A Northern Illinois Conference ordination and commissioning service took place June 2 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center in Schaumburg, Ill. The conference ordained two deacons and seven elders, including an openly transgender deacon. Four were commissioned as provisional deacons, including two openly LGBTQ candidates. Two candidates were commissioned as provisional elders. Video image courtesy of Northern Illinois Conference livestream.

Read Baltimore-Washington story Bishop LaTrelle Easterling ordains the Rev. Joey Heath-Mason as a full elder at the May 31 ordination and commissioning service at the Baltimore-Washington Conference in Baltimore, Md. Heath-Mason is married to a person of the same gender. Photo by Alison Burdett, Baltimore-Washington Conference. Read the full story on Baltimore-Washington Conference ordinations and commissionings.

Northern Illinois Bishop Sally Dyck lays hands on the Rev. M Barclay, ordaining Barclay as a deacon in full connection. The cabinet and Barclay’s partner and sponsor, the Rev. Anna Blaedel, also surround the new deacon to pray. Video image courtesy of Northern Illinois Conference livestream.

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