The Episcopacy Committee of the Desert Southwest Conference invites you to the Service of Installation of Bishop Carlo A. Rapanut on Saturday, March 11th at 10:00 am (pacific)/11:00 am (mountain) at St. Matthew United Methodist Church (2540 West Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85202) with a reception following the service.
The service will be available via live stream and Zoom with closed captioning services for those who prefer to join using those methods.
Clergy are invited to robe with red stoles and join in the processional at the beginning of the service. A room will be reserved for clergy to robe.
In order to have an accurate count for translation services, the food at the reception, and childcare, we kindly request that you RSVP your participation NO LATER THAN March 1st, by clicking on the button below or by copying and pasting this web address into your browser: https://dscumc.org/2023-bishop-installation-service-registration/
Bishops are the spiritual leaders in the church who provide ministry of servant leadership, general oversight and supervision within The United Methodist Church. They are to lead with a vital and renewing spirit; an enquiring mind and commitment to teaching; with vision and commitment to transform the Church and the world; with a passion for the unity of the church; and with a ministry of administration (¶403 of the 2016 United Methodist Book of Discipline).
Bishop Carlo was elected and consecrated in November 2022 at the Western Jurisdictional Conference that took place in Salt Lake City, UT. This installation service is a celebration of Bishop Carlo’s assignment to the Desert Southwest Conference as our resident bishop.
To learn more about the role and office of the bishop and to hear Bishop Carlo’s call story and intro video, please visit https://dscumc.org/bishop-carlo/.
