Notice of the upcoming vote...

I just received this in email - the notice sent out to the congregation regarding the upcoming vote on Sunday.
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Epiphany Lutheran Church Update
September 11, 2007

This is an exciting week in the life of Epiphany. Please look over the calendar and note the special guest we have as officiating pastor this Sunday. We look forward to seeing you all in attendance Sunday morning for worship and the congregational meeting. An update will be sent out after the meeting for our members and friends unable to attend....

9:30am Worship Service
Our worship service will be officiated by Bishop-Elect Richard Graham. Our call candidate Ms. Kim...will present the Children's Time and the Sermon during the service.

10:30am Christian Education
This is our first week of Sunday School. Our call candidate Ms. Kim... will lead the adult discussion forum in the Sanctuary.

12:00pm Light Lunch and Special Congregational Meeting
Join us for sub sandwiches, chips, dessert and drinks before the Special Congregational Meeting. The Special Congregational Meeting will be led by Bishop-Elect Richard Graham. A discussion of the candidacy of Kim... as Epiphany Lutheran Church pastor will begin our meeting and we will then move on to a vote to extend a call to Kim... to be our pastor. If the vote to extend a call is passed, we will vote on a compensation package. These are the only two issues being presented to the congregation during this meeting, and no other motions will be in order. All worshiping members are invited to participate in the discussion, however votes may only be cast by confirmed members of Epiphany who are in attendance.

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Biographies

Bishop-Elect Richard Graham
The Rev. Richard H. Graham, Hope Lutheran Church, College Park, Maryland, was elected June 8 to a six-year term as bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod of the ELCA.

Graham received his M. Div. From Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1977 and an M.A. in Church History from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. in 1989.

Graham served as Assistant Pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Hagerstown, Maryland; and Associate Pastor at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Annapolis, Maryland. He also served the synod as secretary. He has also been a member of the synod’s Candidacy Committee and a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Lutheran Home for the Aged, Rockville, Maryland

Graham is married to Nancy Ann and has two adult daughters. He will be installed October 14th.

Ms. Kim...
Kim... is a recent graduate of Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Columbus, Ohio. She holds both a Bachelors in Education and a Masters of Education with an emphasis on Reading from Clarion University in Pennsylvania. She has experience teaching and working with youth through counselor positions at various Lutheran camps, teaching middle school Language Arts in Manassas, and as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. She has been an active volunteer in her congregation and community in such varying outreach activities as: director of a children's choir, volunteer chaplain for a Lutheran Social Services women's homeless shelter, coordinator/participant in the 30-Hour Famine, literacy tutor, and coordinator/participant in multiple American Cancer Society Relay 4Life events.


The Call Committee recommends Kim through the following statement:

'Kim... is passionate about being called and serving God; she is energetic, enthusiastic, and eager to face challenges with deep faith. She has deep conviction to understanding and preaching the word of God and administering the Holy Sacraments. She expresses a heartfelt desire to work with the local community of faith. Her leadership style is one of modeling and working with others to find the best solution. As a second career pastor, she brings the experience she gained from her education career and a fresh perspective coming from seminary. Kim's interests in education, worship, small group ministry, and discipleship fit wholly with the current climate of Epiphany. We feel that through all this and more she will serve our congregation well as the pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church.'

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This is really happening! Wow...please keep me and this community in your prayers as we seek to further discern where and how God is calling us to live out our lives of faith.