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Women in the Church Officers Installation Questions

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Installation of Officers

At an appropriate time all of the Women In the Church officers shall be installed by the pastor
or other qualified person. A suggested pattern for an installation service follows:


I. Questions to officers (shall be answered “yes,” if in agreement)

A. 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?

B. Are you thoroughly acquainted with the function and responsibillites of the office to which you have been elected?

C. Do you promise to faithfully perform all the duties of this office, as unto the Lord?

D. Will you support the officers, the goals and activities of the Women In the Church with your presence, your prayers, and your physical and mental energies?

II. Questions to the Women

A. Do you gratefully acknowledge the willingness of these women to serve you and the ____________________ Presbyterian Church in their elected capacities?

B. Will you support these officers with your cooperation, encouraging words, and prayers?

III. Statement

“I declare that these women have been duly elected and installed as officers of the Women In the Church of ______________________ Presbyterian Church.”

IV. Exhortation

A few words of exhortation to the officers and the women using appropriate Scripture.

Ho! Ho! What?

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By Mike Rasmussen, taken from the December, 1991 issue of The Messenger.

Nick and Nelda (not their real names) resigned from Christmas. It had become, to them, a materialistic rodent race. No more decoration. No more buying or giving presents. What’s more, any presents sent to them will be sent back. Nick and Nelda have the right to dropkick Christmas traditions, God has not commanded us to observe Christmas. But, if we do, how should we observe it?

God likes events that help people to focus on Him. We learn this from the Old Testament. God commanded His people to observe three religious festi

Kidnapped! Survival In the Shadow of Death

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By Debra Evans. It was night, August 19,1991. Leroy White pulled his van up to a neighborhood convenience store just as he had hundreds of times before. He quickly walked over to his wife Deborah and their fifteen-year-old son Jason, waiting for him by the gasoline pump. Minutes earlier, Leroy had arrived home from a committee meeting when the phone rang. It was Deborah asking him to bring some cash to the conve

Vacations: A Gift of Grace

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By Glen Van Andel. In his well-known play Our Town, Thornton Wilder describes how Emily, a woman who died in childbirth, is allowed to return to earth to spend one day with her family. She chooses to do so on her twelfth birthday, fully expecting it to be a day filled with rich memories and happy experiences.

But as the play unfolds, Emily becomes more and more frustrated with her family’s lack of interest in and sensitivity to the impor