Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 2015-D036
Title: Include Name Change Rite in Book of Occasional Services
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred as Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the 78th General Convention direct the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to include a rite for the changing of a name in the comprehensive revision of the Book of Occasional Services that it has proposed over the next triennium; and be it further

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music consider the “Rite for Claiming a New Name” from the resource Changes: Prayers and Services Honoring Rites of Passage as one possible rite for inclusion in the Book of Occasional Services.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Salt Lake City, 2015 (New York: General Convention, 2015), p. 902.