Rich Matthews and Becca Jepsen

Bill and Nancy Jepsen of Heppner are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Jepsen, to Richard Matthews, son of Pastor Tom and Tami Matthews of Juneau, Alaska.

The bride-to-be is a 2012 graduate of Ione High School and a 2015 graduate of Whitworth University in Spokane. She is starting her final year in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the Eastern Washington University campus in Spokane.

The groom-elect graduated in 2007 from Juneau-Douglas High School and from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 2011. Matthews is also in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at EWU. They will both receive their degrees in June of 2018.

The couple plan to exchange vows on September 2, 2017 at the Bethel Church of the Nazarene in Spokane.