THE TEMPLE CHURCH. THE REVD ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES, M.A. Master. THE REVD HUGH MEAD, M.A., B.LITT. Reader

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1 THE TEMPLE CHURCH Regular Services and Special Events March 2013 Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, That thou likewise with him mayst rise. George Herbert THE REVD ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES, M.A. Master THE REVD HUGH MEAD, M.A., B.LITT. Reader MR JAMES VIVIAN, M.A., F.R.C.O. Director of Music and Organist MR GREG MORRIS, M.A., F.R.C.O. Associate Organist 1

2 LONDON S JERUSALEM: HOLY WEEK AND EASTER in the Templars round Church of the Holy Sepulchre SUN 24 MARCH, a.m. Palm Sunday CHORAL MATTINS: THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM THURS 28 MARCH, 1.15 p.m. CHORAL COMMUNION: THE LAST SUPPER Maundy Thursday The Choirmen of the Temple Church. FRI 29 MARCH, a.m. Good Friday SAT 30 MARCH, 8.00 p.m. Holy Saturday SUN 31 MARCH, a.m. Easter Sunday CHORAL MATTINS: THE CRUCIFIXION The Temple Church Choir. EASTER VIGIL AND FIRST COMMUNION OF EASTER: THE EASTER FIRE The Temple Singers. CHORAL COMMUNION: WHY SEEK YE THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD? The Temple Church Choir. ********** CONFIRMATION On Sunday 28 July the Bishop of London is kindly returning to preside at a Service of Baptism and Confirmation and Choral Communion. The service will be followed by a family barbecue for the whole congregation. If you or any of your children or grand-children would like to consider confirmation this summer, do get in touch with me; we will be holding sessions to prepare candidates from Easter onwards. Robin Griffith-Jones, master@templechurch.com 2

3 EASTER AND TRINITY TERMS SPECIAL EVENTS MARCH FRI 15 SAT 16 MARCH The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London WC2R 0RN TUES 26 MARCH, 7.30 p.m. APRIL SUN 14 APRIL, a.m. CONFERENCE: Temple and Tomb: Reimagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem. The Courtauld Institute of Art and the Temple Church come together for their second joint-conference. To book a place: 26 ( 16 students, Courtauld staff/students and concessions). Book online: http//courtauld-institute.digitalmuseum.co.uk. or call CONCERT: A BIG SING: in support of the Temple Church Organ Appeal. A unique performance which sees singers from City firms joining together with international soloists, Soprano Julie Unwin and Baritone Gareth John, to help raise funds for The Temple Church Organ Fund. Andrew Sackett, conductor; Greg Morris, organ. Tickets: 25. For further information and to book, or Alex Madgwick, alex@templechurch.com EASTER CAROL SERVICE: Music: Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams. Thomas Guthrie, baritone. Temple Church Choir. 3

4 TUES 23 APRIL, 6.45 p.m. MAY THURS 9 MAY, 5.45 p.m. Ascension Day JUNE WED 12 JUNE, 5.45 p.m. MON 24 JUNE, 1.15 p.m. MON 24 JUNE, 5.45 p.m. JULY MON 1 JULY, 1.15 p.m. MON 8 JULY, 1.15 p.m. CONCERT: William Walton Henry V, a Musical Scenario. Simon Russell Beale; Kenneth Richardson, director; Principal Players of Aurora Orchestra; Choristers of the Temple Church; James Vivian, music director. The acclaimed actor Simon Russell Beale will bring to life the great speeches of Shakespeare s Henry V accompanied by the principal players of the Aurora Orchestra and the choristers of the Temple Church followed by Dinner in Middle Temple Hall. Concert tickets: 35, 25, 15. Dinner 65. To book or contact Alex Madgwick: CHORAL EVENSONG: with St Dunstan s in the West and St Bride s Fleet Street. A special welcome also to the members of the Edmund Plowden Trust. Followed by drinks in the Round. (Suggested donation for drinks 5.) CHORAL EVENSONG: To celebrate the Inns Amity. Amity Dinner to follow in Middle Temple. ORGAN RECITAL: James Vivan (Temple Church). Part of the City of London Festival. CHORAL EVENSONG: The Nativity of St John the Baptist. Followed by drinks in the Round. (Suggested donation for drinks 5.) ORGAN RECITAL: Stephen Cleobury (King s College, Cambridge). Part of the City of London Festival. ORGAN RECITAL: Greg Morris (Temple Church). Part of the City of London Festival. 4

