✝️ Truck Stop/Truck Chaplain Commissioning Service

3-Minute Local Ordination & Commissioning Ceremony

Truck Stop Chaplain — Laying on of Hands

(Leader note: Read straight through. Where you see brackets, fill in the details. Choose ONE optional insert—A, B, C, or D—and delete the others.)

1) Opening & Introduction (30 seconds)

Leader:

Today, we gather here as a local expression of Christ’s Church at [Name of place—church / home / community setting / Soul Center] in [City, State].

We are here because ordination is always local. It is lived out in real places, among real people, with prayer and witnesses. A study-based ordination pathway has been completed, and this local and public commissioning completes the biblical pattern through prayer and the laying on of hands.

The Church is not only a building. The Church is God’s people gathered in Jesus’ name—sent into the world to bring presence, prayer, and hope.

Optional insert — choose one:

A — Local Church Partnership
In partnership with [Name of Church], we commission [Name] to serve as a Truck Stop Chaplain—bringing pastoral care, Scripture, and prayer (with consent) to truck drivers, travelers, and staff, and offering steady presence in moments of stress, loneliness, and crisis on the road.

B — Truck Stop / Travel Center Context
In connection with [Name of truck stop / travel center / rest area / trucking community] in [City/Region], we recognize [Name] as a chaplain who will walk alongside drivers and travelers—bringing Christ-centered care into moments of fatigue, grief, conflict, addiction pressure, family strain, and spiritual searching, under property policy and wise boundaries.

C — Soul Center / Community Chaplaincy
As a Soul Center in [City/Region], we commission [Name] to serve as a Truck Stop Chaplain—offering presence, prayer, encouragement, and discipleship connection for truck drivers, travelers, and families with wisdom and steady compassion.

D — Driver Family & Life-on-the-Road Focus
In this community of [City/Region], we recognize [Name] as a Truck Stop Chaplain with a heart for strengthening lives and families—walking with drivers and loved ones through distance, stress, temptation, loneliness, and life transitions with the hope of Jesus Christ.

Leader (continue):

Today, we publicly commission [Name] for ministry as a Truck Stop Chaplain, affirming their training, character, and calling to serve with pastoral presence, prayer, and Christ-centered care—under site policy, safety wisdom, and clear boundaries.

2) Scripture (15–20 seconds)

Leader:

Hear the Word of God:

“The LORD will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forward, and forever more.”
—Psalm 121:8 (WEB)

3) Recognition of Preparation (15 seconds)

Leader:

[Name] has completed chaplaincy preparation and has been recognized through a study-based ordination pathway. Now, as a local Christian community, we complete this process by commissioning [Name] publicly in prayer.

4) Charge (20 seconds)

Leader (to Candidate):

[Name], as a Truck Stop Chaplain, you are entrusted with bringing Christ’s presence into places where many carry fatigue, loneliness, stress, family strain, temptation, grief, fear, and deep spiritual hunger.

Serve with humility and courage. Listen deeply. Speak gently. Pray faithfully.
Be a steady presence on the road, a comfort in hardship, and a clear witness to the hope of Jesus Christ—without rescuing, controlling, pressuring, or compromising integrity.

5) Questions (20–30 seconds)

Leader:

Do you believe that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior and affirm the Bible as the Word of God?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

Do you believe God has called you to serve as a Truck Stop Chaplain?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

Do you commit to serve truck drivers, travelers, and staff with compassion, confidentiality (as appropriate), and integrity—honoring property policies and safety wisdom?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

Do you agree to walk in accountability—and if you stray from the Christian walk, will you notify appropriate leaders and vacate this ordination?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

6) Laying on of Hands & Prayer (45 seconds)

(Leader and/or elders place hands gently on the candidate.)

Leader:

Let us pray.

Heavenly Father,
we thank You for [Name] and for the calling You have placed upon their life.

As we lay hands upon them today, we recognize and bless what You have already begun.
Guide them by Your Word. Fill them with Your Spirit. Guard their life and witness.

Grant them wisdom in complex situations,
discernment in spiritual conversations,
and compassion for embodied souls carrying fatigue, loneliness, grief, fear, temptation, and moral weight.

Help them serve with steady boundaries, integrity, and courage—
bringing peace in stress, hope in despair, and truth with grace.

Bless truck drivers and travelers on the road.
Strengthen families carrying the unseen strain of distance and responsibility.
Encourage staff who serve day and night.
And use this ministry to bring light into weary places through Jesus Christ.

We commission and send [Name] now,
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.

7) Final Declaration & Blessing (10–15 seconds)

Leader:

By prayer and the laying on of hands, we publicly commission you, [Name], as a Truck Stop Chaplain—locally affirmed and prayerfully sent to serve Christ among truck drivers, travelers, and the wider community.

Go in the strength, peace, and protection of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.