# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CkTDcHhulZc
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/18917025-breyeschow-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-29T12:31:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

## Caption

Today, October 29, 2022 is my 27th anniversary of being ordained as a Minister of Word & Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (USA) (@pcusa).

AKA #Ordiversary for us in the church nerd world :-)

There is no way that I would have survived or thrived on this road without my family, some courageous congregants, and so many colleagues and friends who have been present along the way.

The ebbs and flows of pastoral ministry — the profession and the calling — are filled with sacred moments of the soul and tribulations and traumas for the spirit. It's a swirling and complex life of love and I am grateful for it.

The first two photos are a before and after of me all stoled up, first from my ordination day and then from a recent worship service. 

The next few are my prayer and laying on of hands during my ordination, the taking of my vows, my certificate of ordination, and ordination day group photo.

The back half of these photos are from my most recent gathering with a group with whom I have met for nearly 25 years. While the make up of the group has varied over the years, this group (started by the Urban Ministry Office of the PCUSA) has been with one another through the breadth of what life entails. From life to death and all the ups and downs along the way, this group has saved each of us at some time. 

No matter your vocation, I hope everyone finds such a group: one that rejoices in mutual celebrations, grieves in shared sorrow, and are with one another in all the cracks and crevices in the in-between.

Thank you all.

#Presbyterian #PCUSA #Ordination #Anniversary #Ordiversary #Pastor #Calling #Minister #PastoralMinistry #Church #ChurchLife #PastorLife #Vocation #Avocation

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

minister, church, ordiversary, calling, pcusa, pastorlife, vocation, presbyterian, ordination, anniversary, pastor, churchlife, avocation, pastoralministry

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