As an update to my last post, here are a few photos from the worship service today at Shadyside Presbyterian Church. There, the Rev. Austin Crenshaw Shelley began her pastorate as the 12th Senior Minister, this morning. And how appropriate that it was also World Communion Sunday, a celebration which began in this very church in 1933, under the leadership of Hugh Thomson Kerr.
The service was beautiful and inspirational throughout, and especially so during the communion liturgy, in which Rev. Shelley brought together new and ancient words to draw the worshiper close and connect the worshiper to all Christians in every time and place.
When Austin and I talked together this past week, I told her my hope is that her tenure at Shadyside outlasts Dr. Kerr's. Lord willing, may it be so. By the way, Dr. Kerr served from 1913 to 1945. So let's aim for 33 years, that is, until 2044!
P.S. As you can see, the World Communion Sunday medallion I mailed to Austin on Thursday morning arrived in time for her to wear it this morning.
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