27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 1 Westminster Abbey EUCHARIST with the Ordination and Consecration of The Reverend Canon Jonathan Goodall Archbishop’s Ecumenical Secretary to be Bishop of Ebbsfleet in the Diocese of Canterbury and The Venerable Martyn Snow Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham to be Bishop of Tewkesbury in the Diocese of Gloucester by the Archbishop of Canterbury and other bishops Lancelot Andrewes Wednesday 25 th September 2013 11.00 am 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 2 2 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 3 WELCOME FROM THE DEAN OF WESTMINSTER It is a pleasure on behalf of the Dean and Chapter to welcome the Archbishop of Canterbury to the first service of Ordination and Consecration at which he is to preside at Westminster Abbey. This is Justin Welby’s third formal visit to the Abbey this year. There will be many such occasions, to which we look forward. We shall continue to offer the resources of the Abbey in support of the Archbishop’s ministry. One of today’s candidates is well known to the Abbey community. Jonathan Goodall is a Priest Vicar of the Abbey and formerly a Minor Canon. More recently , at Lambeth Palace , he has been the principal link with the Archbishop in planning the many occasions on which he leads or participates in worship here. Martyn Snow comes not as a stranger , but as a missionary from the great city and diocese of Sheffield, pausing in this once-Benedictine house on his pilgrim way to take the title of another whose Norman church survives as ours did not. We are delighted to welcome both Martyn and Jonathan, their families and guests , and those whom they will serve as bishops. In particular , we welcome guests from our sister Churches with warm affection, as we reflect on what binds us together in the love of Christ. Finally, I express my regret that a long-planned lecture and preaching visit to the United States prevents my joining with you in person in the joy of this day. The Very Reverend Dr John Hall Dean of Westminster September 2013 3 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 4 THE REVEREND CANON JONATHAN GOODALL Jonathan was born in Yorkshire, and studied music at Royal Holloway College, University of London where he met Sarah, his wife. After some years working for Macmillan Publishers on The New Grove Dictionary of Music and OUP’s Early Music alongside the beginnings of a singing career, he trained for the ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. From 1989 to 1992, Jonathan served his title in the Bicester Team Ministry in Oxford Diocese, and, after ordination to the priesthood, served as Assistant Chaplain in the newly opened HM Prison Bullingdon. In 1992, Dean Michael Mayne invited Jonathan to serve here at the Abbey as Minor Canon, Chaplain and Sacrist. Thomas had been born within a few days of Jonathan’s ordination to the diaconate; now, here at home in Westminster Abbey, Anna-Mary was born at Pentecost in 1994. After six very rewarding years in one of the most visited churches in the Anglican Communion, in 1998 Jonathan moved to serve in the most dispersed diocese in the Communion, where he served successive Bishops of Gibraltar in Europe as Chaplain and Research Assistant, and Diocesan Liturgical Officer. Associations with both have endured: in 2004, he became a Priest Vicar of Westminster Abbey, and in 2005 an honorary canon of the Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese in Europe. Since 2005, he has been Chaplain and Ecumenical Secretary to successive Archbishops of Canterbury, responsible for promoting and co-ordinating the ministry of the Archbishop at the service of the visible unity of the churches, nationally and internationally. Jonathan and Sarah are soon to move to Reading as a base for the role of episcopal visitor in thirteen dioceses in the western half of the Province of Canterbury. 4 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 5 THE VENERABLE MARTYN SNOW Martyn was born in Indonesia, where his parents worked with the local church. The family returned to the UK when Martyn was still very young, but he has maintained an enjoyment of travel and a love for the world church. He met his wife, Lynn, at university in Sheffield, and after working for the Crown Prosecution Service he then trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford. He returned to South Yorkshire to serve his curacy before sens - ing a call to work with the church in West Africa. Martyn was involved in church planting, and Lynn in primary health care. From 2001, Martyn was Vicar of Pitsmoor in Sheffield and spent nine very happy years working cross-culturally in an extraordinarily diverse area. In 2010, he became Archdeacon