Wayne Schmidt's Wesleyan Ordination Succession
When Wesleyan General Superintendent, Wayne Schmidt, officiates ordination services, he is continuing a long, historic line of ministerial calling/leadership as the mantle is passed to the next generation. Wayne Schmidt was ordained by O. D. Emery (Wesleyan Church) O. D. Emery ordained by Louis Willard Sturk (Pilgrim Holiness). Louis Willard (L. W.) Sturk ordained by George B. Kulp (Pilgrim Holiness) George Kulp was ordained by Stephen Merrill (Methodist Episcopal) Stephen Merrill was ordained by Thomas Asbury Morris (Methodist Episcopal) Thomas Asbury Morris was ordained by Robert Richford Roberts (Methodist Episcopal) Robert Richford Roberts was ordained by the renowned circuit riding evangelist, Francis Asbury (Methodist) Francis Asbury was ordained by Thomas Coke (Methodist) Thomas Coke was ordained by a renegade priest named John Wesley (Anglican) John Wesley was ordained by John Potter, Bishop of Oxford (Anglican). From Potter -- there's a trail all the way back...
I was wondering just this morning if you guys had gotten snow yet....cuz that means it usually isn't far behind for us in Northern Michigan! I don't know if I am quite ready yet for this!
ReplyDeleteOK...yep...just a few hours later from my last post......look at it come down! We are getting snow now! Ready or not...here it comes!
ReplyDeleteThankfully now snow here yet. That should be a month away or so at least!
ReplyDeleteBut today is cold and feeling of winter
We didn't get any accumulation, but we did get some flurries here in good ole Indiana today too.
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