DIOCESE OF BARBADOS A SERVICE FOR THE ENTHRONEMENT of The Right Reverend Michael Bruce St. John Maxwell as THE FOURTEENTH BISHOP OF BARBADOS The Feast of St Thomas Aquinas Monday, 28th January, 2019 6:00 p.m. The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels Bridgetown, Barbados PARTICIPANTS IN THE LITURGY 14th Bishop of the Diocese of Barbados The Right Reverend Michael B. St. J. Maxwell The Bishop’s Chaplain The Reverend Dr. Von Watson Dean of The Cathedral of St Michael And All Angels The Very Reverend Dr. Jeffrey D. Gibson The Archdeacon The Venerable Eric E Lynch The Canons of the Cathedral Chapter The Reverend Canon Coleridge A. Darlington The Reverend Canon George A. Harewood The Reverend Canon Curtis S. R. Goodridge The Reverend Canon Austin D. Carrington The Reverend Canon Wayne E. Isaacs The Reverend Canon Dr. Geoffrey D. Mayers The Chancellor: Ms. Mary Haynes The Acolytes: The St. Michael’s Cathedral and the Churches of Holy Trinity, St. Jude and St. Stephen The Lectors: Mrs Joan A. Green & Mr. Frank O.O. Harris The Cathedral Organist And Choir Director: Mr. John Bryan, Mus. Bac The Choir: The St. Michael’s Cathedral Choir The Trumpeters: Bajan Brass & Friends The Soloist: Mrs. Gaye Gajadhar 1 Please silence all cell phones and electronic devices ORDER OF PROCESSION The First Crucifer & The First Torch Bearers The Cathedral Choir Acolyte The Ordinands The Visiting Clergy The Clergy of The Diocese of Barbados: The Rev. A. S. Griffith The Rev. Y. G. J. Clarke The Rev. R. O’B. Knight The Rev. R. R. Taitt The Rev. M. M. LaPlante The Rev. M. M. Squires The Rev. J. R.S. Small The Rev. S. K. Wedderburn The Rev. D. E.A. Ward The Rev. G. G. Bannister The Rev. E. B. Thompson The Rev. A. M.L. Jones The Rev. S. L. Ellis The Rev. M. W. Lucas The Rev. J. R. King The Rev. A. S. Harewood The Rev. P. A.N. Boxill The Rev. A. C. Massiah The Rev. S. S. Lowe The Rev. W. McD. Kirton The Rev. K. E. Griffith The Rev. B. B. Been The Rev. G. A.K. Hewitt The Rev. S. R. Hazell The Rev. D. R. Bowen The Rev. F. LaPlante The Rev. D. S. Yarde The Rev. K. F.F. Welch The Rev. A. D. Phillips The Rev. I. V. Claridge The Rev. R. C. Nurse The Rev. I. H. Walters The Rev. L. C. Johnson The Rev. C. G. Hall The Rev. V. A. Barker The Rev. H. O.F.G. Sandiford The Rev. J. S. Crawford The Rev. M. A.R. Haynes The Rev. N. G. Connell The Rev. E. I. Ambrose The Rev. C. E. Thomas The Rev. Dr. S. S.J. Hinds The Rev. B. B. Sealy-Knight The Rev. T. L. Davis The Rev. T. S. O'Neale The Rev. M. G. Springer The Rev. C. M. Morris The Rev. E. S. Lyte The Rev Dr M. A. Clarke The Rev. Dr. E. McCollin-Moore The Rev. L. E. Gooding The Rev. F. E. Gill The Rev. M. R. Holder The Rev. Dr. O. W. Gilkes The Rev Dr K. C. Sands 2 The Cathedral Staff: The Rev. R. G. Kellman The Rev. Dr. M. G. Lashley The Rev. Canon G. Knight The Rural Deans: The Rev. M. Harewood Senator The Rev. J. Rogers The Rev. Canon P. Haynes The Honorary Canons: The Rev. Canon N. Burke The Rev. Canon F. E. Massiah The Rev. Canon H. Guy The Rev. Canon E. Gatherer The Canons Emeriti: The Rev. Canon L. Burke The Rev. Canon G. Gooding The Rev. Canon I. Harewood The Rev. Canon G. Hatch The Rev. Canon J. Hennis The Rev. Canon D. Murrell The Rev. Canon E. Payne The Rev. Canon S. Small The Rev. Canon N. Titus The Deans Emeriti: The Very Rev. H. E. Crichlow The Very Rev. W. G. Dixon The Visiting Bishops The Retired Bishops: The Right Reverend Dr. Wilfred D. Wood The Right Reverend Dr. Rufus T. Brome The Most Reverend Dr. John W.D. Holder The Second Crucifer & The Second Torch Bearers Acolyte The Diocesan Registrar, Mr. Michael Alleyne The Chancellor, Ms. Mary Haynes The Canons of The Cathedral Chapter The Archdeacon The Cathedral Verger The Dean 3 ORGAN PRELUDE Toccata in F, BWV 540 – J.S. Bach Scherzo – E. Gigout Prelude & Fugue in E flat, BWV 552 – J.S. Bach Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29 – J.S. Bach Marche Heroique – A.H. Brewer Imperial March – E. Elgar THE ENTRANCE OF THE PROCESSION The congregation remains seated as the procession of Choir and Clergy makes it way up the Nave, from the West Door, at 5:45 p.m. during an organ voluntary. The congregation stands at the arrival of the Governor General at 5:55 p.m. THE WELCOME The Dean offers a general welcome and announces the Opening Hymn. The Dean: My brothers and sisters, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ! Grace and peace be with you. People: And also with you. The Dean: Welcome to this Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels as we have gathered here to welcome the 14th Bishop of our Diocese of Barbados into his Cathedral, and to enthrone him in the chair appointed for his office. Let us now stand and lift our voices in the singing of the hymn 730. 