For Motorcycle Club Chaplain

3-Minute Local Ordination & Commissioning Ceremony

Ordained Motorcycle Club 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 as a local expression of the Church of Jesus Christ at [Name of place—church / home / community setting / Soul Center] in [City, State].

We gather because ordination is not merely a private achievement. It is a public recognition of calling, preparation, and faithful service. It is confirmed in real places, among real people, with prayer, witnesses, and the laying on of hands.

The Church is not confined to a building. The Church is the people of God, gathered in the name of Jesus Christ and sent into the world to bring truth, mercy, presence, and hope.

Optional insert — choose one:

A — Local Church Partnership
In partnership with [Name of Church], we commission [Name] as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain—to bring Christ-centered care, prayer, Scripture, and compassionate presence to riders, club members, families, and biker communities where people seek hope, encouragement, brotherhood, and spiritual support.

B — Motorcycle Club Ministry Context
In connection with [Name of motorcycle club / riding group / biker ministry / ministry setting], we recognize [Name]as a chaplain who will walk alongside riders and motorcycle club communities marked by loyalty, hardship, grief, pressure, brotherhood, relational strain, and spiritual need—bringing the steady care of Christ into the real world of road life and biker relationships.

C — Soul Center / Community Chaplaincy
As a Soul Center in [City/Region], we commission [Name] as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain—to offer prayer, encouragement, spiritual care, calm presence, and gospel hope through motorcycle club relationships, rider communities, memorial rides, outreach events, and approved ministry settings.

D — Rider and Community Support Focus
In this community of [City/Region], we recognize [Name] as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain with a heart to serve riders, club members, families, and biker communities—walking with them through grief, pressure, conflict, loss, road fatigue, hardship, and spiritual searching with the compassion and hope of Jesus Christ.

Leader (continue):

Today, we publicly commission [Name] for ministry as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain, affirming training, character, and calling to serve with humility, steadiness, prayer, courage, and Christ-centered care—under wise boundaries and in cooperation with pastors, club leaders, families, ministry partners, and appropriate authorities.

2) Scripture (15–20 seconds)

Leader:

Hear the Word of God:

“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.”
(Galatians 6:2, WEB)

3) Recognition of Preparation (15 seconds)

Leader:

[Name] has completed a study-based preparation pathway for this chaplaincy calling. Now, as a local Christian community, we complete this process by publicly commissioning [him/her] with prayer and the laying on of hands.

4) Charge (20–25 seconds)

Leader (to Candidate):

[Name], you are being set apart to serve as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain.

You are called to bring the presence of Christ into motorcycle club settings, rider communities, and biker relationships marked by loyalty, grief, hardship, brotherhood, conflict, pressure, and deep need. Serve with courage, but not arrogance. Serve with tenderness, but not weakness. Serve with steadiness, humility, wisdom, and self-control.

Listen carefully. Pray faithfully. Speak truth gently.
Be a calm and trustworthy presence on the hard roads of life, a comfort to the burdened, and a faithful witness to the hope found in Jesus Christ.

5) Questions (20–30 seconds)

Leader:

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

Do you believe that God has called you to serve as an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

Do you commit to serve riders, club members, families, and biker communities with compassion, dignity, integrity, appropriate confidentiality, and wise ministry boundaries?
Candidate: I do, God helping me.

Do you commit to walk in accountability, and if you depart from the Christian life and calling, will you notify the proper 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 [his/her] life.

As we lay hands upon [him/her] today, we do not create this calling, but we recognize it, bless it, and publicly affirm it before You and these witnesses.

Fill [Name] with Your Holy Spirit.
Root [him/her] deeply in Your Word.
Guard [his/her] life, doctrine, witness, and character.

Grant wisdom in motorcycle club relationships,
peace in emotionally charged situations,
discernment in spiritual care,
and compassion for those carrying grief, loss, confusion, fear, addiction struggles, family strain, and hidden pain.

Make [him/her] a calm presence among riders,
a faithful servant in biker communities,
and a bearer of Christ’s comfort, truth, and hope.

Strengthen those who feel weary, wounded, or alone.
Encourage those who are spiritually searching.
Bless club leaders, pastors, families, caregivers, and ministry leaders laboring among rider communities.
And let this ministry bring light, dignity, mercy, and gospel hope wherever You send [Name].

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 an Ordained Motorcycle Club Chaplain—locally affirmed and prayerfully sent to serve Jesus Christ among riders, club members, families, and biker communities.

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