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HOW TO START A CONGREGATION Now that you are a duly ordained gation, there aze different sacraments you minister and pastor of a congregation of the may perform One such sacrament is Baptism Universal Life Church, the first thing you Three types of Baptisms you may use aze must do as a Pastor is obtain a record keeping 1)total emersion, 2) the sprinkling method, 3) book and conduct a meeting of the Board of the laying on of hands Baptism is mostly Directors of your local congregation, to identified by water and a ceremony discuss the operation of your congregation Another sacrament is the performance Decide where and when you should hold of weddings We advise, and encourage, you congregation meetings These meetings can to do weddings. It is a good source of income be held in your home, a rented meeting space, for the congregation and is something all or you may decide to build your own ministers do You, and the couple, may write building You and the Board of Directors your own ceremony or use one of the two need to decide how often you should hold beautiful ntes we can send you meetings (weekly or monthly) The Secretary ,,4nother popular service is the, needs to keep accurate records of how many ordatniriettt of new rrittusters. If we take th • meetings the congregation has and how many A res, using St John ] 5 16, you will fin people attend the meetings for inclusion on at od, the Supreme intelligence, or what- the required quarterly (or monthly) congrega- ever you wish to use, has called the person tional reports which must be sent to Intema- a and ordained him. The ceremony you per- )r tional ~ form, either by the laying on of hands, or e rtant aspect words, is merely confirming what is already e n are `the services t e The Universal Life Church goes bet- w•e nthe person and the state and issues a t e o e congrega ton ~ icense recognized by the state The Universal kind of services to o e o suggest that Life Church does not go between the person you have literature, i.e ,the Bible, Koran, or ~ and their God one of the many different Bibles available At your Board of Directors meeting of The order of the meeting will be up to you and the congregation, an important aspect you the congregation Board of Directors. Some need to discuss is how to finance this congre- suggestions are that when you do meet, you gation One of the best ways is to promote the might like to pray, salute the Flag, have music suggestions and materials offered by the and singing, or read from other sources At Universal Life Church The congregation may International Headquarters the Pastor usually use the discount program which earns the speaks first followed by an open meeting congregation a portion of all profit from the where others may speak and bong forth their materials we offer beliefs GO FORTH AND SPREAD THE As a Pastor, with your own congre- UNIVERSAL LIFE! 3]