Service of Ordination
Service of Ordination
"Christ Lives in Our Caring"
Prelude
Welcome
Knowing Christ as Savior
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Congregational Introit: "I Love You, Lord" (sing twice)
Call to Worship
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NS 18
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Leader:
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It is time to be a gift for the world.
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People:
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It is time to be a gift, acceptable and blessed.
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Leader:
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As keepers of the covenant, we are called to be God’s people in this time and place, to sow the seeds of faith in a fearful world.
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People:
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As keepers of the covenant we are called to be an expression of God’s creative power, to declare the word of hope in a despairing world.
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Leader:
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As keepers of the covenant we are called to be the presence of the Living Christ, to bring the gift of joy to an expectant world.
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People:
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It is time to be a gift for the world. It is time to be a gift, acceptable and blessed.
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—by Mary
Jowett, Prayers and Readings for Worship, Vol. 1, edited by Judy Judd, (Herald House, 1987), 21.
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*Congregational Hymn: "O God, Whose Presence Glows in All"
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HS 14
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*Invocation
*Response
A Statement of Faith:
(Read by ordinand or divide into a multivoice reading if there are more ordinands)
I believe that God, the Creator and Lord of this universe,
knows and cares for every living person.
I believe that God is revealed to us today
through the scriptures,
through our Savior, Jesus Christ,
and through the lives of holy people.
I believe that God has a mission for me,
to minister in God’s name and
to share God’s love and blessings with all people
of my own community and of every race and nation.
I believe that as I give to God my life,
my love, my offerings, and my talents,
God will bring rich meaning into my life
and will use me to help others to a better life in Christ.
©
Worship Resources for the Sacraments, edited by Judy Judd, Herald House, 1989, 51.
Challenged by the Need
Scripture: Mosiah 1:48–49
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Congregational Hymn: "Let Your Heart Be Broken"
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HS 377
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Testimony
Have someone share a testimony of a time they saw and responded to a need.
Blessed to Be a Blessing
Statement of Challenge
In the form of a challenge to both the ordinand and the congregation, expand on the concept of the privilege we have as Christians to be a gift to the world, to make a difference and bring God’s love to a broken world.
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Ministry of Music: "You and I" Natalie Sleeth
©
Sunday Songbook, copyright 1976 by Hinshaw Music, Inc.
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Children’s Choir
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Sacrament of Ordination
____________________ is ordained to the office of ___________by __________________and ______________________
Serving in His Stead
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Congregational Hymn: "Make Me a Servant"
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NS 35
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Offertory
Statements of Commitment
As the ordinand has made a specific commitment to service today, so may we offer our lives in a specific way as we go forth. Make a one or two sentence statement that reflects the response you will make this week to be a gift to the world.
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*Congregational Hymn: "Make Us, O God, a Church that Shares"
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HS 484
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*Sending Forth: John 15:12–17 NRSV
This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another. Go with God.
*Postlude
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