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A blast from the past. . .

Revd. David Moyer, the Conference Minister for the Wisconsin Conference of the United Church of Christ is visiting the South Western Synod of the United Reformed Church. Maurene and I are hosting David for his first two days in the UK.

David will be preaching at Central URC tomorrow morning giving Maurene a break from preaching whilst still officiating at Communion. David was instrumental in guiding me through United Theological Seminary, offering me my student pastorate, and shepherding me through the ordination process. He was the Association Minister at the time of the Northwest Association of the United Church of Christ so he had supervisory responsibilities for me. No easy task.

We sat around last night and reminisced for a time about the good old days. I suddenly realised that 2007 is the 15th anniversary of my ordination. So, I rummaged through an old scrapbook and pulled out two photographs. One taken at my graduation from seminary in Minneapolis; the other taken with Mom and Dad on the day of my ordination in Humbird, Wisconsin a few weeks after graduation.