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“Martha is the courageous one; she consistently chose to deal
with issues and not back away. That’s unusual,” Scott said.
He went on, “I knew there were points when she was having
a hard time. In fact, there was one time when I feared she
might not return...but she did.”
Martha stuck with the process, and things began to change.
“It drove me to contemplative prayer,” she said, “And, that
does not come naturally to an extrovert.” She continued, “I
became a worshipper; affirmation took a back seat in my
life, and I was able to see the Lord walking alongside me,
regardless of what others were doing.”
Scott concluded, “I knew that Martha was working and
praying hard, and it bore fruit, the kind of fruit that pastors The Rev. Scott Homer alongside Martha Horn
rarely see.” Quoting Martha Giltinan, he said “We need to be
able to ‘exegete our own souls.’ That’s the only way we will know how to respond to those under our
charge and know how to lead them and provide pastoral care. And Martha has come a long way.”
Photo by Scott Jessel
Mentored Ministry does invaluable work in the lives of those aspiring to the ministry. Pray for those
who mentor and those being mentored as they work through the process so that, with Martha, they can
say, “It was the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done.”
Seminarian Guest Speaker
Photos supplied
The civil war in Southern Sudan and persecution of
Christians there were the subjects of a talk by the Rev.
John Chol Daau, Senior MAR student, during the adult
Christian education class at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in
Wadsworth, Ohio, on February 28. The 30 members of the
class, including visitors from neighboring Grace Evangelical
Lutheran Church, were inspired by John’s passionate
presentation of life in his native Sudan and his own witness
for Christ. At the service of Holy Communion that followed,
John preached on Philippians 3:17-21, with a particular focus
on the enemies of the cross. As a Lenten reflection, he
exhorted the congregation to search their hearts for any sin
like those of the enemies of the cross of Christ. John was
welcomed to St. Mark’s by Rector Carol Fleming. St. Mark’s
has proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ to Wadsworth and
surrounding communities since 1959 (for more information
on St. Mark’s see www.stmarkswadsworth.org).
ABOVE: (L to R) The Rev. John
Chol Daau, Trinity MAR Senior;
Susan Tiffany, Trinity MDiv
Middler; Susan’s father and
St. Mark’s member, The Rev.
Roger Tiffany; and Rector of St.
Mark’s, The Rev. Carol Fleming.
LEFT: St. Mark’s Episcopal
Church, Wadsworth, Ohio.
Would you like to have a Trinity seminarian
as guest speaker for your worship service and/
or Sunday School class? Contact Dean of
Seminary Advancement & Church Relations,
Leander Harding, for more information:
lharding@tsm.edu or 1-800-874-8754
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