First Evensong of Mark the Evangelist
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FIRST EVENSONG OF MARK THE EVANGELIST with the Collation and Installation of The Revd Angela Fletcher The Right Reverend Mgr Patrick McKinney and Bishop Pangani McNight Thipa as Honorary Canons Sunday 25 April 2021 3.30pm Welcome to Southwell Minster As you prepare for worship, please be sensitive to the needs of those around you who may wish to pray in silence. Please switch off mobile telephones and do not use photographic, video or recording equipment at any time. A loop system is in operation throughout the Minster. Hearing aids that are equipped to do so should be switched to the ‘T’ position or the loop setting appropriate to your equipment. Large print orders of service are available. Please ask a Churchwarden, Sidesman or Verger for a copy. Please speak to a Verger if you need to use the toilet facilities. We are a Fairtrade cathedral, committed to continuing and increasing our use of fairly traded goods wherever possible. The congregation is invited to join in all texts printed in bold. The Cathedral Choir is directed by Paul Provost, Rector Chori. The organ is played by Jonathan Allsopp, Assistant Director of Music. No collection will be taken at this service, but donations as you leave in support of the mission and ministry of the Cathedral are very welcome. Envelopes and cash may be deposited in the donation box, or preferably use the contactless donation station. Please give generously. Thank you for providing your name and contact details when you registered for or arrived at this service. This measure is in support of the NHS’s Test and Trace pro- gramme. Your personal details will be stored securely for 21 days in compliance with data protection regulations, and will then be securely disposed of. If during that time someone who has been at the service tests positive for Covid-19, you will be contacted by the NHS. Acknowledgements Text from The Book of Common Prayer, the rights in which are vested in the Crown, is reproduced by permission of the Crown’s Patentee, Cambridge University Press. Scriptural quotations are from New Revised Standard Version Bible: Anglicised Edition, copyright © 1989, 1995, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (used by permission; all rights reserved). This compilation is copyright © The Chapter of Southwell Cathedral. ii The Reverend Angela Fletcher is the incumbent of Warsop with Sookholme. She was ordained to the Office of Deacon in 2007 and thereafter to the Office of Priest in 2008. From 2015 until 2020, she served as the Area Dean of Mansfield Deanery. Prior to taking on the role as Area Dean, she was part of the deanery leadership team and played an active role in the strategic planning of the deanery’s mission, discipleship, ministry deployment and finance. Before her calling to become a priest, she served as a Reader at St Wilfrid’s, Kirkby- in-Ashfield. She also worked as a senior family worker for Nottinghamshire County Council’s social services department, giving support to parents with young families, and became a practitioner with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Team. She was ordained at Southwell Minster after completing her training with the East Midlands Ministry Training Course (EMMTC) at Nottingham University. She is married to Tony and they have two adult sons and one grandson. She is looking forward to becoming an Honorary Canon of Southwell Minster and hopes she will be able to use the gifts and skills she had acquired to support and strengthen the links between the Cathedral and the Diocese and to contribute to the worship, the spirituality and the education of those using its facilities. The Rt Revd Patrick McKinney was born in Birmingham to an Irish family; his family moved to Buncrana, in Co. Donegal, Ireland, when he was still very young, before returning eventually to Birmingham. He began his studies for the priesthood at St Mary’s College, Oscott, in 1972, and was ordained to the Priesthood on 1978 in St Mary’s Church, Buncrana, where his family lives. Since his Ordination, Father McKinney has served as both Assistant Priest and Parish Priest to parishes in Birmingham and Stourbridge. In addition to his parochial responsibilities, he also served as Chaplain to St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School, Birmingham, Episcopal Vicar for the north of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Area Dean of the Dudley Deanery and Chair of the Birmingham Archdiocesan Ecumenical Commission. Between 1982 and 1984, Father McKinney where he gained a Licence in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorial University, Rome. After returning to the Archdiocese of Birmingham, he lectured in Fundamental Theology and Ecclesiology in St Mary’s