美国福音路德教会东北宾夕法尼亚教区新任主教10月31日就职：珍妮弗·迪在伯利恒第一长老教会受按立
美国福音路德教会（ELCA）宾夕法尼亚州东北教区宣布，新任主教珍妮弗·迪（Jennifer K. Dee）的就职礼将于10月31日下午1时在宾夕法尼亚州北安普顿县伯利恒市的第一长老教会举行，ELCA总会主教耶希尔·卡里（Yehiel Curry）将到场讲道并主持按立。
迪在今年6月于莱克哈莫尼（Lake Harmony）举行的教区大会上当选，经过五轮投票，以308票中的215票胜出（当选门槛为155票），成为该教区第五任主教，也是首位女性主教。她的六年任期已于9月1日开始。迪说：「这份新的呼召满有喜乐、盼望与谦卑。能服侍更大的教会、连结整个教区的会众与人群，是一份礼物。」
迪1996年毕业于新罕布什尔州基恩州立学院，2007年在费城路德神学院（现联合路德神学院）获道学硕士学位，2008年按立为牧师；她先后在印第安纳州卢古蒂（Loogootee）的圣约翰路德教会（2008至2011年）和宾夕法尼亚州罗布索尼亚（Robesonia）的三一路德教会任职。就职礼会场位于伯利恒市中心街2344号，教区鼓励与会者提前登记以便安排，10月31日也是宗教改革纪念日。
New ELCA Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod Bishop to Be Installed October 31: Jennifer Dee's Service Set for First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has announced that the installation service for its new bishop, the Rev. Jennifer K. Dee, will be held at 1 p.m. on October 31 at the First Presbyterian Church of Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, with ELCA Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry preaching and presiding at the installation.
Dee was elected in June at the synod assembly in Lake Harmony, winning on the fifth ballot with 215 of 308 votes cast, above the 155 needed, to become the synod's fifth bishop and its first female bishop. Her six-year term began on September 1. 'This new call comes with joy, hope and humility,' Dee said. 'It is a gift to serve the larger church, connecting people and congregations across the synod.'
Dee earned a bachelor's degree from Keene State College in New Hampshire in 1996 and a Master of Divinity from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, now part of United Lutheran Seminary, in 2007, and was ordained in 2008. She served at St. John's Lutheran Church in Loogootee, Indiana, from 2008 to 2011, and then at Trinity Lutheran Church in Robesonia, Pennsylvania, until this year. The service will be held at 2344 Center Street in Bethlehem; the synod encourages registration to help with planning. October 31 is also Reformation Day.
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