Snow swirled across a frozen Palouse region Dec. 13, but inside St. Mark’s Church in Moscow, ID, three deacons prepared to be ordained priests and a congregation of friends, family and parishioners gathered to support them.
Ordained were the Rev. Robin Biffle, the Rev. Susan Cleveley and the Rev. Vern McGee. Biffle is the rector of [...]
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Ordinations occur in Moscow despite weather
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Christine Soule ordained to the priesthood
The Rev. Christine Soule was ordained to the priesthood Nov. 15 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cheney, where she serves. Officiating was the Rt. Rev. James E. Waggoner, Jr., Bishop of Spokane.
Soule, a counselor with Lutheran Social Services, was trained for her ministry through the Diocesan Commission on Theological Education (DCOTE). She had served [...]
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Commission on Ministry
[ Feb 8, 2008 6:30 pm to Feb 9, 2008 12:00 pm. Mar 7, 2008 6:30 pm to Mar 8, 2008 12:00 pm. Apr 18, 2008 6:30 pm to Apr 19, 2008 12:00 pm. Jun 20, 2008 6:30 pm to Jun 21, 2008 12:00 pm. Sep 19, 2008 6:30 pm to Sep 20, 2008 12:00 pm. Nov 7, 2008 6:30 pm to Nov 8, 2008 12:00 pm. ]
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Commission on Ministry Meeting
[ Apr 24, 2009 to Apr 25, 2009. Jun 19, 2009 to Jun 20, 2009. Sep 18, 2009 to Sep 19, 2009. Nov 6, 2009 to Nov 7, 2009. Feb 12, 2010 to Feb 13, 2010. Mar 12, 2010 to Mar 13, 2010. Apr 23, 2010 to Apr 24, 2010. Sep 17, 2010 to Sep 18, 2010. Nov 5, 2010 to Nov 6, 2010. ] Much of the Commission on Ministry’s (COM) work deals with the discernment and guiding of persons seeking vocations in the Order of Deacons or the Order of Priests.
The agendas of COM’s meetings in 2009 are as follows:
April 24-25 – interviews and business
June 19-20 – retreat
September 18-19 – interviews and business
November 6-7 – interviews and business
The [...]
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Commission on Ministry Launches New Guidelines for Ordination
By The Rev. Gretchen Rehberg
Church of the Nativity, Lewiston
The common perception of the Commission on Ministry – the COM as it is known, is that our work only concerns those who want to be ordained, and that our work is usually to interfere with this desire. Nothing could be further from the truth! [...]