Invitation to Servant Ministry

All persons have gifts for ministry in Christ’s church, yet some are called to more specialized ministries. Servant ministry is offered in many forms, be it laity or clergy. Anyone who wishes to make a commitment to servant ministry, in whatever form it may take, is invited to come forward and pray with members of the clergy and laity of the Annual Conference.

Congregational Song

Here I Am, Lord Words & Music: Don Schutte

Bishop: We thank you, Generous God, for raising up among us faithful servants for ministry in your church. Clothe them in righteousness, and grant that we, with them, may glorify you by giving ourselves to others, through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

All: Thanks be to God! Amen.

Sending Forth

Dismissal with Blessing

Deacon: Go in peace, open to the call and grace of God’s Spirit.

Bishop: The blessing of God’s unfailing love, Christ’s unceasing presence, and the Spirit’s unsurpassed gifts be with us all now and forever.

All: Amen and Amen!

Recessional

Congregational Song

Postlude

Forward Through the Ages

Words: Frederick Lucian Hosmer, 1908 Music: St. Gertrude 65.65 D with Refrian, Aurthur S. Sullivan

Marcia Klimes