Ordination Announcement

For all of you who have faithfully followed this four year journey, and for those who have joined in along the way, we have news to report. We have been called! We have been in discussion with Becks Lutheran Church in Lexington, NC since spring, and one week ago today, the congregation of Becks voted to call both of us as their new pastors.

Throughout this journey, you have prayed for us, encouraged us, supported us, and in every way possible, helped us through seminary, moving (multiple times), and in celebrating along the way. We now offer you the opportunity to celebrate with us once again. On September 3, we will be ordained as pastors of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (www.elca.org) and installed at Becks Lutheran Church (www.beckslutheranchurch.org).

With the counsel of the Holy Spirit,
and in joy and thanksgiving,
the North Carolina Synod of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
invites you to a
Service of Holy Communion
with the Rites of Ordination and Installation.
By the grace of God

and with the consent of God’s people,
Kenneth Raymond Sipe
and
Ruth Ann Sipe
will be ordained into the
Ministry of Word and Sacrament
in Christ’s holy catholic and apostolic Church
on
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
at
seven o’clock in the evening
at
Becks Lutheran Church
441 Becks Church Road
Lexington, North Carolina 27292
Your prayers and presence are requested.
Rostered leaders are invited to process;

the liturgical color is red.
A reception will follow the service.