See Worship Post for 18th Sunday after Pentecost for morning worship info.
Services & Preacher this afternoon
- 4pm: Choral Evensong (Rite I).
- The Rev. Matthew Hoxsie Mead, Rector, is officiant.
- Michael Moynihan, Director of Adult Formation, is the Preacher.
Fellowship & Sunday Events Events
- Pizzeria & Billiards Night follows Choral Evensong
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Livestream Feeds and Bulletins
- PDFs of Service Leaflets are available below.
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About Evensong for the Eve of Saint Michael & All Angels
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Michaelmas (rhymes with “nickel” and pronounced like “Christmas”) is the traditional English name for the feast day of Saint Michael and All Angels, observed on September 29. This date was selected because it is the anniversary of the dedication of the 6th Century Church of Saint Michael and All Angels in Rome. In England and in some schools elsewhere, Michaelmas is one of the quarter days, traditionally marked by the election of magistrates, the beginning of the legal and university terms, and the collection of quarterly rents.
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Tonight, we offer a sung service of Evening Prayer called Evensong. Evensong has been offered for nearly 600 years in Anglican and Episcopal cathedrals, city churches, and country parishes around the world. The format for Anglican Evensong can be traced directly to the first Book of Common Prayer and Archbishop Thomas Cranmer who crafted robust services of Morning Prayer (Matins) and Evening Prayer (Evensong) from the smaller monastic offices that had been in use before the Reformation. Anglican Evensong is often the last major service on a Sunday and is said or sung by and for the people. Evensong often includes a sermon, familiar evening hymns, and, when possible, a choir. Tonight’s service is Rite I from the Book of Common Prayer 1979. Scripture passages used this evening are from the New Revised Standard Version, Updated Edition. All hymns and service music reprinted in this leaflet are either in the public domain or reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net license A-713125.
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Today’s liturgy is from the red Book of Common Prayer 1979. All hymns are taken from the blue Hymnal 1982 or other authorized hymnals for use in the Episcopal Church. All hymns are reprinted with permission under OneLicense.net A713125.
Music & Lectionary Notes at 4pm Evensong
- Prelude & Entrance Processional: Cathédrales (Pièces de Fantaisie, Suite No. 4, Op. 55) by Louis Vierne 1870-1937
- Entrance Processional: Improvisation by Justin Bischof
- Festal Hymn: #282, Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels, Caelites plaudant
- Phos hilaron: Phos hilaron by Justin Bischof
- Psalm 8 set to an Anglican Chant by Ivor Keys
- First Lesson: Daniel 12:1-3
- Magnificat: Magnificat in C by Charles Villier Stanford 1852-1924
- Second Lesson: Revelation 12:7-12
- Nunc Dimitis: Nunc Dimitis in C by Charles Villier Stanford 1852-1924.
- Office Hymn: #625, Ye holy angel's bright, Darwall’s 148th
- Offering Anthem: Jubilate Deo by Benjamin Britten 1913-1976
- Processional Voluntary: Improvisation by Justin Bischof