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The Cathedral Church of All Saints, Derby The Ordination of Deacons Sunday 27th September 2020 Streamed live online Welcome to Derby Cathedral This service will be live streamed to the Cathedral’s YouTube page (bit.ly/derbycathedral). All are invited to say the words printed in bold type. A Steward is on duty to help if you need any information or directions. Please do not film or take photographs during the service. Please switch phones to silent or off. For the loop system, turn your hearing aid to T. Toilets are at the west end; toilets with wheelchair access are at the east end. Communion in one kind (wafer only) will be brought to those in the cathedral at your seat. Gluten-free wafers are available. Please notify the steward before the service. In an emergency please stay in your seat & follow directions from the steward. A plate will be available at the back of the cathedral for your offering. Alternatively, please scan the QR code below, or use the contactless payment machine, or visit our JustGiving page justgiving.com/derby-cathedral Thank you. www.derbycathedral.org facebook.com/DerbyCathedral @DerbyCathedral Copyright information: CCLI Copyright Licence No. 85732 CCLI Streaming Licence No. 106276 2 The Ordination of Deacons Eight candidates will be ordained deacon at three separate services in the cathedral today. This marks a new stage in their ministry and in the life of the communities in which they will serve. Please pray for them today and in the future. Rachael Brooks to serve in the Benefice of Littleover and Blagreaves; Catrin Hubbard to serve in the Buxton with Burbage and King Sterndale Team Ministry; Nicola McNally to serve in the Benefice of Tideswell; Sharon Murphy to serve in Derwent Oak under a Bishop’s Mission Order; Malcolm Pyatt to serve in the Benefice of Brimington; Kate Smedley to serve in the Benefice of Spondon; Sandra Till to serve in the Benefice of Alvaston; Alan Winfield to serve in the Benefice of Melbourne, Ticknall, Smisby and Stanton by Bridge; 3 ¶ The Gathering Stand as the Bishop and other ministers enter. The Greeting The Right Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby, greets the people. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. All Amen. Grace, mercy and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ be with you. All And also with you. Sit. The Bishop introduces the service God calls his people to follow Christ, and forms us into a royal priesthood, a holy nation, to declare the wonderful deeds of him who has called us out of darkness into his marvellous light. The Church is the Body of Christ, the people of God and the dwelling- place of the Holy Spirit. In baptism the whole Church is summoned to witness to God’s love and to work for the coming of his kingdom. To serve this royal priesthood, God has given particular ministries. Deacons are ordained so that the people of God may be better equipped to make Christ known. Theirs is a life of visible self-giving. Christ is the pattern of their calling and their commission; as he washed the feet of his disciples, so they must wash the feet of others. The Presentation The Archdeacon of Derby or the Archdeacon of Chesterfield presents the ordinands to the Bishop. Bishop, I present N to be ordained to the office of deacon in the Church of God. He/she is to serve in the parish/benefice of N. 4 When the ordinands have been presented, the Bishop asks the Archdeacon these questions: Have those whose duty it is to know these ordinands and examine them found them to be of godly life and sound learning? They have. Do they believe them to be duly called to serve God in this ministry? They do. The Bishop turns to the ordinands and says Do you believe that God is calling you to this ministry? I do so believe. I invite the Diocesan Registrar to confirm that the ordinands have taken the necessary oaths and made the Declaration of Assent. The Diocesan Registrar says They have duly taken the oath of allegiance to the Sovereign and the oath of canonical obedience to the Bishop. They have affirmed and declared their belief in ‘the faith which is revealed in the Holy Scriptures and set forth in the catholic creeds and to which the historic formularies of the Church of England bear witness’. Collect The Bishop says Let us pray for NN, for all those preparing for ordination and for the ministry of the whole people of God. Silence is kept for a short time. God our Father, Lord of all the world, through your Son you have called us into the fellowship of your universal Church: hear our prayer for your faithful people that in their vocation and ministry each may be an instrument of your love, and give to your servants now to be ordained the needful gifts of grace; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. All Amen. 5 The Archdeacon moves to the lectern and the Registrar moves to her seat. ¶ The Liturgy of the Word The First Reading Isaiah 6.1-8 read by the Archdeacon. A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.’ The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke. And I said: ‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’ Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.’ Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I said, ‘Here am I; send me!’ This is the word of the Lord. All Thanks be to God. Psalmody Psalm 119.1-5 read by the Archdeacon. Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes. All Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes. Blessed are those whose way is pure, who walk in the law of the Lord. Blessed are those who keep his testimonies and seek him with their whole heart, Those who do no wickedness, but walk in his ways. All Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes. 6 You, O Lord, have charged that we should diligently keep your commandments. O that my ways were made so direct ♦ that I might keep your statutes. All Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes. Stand. The Gospel Acclamation The Cantor sings Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life, says the Lord. Alleluia. Alleluia. Alleluia! The Gospel Reading Mark 10.35-45 read by the Very Revd Dr Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby Hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Mark. All Glory to you, O Lord. James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to him and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.’ And he said to them, ‘What is it you want me to do for you?’ And they said to him, ‘Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory.’ But Jesus said to them, ‘You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?’ They replied, ‘We are able.’ Then Jesus said to them, ‘The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared.’ When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, ‘You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord. All Praise to you, O Christ. 7 The Sermon The Very Revd Dr Peter Robinson, Dean of Derby. ¶ The Liturgy of Ordination The Declarations The congregation sits.