From The Methodist Worship Book
Admission, Commissioning and Welcome services (Word)
Admission, Commissioning and Welcome services (PDF)
PowerPoints of individual services
- Christians of other communions (reception into membership)
- Lay Workers (commissioning)
- Local Preachers (admission)
- Presbyters, deacons and probationers (welcome)
This document is a faithful reproduction of the text in the 1999 Methodist Worship Book and refers to 'Ministers, deacons and probationers'. This wording cannot be changed without a decision of the Conference. It will be addressed as part of the revision process. - Pastoral Visitors and Class Leaders (annual commissioning)
- Workers with children and young people (annual commissioning)
- Worship Leaders (commissioning)
Other liturgies
- A service of recognition for those authorised as lay people to preside at the Lord’s Supper (Pdf)
- Remembering Our Call: an annual service for Local Preachers (Pdf)
- Remembering Our Call: an annual service for Local Preachers (PowerPoint)
- Remembering Our Call: an annual service for Local Preachers (Word)
- Order for welcome of new District Chair (Pdf)
Chairs of Districts are appointed and stationed by the Methodist Conference. For this reason, this service is regarded as a service of welcome, rather than one of induction. - The Commissioning of Evangelists (Pdf)
- The Commissioning of Local Lay-Pastors (Pdf)
- The Commissioning of Local Lay-Pastors (Word)
- The Commissioning of Local Lay-Pastors (PowerPoint)
- The Commissioning of a Pioneer (lay) (Pdf)
- The Commissioning of a Pioneer (Word)
- Welcome of a Pioneer (ordained or probationer) (Pdf)
- Welcome of a Pioneer (ordained or probationer) (Word)
- Order for marking an ending of an appointment in worship (Pdf)
- Order for marking an ending of an appointment in worship (Word)
- Guidance in relation to marking the ending of an appointment in a service of worship
- Order for closing a Methodist place of worship (Pdf)