AC19: Ordination and Commissioning

Rev. Greg Smith helps get everyone organized before the service.

The ordinands with Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar and Bishops Violet Fisher, Clif Ives, and John Innis; guest preacher Dr. Elaine Heath, BUSTH Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore and Bishop Yanghee Jung, Sanman Conference, South Korea KMC

The commissioners with Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar and Bishops Violet Fisher, Clif Ives, and John Innis; guest preacher Dr. Elaine Heath, BUSTH Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore and Bishop Yanghee Jung, Sanman Conference, South Korea KMC

Rev. Tom Bentum, Rev. Effie McAvoy and Rev. Rachel Fisher perform a short skit about living with our differences before the start of the service.

Bishop John Innis invites us to recall our baptism.

Bishop Yanghee Jung, Sanman Conference, South Korea KMC, brings greetings. NEAC is working on a sister conference relationship with Sanman Conference.

Guest Preacher Dr. Elaine Heath reads Isaiah 43:1-7

Boston University School of Theology Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore reads Matthew 9:1-8

Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar preaches the sermon "God Called You" Read the sermon on our news page.

Bishop lays hands on John Micah Baker-Streevy

Bishop lays hands on Kristy Besada

Bishop lays hands on Benjamin Dean Daggett Gonzalez

Bishop lays hands on Sara Garrard

Bishop lays hands on Jordan Harris

Bishop lays hands on Jeonghwan Kim

Bishop lays hands on John Herbert Lucy

Bishop lays hands on Bumshik Min

Bishop lays hands on Spencer Everett Shaw

Bishop lays hands on Alexx Wood

Bishop Violet Fisher

HyungYong Choi

Stephen Alan Dale

Rachel Elizabeth Fraumann

Marcelo Gomes

SeungRi Victor Han

Zachary Kerzee

Jaegil Lee

Myung Eun Park

Alecia Addie Reeves-Freeman

Wanda Santos-Perez

Lourey Savick

Matt Willis-Goode

The NEAC Choir

Newly commissioned deacons Alexx Wood and Kristy Besada give the benediction