The schedule for THIS year's General Ordination Exams is now in fact here:
Tuesday, Jan 2: Morning: Liturgy and Church Music: Limited Resources (Book of Common
Prayer, Enriching our Worship, approved hymnals (yes, all of them))
Afternoon: Church History: Open Book
Wednesday, Jan 3: Morning: Theology: Limited Resources (Bible, BCP)
Afternoon: Contemporary Society: Limited Resources (Bible, BCP)
Thursday, Jan 4: Break
Friday, Jan 5: Morning: Theory and Practice of Ministry: Closed Book
Afternoon: Ethics and Moral Theology: Open Book
Saturday, Jan 6: Morning: Holy Scripture: Open Book
Saturday, Jan 6, 12:30 pm: Rejoice! Rejoice!
There are a couple of things I like about this schedule. One, church history is in a good place for me. It's not the first exam, so I have one to get used to the process, but it's early, so I can get it over with quickly. Two, there's no all-day question. I like that. Three, Scripture is last, and that's an area where theoretically I should be ok as long as I'm not stupid about it. Four, the subjects in which I don't write as well are paired with subjects in which I do write well.
New this year: They're going to be emailing us the GOE questions instead of having us pick them up. On the one hand, that's a quick and easy thing and very logical; on the other hand, I know that at Seabury the wireless is very unpredictable, and I can see this causing a lot of stress for those of my classmates who can't get online as easily as I can. Apparently the administrator will have hard copies in case they're needed, but I'm not totally thrilled about being the test group for a new electronic process. We still hand in the answers in person, though, so at least there won't be stress around trying to upload or attach answers.
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I thought it strange that there was a question on Saturday, until I remembered what day Monday will be.
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Good luck, God bless you, and know that in the grand scheme of things, GOE scores don't matter one hill'a'beans after they're over.
-R
In the unhelpful category: Phew! Am I ever glad I am done with those things.
In the helpful category: wrote on my calendar to pray for you that week.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks for posting the dates. You and your colleagues throughout the Church will be in my prayers.
Ryan, I was considered deficient in three areas of GOE's. Having dealt with the remediation (in my case, not horrible), I wouldn't say the scores didn't matter. On the other hand, having dealt with the remediation and developed a career that's been blessed a lot, I would agree that they're not worth trembling over.
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