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Context: The sacrament of ordination occurs in corporate worship. The ritual recognizes the need for sacred time and space—an inherent need to orient and focus on the divine presence. The ritual itself begins symbolically when the officiating ministers and the person being ordained come before the congregation. The ordinand is seated facing the congregation with bowed head. This coming before and facing the congregation in a posture of reverence and humility shows the servant nature of priesthood ministry. In this corporate worship, the congregational role is lifted up. The congregation, representing not just itself but the entire church, agrees to the ordination and receives the ministry that will come from the ordinand.