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Ordination Service: A Night to Remember

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Ordination Service: A Night to Remember

June 27, 2015

Kansas City, MO

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Photography by Mike Nyman and Amber Garceau

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Diana Trautwein

Diana Trautwein is a retired pastor, current spiritual director, wife to Richard for 58 years, mom to three remarkable adults and their spouses, and nana to nine grandkids, over half of whom are no longer kids.
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