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Conclusion. I want to leave you with one picture. It is found at Exodus 17. It is the story

of Moses being helped by two men. Aaron and Hur. during the battle between the Israelites and Amalek. "And it came to pass when Moses held up his hands that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hands Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone. and put it under him. and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands. the one on one side. and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun."

With the help ofeach other they were able to lead the Israelites to victory. And so the priest and people are needed today to fight the battles of Christ. and they need the support each of the other in their actions.

Aaron and Hur didn't supplant the ministry of Moses, but they supplemented it. The Seven Deacons in Acts didn't supplant the ministry ofthe Apostles. they supplemented it.

Tonight I challenge the people of Saint John's. Lunenburg. to hold up the hands oftheir new Rector by their several ministries. so that the forces of God may prevail in this place. and so that the kingdoms of this town may become the kingdom of our Lord and His Christ (Revelation I l : 15).

Installation of a Regional Dean

()1: April 23, 1980, the Reverend Edward Lil. THC/i, then rector ofthe Parish ofC'hester, Nova Seotia, was installed as the (lean oft/7e St. Margaretis Region in the Diocese o/Nova Seat/a. Canon Tanton, who had retired and was living at Brit/mote in the Region, was the preaeher.

Introduction: (a) Section 5(a) of Canon 9 says. ”The Bishop shall appoint a priest resident within each region. to be known as the Regional Dean of ....... Region, according

to the procedure set forth in Section 6 of this Canon."

(b) Regional Dean. Rural Dean. the Dean of Nova Scotia — a dean in theory is one of or over ten.

(c) Appointed by the Bishop on nomination by the Clergy and Lay representatives ofthe Region.

(d) His duties - see Canon 9, Section 5. b.e,d,e,g.

(e) The need for organisation and order in carrying out the Church's work. In the New Testament: appointment of 7 deacons; ordained elders in every church (Acts 14:23).

(t) But we must ever be on guard to distinguish between the work of the Church and the workings of the Church. We can have the best organisation in the world but without the dynamic of the Spirit it is useless. A valuable watch set in diamonds which does not tell the time is useless.