Go and Serve God’s People in and out of Season
by Bishop Ligaya Flores-San Francisco Scripture Texts: Exodus 2:7-10 II Timothy 3:14-17 Introduction Good afternoon everyone! Being with you in this momentous event of the Commissioning Service has refreshed me of the time when I was one of those who sat in the Chapel of the Evangel when we were commissioned. This is one of the most significant passages in the life of the Divinity School, the Commissioning rite. Everyone anticipated this. Although this time for you, you will just imagine yourself sitting in the Chapel of Evangel for this event together with your classmates. Mixed feelings engulf each one of you, such as, glad to have hurdled the rigors of the academic requirements, able to survived the challenges of the ministerial formation and anxious if the preparations for the ministry were enough to surmount the challenges in the real world. Questions like, can I survive in the pastoral ministry...