5 SUN 28 JULY, a.m. BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION AND CHORAL COMMUNION: Last Service of the Legal Year. President and Preacher: The Bishop of London. Followed by a family barbecue in Church Court. ****************************** REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS SUNDAY 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. CHORAL MATTINS SUNDAY SCHOOL Children are most welcome to the Church s Sunday School, which meets in the Church Office, 2 King s Bench Walk. The Sunday School teachers are Geri Peterson, Sue Lindsey, Claire Sharples, Kate Langmuir and Melinda Traves. For more information please contact Liz Clarke, , liz@templechurch.com. TUESDAY TO FRIDAY 9.00 a.m a.m. MORNING PRAYER (said) WEDNESDAY 1.15 p.m p.m. ORGAN RECITALS Our series of Wednesday Organ Recitals is currently suspended due to the organ refurbishment. There will be three recitals in June and July to celebrate the organ s completion as part of the City of London Festival. Please see our website, for further information. THURSDAY 1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) 5

6 SATURDAY 2 MARCH MARCH p.m. WEDDING Jeremy Heald and Katherine Fone SUNDAY 3 MARCH The Third Sunday in Lent 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. BAPTISM Amelia Cameron a.m. CHORAL MATTINS Organ Prelude An Wasserflüssen Babylon, BWV 653 (J. S. Bach) Introit Steal away (arr. Tippett) Responses (Tomkins) Psalm 28 1st Lesson Deuteronomy Lamentations (II) (Tallis) 2nd Lesson John b-19 Benedictus (Mundy) Anthem Out of the Deep (Morley) Preacher The Reader Organ Voluntary Fugue in e, BWV 548 (J. S. Bach) a.m. BAPTISM Frances Forbes THURSDAY 7 MARCH 1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) 6

7 SUNDAY 10 MARCH The Fourth Sunday in Lent Mothering Sunday 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. BAPTISM Henry Hayward Alexander Stoneham a.m. CHORAL MATTINS Organ Prelude A Fantasy (Tomkins) Introit Mother of God (Tavener) Responses (Smith) Psalm 85 1 st Lesson Genesis , 12-end Te Deum in C (Stanford) 2 nd Lesson 1 Peter end Jubilate in E-flat (Britten) Anthem Wie lieblich (Brahms) Preacher The Reader Organ Voluntary Prelude in e, BWV 548 (J. S. Bach) 4.00 p.m. BLESSING OF MARRIAGE James Burr and Charlotte Harris THURSDAY 14 MARCH 1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) FRIDAY 15 SATURDAY 16 MARCH Courtauld CONFERENCE: Temple and Tomb: Reimagining the Sacred Institute of Art Buildings of Jerusalem. The Courtauld Institute of Art and the Temple Church come together for their second joint-conference. To book a place 26 ( 16 students, Courtauld staff and concessions). For further information, ResearchForumEvents@courtauld.ac.uk or call:

8 SUNDAY 17 MARCH The Fifth Sunday in Lent 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. CHORAL MATTINS Organ Prelude Wer nur den lieben Gott lasstwalten, BWV 690 and 691 (J. S. Bach) Introit Ubi Caritas (Duruflé) Responses (Radcliffe) Psalm 111 1st Lesson Isaiah 35 Lamentations (Parsley) 2nd Lesson Philippians Benedictus (Plainsong) Anthem Wash me throughly (S. S. Wesley) Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary Fantasia in C minor, BWV 562 (J. S. Bach) WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH 5.30 p.m. MEMORIAL SERVICE Michael Sherrard, CBE, QC Master of the Bench, Middle Temple THURSDAY 21 MARCH 1.15 p.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) 8

