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The installation of the
Rev. Mark S. Hanson as ELCA presiding bishop was held on Saturday,
October 6, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. Central at the Rockefeller Chapel
on the campus of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. A
reception followed the service.
Special music was provided by:
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Lenoir-Rhyne
College A Cappella Choir
Paul D. Weber, conductor
Florence M. Jowers, college organist |
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Lenoir-Rhyne
College Brass Ensemble
Christopher C. Nigrelli, conductor |
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Lenoir-Rhyne
College Percusion Ensemble
Rick Cline, conductor |
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David
Cherwien, organist |
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Deborah
Ford, soloist |
Guests included leaders of
the five churches with whom the ELCA is in full communion plus Bishops Medardo Gomez (El Salvador), Maria Jepsen (Germany), Ambrose
Moyo (Zimbabwe), Julius Paul (Malaysia), and Owdenburg Mdegella, of the
Iringa
Diocese (Tanzania), the companion synod to the Saint Paul Area
Synod.
ELCA Vice President Dr.
Addie Butler was the assisting minister. The preacher was the
Rev. Heidi Neumark, pastor of Transfiguration Lutheran Church in the
Bronx, New York.
The service was signed for the deaf and hearing impaired. The offering at
the service was split between the Fund for Leaders in Mission
and the ELCA Hunger Appeal.
Tickets were distributed first come,
first served for those requesting them.
Worship
Service Program Book in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF).
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Sermon:
Pastor Heidi Neumark
Texts: Isaiah 52:7-10, 2 Corinthians 4:1-7
Luke 10:1-12, 16-20
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