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Megan Rohrer's Ordination
photos by Angelina Cantada
Ebenezer/herchurch Lutheran of San
Francisco became the first in a consortium of parishes to vote to call Megan Rohrer to serve in a specialized
ministry with the homeless and to be associate pastor. Megan's ordination and installation service was Saturday, November
18, 2006, at 3:00 pm at Ebenezer Lutheran Church San Francisco. The other three SF calling congregations were St. Francis,
Sts. Mary and Martha and Christ Church, Lutheran. Megan's ordination happened less than a month after Erik Christensen was
ordained and installed at St Luke's Lutheran Church, Logan Square, Chicago. "We are overjoyed to have another ordination so soon," says LLGM (Lutheran Lesbian
and Gay Ministries) Mission Development Chair, Margaret Moreland. "We're
hoping that the leadership of these congregations will inspire others to also open their call processes to the ECP roster
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| Ordaining Clergy celebrate Megan's call. |
Over 300 people, including 50
clergy, participated in the ordination. Serving as primary ordaining clergy: Rev. Dan Solberg, Dean of the San
Francisco ELCA Conference, Rev. Stan Olson, Bishop Emeritus and the clergy of the calling congregations: Rev. Stacy
Boorn, Rev. Ron Geikow, Rev. Robert Goldstein, and Rev. Steve Sabin.
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| Megan is presented for ordination |
Megan, a graduate of Pacific
School of Religion in Berkeley, CA (MDiv, '05), was approved for ordination in
June 2006 by the Extraordinary Candidacy Project. Megan has worked as Director of The Welcome Ministry a San Francisco ministry serving the homeless, since 2001.
Following her ordination and installation Megan will continue to serve in that capacity, but in a specialized word and sacrament
ministry call. Megan currently serves on the ECP Roster Council and as ECP representative to the Goodsoil Consensus Circle. Megan has created a website to encourage and support other seminarians to consider joining the ECP roster.
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| Installed by Dean Dan Solberg |
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