{"id":223,"date":"2015-07-15T21:33:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T02:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sip.slovakzionsynod.org\/?p=223"},"modified":"2016-03-16T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:32:05","slug":"third-week-and-a-third-funeral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/slovakzionsynod.org\/sip\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Third week and a Third Funeral!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there, Ivan again.<\/p>\n

I’ll be brief:<\/p>\n

1. This week I got to lead the worship again, though I didn’t preach yet. But I already have some dates set that I’ll be preaching on.<\/p>\n

2. On Tuesday we had another weekly pastor’s Bible study, but this one included a shared lunch and a short Eucharist service (in both English and Spanish!)<\/p>\n

3. Today I had my third funeral since I got here. So I already nave enough of experience with that. But the great news is that I’ll be helping out with a baptism at Christ Lutheran church on 26th July, something which I never did by now. So I’m looking forward to that.<\/p>\n

4. I got to do couple of visitations – in homes, hospitals, retirement homes. It was great seeing some of the people – and most actually remembered me! I also visited with brother Doug pastor Fial who served at st. Mark’s Lutheran church and was a missionary in Japan, so it was great hearing stories from his life.<\/p>\n

5. I got my second mail since I came (I get more mail here than I do back in Europe). It was my nameday gift, which I am already eagerly reading (picture included down).<\/p>\n

6. I went with brother Doug to a council meeting. He was invited to start the council with an invocation, which I found very interesting (a secular meeting being started with a prayer) – something I don’t think we do in our countries (correct me if I’m wrong). It was also interesting to see how a public forum works.<\/p>\n

7. I also found out that my photo, together with my good friend Lidia’s, are published in a book about the history of st. Mark’s Lutheran Church from two years ago, when I was here.<\/p>\n

8. Things with the Gettysburg seminary are being taken care of. I hope it all ends well. I have to choose my classes, so I’ve narrowed them down to 6 (I’ll probably take three classes). Feel free to help me decide which ones I should take:<\/p>\n

a) Studies in the Epistles of the New Testament<\/p>\n

b) Introduction to Theological Ethics<\/p>\n

c) Early Church history and the Creeds<\/p>\n

d) Luther and Augustine on Salvation, Truth, and Christian Life<\/p>\n

e) Chance, Necessity, Love: A Pastoral Theology of Cancer<\/p>\n

f) Preaching from the OT<\/p>\n

So much from me for this week. And, as always, here are the pictures:<\/p>\n

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