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Occasional Services for Pastors

Click on any of the titles below to see either a complete liturgy or worship ideas for that occasion.

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Ordination of a Pastor

Installation of a Pastor

Installation of a Call Committee

      Who Chooses a Shepherd?
     Discernment Basics for Call Committees and Church Councils
    
Five Devotions on Discernment
 

Order of Welcome for an Interim Pastor

Order of Farewell for an Interim Pastor

Anniversary of Ordination

For Giving of the Title "Emeritus"

Thanksgiving at the End of a Ministry

Shepherd Liturgy  Many elements in this Good Shepherd Sunday liturgy (Easter 4) make it useful in developing a service of ordination.  The Eucharistic Prayer of the Good Shepherd could also be used for any of the other services above.

For Presiders: The Sign of the Cross in Confession