Installation of
Reverend Jonathan Morgan
November 21, 2004
Ceremony of Installation: Introduction of Rev. Jonathan
Morgan by Dr. Ted Lee, Indianapolis District Superintendent. The
ceremony went as the following.
Dr. Ted Lee: Will you affirm that you believe that this
pastor and the church are to be workers together in the providence of
God?
Congregation: This we do believe and affirm.
Dr. Ted Lee: Will you support Pastor Morgan with respect,
love and fervent prayer?
Congregation: This we will do.
Dr. Ted Lee: will you receive the pastor's family members
as members of our own family of faith and love and pray for them as our
own?
Congregation: We receive the Morgan family as members of
our church family and will love and pray for them.
Dr. Ted Lee: Will you respond to pastoral leadership by
participation in the congregational life of this church as it carries
out her mission of worship, evangelism, nurture, and service?
Congregation: This we will do.
Reading of the Word
Rev. Jonathan Morgan
There is one body and one Spirit-just as you were called to
one hope...
One Lord,
One faith,
One baptism;
One God and Father of all,
Who is over all and through all and in all. Jesus said, "Holy Father,
protect them by the power of Your name, so that they may be one as we
are one. May they also be in us so that the world may believe You have
sent Me."
"I am the vine; you are the branches."
"If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit."
"Apart from me you can do nothing, If you remain in me and my words remain
in you."
"Ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The
old has gone, the new has come!
May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for
everyone else.
1Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 4:2-6; John
17;11b, 15: 5,7; Ephesians 5:21; John 15:12-13; 2Corinthians 3:17;
1Thessalonians 3:12a
Responsive Act of Submission To God's will
Rev Morgan: Lord, in all our decision-making as a church as
families, and as disciples of Christ,
Congregation: Your will be done.
Rev Morgan: Lord, in sifting through our dreams and
ambitions, our career choices, our list of priorities, and our goals for
ourselves and our families,
Rev Morgan and Congregation: Your will, your perfect will
be done, as we live to Christ's glory. Amen
Charge to Pastor and Church
Superintendent Lee to Pastor Morgan: Having committed
yourself to this work, I charge you care alike for the young and old,
strong and weak, rich and poor, By your words and by your life proclaim
the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Superintendent Lee to the Congregation: Since you have
willing and prayfully called your pastor to work among you, I charge you
to willingly and prayerfully support, cooperate, and work together with
him in the name of Jesus Christ, whom you both serve. |
