Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena, CA - December 10, 2023

The ordination service of Beth Paz, Director of College and Young Adults occured at 4 pm on Sunday, March 19 at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, CA.

Ordination is the formal determination by a church of a person's call to and qualification for vocational church ministry. This ordination process is intended to serve as a confirmation of the candidate’s inner call from God. In compliance with Lake Avenue Church’s policy, Beth has completed all of the requirements for ordination, including the approval of the Vicinage Council and affirmative vote of the Elder Council.

This special service confirmed Beth’s commitment before God of vocational service at Lake Avenue Church.

It's my "Year of 40 Things" - my fortieth birthday turning into a birth-year where I tackle 40 things that are deeply meaningful or bring great joy. A few of these things are small, but a few are pretty big, like getting ordained (a discernment and qualification process for vocational ministry in the Church). Climbing for a cause is absolutely the ethos of this theme! I will be stretched in my trust with God through the challenges of strenuous training, raising justice awareness, meeting my sponsorship goal of 60 kids and summiting the highest freestanding mountain in the world.

Nothing is accomplished in isolation, I'm inviting you, my beautiful community, into the journey with me. Would you consider sponsoring a child in honor of my ordination in the Church? Would you consider taking a leap of faith in your finances to sponsor a child this year?

Beth is co-leading a service and learning encounter through Lake Avenue Church to the capital city of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. At the invitation of our partners at EvaSUE, we primarily will assist in the equipping of the conference that hosts hundreds of young college student leaders who gather annually for four days. We'll serve and pray for this group of young leaders who will leave encouraged in their witness to communities across the country. We will witness the strong evangelistic and revival spirit of the Ethiopian Church and be challenged in our witness as we return home. We will engage in an extended learning experience towards cultural and historic immersion in the capital city and surrounding areas to visit Orthodox, Muslim and Protestant interactions and meet with ministry leaders.