Plans for
the ordination of the Bishop-Elect, The Ven. Mary Gray-Reeves, are
underway. The ordination will take place at 11:00 am on
Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Saint Andrew’s Church in
Saratoga. This is a very special event in the life of The
Diocese of El Camino Real and we welcome your attendance and
participation.
NO
ONE WILL BE ADMITTED WITHOUT A TICKET
Because of
limited seating at Saint Andrew’s, tickets will be required for
admission. Each person attending the ordination
must have a ticket and must be seated in the church by 10:15 am.
Several categories of tickets will be distributed in order to
facilitate seating locations and adequate numbers of seats.
In order to determine how many General Admission tickets will be made
available, we need to know from you, in advance, whether you plan to
attend the ordination or not. If you are on the distribution
list of this memo, we need to have a response from you as
soon as possible but no later than Friday, October 5 so
that we will be able to calculate how many tickets to release to
others. We want to make sure that as many people as possible
have the opportunity to be in attendance for this important day.
Clergy,
canonically resident or serving under license, are eligible to receive ONE ticket. Clergy are encouraged to vest and process, but will
still need a ticket.
The
following are eligible to receive ONE ticket:
Note:
If you are in more than one of these groups, you still only get to
request one ticket.
All members
of the Standing Committee, Commission on Ministry, Search and
Transition Committees are invited to process during the ordination
liturgy. All Clergy who are vesting and processing should
include that information in the RSVP email.
How
to RSVP
All RSVPs
should be received via email. Please send your response to
this address:
tickets[atecr]StLukesLG.org with a subject line reflecting your category—for instance “Standing
Committee-Clergy” or “DIEM Member.” Please include the name
of your church and any overlapping categories in the body of the
message. If you cannot attend, please let us know
so that others may be offered these seats.
Anyone
who does not RSVP via email by October 5th will not receive a ticket. After
the electronic RSVPs are tallied we will notify rectors and vicars of
how tickets will be distributed for parishioners and others who did not
fit in one of the categories listed above.
After you
have submitted your RSVP, you will receive your tickets at Diocesan
Convention on October 26-27.
Example
RSVP:
Parking
Parking will
be available in the lots at West Valley College with shuttle service
available to Saint Andrew’s. Handicapped parking for those
holding state-issued placards will be available in the Saint Andrew’s
lot. If you need handicapped parking, please include a
request for a Saint Andrew’s lot parking permit in your RSVP email.
General
Admission Tickets
General
admission tickets will be issued to each parish and mission after the
RSVP deadline. The number of tickets each church receives
will be determined by the number of delegates to diocesan
convention. Clergy and lay leaders should plan for
the distribution of these tickets as they think best; please
consider including clergy spouses in your parish allotment.
Each ticket will admit one person. All attendees must be in
their seats by 10:15 am when the doors will be opened to all.
There will be limited overflow seating in the Saint Andrew’s Parish
Center with video of the service.
Volunteer
Opportunities
A limited
number of volunteer slots are available for choir members, parking,
security, ushers, greeters, flower arrangers, and reception
staff. This would enable someone to be part of the day,
though most of these positions are “behind the scenes.”
Please
contact the following:
Liturgical
Ministers
We ask that
each parish send its banner (with stand) and designate a person to
carry the banner for the opening procession. Banner bearers
without a ticket will sit in overflow seating during the service.
There will
also be limited opportunities for ministers of communion for the
liturgy for those already allotted tickets. These positions
will be filled by a lottery. If you would like to be
considered, please contact the Rev. Mary K. Morrison at mary[atecr]StLukesLG.org
Clergy: if
you would like acolytes (ages 12-21) from your parish to be considered
for participation in the liturgy, please contact Mary at mary[atecr]StLukesLG.org.
These will also be chosen by lottery.
