Bishop Michael Ingham will ordain four deacons on June 26 at Christ Church Cathedral. Eileen Nurse, St. George, Fort Langley, is the bishop's administrative assistant in the Synod Office; Len Dyer, Church of the Epiphany, Surrey, is a community relations officer at Coast Mountain Bus Company and on the spiritual and religious care team of Surrey Memorial Hospital; Carole Neilson, the pastoral assistant at St. Christopher, West Vancouver, has served on several diocesan committees and been a worker at Camp Artaban; and Larry Adkins of St. John, Sardis, a retired Canadian Army major whose calling is ministry to seniors.
| The Rev. Martin Brokenleg of the Vancouver School of Theology |
The Rev. Martin Brokenleg of the Vancouver School of Theology and St. James, Vancouver, was convocation speaker at Shaughenessy Heights United Church for VST graduates on May 9.
The EFM (Education For Ministry) graduation service will be held on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster. The following have completed the four year course of study: Gail Edwards, St. James; Gregory M. Kennelly, All Saints, Burnaby; Pam Martin, St. Mark, Vancouver; Vivian Seegers, St. Michael, Vancouver; William Taylor, St. Mary, South Hill; Eileen Nurse, St. George, Ft. Langly; Robert Mitchell and Teri Mitchell, St. John, Maple Ridge; Mary-Lou White, St. George, Maple Ridge; Eleanor Bishop, Frances Gordon, Joanne Walton, Terence Walton, Karin Williams, St. John, Port Moody; Penelope Ames, Janet Brown, A. Wade Dollimount, Pauline Harris, Gail Putz, Anne Clapham, St. Andrew, Fort Langley.
EFM graduates from December, 2004: Gord Barrett, St. David, Vancouver; Ann Kowlachuk, Christ Church Cathedral; Rosa Weisensel, St. John, Port Moody.