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ORDINATION of Glenn Nesbitt and Al Horn Sunday 4 July 2021 2Pm ORDINATION of Glenn Nesbitt and Al Horn Sunday 4 July 2021 2pm Before the service, the Sub Dean, the Revd Canon Richard Peers, welcomes the Congregation and the Presiding Bishop, the Bishop of Maidstone, the Rt Revd Rod Thomas. At the entry of the Bishop’s procession, the Congregation stands and the music group sings a hymn. Unfortunately due to Covid regulations we cannot invite the Congregation to join in with the singing at any point in the service. Hymn Crown him with many crowns, the Lamb upon his throne. Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns all music but its own. Awake, my soul, and sing of him who died for thee, and hail him as thy matchless king through all eternity. Crown him the Lord of life, who triumphed o’er the grave, and rose victorious in the strife for those he came to save; his glories now we sing who died and rose on high, who died eternal life to bring, and lives that death may die. Crown him the Lord of love; behold his hands and side, rich wounds, yet visible above, in beauty glorified; no angels in the sky can fully bear that sight, but downward bends their burning eye at mysteries so bright. 3 Crown him the Lord of years, the potentate of time, creator of the rolling spheres, ineffably sublime. All hail, Redeemer, hail! for thou hast died for me; thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity. WORDS: Matthew Bridges (1800–1894) MUSIC: Diademata, George J Elvey (1816–1893) The Greeting Bishop Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All Blessed be his kingdom, now and for ever. Amen. Bishop There is one body and one spirit. All There is one hope to which we were called; Bishop one Lord, one faith, one baptism, All one God and Father of all. Bishop Peace be with you All and also with you. The Congregation sits. The Bishop introduces the service. 4 Bishop 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 a variety of 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 presents those to be ordained, reading the name of each person, and that of the place where they are to serve, first saying: Archdeacon Bishop Rod, I present these persons to be ordained to the office of deacon in the Church of God. The ordinands each stand as their name is read out. When the ordinands have been presented, the Bishop asks these questions of the Director of Ordinands and those involved with the ordinands’ training, who stand to respond. Bishop Have those whose duty it is to know these ordinands and examine them found them to be of godly life and sound learning? DDO They have. Bishop Do they believe them to be duly called to serve God in this ministry? DDO They do. 5 The Bishop turns to the ordinands and says: Bishop Do you believe that God is calling you to this ministry? Ordinands I do so believe. Bishop I invite the Registrar to confirm that the ordinands have taken the necessary oaths and made the Declaration of Assent. Registrar 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’. Gloria in Excelsis Please stand. Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world: have mercy on us; you are seated at the right hand of the Father: receive our prayer. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen. 6 The Collect of the Day Bishop As we stand, let us pray. Silence is kept. Almighty God, whose blessed apostles Peter and Paul glorified you in their death as in their life: grant that your Church, inspired by their teaching and example, and made one by your Spirit, may ever stand firm upon the one foundation, Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. All Amen. The Congregation sits. 7 Old Testament Reading Jeremiah 31: 31–34 (NRSV) A reading from the Book of Jeremiah. The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. No longer shall they teach one another, or say to each other, ‘Know the Lord’, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord; for I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more. This is the word of the Lord. All Thanks be to God. 8 Worship song The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want. He makes me lie in pastures green. He leads me by the still, still waters, His goodness restores my soul. And I will trust in You alone, And I will trust in You alone, For Your endless mercy follows me, Your goodness will lead me home. He guides my ways in righteousness, And He anoints my head with oil, And my cup, it overflows with joy, I feast on His pure delights. And though I walk the darkest path, I will not fear the evil one, For You are with me, and Your rod and staff Are the comfort I need to know. WORDS AND MUSIC: Stuart Townend © 1996 Thankyou Music 9 New Testament Reading 2 Corinthians 5:17–6: 2 (NRSV) A reading from St Paul’s second Letter to the Corinthians. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. As we work together with him, we urge you also not to accept the grace of God in vain. For he says, ‘At an acceptable time I have listened to you, and on a day of salvation I have helped you.’ See, now is the acceptable time; see, now is the day of salvation! This is the word of the Lord. All Thanks be to God. The Congregation stands. 10 Gospel Reading Mark 10:35–45 (NRSV) Deacon 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 Jesus 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.
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