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Festal Sung Eucharist&

Service of Re-dedication and Renewalof

Croydon Parish Churchto

Croydon Minster

Sunday 29 May 201110.00am

The Right Reverend Christopher Chessun, Bishop of Southwarkwill Preside, Preach and Re-dedicate

Vicar of CroydonThe Reverend Canon Colin J Luke Boswell

The Worshipful Mayor of CroydonCllr Graham Bass


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THE MUSIC OF THE SERVICE

The service is sung by the Lay Clerks, Boys & Girls of the MinsterChoirs

conducted by Andrew Cantrill, Organist & Master of the Choristers

The organ is played by Tom Little, Sub-Organist

The mass ordinary is sung to the Missa Brevis by Jonathan Dove (b.1959)

MUSIC BEFORE THE SERVICE

Matthew Greenfield & Sophie Winter, Organ Scholars will play

Berceuse (Suite Brettonne) by Marcel Dupr (1886-1971)Interlude by Harold Darke (1888-1976)


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ORDER OF SERVICE

The Bishop arrives at the West Door and says

Peace be to this house and all who enter it.The Lord bless your coming in and your going out from this

time forth and for evermore.Amen.

THE PROCESSION

during which the HYMN is sung

Christ is made the sure foundation,And the precious corner-stone,Who, the two walls underlying,

Bound in each, binds both in one,Holy Sions help for ever,And her confidence alone.

All that dedicated city,Dearly loved by God on high,

In exultant jubilationPours perpetual melody,

God the One, in Threefold glory,Singing everlastingly.

To this temple, where we call thee,Come, O Lord of hosts, today;

With thy wonted loving-kindnessHear thy servants as they pray;

And thy fullest benedictionShed within its walls for ay.

Here vouchsafe to all thy servantsGifts of grace by prayer to gain;Here to have and hold for ever,

Those good things their prayers obtain,And hereafter, in thy glory,

With thy blessd ones to reign.


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Laud and honour to the Father,Laud and honour to the Son,

Laud and honour to the Spirit,Ever Three and ever One,

One in love, and One in splendour,

While unending ages run. Amen.

Music: Westminster Abbey Words: Latin c7th centuryAdapted from Purcell (1659-1695) Tr JM Neale(1818-1866)Descant by Andrew Cantrill (b. 1971)

VergerThurifer

Crucifer & AcolytesThe Choirs of Croydon Minster

The Organist & Master of the ChoristersThe Verger

The Parish ClergyThe Vicar of Croydon

The Bishop of Southwark

THE GATHERING

In the name of the Father,

and of the Son,

and of the Holy Spirit.

All Amen.

The Greeting

Grace, mercy and peace

from God our Father

and the Lord Jesus Christ

be with you


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All and also with you.

The Choirs sing

Gloria in Excelsis

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.

The Collect

Let us pray

Almighty God,to whose glory we celebrate the dedicationof this house of prayer:we praise you for the many blessingsyou have given to those who worship you here:and we pray that all who seek you in this place may find you,and, being filled with the Holy Spirit,may become a living temple acceptable to you;through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you,


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in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever.

All Amen.LITURGY OF THE WORD

Sit

Reading

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.

Then Paul stood in front of the Areopagus and said, Athenians, I seehow extremely religious you are in every way. For as I went throughthe city and looked carefully at the objects of your worship, I foundamong them an altar with the inscription, To an unknown god.What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you. The

God who made the world and everything in it, he who is Lord ofheaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by human hands,nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything,since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.From one ancestor he made all nations to inhabit the whole earth,and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries ofthe places where they would live, so that they would search for Godand perhaps grope for him and find him though indeed he is not farfrom each one of us. For In him we live and move and have ourbeing; as even some of your own poets have said, For we too arehis offspring. Since we are Gods offspring, we ought not to thinkthat the deity is like gold, or silver, or stone, an image formed by theart and imagination of mortals. While God has overlooked the timesof human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere torepent, because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world

judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and ofthis he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

This is the word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

StandThe Gradual HYMN is sung

O thou who camest from above,The pure celestial fire to impart,

Kindle a flame of sacred love


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All Praise to you, O Christ.

Sit

Sermon

THE DEDICATION OF THE MINSTER

Stand

As The Bishop is led around the churchTHE HYMN is sung, verse byverse

We love the place, O God,Wherein thine honour dwells;

The joy of thine abodeAll earthly joy excels.

We love the house of prayer,Wherein thy servants meet;And thou, O Lord, art thereThy chosen flock to greet.

We love the sacred font,For there the holy DoveTo pour is ever wont

His blessing from above.

We love thine altar, Lord;

O, what on earth so dear!For there, in faith adored,

We find thy presence near.

We love the word of life,The word that tells of peace,

Of comfort in the strife,And joys that never cease.


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We love to sing belowFor mercies freely given;But O, we long to know

The triumph-song of heaven!

Lord Jesus, give us graceOn earth to love thee more,In heaven to see thy face,And with thy saints adore.

