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Call Day Top 5

4/28/2015

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Call day is this Friday for LCMS seminarians.  For those of you who don’t know, in the Missouri Synod, the church at large (seminaries, districts, local congregations working together) assigns pastors to their first congregation.  Seminary chapels suddenly take on an air of the NFL Draft as each seminarian is called forward, told where they will be serving, and then shakes the hand of the commissioner…er…Synodical president.  It is actually a pretty thrilling day…for everyone except the wife of these soon-to-be pastors.  The sermon is typically given by one of the District Presidents.  It is meant to convict, comfort, and inspire these fledgling soon-to-be pastors in some memorable way.   All I remember from mine was the phrase, “You aren’t really going to pay attention to what I say today…”  He nailed it.  Anyhow, Lord willing, I will never be a District President.  But, I do think it would be totally sweet to give a Call Day sermon!  Mine, of course, would be a Top 5 List.  And though I’ve only been called and ordained just shy of a decade, I do think there are some things that new pastors need to think about as they enter their first parish.  Heck, I think this Top 5 might prove helpful for all pastors!  So, I give you the Top 5 Words to New (and Veteran) Pastors…

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