Called by God and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Gina Raeann Schaefer will be ordained to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament on Saturday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Claremont. The Reverend Dr. Timothy M. Smith, Bishop of the North Carolina Synod, ELCA, presiding; The Reverend Gary Haddock, preaching. All rostered ministers and seminarians are invited to vest and process; the color of the day is red. A reception will follow and all are invited!

Gina has been called to Grace Lutheran Church, Thomasville.