Evensong. Thursday, 1 June :15 p.m.

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1 Our Vision: A world where people experience God s love nd re mde whole. Our Mission: To shre the love of Jesus through compssion, inclusivity, cretivity nd lerning. Evensong Thursdy, 1 June :15 p.m.

2 2017 Chorister Recognitions Dvid Kurtenbch will serve s the officint for the sing prts becuse the Howells responses re trickier thn most. The Den will offer the Opening Sentence: Blessed be the Nme of the Lord, from this time forth for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its going down, the Lord s Nme be prised. (cf Pslm 113)

3 Evensong with Recognition Thursdy in the Seventh Week of Ester 1 June :15 pm Welcome to Grce Cthedrl. Chorl Evensong mrks the end of the working dy nd prepres for the pproching night. The roots of this service come out of ncient monstic trditions of Christin pryer. In this service we re invited to reflect the pst dy, to pry for the world nd for ourselves, nd to commend ll into God s hnds.the beuty of the music is offered to help us set our lives in the light of eternity; the sme light which dwelt mong us in Jesus, nd which now illumintes us by the Spirit. My this service be blessing to you. Voluntry Opening Sentence Preces Officint The people stnd s the procession enters. The Invittory nd Pslter O Lord, open thou our lips. And our mouth shll shew forth prise. O God, mke speed to sve us. O Lord, mke hste to help us. Herbert Howells Glory be to the Fther, nd to the Son, nd to the Holy Ghost; As it ws in the beginning, is now nd ever shll be, world without end. A men. Prise ye the Lord. The Lord s nme be prised. Hymn Sung by ll. Coe Fen & bb b (All voices) 1 How shll I (High) 2 Thy (Low) 3 En - bright-neslight - en (All) 4 How gret & bb b & bb b & bb b b Let dust sound then shll Thy knowin of I ledge b Thou- snds I shll, They sing, thou rt ten yet for of I be - dust God sing is sing tht un - to with fith s be - ing, nd comes nd the thou - snd timesten when thou dost c - where hev n is but time is now nd m - them light Lord, si - to tke on - stnd drk rt out jes - ty which p - pers, while my hert, in - is thine, which lence my my ly - nd their lie; ers; prt line round cold, Sun shore, thou-sndfer, be cuse thou se with - thou-sncept their gold, sound once be - gun, ev - er - more, sing, but with to n - I flme doth sing, they tht sound throne, with ll Lord, send sun Lord, there gels it ll O my with - prise; but tre-surl - le - plce is text: John Mson ( ); music: Coe Fen by Kenneth Nylor ( ) ye be - ce - so God fire bem out n. do d - mire? foot-stepwith love s trce; fire, be - ings keep! n hev n - hold les - vst most nd on who up lu - ev - ly til. high; light; me; sphere; m my is 'ry -. I? mite. be. where.. choir. fce: choir. deep:.

4 Pslm 1 Sung by the choir, the people sit. chnt: Bruce Neswick (BCP, p. 585) Acts 1: 15 17, The Lessons The Mgnifict The people stnd. George Dyson Mgnifict nd Nunc dimittis in D My soul doth mgnify the Lord, nd my spirit hth rejoiced in God my Sviour. For he hth regrded the lowliness of his hndmiden. For behold, from henceforth ll genertions shll cll me blessed. For he tht is mighty hth mgnified me, nd holy is his Nme. And his mercy is on them tht fer him throughout ll genertions. He hth showed strength with his rm; he hth scttered the proud in the imgintion of their herts. He hth put down the mighty from their set, nd hth exlted the humble nd meek. He hth filled the hungry with good things, nd the rich he hth sent empty wy. He remembering his mercy hth holpen his servnt Isrel, s he promised to our forefthers, Abrhm nd his seed for ever. Glory be to the Fther, nd to the Son, nd to the Holy Ghost: s it ws in the beginning, is now, nd ever shll be, world without end. Amen. Luke 1:45 55 John 17: 6 19 The people sit. The Nunc Dimittis The people stnd. Dyson Lord, now lettest thou servnt deprt in pece, ccording to word; For mine eyes hve seen slvtion, which thou hst prepred before the fce of ll people, To be light to lighten the Gentiles, nd to be the glory of people Isrel. Glory be to the Fther, nd to the Son, nd to the Holy Ghost: s it ws in the beginning, is now, nd ever shll be, world without end. Amen. Homily The Apostles Creed Sung on monotone. All I believe in God, the Fther lmighty, mker of heven nd erth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who ws conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mry, suffered under Pontius Pilte, ws crucified, ded, nd buried. He descended into hell. The third dy he rose gin from the ded. Luke 2:29 32 He scended into heven, nd sitteth on the right hnd of God the Fther lmighty. From thence he shll come to judge the quick nd the ded. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy ctholic Church, the communion of sints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, nd the life everlsting. Amen. 2

