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Planning the Installation

 A Letter from Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson
 A note of celebration and direction from the presiding bishop

 Critical planning decisions
 Understanding the synod’s role and making critical decisions

Contacts with the churchwide organization

 Where to go for answers
 Guidance about who to contact on matters related to the installation of a bishop

 Hosting the Presiding Bishop
 Making arrangements for the Presiding Bishop’s visit to the synod

 Synodical Relations information
 Information that the synod should forward to the churchwide organization

Worship Materials

 Planning worship for the installation of a bishop
 A substantive article to assist with planning worship at this one-time event

 Worship content
 Selecting textual and musical content for the service of Holy Communion

 Laying on hands
 A description of what and who is involved in the laying on of hands

 Liturgical review
 The necessary steps toward approval for the synod’s service of installation

 Checklist essentials for planning worship
 A checklist for attending to the issues related to worship planning

 Ecumenical and inter-faith guests
 Protocol related to the invitation and involvement of guests from other traditions

 News and media relations
 Guidance for helping the media “tell the story” of both the installation and the synod’s ministry

 The rite for the installation of a bishop
 A copy of the authorized rite for the installation of a bishop, with notes