{"id":7207,"date":"2006-09-29T23:02:53","date_gmt":"2006-09-30T04:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=7207"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:35:01","slug":"5172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2006\/09\/29\/5172\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Fisher to Retire from Ordered Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (September 29, 2006) \u2013 As she prepares to retire, Nancy Fisher says that helping new ordinands begin their careers in ministry has been one of the highlights of her job as administrative assistant in the Department of the Ordered Ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cI love the ordination service,\u201d she says. \u201cOne of my favorite things to do is watch them all walk up the aisle.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/Fisher.jpg\" rel=\"prettyPhoto[7207]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7208\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2011\/06\/Fisher.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFisher will retire December 31 from the position she has held for five years. She began working in the vice president\u2019s office in 1992.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher has played an important role in the lives of many Covenant pastors, notes Executive Minister Dave Kersten. Besides guiding new ministers through the credentialing process, she has assisted every pastor over the past five years who has gone through the pastoral care process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComforting them or helping them with a problem or directing them to the right person has been one of the rewards of my job,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=7207&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (September 29, 2006) \u2013 As she prepares to retire, Nancy Fisher says that helping new ordinands begin their careers in ministry has been one of the highlights of her job as administrative assistant in the Department of the Ordered Ministry of the Evangelical Covenant Church. 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