Calendar
Choral Evensong
Sunday, December 4, 2011
4:00pm - Saint Thomas Church
Collect:
Merciful God, who sent thy messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Based on the services held daily in the medieval Church, Choral Evensong as arranged in the Book of Common Prayer of the Anglican Church has been sung regularly since the Sixteenth Century. Many people who are new to worship at Saint Thomas prefer to come to Choral Evensong because it is relatively passive. The service includes readings (just as would occur at Evening Prayer) and prayers led by a priest. An anthem as well as a setting of the Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis are sung by the choir. Read more about Choral Evensong here, or view the Choral Evensong Service Card posted to the bottom of this page, where links to the webcast will be posted during and after the service.
►There is no Mass following Choral Evensong on Sundays. If you would like to make your Holy Communion for the week, consider attending one of the morning Eucharists, or else at any of the other eleven masses at Saint Thomas later this week.
► Next Sunday, December 11, please attend our annual youth Christmas Pageant at 1pm in the church. Our youngest parishioners perform A New York Carol by Lucky Gold.
►If you haven't yet participated in the 2012 EMC, we encourage you to do so before the end of 2011. Also, there are two additional opportunities to give during this Advent season. The first is Christmas Flower Memorials, and the other is for gifts for needy children as part of the Angel Tree Project.
| Officiant: | Fr Mead |
| Preacher: | Fr Andrew |
| Lesson: | Isaiah 5:1-7 |
| Lesson 2: | II Thessalonians 1:5-12 |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | A Fancy in D Minor, William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) |
| Responses: | Richard Shephard (b. 1949) |
| Service: | The Short Service, Orlando Gibbons, (1583-1625) |
| Anthem: | This is the record of John, Orlando Gibbons |
| Voluntary: | Variation sur Lucis Creator, JA 27, Jehan Alain (1911-1940) |
| Hymn: |
53 Once he came in blessing GOTTES SOHN IST KOMMEN |
| Hymn 2: |
64 O heavenly Word, eternal Light O HEILAND, REISS |