4 HYMN 730 God is here! As we his people meet to offer praise and prayer, may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share: Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts wait the coming of His Spirit into open minds and hearts. Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace; here are table, font and pulpit, here the cross has central place. Here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech, here in newness and renewal God the Spirit comes to each. Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd's flock and fold; here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old. Here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore what it means in daily living to believe and to adore. Lord of all, of Church and Kingdom, in an age of change and doubt, keep us faithful to the gospel, help us work your purpose out. 5 Here, in this day's dedication, all we have to give, receive; we who cannot live without you, we adore you! We believe. The following procession is formed and makes its way down the centre aisle of the Cathedral during the second verse of the Opening Hymn 730: The Second Crucifer & The Second Torch Bearers Acolyte The Diocesan Registrar, Mr. Michael Alleyne The Chancellor, Ms. Mary Haynes The Canons of The Cathedral Chapter The Archdeacon The Cathedral Verger The Dean THE ENTRY OF THE LORD BISHOP The Registrar, Chancellor, Dean and Chapter will position themselves within the Cathedral at the West Door which shall be locked by the Dean. The Bishop, standing outside the door with his Chaplain, shall knock three times and say: The Bishop: Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord. (Psalm 118:19) The Dean, unlocking the door, shall open it before the Bishop. As the Dean unlocks the door a fanfare of trumpets shall be sounded. FANFARE 6 The Bishop, advancing into the doorway, shall in a loud voice, that he may be heard of all within, say: The Bishop: I, Michael Bruce St. John Maxwell, by Divine permission Bishop of Barbados, having been duly appointed and confirmed, make my request of you, Very Reverend Brother, that I be conducted to the Bishop's Seat in the Cathedral Church of Barbados, there to be Inducted, Installed and Enthroned according to ancient usage and prescriptive right. The Dean shall reply inviting the Bishop to enter, saying: The Dean: Michael, our Right Reverend Father in God, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we, the Chapter of your Cathedral Church, together with the people of this Diocese, bid you welcome to your Cathedral Church of St Michael and All Angels. People: In the name of the Lord we greet you. The Bishop: My brothers of the Cathedral Chapter and dear people of our Diocese, with all my heart, I thank you for your welcome. I hope to serve you, and to serve with you in Christ’s name and in the joy of His Spirit. I pray that the ministry which we will share may be pleasing to God; that it may strengthen the life of this diocese and impact spiritually the Island of Barbados. May the peace of the God our Father be upon this house and upon this company. The Bishop’s procession makes it way up the Nave, from the West Door, during the singing of Psalm 84. 7 PSALM 84 (Chant by C. H. H. Parry) 1. O HOW amiable are thy dwellings : thou Lord of hosts! 2. My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. 3. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young : even thy altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. 4. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will be alway praising thee. 5. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee : in whose heart are thy ways.