![]() As I've prayerfully considered things with my family, my pastor, and our congregation, they have confirmed things for me. Recently, however, I've been feeling that God may be leading me into that pastoral office. Men who are pastors serve in the pastoral office and my office is that of a deacon, which we call an auxiliary office, which is a support and help to the pastoral office. Though much of my work involves working with pastors, my work is done under the supervision of the pastor(s) I work with. I'm what we call consecrated as a worker, but not ordained as a pastor. ![]() So I'm an officially "rostered' worker in our church, but not a pastor. I graduated from our church's university (Concordia University College of Alberta, in Edmonton) with a Bachelor of Arts, did a one-year internship, and am what is known as a Director of Parish Services. Right now I'm officially known as a deacon. The congregation has voted to have him do this, and for those who are interested, he's written a bit about what this colloquy thing is all about.įor those who may not be really familiar with our church's system, I wanted to take a minute to give you some details about what the process entails. Michael Schutz, our Director of Worship and Discipleship, is currently in a program called colloquy, which is a series of classes leading to him being able to serve as an ordained pastor. ![]()
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