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Liturgical Resources

Click here to view EDUSC's Guidelines for Worship and Gatherings in Time of Pandemic

Check out the resources below to assist in daily prayer or corporate worship:

  • Daily Prayer (by Forward Movement)
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Spanish version available here)
  • Revised Common Lectionary
  • Book of Occasional Services (Spanish version available here)
  • Lesser Feasts and Fasts
  • Great Cloud of Witnesses

Bishop's Visitation

See the resources below to prepare for the Bishop's visit to your congregation:

  • 2023 Bishop's Visitation Schedule
  • Please view Bishop Richards' update on Visitation Customary
  • Pre-Visitation Questionnaire

Confirmation Guidelines

Please see our Bishop Richards' update on Guidelines for Youth Confirmation


Confirmation, Reception, and Reaffirmation

Confirmation liturgies are often a part of Episcopal Visitations. The laying on of hands is used for reception and reaffirmation, as well as confirmation. Since the canons require that all persons come “under the hands” of the bishop, persons who are received are, for canonical purposes, understood to be confirmed.

Confirmation

In the sacramental rite of Confirmation, baptized persons are “confirmed” in the Christian faith with the laying on of hands by the bishop. Many people choose to be confirmed as a way of affirming their baptisms and of ritually acknowledging a deeper, more mature faith commitment.

Reception

Those who have been confirmed in other denominations by a bishop in the historic succession (Roman Catholic, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, or Eastern Orthodox) may be received into the Episcopal Church by the bishop. Many people choose to be Received as a way of affirming their baptisms; of acceding a stronger affinity with the spirituality, ethos, practice, and sensibility of the Episcopal Church; and of ritually acknowledging a deeper, more mature faith commitment.

Reaffirmation

Those who have been baptized and confirmed in the Episcopal Church (or any member church in the Anglican Communion) and wish to recommit themselves to the Christian life of faith may choose to reaffirm their baptismal covenant with the bishop.

For more information and details, please see our Guidelines for Youth Confirmation.


Cycles of Prayer

Diocesan Cycle of Prayer Calendar (2022 - 2023)

You can find The Anglican Cycle of Prayer here.


Licensed Ministries Request Form

Please see the licensed ministries request form: Licensed Ministries Request Form

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Liturgical Resources

  • Bishop Richards' Update on Visitation Customary
  • 2023 Bishop's Visitation Schedule
  • Bishop Richards' Update on Guidelines for Youth Confirmation
  • Marital Judgments
  • Diocesan Cycle of Prayer

Congregational Resources

  • Licensed Ministries Request Form (2023)
  • Sabbatical Leave Policy
  • Discernment Guide
  • Inquirers' Schedule
  • Diocesan Building and Renovation Procedure
  • Denominational Health Plan
  • Vestry Resource Guide

Safe Church Training

  • Safeguarding God's People Policy Manual
  • Policy Manual Amendments (September 2022)
  • Safe Church, Safe Communities Course Recommendations (2022)
  • Information for Mandatory Reporters
  • Praesidium Academy
  • Safe Church Training Invitation Letter
  • Lay Personnel Application (2017)
  • Notice of Concern Form

Financial Administration Resources

  • Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs
  • Finance Resource Guide
  • Investment Policy Statement
  • Guidelines for Participation in the Diocesan Combined Portfolio
  • Payment Request Guidelines
  • Payment Request Form
  • Missing Receipt Form
  • Application for Encumbrance of Property
  • Church Audit Checklist
  • Pledge Compliance Procedure
  • W-9 Form


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Upper South Carolina

1115 Marion Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Tel: (803) 771-7800

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Liturgical Resources

Resources related to administration, communication, development, discernment, transition, grants, Safe Church Training, same-sex marriage and more.

Congregational Resources

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Financial Administration Resources

Resources for current clergy, retired clergy and clergy spouses.

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