In Lutheran churches, pastors are installed. It's a service whereby they formally begin their work as pastor in the congregation. It is a formal recognition that the person has been properly Called by the congregation. It's also a symbol of the local support and recognition of other LCMS pastors, as they attend to speak a word of blessing and encouragement toward the end of the service. Lutheran pastors are only ordained once - after they satisfy the LCMS requirements to be a pastor. But a pastor is installed each time he takes up duties at a new or different congregation.
Which means there's a special service of installation. Which means I have to plan this service. And as some of you may suspect, I'm not exactly a fan of the spotlight - and an installation service is a pretty massive spotlight. I need to get this done and out of the way, but I procrastinate wanting to think about it and plan it out either.
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