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All. :historic mOinent:
deacons
in -full ~onnection ordained
SONDRA WILLOBEE
ERIK ALSGAARp
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Thanks (o the 1996 General
Conference, history was made
in the Detroit ~ual Conference-Wednesday, June 4. ·
Gathering in D awson Auditorium on the campus of Adrian College; five wome':l·..~ere
ordained deacons in full connection - the first such o rdinations ever.
Paragraph 319 describes the
ministry of a d eacon in full
connection. "Deacons lead the
congregation in its servant
ministry and equip and support all baptized Christians. in
their ministry. In the world, the
deacon seeks to express a ministry of c:ompassion and justice. In the congregation, the 1
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ministry of the deac~n _is to ! ~-....:;....:...- ~).7 DEACONS AND PROBATIONARY MEMBERS
teach and
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· J •· e R Bartelt and Victoria M. Webster.-mca photo/Erik Alsgaard ·
with other ordamed and ey- aruc s,I .
laypersons."
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) Minarik, Fred Fmzer, - oan~- ... · - "';/
Fred Finzer ·- Spous'e :- .
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This year's first group of s~rves as associate council~, . Lois; Northville First is home
deacons in full connection all drrector in the D etroit Co_n ferchurch . Graduated from
com e from previous consecra~ ~nc~: ·~~t ~as extra _specia_l to be ~ :. Me;hesco 1996.
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tion as diaconal ministers. Th~ orda~e~. in this church fami- ,--:
~athleen Groff - Spouse:
same 1996 General Confer~~_ !~,': she said; "because ~s con-~;
Joseph; H ome church is Canen ce did away with diacona,l ference feels-· ·like home. I 1 ton: Cherry Hill. Attending
\ ministry, though some peo~Je·! looked at the stage arid-saw all
Methesco.
continue on that track, havmg 1 the people I love and respect
-../Rony S. Hallstrom ~ St.•
\ started years earlier.
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Paul's UMC is home church in
• The -Advocate talked With
"T he difference between
Yellows t one Conference.
two of the _five new deacons in this and my consecration is the
Attending Methesco.
full coi:mection, to as~ t~em sense that this is a call from the
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1 what it '?eant for 't heir hves . church needmg deacons. Con- .
Spouse: D onna; Midland First
I and the_ir ministry.
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sec~ation was a validation of an ! UMC is home church. Attend..,_"~~iJ.?;i nam: d in ordmatton ; inner call. This is responding to
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by the _ch~ch. IS powerful and the church's need. It_wa_s not
./ LisacQkrie- Troy: First is
~o.rmattve, ~a1d the Re~. Ju?~ like, ." ph, please, do th1s for
fiome· ~~urch. Graduated from
Mayo, servmg the Llvoma. 1 me." The church needs people
United' 1993 . .
Newburg UMC. "Deacon_ is a . to connect to' the world.:""·~
·Mai garet A. Pettit- Ida
, powerful name. _Ther~ IS _a ,
"We already have deacons
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chemistry happenmg With this and th ey just don 't know it.
new order. We don't know how The new order of deacons can
J Latha Ravi - Ann Arbor:
it is all going to play out. The . leaH ·Jaity into their ministries .
Fir~~ _i§ -~ orne church. £piscoorder of deac<;>n seems t? be : · in the world."....
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pal .Divinity is seminary. .
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. Judson. F~int: Central ~MC is
.f,: a- new century and er_nl?O.:)YJ~f-\ .fl'- Joanne Bartt:lt . Spous:.
home church. Attendmg As!f · ng the laityin n ew ways.~', ..., ·
Glenn; home church IS D etroit
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