Former Burns resident to be ordained
Kansas West Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church will ordain new clergy during a service at 7 p.m. Friday in the arena at the BiCentennial Center in Salina. The service is part of the Kansas West (Regional) Conference being held from Wednesday through Saturday.
Wayne Handle of Oxford, formerly of Burns, will be one of three to be ordained as deacon and become an associate member of the Annual Conference.
Ordination as a deacon authorizes the individual to conduct worship, preach the word, perform the marriage ceremony, and bury the dead. They also can administer the sacraments of Holy Communion in the charge to which they are appointed.
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