of luck. I hope you find the answer that's right for you. Ministry can be a huge commitment, but I also hear that it can be very rewarding.
What's an "education for ministry" course all about? Will you be a nurse? A preacher? A nun? None of the above?
So a MA trained nurse preacher. If they don't listen to the sermon you beat thr c**p out of them and then fix them up? Best of luck wry!
Makes everything selfcontained that way, Canuck. I'll be a deacon rather then a priest. Basically it means that I will be able to use my position within the church to start a community clinic that is partially funded by the church itself. So, no real preaching duties (other then those in the liturgy) and no major obligations to anything other then my parish community.
