Worship Calendar
Festal Evensong
Wednesday February 1, 2012
5:30 pm - Saint Thomas Church
aka Bride
Collect:
Everliving God, we rejoice today in the fellowship of thy blessed servant Brigid, and we give thee thanks for her life of devoted service. Inspire us with life and light, and give us perseverance to serve thee all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Eve of the Presentation
Tonight we have a Festal Evensong and tomorrow a Festal Eucharist, both in commemoration of the Presentation of Our Lord at the Temple. It is indeed right to offer a Festal Evensong for the occasion, given that the account of the Presentation in Luke gives us the words for the Nunc dimittis, which the choir sings at every Evensong.
About Evensong: 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 a brief Mass following Festal Evensong. All baptized Christians are welcome to stay on to make their Holy Communion.| Officiant: | Fr Spurlock |
| Lesson: | I Samuel 1:20-28a |
| Lesson 2: | John 8:31-36 |
| Sung by: | The Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys |
| Prelude: | Two Voluntaries, Anonymous (early 17th century) |
| Introit: | Senex puerum portabat, William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) |
| Responses: | Thomas Morley (c. 1557-1602) |
| Psalm: | 113, Anglican Chant (Vann) |
| Service: | The First Service, Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623) |
| Anthem: | Maria das Jungfräuelein, Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) |
| Voluntary: | Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin, Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703) |
| Hymn: |
258 Virgin born, we bow before thee PSALM 86 |
| Hymn 2: |
259 Hail to the Lord who comes OLD 120TH |
Webcast
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