of Sheffield and Rotherham and focused his ministry on encouraging churches to work together in mission. He has maintained his links with the world church through involvement in the Church Mission Society. All three of their children were born in Sheffield (and have good Yorkshire accents—whether they now develop Gloucestershire accents remains to be seen!). Both boys (Fraser and Wesley) share their dad’s love of football (and may yet develop a taste for rugby, living near Gloucester). Roxanna particularly enjoys music and dance. The family are already enjoying rural life in Gloucestershire and looking forward to getting to know the people and places of the diocese. Please pray for these candidates as they begin their new ministries. 5 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 6 THE CONSECRATION AND ORDINATION OF A BISHOP Although the New Testament and other early Christian writings do not provide any details of the process by which Christian ministers were chosen and commissioned, what evidence there is suggests that within the first few centuries election by the local Christian community followed by prayer accompanied by the laying on of hands emerged as the fundamental elements of the act of ordination: the community chose those who were to be ministers and then prayed that God would equip them with the gifts needed to fulfil that particular ministry. In this morning’s ordination service the gathered assembly affirms that the candidates have been chosen for a specific ministry within the Church; this is followed by the invocation of the Holy Spirit and the laying on of hands. Each candidate will be anointed with sacred oil – signifying their role of leadership within the royal priesthood of Christ’s people; they will each receive a copy of the Holy Scriptures – both to remind them of their duty to proclaim the Gospel and of the centrality of God’s Word; and they will receive their Pastoral Staff – symbolising their sharing in the ministry of Christ the Good Shepherd. adapted from Common Worship Ordination Services, Archbishops ’ Council 2007 LANCELOT ANDREWES Born in 1555 in Barking, Lancelot Andrewes studied at Merchant Taylors’ School and then Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. After ordination, he held several posts before accepting, in 1601, the appointment of Dean of Westminster, where he gave much attention to the school. Andrewes was present at the Hampton Court Conference in 1604, which furthered the reform of the Church of England, and he was also a translator of much of the Old Testament of what is known as the ‘Authorised Version’ of the Bible. His preaching and his writings proved highly influential and his holiness of life and gentle nature endeared him to all who met him. He was appointed bishop, first of Chichester, then of Ely, and finally, in 1619, of Winchester. He died on this day in the year 1626 and his remains lie in a church which was then in his diocese of Winchester but now is the cathedral for the diocese of Southwark . 6 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 7 Please join in singing the hymns and in saying the words printed in bold type. The Abbey Church is served by a hearing loop. Users should turn their hearing aid to the setting marked T. Photography, filming, and sound recording are not allowed in the Church at any time. Please ensure that mobile telephones, pagers, and other electronic devices are switched off. In the Jerusalem Chamber before the Service, the Bishops-designate of Ebbsfleet and Tewkesbury take the Oath of Allegiance to The Queen’s Majesty and the Oath of Due Obedience to the Archbishop of Canterbury, tendered to them by the Principal Registrar. The Service is sung by the Westminster Abbey Special Service Choir, conducted by Daniel Cook, Sub-Organist, Westminster Abbey. The Organ is played by Martin Ford, Assistant Organist. Setting: Collegium Regale Herbert Howells (1892–1983) The Ecclesiastical Procession of Readers and Clergy of the Church of England and Representatives of other Churches moves to the S Transept . All remain seated. Music before the Service: Peter Holder, Organ Scholar, plays: Prelude and Fugue in G BWV 541 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Komm, heiliger Geist, Herre Gott BWV 651 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude in E flat BWV 552i Johann Sebastian Bach 7 27438 Ordination & Consecration service :. 20/9/13 10:28 Page 8 ORDER OF SERVICE The Gathering and Presentation All stand to sing THE HYMN LL my hope on God is founded; God’s great goodness aye endureth, he doth still my trust renew. deep his wisdom, passing thought: MAe through change and chance he guideth, splendour, light, and life attend him, only good and only true. beauty springeth out of naught.