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Evensong
is the Service of Evening Prayer by Song
Evensong
is a musical setting of the evening prayer service and includes
singing of hymns, psalms, canticles and prayers. It can also include
a short sermon, depending on the season and officiating priest
and runs for approximately 25 minutes.
This
is a service of reflection, of allowing oneself to hear God through
the readings, psalms, and canticles. It is offering to God beauty
in language and music, remembering in the words of The Book of
Common Prayer, that "in returning and rest we shall be saved,
in quietness and in confidence shall be our strength".
Evensong
is one of the official services of the Anglican church - the Church
of England, and in Scotland, the Scottish Episcopal Church. It
was first published in 1549, in an order drawn up by Thomas Cranmer,
and was later revised in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. Choral
Evensong is the name given to the service when the majority
of the service is sung by a choir to musical settings, drawing
from diverse choral traditions.
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January 26th from 6:00pm to 6:45pm with brief meditation and for those
desiring, Communion from the Reserved Sacrament; Guest Organist -
Bill Jones
