Celebration of new ministry…
Posted June 11, 2010 at 8:25 am by Ian Byington
Father Doug Simonsen
David Bentley wanted to let you & me know that St. David’s ceremony to install their new priest (who has been here the last couple of weeks) is next week – here’s more:
Celebration of New Ministry
The Right Reverend Gregory H. Rickel, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, will join the congregation of Saint David’s at 7 pm on Wednesday, June 16, for a Celebration of New Ministry as The Reverend Douglas Simonsen becomes the church’s third Rector.
The public is invited to attend this service which will include local and regional clergy from the Episcopal Church as well as clergy and representatives of other local churches and faiths. A reception will follow the service. Father Simonsen first came to Saint David’s in the fall of 2008, as Priest-in-Charge, to serve until a new Rector was called.
Prior to serving at Saint David’s, he had been part of a clergy team supporting a cluster of five Episcopal and Lutheran Churches in Anacortes, Mt. Vernon, and Sedro Woolley. He has also served churches in the Yakima Valley, Lynnwood, and on Bainbridge Island. Saint David’s Episcopal Church is located at the corner of Park Street and Marguerite Place. For more information about the Celebration of New Ministry, please call 378-5360.
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