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2020 Class Ordination

Location: Livestream

Saturday, April 24 at 3 pm

2020 Class Ordination and Commissioning Service

Watch the Livestream on YouTube and Facebook

A video recording will be made available on the NIC Vimeo site.

Bishop Sally Dyck will co-officiate with Bishop Hopkins.

*Due to COVID-19 restrictions, in-person attendance is limited to the ordinands and invited guests.

An offering will be taken to support the ongoing work of the NIC Board of Ordained Ministry through the Ministerial Education Fund. This fund is used for recruitment and empowering and educating those who serve in ordained ministry on behalf of The United Methodist Church locally and around the world.

If you'd like to donate to the Ministerial Education Fund, you can text the word GIVE to (844) 563-0429 or click here to give online (choose MEF from the dropdown list).

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