The people of the Northwest Intermountain Synod celebrate with the congregations of Redeemer Lutheran, Boise and Grace Lutheran, Horseshoe Bend on the occasion of the installation of Rev. Mariah Mills as their new pastor. Mills is a graduate of Trinity Seminary and completed her internship at Bethany English Church & United Protestant Campus Ministries in Cleveland. Freed by Grace to live faithfully, witness boldly, and serve joyfully.

My first Installation as bishop and what a joy to be with Redeemer/Grace, churches my former congregation partnered with on so much youth ministry. I was on the sidelines when these congregations signed their first shared ministry agreement. In the past few months we all watched as the congregations stepped up to do some much needed renovations to their old parsonage next door. We are in this work by God’s grace and with one another.