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SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN PLANNING
YOUR ORDINATION/INSTALLATION SERVICE
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The bulletin should list the members of the
Presbytery's Commission.
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A suggested order of worship for a service
of ordination and/or installation includes:
Service of the Word (including a sermon)
Presentation of the Candidate
Constitutional Questions
Prayer (accompanied by laying on of hands
in ordination service)
Declaration of Ordination/Installation
Charge to the Newly Ordained/Installed
Minister
Charge to the Congregation
(Sacrament of the Lord's Supper)
Benediction
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The Moderator of the Presbytery, or designee,
shall ask the Constitutional questions found in the current Book of Order
to the ordinand/pastor-elect.
The ordinand/pastor-elect should be
seated in the congregation to that point in the service as a sign of having
been chosen by the congregation for that ministry. An elder, representing
the congregation, shall present the candidate to the Moderator of the Presbytery
for the questions. It is appropriate for an elder of the congregation to
address the consitutional question to the congregation.
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The Moderator shall lead the congregation
in prayer, as the ordinand kneels for the laying on of hands. The Moderator
should invite all ministers of the Presbytery, elders of the Presbytery,
elders of the church, and other clergy from other Christian denominations
present to come forward.
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The Moderator will declare that the person
is ordained as a Minister of the Word and/or installed as pastor of the
particular church. Clergy and elders who have come forward should
greet the newly ordained/ installed minister. The newly ordained/installed
minister may be invested with signs of the office: a stole, robe, Bible
or other appropriate gifts from the congregation the minister will serve
or from the minister's "home" congregation, may be presented at this time
with a brief interpretation of their significance.
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Brief, specific charges to the responsibilities
involved in the commitments just made may be given to the newly ordained/installed
minister and to the congregation.
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It is appropriate that the Lord's Supper be
celebrated. The newly ordained/installed minister should preside, and may
invite other members of the commission to share in the liturgy. If the
Lord's Supper is to be celebrated, it must be approved and stated by either
the Presbytery or the session of the host church. Normally, the approval
of the Presbytery may be secured by the Committee on Ministry when it presents
plans for the ordination/installation and the commission is established.
If for any reason this is not possible, the session may act to approve
the celebration of the Lords' Supper and so note in its minutes.
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The Presbytery has a policy of employing inclusive
language in its services of worship, thus witnessing to the universality
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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If a reception is to be held for the newly
ordained/installed minister, it is the responsibility of the host church.
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Generally there are no honoraria given to
participants in services of ordination/installation. Those invited
from outside the Presbytery to participate should be paid travel expenses,
and this is the responsibility of the person to be ordained/installed.
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