Skip to main content

ordination slideshow



hello, old friends. i've been basking in the glow of my newly ordained status the last few days, and haven't even been able to process everything enough to write about it. and, to be honest, i'm still not sure i'm completely able to do that. but, i have compiled the pictures that shannon and my mom took and put them into this slideshow for you to watch.

i know many of you got to watch it on the live stream, and i'm glad that you were able to do that. thanks for taking the time to check it out. i'll be posting more about my ordination experience soon, (maybe tomorrow). until then, check out the pics.

grace and peace,
greg.
Labels:

Comments

Joel said…
hey are you and your dad in the same conference, or is western PA separate?
monica
3:29 AM
Mary said…
great pics!! i love that dude's huge shepard staff :) could you borrow that for the reinactment?

you look great brother :)
8:51 AM
Anonymous said…
So cool to see you and your pop together like that.

So hey, clothing question: Do you guys wear clerical collars? I saw some people wearing them, but not everyone. Or is that something that is only for specific offices?
8:55 AM
Anonymous said…
Congrats man!!! we watched on the internet and I loved it when the bishop says "how do you say your name?" ....classic!!!!!............
4:20 PM
greg milinovich said…
hey monica - we are in different conferences. western pa is its own conference, and i'm in a conference that is basically just new jersey.

mary - the "dude" with the huge shepherd staff is my bishop. i'll ask him...

pete - there's no official position on this. some of the pastors wear collars, others don't. it has nothing to do with the office, only with the preference.

billy - i know - that's hilarious. you could only hear that on the online stream - his mic wasn't live in-house. i didn't hear him doing that at the ordination, but somebody recorded it for me from the internet, so i was able to hear what you guys heard, and it is hilarious - he says my name like 5 times. he did a good job with it, though! practice makes perfect!
10:50 PM
Anonymous said…
Congrats, my friend.
7:02 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

bad haircuts (for a laugh)

everybody needs to laugh.  one good way i have found to make that happen is to do a simple google image search for 'bad haircut.'  when you do so, some of the following gems show up.  thankfully, my 9th grade school picture does NOT show up.  otherwise, it would certianly make this list!  please laugh freely and without inhibition.  thank you and have a nice day. 
3 comments
keep reading

happiness is dry underwear

we started potty training jack on thursday. we followed a program called POTTY TRAIN IN ONE DAY, which, by the way, i think is kind of crazy. i mean, if someone were to offer you a book called, "ACHIEVE WORLD PEACE IN ONE DAY" i don't think you would take it seriously. and yet here we are, trying to accomplish an equally daunting task in one 24-hour period. it is intense. the day is shrouded in a lie because as soon as your happily diapered child wakes up you tell him that it is a big party. we had balloons and streamers and noisemakers and silly string - all the trappings of a legitimate party. but it is most certainly not a party. it is a hellishly exhausting day. as soon as jack got out of bed, we gave him a present: an anatomically correct doll that wets himself. jack named him quincy. several times quincy successfully peed in the potty and even had an accident or two in his "big boy underwear." he also dropped a deuce that looked and smelled sus
6 comments
keep reading

the crucifixion of Robert Lewis

  "the crucifixion of Robert Lewis" mixed media collage with leaves, acrylic paint, and found objects by gregory a milinovich october 2023 this october i was invited to participate in a three day trip which was called a "pilgrimage of pain and hope."  while that may not sound super exciting to many of you, it actually really intrigued me.  i am the kind of person that wants to feel big feelings, and i am drawn to the deep places, so  i was interested in traveling to the scranton area, where the trip was planned, to see what it might look like to be a pilgrim that was wide-eyed and listening to the pain and the hope in the stories of others.   this trip included hearing the stories of immigrants to the northeastern pennsylvania area, and the work in the coal mines that many of them did.  it included hearing from folks who are working for housing justice and equity in downtown scranton.  it included hearing from those indigenous people who first inhabited that land. 
1 comment
keep reading