Hug a senior day, 2009
by Jeni
Today is draft day, or better put: assignment night. The day when MDiv seniors, approved by the
church to do ministry in the ELCA, receive an envelope with a number from 1-9. In my time here at the seminary it has been very anxious and often somewhat disappointing initially. A few years back the Concord staff released an issue on this day that I believe had bunnies on it and the headline: Hug a Senior Day. It had clues for how to determine whether or not a senior wanted attention (if he or she was happy and excited or sad and in need of solace). I'm not sure it will come to that, but I am sure that my fellow comrades or students would do well to receive prayers.
Colin and I will probably not be assigned tonight. We will be spending a year after we graduate outside of the country as recipients of the Graduate Preaching Fellowship. We're going to be in Eastern and Southern Africa. More on that later.
From here on out this chaos of the call will start to get more refined as students begin to know what part of the country they'll be in. In a couple more weeks seniors will find out which synod they've been assigned to and may start interviews too. It's a busy time, to be sure!
church to do ministry in the ELCA, receive an envelope with a number from 1-9. In my time here at the seminary it has been very anxious and often somewhat disappointing initially. A few years back the Concord staff released an issue on this day that I believe had bunnies on it and the headline: Hug a Senior Day. It had clues for how to determine whether or not a senior wanted attention (if he or she was happy and excited or sad and in need of solace). I'm not sure it will come to that, but I am sure that my fellow comrades or students would do well to receive prayers.
Colin and I will probably not be assigned tonight. We will be spending a year after we graduate outside of the country as recipients of the Graduate Preaching Fellowship. We're going to be in Eastern and Southern Africa. More on that later.
From here on out this chaos of the call will start to get more refined as students begin to know what part of the country they'll be in. In a couple more weeks seniors will find out which synod they've been assigned to and may start interviews too. It's a busy time, to be sure!
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