Dad the Grad

On Saturday after five years of toil, Josh finally graduated with his Master's in Christian Education from seminary. Here are a few pictures of the event.


Here is one of the few photos of Josh actually wearing his robe although he is not yet wearing his "Master's Hood"


This is graduation chapel which happened last Friday. It was held in a decent sized church which was only a five minute drive from our house. They had this so they could take care of all the things they don't have time to do during the actual graduation ceremony.


This is a neat tradition. The faculty (note all their "Doctorate Hoods") come around all the graduates, lay hands on them and pray for them. Josh happened to be at the end of the row so actually had hands laid on him!


On Friday evening on campus they have a BBQ dinner for the graduates and their families along with rides and games for children. I actually had several pictures of this, but this is the only one that my photo hosting site would save for me. The rest were too big or something. Lydia rode this pony and had a great time, but Sophia wanting nothing to do with it!


The actual graduation ceremony on Saturday. You can see Josh in the lower center filing into the GIGANTIC church auditorium behind a blonde girl. This church probably holds 5000 people at a time and boasts a membership of 20,000!


I just took this shot to give you an idea what we were looking at the whole time. There is a giant screen so you can see what's going on more clearly. The staff and faculty of the seminary are sitting in the choir loft. The graduates are sitting in the front rows. You see words on the big screen because we were singing a hymn.


Here's Josh filing up to get his degree. He's fourth in line behind the speaker at the microphone. Also he's still directly behind the blonde. If she hadn't sat next to him I don't know how we would have picked him out!



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Hallelujah! Almost done!

Five years, two kids, and our first home later...Josh has finished everything he needs to do to graduate from seminary with his Masters in Christian Education! He still has to attend a few more weeks of classes, but graduates are required to turn in all papers and take all tests early so that grades can be calculated in advance of the graduation ceremony.

I am so proud of him and so excited to be done with school! Although this excitement may be short-lived as he has already begun to mention getting his PhD. =)

Graduation is May 10. We would really appreciate your prayers as we decide what to do next. We are interested in a variety of things and in some ways that makes the decision harder. If we were focused on one thing we could put all our attention in that area. We are interested in him teaching Bible, either in the states or overseas. He is also interested in church planting, being an associate pastor, or many other things.

We have been asked to help start a church plant in Georgia and while Josh is very interested in that, I am not thrilled about Georgia. I wouldn't mind church planting somewhere else, but for some reason Georgia just doesn't do it for me. Keep us in your prayers! Thanks.

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