Pastor Lori was ordained last Saturday – ordained as a legit pastor. Woot! She can now “legally” wear a stole and preside over communion. It was a wonderful service and a great honor that Lori asked me to assist at the service. Lori’s ordaination called for gifts and we at Grace put much time and much effort into these gifts. The time and effort included Kendall and I shopping at Dueber’s (classic downtown Dawson everything-you-can-imagine store) for theological and ministry-related gifts. (An angel puzzle, law enforcement kit, bug spray, nail polish for the liturgical season, you know. The like.) The time and effort went to the extreme with the making of a mission: impossible-themed video, telling Lori that she would need to come to Grace to receive her gifts and save the Christian church. Right. (But if she or any of her IM forces should be caught or killed, the secretary will disavow knowledge of her existence. Naturally.)
Lori came for lunch today to claim her gifts. One of the gifts were these wooden people – colored to be the staff at Grace, so that when Lori needed to practice a sermon or bounce ideas off of someone, we would always be there for her in her ministry (and for another reason that would take too long to explain here).
Here we are with Lori and our wooden look-a-likes. From left to right: Keith, custodian; Chris, choir director/organist; Lori (holding the wooden Jesus and cow); Emily, membership care; Pastor Kendall; Tammy, youth; Pastor Lindsay; Karen, administrative extraordinaire.
there's no place like gnome. 
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