5 Officint The Lord s Pryer The Suffrges The Collects Officint The Lord be with you. And with spirit. Let us pry. Lord hve mercy upon us. Christ hve mercy upon us. Lord hve mercy upon us. The Pryers Our Fther, who rt in heven, hllowed be Nme, Thy kingdom come, will be done, on erth s it is in heven. Give us this dy our dily bred. And forgive us our trespsses, s we forgive those who trespss ginst us. And led us not into tempttion, but deliver us from evil. Amen.. O Lord, show mercy upon us. And grnt us slvtion. O Lord, sve this lnd. And mercifully her us when we cll upon thee. Endue ministers with righteousness. And mke chosen people joyful. O Lord, sve people. And bless thine inheritnce. Give pece in our time, O Lord. Becuse there is none other tht fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. O God, mke clen our herts within us. And tke not Holy Spirit from us. Intoned by the officint. Howells Howells Howells Anthem The people sit. Willim Wlton O be joyful in the Lord, ll ye lnds: serve the Lord with gldness, nd come before his presence with song. Be ye sure tht the Lord he is God; it is he tht hth mde us nd not we ourselves; we re his people nd the sheep of his psture. O go your wy into his gtes with thnksgiving, nd into his courts with prise; be thnkful unto him nd spek good of his Nme. For the Lord is grcious, his mercy is everlsting; nd his truth endureth from genertion to genertion. Glory be to the Fther nd to the Son, nd to the Holy Ghost; As it ws in the beginning, is now nd ever shll be, world without end. Amen. Pslm 100 3

6 2017 Chorister Recognitions After the chorl nthem the Den sys something like the following: The cthedrl choristers re being honored tody: for the hundreds of hours they spend ech yer in the preprtion nd performnce of cthedrl music; for their diligence on weekends nd holidys throughout the school yer; for their young voices illuminting the beuty nd power of the Christin Gospel: for ll these things we honor them tody.

7 2017 Chorister Recognitions The 8th grde clss comes forwrd. Then the mster sys something like: As they complete their time of service in the choir, we recognize nd thnk the grduting 8th grders of the clss of 2016: NAME, together with the Den nd ll whose lives you hve touched through music, I present you this hymnl s token of thnks for your yers of ministry t Grce Cthedrl. Hving received the hymnl, ech grduting chorister then shkes hnds with the Den the Hedmster, nd the mster. After ll hve received their hymnls, Den leds the following or similr pryers. Let us pry. O Lord God Almighty, whose glory cherubim nd serphim nd ll the hosts of heven with ceseless voice proclim: Her nd ccept, we sk, the prises of your church. Pour down upon your ministers in choir nd snctury such spirit of fith, reverence, nd joy s shll lift both their hymns nd their lives unto you; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. O God, who in the gift of music hs given us reveltion of your divine beuty: tech us to love you in ll your gifts, nd so to devote ourselves in ll our work to your glory, tht through music we my rise humnkind from the sorrows of this world to the enjoyment of your divine loveliness; through your Son our Svior Jesus Christ. Amen. Now let us sy together the choristers pryer, which begins ech morning s rehersl: Bless, O Lord, us your servnts who minister in your temple: Grnt tht wht we sing with our lips we my believe in our herts, nd wht we believe in our herts we my show forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN. The den sys the Grce: The grce of our Lord Jesus Christ, nd the love of God, nd the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with us ll evermore. The hymn follows; ll return to their sets.

8 The Recognition of Choristers Presenttion of Hymnls to the clss of 2017 The Choristers Pryer All Bless, O Lord, us your servnts who minister in your temple. Grnt tht wht we sing with our lips we my believe in our herts, nd wht we believe in our herts we my show forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Hymn 410 Sung by ll s n offering is received. Lud nim text: Henry Frncis Lyte ( ), lt.; music: music: John Goss ( ); desc. Crig Sellr Lng ( ) Retiring Procession Pslm 150 George Tlbot Musicins: The Cthedrl of Men nd Boys Benjmin Bchmnn, The Din Dollr Knowles Cnon Director of Music Dvid Htt, Interim Orgnist 4