Candidates for Ordination, Consecration Approved 2017

Delegates to the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant [...]

DETROIT, MI (June 24, 2017)—Delegates to the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Covenant Church approved the following candidates for Ordination to Word and Sacrament, Ordination to Word and Service, finalization of transfer of ordination, as well as consecration to missionary service. Tonight’s worship service will celebrate the ordination and consecration of these individuals.

Ordained to Word and Sacrament

Dane S. Anderson, Bethany Covenant Church, Bedford, New Hampshire
Julie B. Anderson, First Covenant Church, Jamestown, New York
Leo D. Anderson, Desert Springs Covenant, Pasco, Washington
Ryan J. Ashley, Restoration Covenant Church, Arvada, Colorado
Abraham D. Bejarano, Emmanuel Covenant Church, Northridge, California
David D. Bjorlin, Resurrection Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois
David G. Brown Jr., First Covenant Church, Youngstown, Ohio
Coby Cagle, Quest, Seattle, Washington
Anita L. Carey, Kingdom Covenant Church, Miami, Florida
Eloy Castro, Fuente de Vida Covenant Church, Riverside, California
Clayton Chan, Metro Community Church, Englewood, New Jersey
Matthew L. Cisneros, Mayo Clinic Health System, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Dierdra G.  Clark, New York Covenant Church, New Rochelle, New York
Jeannette L. Conver, Evangelical Covenant Church, Kent, Washington
Williadean Crear, Grandview Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama
Mario Diazceballos, Vision Covenant Church, Azusa, California
Eric C. Ek, Faith Covenant Church, Farmington Hills, Michigan
Casey Franklin, Inversion Covenant Church, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Jean Cheng Gorman, Pacific Southwest Conference, Concord, California
Kenneth E. Harris, Detroit Bible Tabernacle, Detroit, Michigan
Ali Hasan, Great Exchange Covenant Church, Santa Clara, California
Mark A. Hawke, Grace Place, Berthoud, Colorado
Timothy E. Hawkinson, Renew Covenant Church, Carroll, Iowa
Mathew T. Hollen, St. Thomas Covenant Church, Salem, Oregon
Christopher M. Hoskins, Missionary, Ecuador
Richard W. Johnson, Sanctuary Columbus, Columbus, Ohio
Heidi R. Johnston, Sharp Mesa Vista Psychiatric Hospital, San Diego, California
Michael L. Jordan, La Viña Covenant Church, Kerman, California
Anne M. Jorgensen, Glen Ellyn Evangelical Covenant Church, Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Wallace G. Kelley, Presbyterian Homes, Arlington Heights, Illinois
Jamie Kim, Reah International, Skokie, Illinois
Kevin M. Kokx, Nashua Covenant Church, Nashua, New Hampshire
Linea R. Lanoie, Gateway Covenant Church, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Robert S. Lee, Convergence Covenant Church, Oakland, California
Bohyon Lim, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington
Jill J. Lind, Edgebrook Evangelical Covenant Church, Chicago, Illinois
Brian D. Majerus, First Covenant Church, River Falls, Wisconsin
Denise E. McKinney, Redeemer Covenant Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sharon E. McQueary, New Harvest Christian Church, Oregon, Ohio
Margarita M. Monsalve, Navegando con Jesus Covenant Church, Torrance, California
Yumiko Nakagawa, Highrock Covenant Church of Brookline, Brookline, Massachusetts
Brian D. Nanninga, Life Church Livonia, Livonia, Michigan
Carlos Ortiz, El Encino Covenant Church, Downey, California
Stephen F. Pace, The Rock Covenant Church, Olympia, Washington
Joseph A. Poppino, Covenant Community Church, Fairfield, Ohio
Michael J. Rice, Life Covenant Church, Canton, Michigan
Jessica M. Ronhaar, Arlington United Church, Arlington, Washington
Janet E. Russell, Bellingham Covenant Church, Bellingham, Washington
Ann M. Snowberger, St. Joseph Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington
Brent D.E. Strobel, Evergreen Covenant Church, Mercer Island, Washington
Kevin D. Swanson, Metro Community Church, Englewood, New Jersey
Gideon Y. Tsang, Vox Veniae, Austin, Texas
Gamaniel Valle, Neuva Vision Covenant Church, Canoga Park, California
Elizabeth L. Vanderpool, Bayside of Placerville Church, Placerville, California
Angela L. Yee, Saddleback Church, Irvine, California

Ordained to Word and Service

Virginia R. Ahrens, First Evangelical Covenant Church, Rockford, Illinois
William L. Gardner, Wycliffe-Canada, Langley, British Columbia
Denise M. Kesanen, RiverWorks Community Development, Rockford, Minnesota
Tammy J. Long, South Bay Community Church, Fremont, California
Samuel S. Randall, Maple Grove Covenant Church, Maple Grove, Minnesota

Transfer of Ordination

Alexander Gee. Jr., Fountain of Life Ministries, Madison, Wisconsin
John Paul Harris-Webster, Community Evangelical Covenant Church, Lenexa, Kansas
Michael A. Hotz, Sanctuary Covenant Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Scott T. Loo, Great Exchange Covenant Church, Santa Clara, California

Consecration to Missionary Service

Jennifer A. Hoskins, Missionary: Ecuador

Candidate for Commissioning

Tabatha L. Mason, Peninsula Covenant Church, Redwood City, California

 

Picture of The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion

The Covenant Companion brings together stories and voices that connect, inform, and inspire. Subscribe to our print edition.
CONTINUE READING

Explore More Stories & News

Features

Mál and Muk: Answered Prayer

A grandmother and her granddaughter each tell the story of their last visit in a Yuma hospital, and the two words Mál asked her to hold onto.

Features

From Prayer to Pulpit

Tamara Fore-Ravelo shares what it took to get from the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Reservation to the pulpit, and what kept her going.

In 2018, Susan Scott and Evelyn Johnson led a Crescendo seminar for twenty-nine people from seven Covenant churches in Stow, Massachusetts.
Features

Crescendo: How the Ministry Grew


Crescendo began as a pilot project in 2016 to help people sixty and older keep living fully with God and each other. For its tenth anniversary, its founders look back at how the ministry has grown and changed.

Features

Tuesdays at Good Sam

In a small California town with no senior center, Cathy LaManna started a weekly game afternoon at church. Three years in, the people who come are treated like family, and some of them have started coming on Sundays, too.

Features

The Readers

How a young man who grew up in a devout Roman Catholic family became a vocal atheist and then found a home in the Evangelical Covenant Church.