I was ordained July 10, 1987, when General Superintendent, Dr. Earle Wilson, laid hands on me, shook my hand, and declared, "Take Thou Authority to Preach the Word!" I was thinking about that recently, and began to wonder how far back I could go with the succession of my ordination. So, I did a little research. I was ordained by Earle Wilson Earle Wilson was ordained by Pilgrim Holiness General Superintendent, William Neff William Neff was ordained by the Pilgrim founder, Seth Rees Seth Rees was ordained by Nazarene founder, Phineas Bresee Phineas Bresee was ordained by Methodist Bishop, Levi Scott Levi Scott was ordained by Elijah Hedding. Elijah Hedding was ordained by Francis Asbury Francis Asbury was ordained by a renegade Anglican priest named John Wesley John Wesley was ordained by Anglican Bishop (of Oxford) John Potter. From Potter -- there's a trail all the way back to St. Peter!! You can see the chart here. (Potter is at the bottom of the page #90. Now, how abo...
What - - - not ONE word about our WI Badgers holding off Arkansas in the Capital One Bowl? Go Bucky!!
ReplyDeleteThat's because I am a diehard Buckeyes fan. Go Scarlet and Grey!
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm - - - but this is BOWL season - - - now is the time to pull for ALL Big Ten Teams - - - and especially those in your parish!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI'll be pulling for YOUR Buckeyes a week from today, even though they aren't MY team. ;-)
Aw, ok -- you win -- except I rooted for USC yesterday, and there were two good reasons:
ReplyDelete1. They were playing Michigan.
2. They used to be called Methodists.
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ReplyDeleteConfession is good for the soul:
SO DID I!!!
And for pretty much the same reasons you said.
Mark,
ReplyDeleteYou better be a Bucks fan if you plan on visiting Ohio again. After all, OSU pays my salary. In fact, next Monday's 8 pm math class is optional for my students. Not really, we are covering Monday's lesson this week.