Stepney Episcopal Area

STEPNEY EPISCOPAL AREA Institutions/collations and Inductions

The Bishop will institute or collate and preach. He will also preside at the Eucharist if there is one. The Archdeacon will induct.

Invitations are the responsibility of the Churchwardens and PCC in consultation with the new priest. Please include in the invitation list the Mayor of the Borough, ministers of other denominations in the parish, all clergy, readers and churchwardens in the Deanery and the Deanery Lay Chair. Template invitations are available on the Stepney Area section of the London Diocesan intranet: http://gabriel.london.anglican.org/open/Area/Stepney. Please feel free to download the appropriate one and forward it to the Churchwardens and PCC for them to adapt and use.

Please return this form to the Bishop of Stepney’s office by e-mail at least one month before the date of the event.

1. DETAILS OF SERVICE: Institution and Induction/Collation and Induction (Please delete as appropriate) of (full name)______as ______on: ______(date) at ______(time)

2. SERVICE STYLE: (Please delete as appropriate)  Eucharistic  Non-Eucharistic

3. NAME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PATRONS (if applicable): ______

4. NAMES OF PARTICIPATING CHURCHWARDENS:

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5. NAME OF PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR:  Meeting the Bishop when he arrives 30 minutes before the service  Showing him round  Staying with the Bishop to introduce him to people both before the service and at any reception afterwards  Ensuring that any Registers or other documents on which his signature is required are available in the vestry before the service

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6. HYMNS/WORSHIP SONGS:

FIRST LINE TUNE SOURCE & NO. (Eg. NEH, A&M) Processional: Gradual: [Rededication] Offertory Communion (1) Communion (2) Recessional

Please attach to the e-mail under cover of which you return this form the text of all the above material (including any necessary copyright information or acknowledgement), either separately or (preferably) as part of the draft order of service.

7. READINGS (Subject to approval by the Bishop, normally per Lectionary. The NRSV will be used.)

READING READER’S NAME WHO THEY ARE (e.g. Area Dean, Patron, Reader, Churchwarden)

8. REHEARSAL DATE AND TIME (to be arranged by the Area Dean):

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9. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

(a) Names of any civic dignitaries to be welcomed:

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(b) Number of copies of Order of Service required: ______(Up to a maximum of 300 - should they be required - are provided at Area expense. More can be ordered but at the Parish’s expense)

10. PARKING: (a) Where can the Bishop’s car be parked? (b) (If off church premises) is free parking available at the relevant time? (c) Please confirm that a parking space will be reserved. (d) If this is not possible, what arrangements will be made to try to secure a space?