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Nov 22, 2019

Service of Installation of Pastor Anthony C. Phelps as Minister of Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church - Nov. 22, 2019

Passage: Psalms 87:1-7

Preacher: John Shaw

Series: Installation

Category: Psalms

Summary:

Psalm 100:1-2; Psalm 87:1-7

Detail:

Order of Installation Service

Friday, November 22, 2019

Prelude & Welcome                   Rev Larry Westerveld                                                      

 GOD CALLS US TO WORSHIP

 *Call to Worship               Psalm 100:1-2          Rev. Larry Westerveld

 *Psalm of Praise     “All People That on Earth Do Dwell”                  #1

 *Prayer of Invocation                                      Rev. Larry Westerveld

 *Hymn of Praise    “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”                         #92

  GOD SPEAKS TO US IN HIS WORD

 Reading of God’s Word              Psalm 87:1-7                 Rev. John Shaw

 Preaching of God’s Word         “The Glorious City of God”

 *Hymn of Response    “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”         #345                              

 GOD GIVES AN OFFICER TO HIS CHURCH

 Installation of the Minister                             Rev. Larry Westerveld

  • Questions to the Minister (see below)
  • Questions to the Congregation (see below)

 Charge to the Minister                                  Rev. George Cottenden

 Charge to the Congregation                              Rev. Tim W. Young

 Prayer for the Minister & Congregation        Rev. Larry Westerveld    

  GOD DISMISSES US WITH HIS BLESSING

 *Hymn of Celebration   “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want”   #87

 *Benediction                                                        Pastor Tony Phelps

 *Doxology                                                           

 Postlude

(see below for brief bio of participants)

Questions to the Minister 

1) Do you believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, the only infallible rule of faith and practice?

2) Do you sincerely receive and adopt the Confession of Faith and Catechisms of this Church, as containing the system of doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures?

3) Do you approve of the government, discipline, and worship of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church?

4) Do you promise subjection to your brethren in the Lord?

5) Have you been induced, as far as you know your own heart, to seek the office of the holy ministry from love to God and a sincere desire to promote his glory in the gospel of his Son?

6) Do you promise to be zealous and faithful in maintaining the truths of the gospel, and the purity, the peace, and the unity of the church, whatever persecution or opposition may arise unto you on that account?

7) Do you promise to be faithful and diligent in the exercise of all private and personal duties which become you as a Christian and a minister of the gospel, as well as in all the duties of your office, endeavoring to adorn the profession of the gospel by your life, and walking with exemplary piety before the flock over which God shall make you overseer?

8) Are you now willing to undertake the work of the ministry in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and do you promise to discharge the duties which may be incumbent upon you in that capacity as God may give you strength?

9) Are you now willing to take the charge of this congregation as its pastor, in agreement with your declaration when you accepted its call?

10) Do you conscientiously believe and declare, as far as you know your own heart, that in taking upon you this charge you are influenced by a desire to promote the glory of God and the good of his church?

11) Do you solemnly promise that, by the assistance of the grace of God, you will endeavor faithfully to discharge all the duties of a pastor to this congregation, and will be careful to maintain a deportment in all respects becoming a minister of the gospel of Christ?

 

Questions to the Congregation

1) Do you, the people of this congregation, continue to profess your readiness to receive Pastor Tony Phelps, whom you have called to be your minister?

2) Do you promise to receive the word of truth from his mouth with meekness and love, and to submit to him in the due exercise of discipline?

3) Do you promise to encourage him in his arduous labor and to assist his endeavors for your instruction and spiritual edification?

4) And do you promise to continue to him, while he is your pastor, that worldly maintenance which you have promised, and whatever else you may see needful for the honor of religion and his comfort among you?

 

Participants in Service

Reverend Larry J. Westerveld is pastor of Trinity Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Hatboro, Pennsylvania and is Moderator of the Presbytery of Philadelphia.

Reverend John Shaw is the General Secretary of the Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church.

Reverend George R. Cottenden is the retired former Pastor of Trinity OPC in Hatboro, PA and is Chairman of the Committee on Candidates and Credentials of the Presbytery of Philadelphia.

Reverend Tim W. Young is the former Pastor of Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Allentown, PA and has recently retired. 

Reverend Anthony C. Phelps previously served as the pastor of Covenant United Reformed Church in Colorado Springs, CO and has recently accepted the call from and is being installed as the pastor of Living Hope Presbyterian Church in Allentown, Pennsylvania.