9 SUNDAY 24 MARCH Palm Sunday 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. CHORAL MATTINS Organ Prelude Canzona, BWV 588 (J. S. Bach) Introit Hosanna to the Son of David (Weelkes) Responses Byrd Psalm 61 1st Lesson Zechariah Lamentations (I) (Tallis) 2nd Lesson Matthew Benedictus (Plainsong) Anthem See, see, the Word is incarnate (Gibbons) Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary Sonata No. 6 in d (1 st mvt) (Mendelssohn) TUESDAY 26 MARCH 7.30 p.m. CONCERT: A BIG SING: in support of the Temple Church Organ Appeal. A unique performance which sees singers from City firms joining together with international soloists, Soprano Julie Unwin and Baritone Gareth John, to help raise funds for The Temple Church Organ Fund. Andrew Sackett, conductor; Greg Morris, organ. Tickets: 25. For further information and to book, or Alex Madgwick, alex@templechurch.com THURSDAY 28 MARCH Maundy Thursday 1.15 p.m. CHORAL COMMUNION (Men s Voices) Introit Ubi Caritas (Plainsong) Mass Missa inter Vestibulum (Guerrero) Epistle 1. Corinthians end Offertory Christus factus est (Plainsong) Gospel Luke

10 FRIDAY 29 MARCH Good Friday a.m. CHORAL MATTINS THE CRUCIFIXION Organ Prelude O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622 (J. S. Bach) Introit Crux fidelis (King John IV of Portugal) Responses (Tomkins) Psalm st Lesson Isaiah Lamentations (II) (Tallis) 2nd Lesson John Benedictus (Plainsong) Anthem Salvator Mundi (Tallis) Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary Chorale Prelude on Rockingham (Leighton) SATURDAY 30 MARCH Easter Vigil 8.00 p.m. CHORAL COMMUNION THE EASTER FIRE Introit As one that has slept (Tavener) Mass Coronation Mass (Mozart) Epistle Romans Gospel John Anthem Saget, saget mir geschwinde (J. S. Bach) Preacher The Master 10

11 SUNDAY 31 MARCH Easter Day 8.30 a.m. HOLY COMMUNION (said) a.m. CHORAL COMMUNION Organ Preludes Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 531(J. S. Bach), Pæan (Howells) Introit This Joyful Eastertide (Wood) Mass Messe Solennelle (Langlais) Epistle Colossians Gradual Psalm Easter Anthems (Luther) Gospel John Credo (Merbecke) Preacher The Master Communion Anthem Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) Organ Voluntary Final from Symphony No. 6 (Vierne) ********** FIRST SERVICE OF THE EASTER TERM SUNDAY 14 APRIL, a.m. EASTER CAROL SERVICE Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams) Thomas Guthrie (baritone) Temple Church Choir 11

12 Temple and Tomb: Reimagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem , Friday 15 March (with registration from 12.30) , Saturday 16 March (with registration from 09.00) Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN 12 God and humankind had been at one in paradise. The sanctuary of Jerusalem s Temple, whose decoration recalled Eden, was in Jewish thought the navel of the world, the intersection of heaven and earth. The Temple was destroyed in 70 CE. The Christian Melito was already writing of Golgotha as the world s centre by 160 CE. Many more of the The Temple Church Temple s mythologies and supposedly of its Solomonic and later artefacts would be transferred to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built by Constantine and completed in the construction of its Rotunda. Justinian and his panegyrists spoke in their turn of Hagia Sophia as the new Temple. The Dome of the Rock was probably designed to counter and surpass the Holy Sepulchre of the Christian polytheists. The Crusaders spoke of Al-Aqsa Mosque as the Temple or Palace of Solomon, and the Dome of the Rock as the Temple of the Lord in which the infant Jesus had been presented to God. The sanctity and significance of Jerusalem were recreated throughout Christendom in centrally planned churches and architectural motifs, in liturgical forms and in civic myths. In this Forum we study the expressions of the Temple and the Sepulchre in Christian architecture, and medieval devotion both Christian and Muslim to the holy places. The Courtauld Institute of Art and the Temple Church are coming together for their second joint-conference in March We will again spend time in the Temple s Round Church, itself one of the grandest recreations of Jerusalem to survive in the West. To book a place: 26 ( 16 students, Courtauld staff/students and concessions) BOOK ONLINE: For further information and a list of speakers, call: or ResearchForumEvents@courtauld.ac.uk