Canon Marvin Bowers' truck carried the Bishop's chair and other ecclesiastical accouterment in style to the ordination site, Good Shepherd Lutheran in Healdsburg.
Musicians Fay Manes (playing organ) and Diana Grose (clarinet) practice as presenters Christine and Sean Hawley look on.
Preacher Alejandro Sotres and Roger's father, presenter Duane Weber, relax before the service.
Bishop Jerry Lamb reviews the order of service during rehearsal; also pictured is Heather Anderson of Trinity, Sonoma, who served as the Bishop's Chaplain, and Amanda Simons, acolyte.
Libbie helps Roger with his deacon's stole before the service as Vester Eileen Millar looks on.
Rev. Duane Thebeau, who read the Gospel; Rev. Canon Marvin Bowers, presenter and master of ceremonies; and Floyd Latimer, who read the New Testament lesson, try to master the mystery of the air conditioning system at Good Shepherd before the service.
Clay Miller entertains his wife Ellen (in hat) and Libbie's parents, Douglas and Marian Brooks, at the reception following the ordination.
Amy Miller and Elizabeth Taylor, one of the reception's organizers, keep an eye on the buffet.
Jessica Gonzalez, who read the Old Testament lesson at the service.
Revelers in the parish hall during the reception.
Libbie Weber just before vesting for her ordination to the diaconate.
Roger Weber, sporting a clerical collar for the first time, outside St. Paul's parish hall with Sean and Christine Hawley, presenters who came from Tucson, Ariz. for the service.