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Services & Preacher this afternoon 

  • 4pm: Choral Evensong (Rite I).
  • The Rev. Matthew Hoxsie Mead, Rector, is officiant.
  • The Rev. Christian M. Wood, is preacher.

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  • Pizzeria & Billiards Night follows Choral Evensong

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A Warm Welcome

  • Tonight we welcome as our preacher the Rev. Christian Wood, Rector of Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Tampa, Florida. Father Chris was born and raised in Queens, NY. A lifelong Episcopalian, he grew up going to his local parish Grace Church Whitestone. Father Chris attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) in New York City. Father Chris worked as a videographer for several years before being called as Youth Minister at the Church of the  Redeemer, Sarasota, FL. He was sent by Redeemer to Nashotah House where he earned his M.Div. Following Seminary Fr. Chris returned as Curate at the Church of the  Redeemer. In 2022, Father Chris was called as the Rector of Saint John’s Episcopal Church and Parish Day School in Tampa. Father Chris serves on staff at the Saint Michael’s Conference with Father Matt, our rector. Chris and Nicole Mead are cousins, and Chris’s sister Dawn Ryder is a parishioner at Christ Church. 

About Evensong for the Eve of Saint Michael & All Angels

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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 : Prelude in c BWV 546    Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750
  • 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: The Day draws on with golden light by Edward Bairstow 1874-1946
  • Processional Voluntary: Fugue in c BWV 546 by Bach

Dr. J’s Music Notes

  • Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian Reger was a German composer, pianist, organist, conductor, and academic teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, a musical director at the Leipzig University Church, a professor at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig, and a music director at the court of George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Reger first composed mainly Lieder, chamber music, choral music and works for piano and organ. He later turned to orchestral compositions, such as the popular Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart (1914), and to works for choir and orchestra.
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