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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-05-30, Page 26'Page 14-m-crOS!,044.,„. BY 3%1984 See us for all your Sewing Needs See Our 40% Rack T -Shirting $3.981m $9.981m Linens $9.981m Plain Poly Cottons - 115 cm wide $2.791m Printed Sheers $1.98/m We now have in stock shoulder pads for all your sewing needs. Listowel Textiles 170 Wallace Ave. S. Listowel 291-2271 Three By Rev. Lee Truman There is one dogmatic statement that I make to each young person who - comes to me inquiring about entering the minis- try. I am sure that the question is not original, but it is one that sums it all up. "If you can do anything else besides going into the pastoral ministry and be happy doing it, do it." I cannot believe that being a priest or rabbi is any dif- ferent. There are so many de- mands made on anyone in the ministry, and the cost is so high to get ready to become a pastor, that if there is a doubt that they want to pay the price or if they are considering it halfheartedly, the only hon- est thing to do is to encour- age them to do otherwise. They are only going to thank you for the guidance later on. Like the priesthood, the Protestant Church minis- try is changing rapidly and radically these days. John Bobo, chaplain of Macales- ter College, bated 'three • basic qualities Which a young person must have in order to become a minister successfully. These are a shockproof faith, a hungry mind and an extra4hick 'skin. If young men or women do have it in their Mind that they wish to serve God and humankind, and the only avenue for them is to enter the ministry, they will need all three — but especially ashockproof faith. The theological seminar- ies at one time were very much like hothouses where the tender plant of a young person's faith could be nur- tured till it became vigor- ous enough to survive in the treacherous, even hos- tile, climate of the secular world. This is no longer the case. They are going to be surrounded by students who see the gospel only in terms of social action in the world. Certainly they will be plunged into the morass of problems of theology, high- er and lower criticism of Scripture and a reasonable doubt if there will be a place for them to serve after they have spent the ZZ •.••••••••• OOOOO •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.. WCIUU WOUILID • EAC14 BOX 15 A DIFFERENT PUZZLE. FOR EACI-I BOX YOU MUST SELECT A SINGLE LETTER AND POSITION rr IN EACI4 WORD • TO CREATE 3 NEW WORDS. WORD WORLD 15 AN EXAMPLE.-- same limber of years in their training as is re- quired of a medical doctor. In seminary, they are going to find worship and devotion to be strange and erratic both in form and regularity. Unless students are already deeply Com- mitted in their religious devotional life it is going to be hard for them to survive the kind of shock treat - Ment they will undergo in most of the major Protes- tant denominational semi- naries. But if they have a tough, shockproof faith, the theological and political bludgeoning they will un- dergo in seminary will toughen them up for minis- try in a shocking world. The hungry mind. The minister is, and by the na- ture of the task, always a communicator. The main concern is the declaration of what minis- ters believe to be a rela- tionship to all of life. Therefore, they must be acquainted with as much of life as they can absorb with as broad a base as they can encompass. But ours is the age of specialization, and anyone who is not .a spe- cialist is 'kely to feel guilty, out of place or total - ly swamped by the de- mands made on them. The parish .minister today- serving a Protestant church must specialize in being a journeyman, and also an unashamed ama- teur in half a dozen disci. plines, a cheerful dabbler in a dozen more, and all the time trying to bring the light of the Scriptures to bear realistically upon life. It is a broadly focused life, far more like an art form than a science. But for the mind greedy for life, sym- pathetic with all of its dif- ficulties, hungry for every- thing human, aware of the needs of people and the help he or she can give, the ministry offers a beautiful challenge. An extra -thick skin. The days are past when "the parson" was the "chief per- son" in the community or even in the congregation. Generally, the pastor ranks low in both authority and public esteem. Perhaps we are paying the price for too many centuries of unques- tioned authority and un- merited public favor. Today minister must make it on their own. They cannot coast on a special contact with God when the CAVIL IDOIL CASTS "ASCU ALE 111Q11111)ILIIE .SIEES SICAllr$ 1[AST • •••••••••••••••• 000000000 efeettookse 000 sosio••••••• 0000000000 4,0,4,4600 ( "983 BY(' 1'1983 Copley New Se nice very word "God" is being questioned. Many will not buy the authority of "the Bible says." They are even stripped of "churchly au- thority,' as even Roman Catholics have begun to refuse to accept the church as "the bride of Christ" with a faithful acceptance for which they were once noted. Add to this the personal stress that comes when the minister functions accord- ing to his Biblical mandate as a minister of reconcilia- tion. Such a stance invites trouble from all sides, but someone has to reconcile ... between hawk and dove, between "black power" and "law and order," be- tween striking students and stricken administra- tors, between troubled par- ents and anguished youth. This requires an extremely thick skin and a high call- ing. If a young person can qualify on these three counts, and wants to be a * * * ALL CLASSES ** * Junior/Schoolboy Racing at 10:30 * * Senior/Experts at 2:00 * Advance tickets available at 41: * 1. 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