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Form 10

10 Edict for Ordination and/or Installation of Ruling Elder or Deacon

Form 10

___________ [name of the elder(s) or the deacon(s) __________, having been chosen to the office of ruling elder/deacon by this congregation, and having been examined by Session and judged qualified to take the office, notice is hereby given that the ____________________ day of ___________________ in the year _________________ has been fixed as the time for the ordination and/or installation, with certification that the Session will proceed in the same manner, unless some valid objections be offered to the Session, which is appointed to meet on the _____________ day of _________________ in the year _____________, at ____________ a.m./p.m., at ______ [place of the meeting]________________. The meeting for the ordination and/or installation will be held at _________ a.m./p.m., at ___________[place of the meeting]___________.

Given this _________________ day of __________________ in the year _________________, by order of the Session.

____________________________ ______________________________ Clerk of the Session Moderator of the Session

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