Weather Conditions: Rainy and Dark
Date: A Tuesday School/Work night
Distance: In the direction of the North Pole by Way of Akron
Purpose: To surround the Gatwood family – our own – in his ordination to the priesthood
Attending from St. Augustine’s: Including the Gatwoods, TWENTY-ONE eager souls
From the ordination liturgy on February 7, 2017 at Holy Spirit Anglican Church, Akron:
Priests are ordained to lead God’s people in the offering of praise and the proclamation of the Gospel. They are to set the example of the Good Shepherd, always before them as the pattern of their calling. With the bishop and their fellow presbyters, they are to sustain the community of the faithful by the ministry of Word and Sacrament, that we all may grow unto the fullness of Christ and be a living sacrifice acceptable to God.
Fr. Gatwood will continue to serve at St. Augustine’s, only now as a priest instead of a deacon. This means he will be able to preside at communion and have all the other sacramental and teaching authority vested by the Church for the building up of God’s people.
God’s blessings to Fr. Terry, Deanna, and boys as they travel this journey for the Lord.
Click here to see photos of the ordination