Music: Quam Dilecta Words: William Bullock(1798-1874)

Bishop Henry Jenner (1820-98) & HWBaker (1821-77)

Between each verse, The Bishop anoints the walls with chrism:seven times

May this church be dedicated as a Minster in the name of theFather, and of the Son, and of the Holy Sprit, to the honour ofGod, through the prayers of the Blessed Virgin Mary and to thememory of Saint John the Baptist.Amen.

The Bishop arrives back in the sanctuary and prays a collect

THE CONSECRATION OF THE PEOPLE

We are a temple of Gods indwelling Holy Spirit, yet we havegrieved him.

The temple of our bodies does not belong to us, but was boughtat the price of Christs precious blood. So we come, in sorrowyet with confidence, to ask forgiveness of our Father in heaven.

Zeal for your house has eaten me upand the taunts of those who taunt you have fallen upon me.Lord, have mercy.Lord, have mercy.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my Godthan dwell in the tents of ungodliness.Christ, have mercy.


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Christ, have mercy.

The Lord will defend your going out and your coming infrom this time forward for evermore.Lord, have mercy.Lord, have mercy.

The Bishop prays over a vessel of water

God our Father,your gift of waterbrings life and freshness to the earth;in baptism it is a signof the washing away of our sinsand the gift of life eternal.

Sanctify this water, we pray.Renew the living spring of your life within us,that we may be free from sinand filled with your saving health;through Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

The Bishop and people are sprinkled.Whilst the Bishop sprinkles the people the choirs sing

Vidi aquam egredientem de templo,a latere dextro, alleluia:et omnes, ad quos pervenit aqua ista,salvi facti sunt, et dicent, alleluia, alleluia.

I beheld water which proceeded out of the temple,on the right side thereof, alleluia:and all they to whom that water camewere healed everyone, and they say, alleluia, alleluia.

The Bishop arrives back in the sanctuary and says

May the Father of all merciescleanse you from your sins,and restore you in his image


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to the praise and glory of his name,through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

Sit / Kneel

Prayers of Intercession

The following response may be used

Lord, in your mercy

All hear our prayer.

THE LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENT

Stand

The Peace

Peace to this house from God our heavenly Father.Peace to this house from his Son who is our peace.Peace to this house from the Holy Spirit, the life-giver.

The peace of the Lord be always with you

All and also with you.

Let us offer one another a sign of peace.

Preparation of the Table

Taking of the Bread and Wine

The Offertory HYMN is sung


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Bread of heaven, on thee we feed,For thy flesh is meat indeed;Ever may our souls be fed

With this true and living bread,Day by day with strength supplied

Through the life of him who died.

Vine of heaven, thy blood suppliesThis blest cup of sacrifice;

Tis thy wounds our healing give;To thy cross we look and live:

Thou our life! O let us beRooted, grafted, built on thee.

Music: Bread of Heaven Words: Josiah Conder(1789-1855)Archbishop William Maclagan (1826-1910)

The Choirs sing the Offertory ANTHEM

Blessed city, heavenly Salem,Vision dear of peace and love,

Who of living stones art buildedIn the height of heaven above,And by angel hands appareled

As a bride doth earthward move!

Out of heaven from God descending,New and ready to be wed

To thy Lord, whose love espoused thee,Fair adorned shalt thou be led;

All thy gates and thy bulwarksOf pure gold are fashiond.

Bright thy gates of pearl are shining,They are open evermore;

And, their well earned rest attainingThither faithful souls may soar.


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Who, for Christ's dear Name, in this worldPain and tribulation bore.

Many a blow and biting sculpturePolished well those stones elect,In their places now compacted

By the heavenly Architect,Nevermore to leave the Temple

Which with them the Lord hath decked.

To this temple, where we call Thee,Come, O Lord of Hosts, today;

With Thy wonted loving kindness,Hear thy servants as they pray;

And thy fullest benediction

Shed within its walls always.

Amen.

Music: Edward Bairstow (1874-1946) Words:Latin c 7th century

Tr JM Neale (1818-1866)

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:

through your goodness we have this bread

to set before you,

which earth has given and human hands have made.

It will become for us the bread of life.

All Blessed be God for ever.

Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation:

through your goodness we have this wine

to set before you,

fruit of the vine and work of human hands.

It will become for us the cup of salvation.

All Blessed be God for ever.

All Wise and gracious God,

you spread a table before us;


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nourish your people with the word of life

and the bread of heaven.

Amen.

The Eucharistic Prayer

The Lord be with youAll and also with you.

Lift up your hearts.All We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.All It is right to give thanks and praise.

It is indeed right, our duty and our joy,always and everywhere to give you thanks,almighty and eternal Father,enthroned upon the praises of your people.We thank you for this house of prayer,in which you bless your familyas we come to you in pilgrimage.Here you reveal your presence in sacramental signsand make us one with you through the unseen bond of grace.Here you build your temple of living stonesand bring the Church to its full statureas the body of Christ throughout the world,to reach its perfection at lastin the heavenly city of Jerusalem,which is the vision of your peace.

Therefore, in union with the heavenly Jerusalem,with angels in joyful assembly,with all whose names are written in heaven

and with the spirits of the righteous made perfect,we lift up our voices to join in the triumphal song of praise:

The Choirs sing

Sanctus and Benedictus


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Holy, holy, holy Lord,

God of power and might,

heaven and earth are full of your glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.Hosanna in the highest.