College, Oscott, where was appointed Rector in 1989. Father McKinney was made a Prelate of Honour to His Holiness, in 1990 and a member of the Metropolitan Chapter of St Chad in 1992. iii In 2015, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Monsignor McKinney as tenth Bishop of Nottingham. He was subsequently ordained to the Sacred Order of the Episcopate by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, in St Barnabas’ Cathedral, and has taken as his motto ‘Seek the face of Christ’. Monsignor McKinney is honoured to be invited to become an Ecumenical Canon of Southwell Minster. He hopes he may contribute a little to the good relationships which have existed over many years now, between the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham and the Anglican Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham, working collaboratively for the mission of Christ’s Church, and in our Christian witness and discipleship in the world. Bishop Pangani McNight Thipa is the Senior Pastor and National Overseer of the Calvary Family Church (CFC) UK and trustee of Refugee Roots in Hyson Green. He was ordained in 1996 at CFC’s headquarters in Malawi. In 2004, Bishop Thipa was commissioned by CFC as a missionary to Europe. Under his leadership, CFC UK has expanded beyond Nottingham, establishing thriving and growing branches in Manchester, Birmingham, Reading, Leicester and Dublin (Republic of Ireland). Bishop Thipa was subsequently consecrated as the Bishop for CFC Europe in 2016 at CFC’s headquarters in Malawi. Bishop Thipa has authored four books, five home group Bible study pamphlets and a further Bible study pamphlet aimed at teenagers. He has also co-authored a book on healing with his wife, Joyce. Bishop Thipa holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Economics and Mathematical Statistics from Chancellor College, University of Malawi. He was previously employed in managerial positions at various national and commercial institutions in Malawi prior to pursuing full-time ministry. In 2002, Bishop Thipa obtained a Diploma in Biblical Studies from Faith International Bible Institute under the leadership of pastor and evangelist the Revd Dr David Demola. Bishop Thipa has been married to Joyce since 1989. Together, they are blessed with two sons and a daughter, all of whom are involved in the ministry. Bishop Thipa represents minority ethnic groups across a breadth of community impact projects and programmes, and is already associated with the Church of England through spiritual and charitable collaboration. As an Ecumenical Canon Bishop Thipa looks forward working even more closely with his loving brethren in the Church of England and further developing relationships that will serve the Lord and all communities on a wider platform. iv ORDER OF SERVICE Before the service, the Revd Angela Fletcher, as Honorary Canon-designate, makes the Declarations of Fidelity and Assent in the Quire Crossing. The Very Revd Nicola Sullivan, Dean of Southwell, welcomes the congregation and introduces the service. ORGAN PRELUDE Choral (from Symphony no 10 ‘Romane’) Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) Please stand as the procession enters The Head Verger The Crucifer The Archdeacon of Nottingham The Canon Precentor The Dean The Registrar The Bishop of Sherwood The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham The Bishop’s Chaplain 1 PRECES sung by the Canon Precentor and choir O Lord, open thou our lips: And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. O God, make speed to save us: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord: The Lord’s name be praised. Music: Bernard Rose (1916-96) 2 THE PRESENTATION, COLLATION AND INSTALLATION PRESENTATION The Dean presents the three Canons-designate to the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham, The Rt Revd Paul Williams, saying: Right Reverend Father in God, I present: The Revd Angela Fletcher, to be collated to the Canonry of Rampton; The Right Reverend Mgr Patrick McKinney, to be collated to an Ecumenical Canonry; Bishop Pangani McNight Thipa, to be collated to an Ecumenical Canonry; all in this Cathedral Church. COLLECT FOR VOCATION AND MINISTRY Bishop Let us pray. The Canons-designate kneel before the Bishop. Silence is kept as ordained ministers present recall their ordination promises. 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 servant Andrew the needful gifts of grace; through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 3 COLLATION The Registrar reads the Deed of Collation and the Bishop then says Bishop Angela, I collate you to the Canonry of Rampton; Patrick, I collate you to an Ecumenical Canonry of this Cathedral; Pangani, I collate you to an Ecumenical Canonry of this Cathedral, in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.