I told Melissa, "I need some time to go online today and check my email. I have a feeling I have an email about Gordon's decision about me." Sometimes I get "feelings" about things, do you?
Below is the email I received from GCTS that I was awaiting:
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Hello Kent,
I know that you have been awaiting this news...we are delighted to offer you acceptance into our program! A copy of the acceptance letter is attached, and the original will go out in the mail quite soon.
Please note that the Doctor of Ministry Office will close for the holiday next week. If you are planning to enroll in the program, you will need to matriculate by December 22, 2010 in order for our office to have the time to reserve your spot, register you, and release to you log in information for the student portal where important information like the syllabus is housed. Please keep this in mind!
Grace and Peace,
Sara
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"Feelings...nothing more than...feelings..." --thank you Gemini, but the rest of the words to the song really don't apply! :)
But if i may, that feeling of acceptance really does solidify things and it did bring a smile to my face! I couldn't help it. It just spread across my face and my wife hugged me and we celebrated that moment together embraced--another feeling of acceptance...*sighs*
There is another letter we read that reminds me of acceptance. The bible. It was the summer of my Sophomore year sitting on a bunk at summer camp singing with my guitar those words of Don Francisco, "He's alive...He's alive..."he's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are opened wide. He's alive..." that an overwhelming feeling of acceptance came over me like never before. When I read the words of John Wesley as to what happened to him at Aldersgate when Luther's introduction to Romans was being read, John said he felt his heart strangely warmed. Those words I believe I could borrow to describe my experience. In a word, "Acceptance." And it has made all the difference in my relationship with Jesus Christ!
I hope it is a good beginning to my relationship with Gordon Conwell too.
Below is the email I received from GCTS that I was awaiting:
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Hello Kent,
I know that you have been awaiting this news...we are delighted to offer you acceptance into our program! A copy of the acceptance letter is attached, and the original will go out in the mail quite soon.
Please note that the Doctor of Ministry Office will close for the holiday next week. If you are planning to enroll in the program, you will need to matriculate by December 22, 2010 in order for our office to have the time to reserve your spot, register you, and release to you log in information for the student portal where important information like the syllabus is housed. Please keep this in mind!
Grace and Peace,
Sara
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"Feelings...nothing more than...feelings..." --thank you Gemini, but the rest of the words to the song really don't apply! :)
But if i may, that feeling of acceptance really does solidify things and it did bring a smile to my face! I couldn't help it. It just spread across my face and my wife hugged me and we celebrated that moment together embraced--another feeling of acceptance...*sighs*
There is another letter we read that reminds me of acceptance. The bible. It was the summer of my Sophomore year sitting on a bunk at summer camp singing with my guitar those words of Don Francisco, "He's alive...He's alive..."he's alive and I'm forgiven, heaven's gates are opened wide. He's alive..." that an overwhelming feeling of acceptance came over me like never before. When I read the words of John Wesley as to what happened to him at Aldersgate when Luther's introduction to Romans was being read, John said he felt his heart strangely warmed. Those words I believe I could borrow to describe my experience. In a word, "Acceptance." And it has made all the difference in my relationship with Jesus Christ!
I hope it is a good beginning to my relationship with Gordon Conwell too.