| Resolution Number: | 2022-A006 |
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| Title: | Authorize Continued Use of the Book of Occasional Services |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention authorize for optional use throughout this Church A Scriptural Way of the Cross; On Maundy Thursday; When Persons Leave a Congregation; Presentación de un(a) Niño o Niña (Presentation of a Child); Quinceañera (The Celebration of Fifteen Years); The Founding of a Church: Ground Breaking; The Founding of a Church: Laying of a Cornerstone; Commissioning a Church Planter, Missioner, or Mission Team; A Liturgy for the Opening of a New Congregation; Setting Apart Secular Space for Sacred Use; A Litany of God’s Mission for the Church; Consecration of Chrism Apart from Baptism; Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows, Reception as a Priest or Deacon, and Restoration to the Ordained Ministry; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention authorize the publication of the revision of that certain document entitled The Book of Occasional Services, prepared by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and published by The Church Hymnal Corporation in 1979, and last revised in 2018.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 435-436. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music presented its Report #2 on Resolution A006 (Authorize the Book of Occasional Services, 2021) and moved adoption.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A006)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring,
That the 80th General Convention authorize for optional use throughout this Church A Scriptural Way of the Cross; On Maundy Thursday; When Persons Leave a Congregation; Presentación de un(a) Niño o Niña (Presentation of a Child); Quinceañera (The Celebration of Fifteen Years); The Founding of a Church: Ground Breaking; The Founding of a Church: Laying of a Cornerstone; Commissioning a Church Planter, Missioner, or Mission Team; A Liturgy for the Opening of a New Congregation; Setting Apart Secular Space for Sacred Use; A Litany of God’s Mission for the Church; Consecration of Chrism Apart from Baptism; Reaffirmation of Ordination Vows, Reception as a Priest or Deacon, and Restoration to the Ordained Ministry; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention authorize the publication of the revision of that certain document entitled The Book of Occasional Services, prepared by the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music and published by The Church Hymnal Corporation in 1979, and last revised in 2018.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #35)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music presented its Report #70 on HB Message #35 on Resolution A006 (Authorize the Book of Occasional Services, 2021) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #181)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
| Report Reference: | Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022, pp. 466-618. |
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| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention authorizes publication of the revised The Book of Occasional Services (2018) as well as optional use of new liturgical texts. |