Another Laborer
A while back a friend and mentee of mine asked me to be part of his ordination service that was last Sunday. He is worship minister at church in Springfield, MO. I am rarely sick, but last night I was feeling terrible so I was afraid I was going to have to miss it. Several people prayed and the Lord answered.
The service was wonderful. Mark (Corey's dad) preached a great message. Corey led worship and another professor named Mark gave the charge. I sang a couple of specials and led a couple of worship songs. I shared two memories of Corey when he was in my praise band. One was in a classroom at the church where I taught him his first few notes on the bass guitar (I think five minutes later he surpassed my ability). He is now a wonderful worship leader, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist and a budding worship writer. The other memory is when he was lying in the hospital ready to go into surgery for a detatched retina. That is when he told me he wanted to be a worship minister. That really moved me. His dad was a little hurt that he wasn't going to be a preacher that day but the Lord knows we need worship ministers with the heart of a shepherd that know how to handle the word. I think mom and dad are super proud. Another laborer for the kingdom!!!!
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