[Magdalen] Ordination

[Kate Conant]

Blessings to you, Meg.


Kate

"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:52 AM, Rev. Meg Wagner <revmegwagner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> With great joy I wanted to share with you all that on Sunday I was
> ordained to the sacred order of priests at the church where I married my
> husband, where my children were baptized, and where the services for my
> mother were held and where she is inurned.  I know some of you have seen
> pictures on Facebook but in case you don't use Facebook is a link:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/106624589763976304851/MegWagnerSOrdination?feat=email
>
> It was a wonderful day and so many people showed up to celebrate with me,
> including some of the youth (now young adults) that I have worked with in
> the past. Even my father came, who I have struggled to get along with in
> the years since my mother died, so that meant the world to me. My oldest
> son, Mike (19) chanted the Litany and directed the youth choir that
> included my youngest (15) son Thomas.
>
> I'm pretty sure I dripped tears of joy into each piece of bread I served.
>
> In case you wonder about the reception photos...the parish began a Harry
> Potter VBS the next day, so the Parish Hall was set up as the Great Hall
> from the books/movies. It was fitting, since I'd served as Christian
> Formation Director there for a decade and had done HP VBS as well as
> several other book themed VBS over the years.
>
> The day after the ordination my oldest took off for Salt Lake City to
> serve as one of the lay deputies for Iowa - so if any pubmates are there,
> be on the lookout for my beautiful red headed boy and introduce yourself.
> He is serving on the drug and alcohol legislative committee. I'm sad to
> miss GC this year, as I usually accompany youth from our diocese for 4-5
> days of it, but am looking forward to beginning as Interim Rector at St.
> Peter's, Bettendorf on Wednesday.
>
> Blessings,
> Meg Wagner+
> Coralville, Iowa
>
>
> Sent from my iPad