Choral Evensong

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Today at Choral Evensong, Fr Spurlock preaches Sermon 3 of our 15-part series on prayer called “Lord, Teach Us to Pray.” The sermon today is on the first phrase of the Lord’s Prayer: “Our Father, who art in heaven.”¬† See the complete list of sermons in the series here.

About Choral 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.

‚ñ∫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 sixteen masses at Saint Thomas later this week.

‚ñ∫The Senior Boys of the Choir have been invited to sing in Dresden, Germany on February 13 & 14, and are away February 8 through 15. They sing in collaboration with St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London and the Dresden Staatskapelle in the first performances of Dresden Requiem by Lera Auerbach.

Tobias Niederschlag writes, “the concert in Dresden resembles Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem of 1962, where similar artists were chosen to underline the reconciliation of nations which were at enmity during the war. In contrast to Britten, the score of the Dresden Requiem only includes male singing voices. ” Read more about the performances here.

Because of the Dresden trip, today’s choral services are sung by the Junior Choristers alongside the Gentlemen of the Choir.

‚ñ∫If you are new to Saint Thomas, new to the Episcopal Church, and/or new to Christianity, consider attending the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class, which began anew on Tuesday, January 10 and continues on Tuesday, February 14 at 6:30pm.

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