Sit / Kneel

Lord, you are holy indeed, the source of all holiness;

grant that by the power of your Holy Spirit,

and according to your holy will,

these gifts of bread and winemay be to us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ;

who, in the same night that he was betrayed,

took bread and gave you thanks;

he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you;do this in remembrance of me.

In the same way, after supper he took the cup and gave youthanks;

he gave it to them, saying:Drink this, all of you;this is my blood of the new covenant,which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.

Great is the mystery of faith:

All Christ has died:Christ is risen:Christ will come again.

And so, Father, calling to mind his death on the cross,his perfect sacrifice made once for the sins of the whole world;


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rejoicing in his mighty resurrection and glorious ascension,and looking for his coming in glory,we celebrate this memorial of our redemption.As we offer you this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving,we bring before you this bread and this cupand we thank you for counting us worthy

to stand in your presence and serve you.

Send the Holy Spirit on your peopleand gather into one in your kingdomall who share this one bread and one cup,so that we, in the company of St John, St George, St Mary and

all the saints,may praise and glorify you for ever,through Jesus Christ our Lord;

by whom, and with whom, and in whom,in the unity of the Holy Spirit,all honour and glory be yours,almighty Father,for ever and ever.

All Amen.

The Lords Prayer

As our Saviour taught us, so we pray

All Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name;

thy kingdom come;

thy will be done;

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us.


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And lead us not into temptation;

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

the power and the glory,

for ever and ever.

Amen.

Breaking of the Bread

We break this breadto share in the body of Christ.

All Though we are many, we are one body,because we all share in one bread.

The Choirs sing

Agnus Dei

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world,grant us peace.

Giving of Communion

Jesus is the Lamb of God

who takes away the sin of the world.

Blessed are those who are called to his supper.

All Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,but only say the word, and I shall be healed.

The president and people receive communion.


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All who are visiting this Parish Church who are in good standing

in their own denominations are welcome to receive communion

or a blessing.

Authorised words of distribution are used and the communicant

repliesAmen.

The Choirs sing the Communion MOTET

Locus iste a Deo factus est,inaestimabile sacramentum;irreprehensibilis est.

This place was made by God,

a priceless sacrament;beyond reproach

Music: Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Words: Gradual, Dedicationof a Church

Prayers after Communion

Let us pray.

Father in heaven,whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace,an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem:grant to us in the days of our pilgrimagethat, fed with the living bread of heaven,and united in the body of your Son,we may be the temple of your presence,the place of your glory on earth,

and a sign of your peace in the world;through Jesus Christ our Lord.

All Amen.

Stand

THE COMMISSION


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As the people of God in this place I ask you to commit yourselfafresh to working for the building up of the kingdom that Christmay reign in our hearts and lives.

Will you continue in the apostles teaching and fellowship,

in the breaking of the bread, and in the prayers?All With the help of God, I will.

Will you persevere in resisting evil and,whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?

All With the help of God, I will.

Will you proclaim by word and examplethe good news of God in Christ?


Will you seek and serve Christ in all people,loving your neighbour as yourself?


Will you acknowledge Christs authority over human society,by prayer for the world and its leaders,by defending the weak, and by seeking peace and justice?


Stir up, O Lord,the wills of your faithful people;that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works,may by you be plenteously reward

All Amen.

Sit

The Kingfishers and Parish Church School Choir sing

A Gospel Medley

The Notices

The Recessional HYMN is sung


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Love Divine, all loves excelling,Joy of heaven, to earth come down,

Fix in us thy humble dwelling,All thy faithful mercies crown.

Jesus, thou art all compassion,

Pure unbounded love thou art;Visit us with thy salvation,

Enter every trembling heart.

Come, almighty to deliver,Let us all thy grace receive;Suddenly return, and never,

Never more thy temples leave.Thee we would be always blessing,

Serve thee as thy hosts above,Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing,

Glory in thy perfect love.

Finish then thy new creationPure and spotless let us be;

Let us see thy great salvation,Perfectly restored in thee,

Changed from glory into glory,Till in heaven we take our place,

Till we cast our crowns before thee,Lost in wonder, love, and praise!

Music: Blaenwern Words: Charles Wesley(1707-1788)William Rowlands (1860-1937)

The Blessing

The Lord be with youAll and also with you.

God has given you the citizenship of heaven,with his blessed and beloved,


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and the whole company of the redeemed.All Amen.

God give you the will to live each day in life eternal.All Amen.

God bring you to the homethat Christ prepares for all who love him.

All Amen.

And the blessing of God almighty,the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,be among you and remain with you always.

All Amen.

THE DISMISSAL

Like living stones, precious in his sight,go in peace to proclaim the mighty acts of God.

All Thanks be to God.

Tom Little, Sub-Organist playsCoronation March Orb and Sceptre by William Walton (1902-1983)

Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England, material from which isincluded in this service,

is copyright The Archbishops Council 2000

CCLI Licences: 1164511, 1164528, 278642, 1037435Photograph by Randall Morrow www.randallmurrow.com

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