October 2020 Archive for From a Pastor's Desk

A series of opinion articles from rostered ministers and lay leaders from our Synod.

 

In Celebration of 50-40-10 Women's Ordination Anniversaries

Oct 09, 2020
I was ordained on Sunday, June 26, 1983. I am the first woman to be ordained in the East Coast Synod of the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches. I love ordained the ordained ministry of word and sacrament. I love parish ministry even with its ebbs and flows, its often tedious work, its two steps forward and one step back nature of serving congregations.
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