Choral Evensong with Collation and Installation of Honorary Canons and admission of Lay Members of Chapter The First Sunday after Trinity 6th June 2021 at 3.15pm in the Quire Growing in Christ since AD604 Welcome to Rochester Cathedral – a place of Christian worship since AD604. Please help us to keep staff, visitors and worshippers safe by following guidance and instructions, observing social distancing and using the sanitisers at the entrances and exits. Please note that this service may be recorded and/or livestreamed for those unable to attend in person. If you do not wish to appear on camera, please speak to a member of staff. For online services, prayer and other devotional material, please visit our website: www.rochestercathedral.org/worship-online. Please do not take photographs, sound or video recordings during the service. As part of our safeguarding, no photography of children is permitted in the Cathedral. An induction loop system is installed in the Cathedral. Hearing aid users should adjust their aid to T. Large print orders of service are available. Copyright words and music for the musical items are reproduced under Christian Copyright Licence number 31535, CCLI Music Reproduction Licence number 903106 and Calamus Licence number 1019. Material from Common Worship which is included in this service is copyright: © The Archbishops Council, 2000 ~ 2 ~ Welcome to Rochester Cathedral – a place of Christian worship since AD604 The Chapter welcomes you to the Cathedral as we come together to celebrate the life of the Church in this Diocese. We are especially glad to welcome those to be made Canons and those to be admitted as Lay Members of Chapter at this service. As we give thanks for their ministry, we pray for the unity of the Church and for all involved in the mission and ministry of this Cathedral and Diocese. To be installed today as Honorary Canons: The Reverend Adam Foot Vicar of Welling and Area Dean of Erith The Reverend Ren Harding Team Rector of the Bexley Team Ministry The Reverend Timothy Hatwell Rector of Ightham, Area Dean of Shoreham and Assistant Diocesan Director of Ordinands The Reverend Penny Stephens Chaplain of the Hospice in the Weald The Reverend Dr Helen Burn Vicar of St Justus Rochester and Area Dean of Rochester To be installed today as a Lay Canon: Paul Hudson To be admitted today as Lay Members of Chapter: Paul Francis Victoria Wallace ~ 3 ~ ORDER OF SERVICE Stand as the procession enters Introit sung by the choir Domine, Jesu Christe, qui me creasti, redemisti, et preordinasti ad hoc quod sum, tu scis quid de me facere vis; fac de me secundumcvoluntatem tuam cum misericordia. Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, who created, redeemed, and preordained me to be this that I am, you know what you wish to do with me; do with me in accordance with your will, with mercy. Amen. Henry Ley (1887-1962) A Prayer of King Henry VI Preces (Opening Responses) Cantor O Lord, open thou our lips; Choir And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. O God, make speed to save us; Choir O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; Choir As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Praise ye the Lord; Choir The Lord's name be praised. Thomas Ebdon. (1738-1811) ~ 4 ~ Welcome and Introduction Bishop Peace be with you All and also with you. Sit The Bishop welcomes the congregation and introduces the service Bishop We have come together in the name of Christ to offer our praise and thanksgiving, to hear and receive God’s holy word, to give thanks for the life of the Cathedral and Diocese, to admit Lay Members of Chapter and to install newly-appointed Canons in this place. Let us therefore pray for God’s abundant grace and blessing, that by the power of the Holy Spirit we may give ourselves to the service of God and his kingdom. Bishop Almighty and everlasting God, by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church is governed and sanctified: hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people, that in their vocation and ministry they may serve you in holiness and truth to the glory of your name; 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. Amen. ~ 5 ~ Psalm 37.1-9 sung by the choir Fret not thyself because of the ungodly : neither be thou envious against the evil-doers. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass : and be withered even as the green herb. Put thou thy trust in the Lord, and be doing good : dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thou in the Lord : and he shall give thee thy heart's desire. Commit thy way unto the Lord, and put thy trust in him : and he shall bring it to pass. He shall make thy righteousness as clear as the light ; and thy just dealing as the noon-day. Hold thee still in the Lord, and abide patiently upon him : but grieve not thyself at him whose way doth prosper, against the man that doeth after evil counsels. Leave off from wrath, and let go displeasure : fret not thyself, else shalt thou be moved to do evil. Wicked doers shall be rooted out : and they that patiently abide the Lord, those shall inherit the land. Stand 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. Sit ~ 6 ~ Old Testament Reading: Jeremiah 6.16-21 read by the Vice Dean The Presentation Each candidate stands and is presented in turn to the Bishop by the Vice Dean The candidates sit and the Vice Dean returns to their seat The Bishop introduces the candidates to the congregation Following the introductions, the Bishop invites the candidates to stand before him and says Bishop Canons are called to be committed and faithful disciples of Jesus Christ in their daily lives, and to give particular support to the Cathedral as a centre of worship, prayer and mission. Canons are to be counsellors and advisers of the Bishop in holy things. They are to be students of sacred learning, and of all such matters as tend to establish and confirm the truth of the Gospel and the discipline of the Church; to be diligent in prayer for God’s blessing upon our labours and those in this Diocese, especially for those of this Chapter; to maintain Christian fellowship and hospitality as far as in them lies; to be zealous for the beauty and service of this Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to remember with thanksgiving those who have gone before in this place in the confession of God’s holy name, particularly the Founders and Benefactors of this Cathedral Church. ~ 7 ~ The Bishop addresses the Canons-designate Will you be faithful to your calling, live out your ministry to the full, and offer the Bishop counsel and advice in holy things? Candidates With the help of God, I will. Will you, to the best of your ability, represent the Cathedral to the Diocese and the wider Church and the Diocese and the wider Church to the Cathedral? Candidates With the help of God, I will. Will you uphold the traditions of this Cathedral Church, the seat of the Bishop, as a centre of worship and mission, and contribute to its ministry as you are able? Candidates With the help of God, I will. The Bishop addresses the Lay Members of Chapter designate Bishop Paul and Victoria, do you desire to be admitted on the Foundation of this Cathedral? Candidate I do. Bishop Will you serve as a Lay Member of Chapter and work collaboratively in the governance of this Cathedral Church? Candidate I will. Bishop I invite you to make the Declaration. Candidate I, [Paul Francis/ Victoria Wallace], being appointed as a Lay Member of Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester, swear that so long as I remain in office I will, to the best of my power, inviolably observe all the Ordinances and Statutes of this Cathedral Church, so far as they concern me. I will seek diligently to procure the advantage and dignity of this Cathedral Church; so help me God. The Bishop addresses all the candidates May God, who has given you the desire to undertake this work in his service, strengthen your resolve, and give you grace faithfully to fulfil the same. All Amen. ~ 8 ~ The Collation and Commissioning Each candidate holds their Deed of Collation and a copy of the Cathedral Constitution and Statutes The Bishop reads the Deeds of Collation and says Bishop N, receive this Deed, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All Amen. N, receive this Book of the Cathedral Constitution and Statutes. Look after it and take care to observe the regulations it contains. The Bishop prays for the candidates in these words: Bishop May almighty God, giver of all good gifts, so clothe you with holiness of life, and fill you with the desire of the Spirit, that you may faithfully serve to the glory of the everlasting Name; and the blessing of God almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, be upon you and remain with you always.