our online community is constantly changing. User ID's come and go. Babies are born. Children grow up. People commit themselves to one another. Loved ones and friends among us come to the end of their lives. Individuals move into our community. Others leave us, moving away to new places, new experiences, and new opportunities.
It is important and right that we recognize these times of passage, of endings and beginnings. Today we share the time of farewell with friends who are cutting back on their responsibilities.
On December 21, 2004, pastordan began to serve as poster of the series "Brothers and sisters." It drew 10 comments.
I thank the Daily Kos community, its members and friends, for the love, kindness, and support shown me these last four years and one week. I ask forgiveness for the mistakes I have made. I am grateful for the ways my leadership has been accepted. As I lay down the series, I carry with me all that I have learned here.
We receive your thankfulness, offer forgiveness, and accept that you now continue your ministry elsewhere. We express our gratitude for your time among us. We ask your forgiveness for our mistakes. Your influence on our communities will not leave us at your departure.
I forgive you and accept your gratitude, trusting that our time together and our parting have been fruitful.
Do you, the members and friends of the Daily Kos community, release pastordan from the duties of poster?
We do, with the help of God.
Do you offer your encouragement for his ministry as it unfolds in new ways?
We do, with the help of God.
Do you, pastordan, release this community from turning to you and depending on you?
I do, with the help of God.
Do you offer your encouragement for the continued ministry here and on the relationship with others who will come to serve?
I do, with the help of God.
Let us pray:* O God, we give thanks for remembered times when we, together, have shared life with one another. We thank you for the moments we have shared with these people in prayer, in learning, in service. We pray that pastordan and Mrs Pastor will be aware of your Spirit’s guidance as they continue their work in the vast series of tubes and in meatspace. Amen.