Ordination of

 

James Wesley Sells

 

Saturday, September 11 at 11:00 a.m.

 

at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lubbock.
 

     Presiding will be the Rev. Dr. Kevin Kanouse, Bishop of the Northern Texas-Northern Louisiana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
     James, a member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, began attending the church in 2001 while a student at Texas Tech.  During that time, he served the church as choir director and administrative assistant.  He graduated from Tech in 2005 with a B.S. degree in architecture.  This May, he graduated from Wartburg Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, with a Master of Divinity degree.   He served his pastoral internship at American Lutheran Church in De Smet, South Dakota, under the direction of Pastor Randall Koeller, who will deliver the message at the ordination.
     James married a fellow seminarian, the former Rebecca Flores, and the couple have been called to serve three rural parishes in Nebraska, First (McCool Junction), Prince of Peace (Geneva), and St. John's (Ohiowa) in Nebraska. 
     For more information, contact the church office or Pastor Craig Sagebiel at 795-2283.