Emmanuel College Chapel Michaelmas Term 2017
Emmanuel College Chapel The Chapel exists as a centre for Christian life and worship. It stands in the centre of the College as a reminder of the spiritual dimension to life, whether we are conventionally religious or not. All members of the College and their friends are very welcome at its services, and are invited to share in its activities. Regular Services Sunday 11 am The Eucharist The Eucharist is the distinctive act of the Christian community. In it the scriptures are read and expounded and the central events of Jesus death and resurrection are re-presented in bread and wine. After the service members of the congregation go into Hall for brunch. Sunday 6 pm Evensong Evensong is service of words words sung, prayed, read and preached. It is the traditional service for evening and is led by the Choir. It includes a sermon, often given by a visitor to the College, designed to promote thoughtful reflection on the Christian Faith and the issues that it raises. The service is followed by drinks in C2, where there will be a chance to meet the preacher. Thursday 6 pm Sung Eucharist A meditative service led by the choir. There is a short sermon and the service lasts about 45 minutes, finishing before the end of informal hall. Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer Morning Prayer is said each weekday at 8.30am and Evening Prayer is said at 6pm (except on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Compline Compline is an atmospheric candlelit service for late evening. It will be sung twice this term on Wednesday evenings at 10pm.
The theme of the sermons at Evensong on Sundays this term is Questions, questions The Christian tradition contains a wealth of resources for grappling with the questions that face any age. Our preachers this term will consider a variety of questions that strike them as significant in our own day. Thursday 5th October, 6pm Welcome Service A Eucharist to mark the beginning of the new academic year and in particular to welcome new arrivals to the College. The service will be followed by a buffet to enable people to get to know one another. Everyone is welcome! Thursday 26th October, 6pm Corporate Eucharist for All Saintstide At All Saints we celebrate all those people in whose lives God has been visible. Their example encourages us in our discipleship and their fellowship sustains us in our journey of faith. The service is followed by a buffet to which all are welcome. Friday 27th October, 7pm Mozart Requiem by Candlelight St Martin in the Fields, Trafalgar Square The Choir will be joining forces with the Brandenburg Sinfonia and former members of the Choir, Madeleine Holmes (1994), John Ash (2010), and James Savage-Hanford (2005), who will be singing solos, for a performance of the Requiem and other works by Mozart in Trafalgar Square in London. Tickets are available from www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/music/concerts
Thursday 2nd November, 6pm Sung Requiem for All Soulstide The Requiem or Mass for the Dead is the traditional service in which we pray the life giving power of Christ s resurrection for those who have died. We remember particularly members of the College and others who have died in the last year. The Choir will be singing the setting of the requiem by Mozart. Wednesday 23rd November, 6pm Commemoration of Benefactors We give thanks for all those whose past generosity has enabled the College to fulfill its mission to educate and inspire. The preacher will be Professor Catherine Pickstock, Fellow, Professor of Metaphysics and Poetics. Sunday 26th November, 6pm Advent Carol Service A candlelit service of music and readings that meditates on the themes of the season that leads up to Christmas. Sunday 3th December, 5pm Family Carol Service A service that is particularly suited to children of all ages.
Tuesday 5th December, 6.30pm London Carol Service The Choir will be singing at a special Emmanuel Carol Service at the Temple Church with drinks for Members and guests afterwards. Collections this term will be given to SolidariTee a student run initiative that raises money for Advocates Abroad an NGO that provides legal aid and representation for refugees in Greece and Turkey. Further Information can be found on the noticeboard in the Ante Chapel or at https://advocatesabroad.org.
October 5 THURSDAY Welcome Eucharist... 6pm Readings: 1 Corinthians 11.23 26, John 6.48 58 Anthem: Regina cœli K.108 Mozart Voluntary: Toccata (from Symphony No 5) Widor 8 SUNDAY The 17th Sunday after Trinity Eucharist Proper 22... 11am Philippians 3.4b 14, Psalm 80.9 16, Matthew 21.33 45 Hymn NEH 473 Evensong... 6pm Introit: I would find thee Thalben-Ball Responses: Radcliffe Psalm 136 Reid Canticles: in C Stanford Anthem: Zadok the Priest Handel Hymn: NEH 393 Preacher: The Revd Jeremy Caddick, Dean WHITHER HOPE? Hymn: NEH 258 Voluntary: Imperial March Elgar 12 THURSDAY Sung Eucharist... 6pm Setting: in C and F Stanford Habakkuk 1.1 4, 2.1 4, Luke 17.5 10 Hymn: NEH 94 Anthem: Lacrimosa (Requiem, K626) Mozart Voluntary: Paean Moore 15 SUNDAY The 18th Sunday after Trinity Eucharist Proper 23... 11am Philippians 4.1 9, Psalm 23, Matthew 22.1 14 Offertory Hymn: NEH 468 Evensong... 6pm Introit: Lead me, Lord S S Wesley Responses: Sanders Psalm: 139 Turle Canticles: in D Brewer Anthem: Miserere mihi Byrd Hymn: NEH 418 Preacher: The Revd Canon Nigel Cooper, Chaplain of Anglia Ruskin University
ARE WE FACING THE END OF THE WORLD? Hymn: NEH 490 Voluntary: Trio a 2 Clav e Pedale BWV 583 J S Bach 18 WEDNESDAY St Luke Compline... 10pm Introit: Miserere mihi Byrd Anthem: Ave Maria Rachmaninov 19 THURSDAY Sung Eucharist... 6pm Setting: Kyrie and Sanctus (Requiem) Mozart 2 Kings 5.1 3,7 15c, Luke 17.11 19 Offertory Hymn: NEH 476 Anthem: Offertorium (Requiem) Mozart Voluntary: Vater unser im Himmelreich Böhm 22 SUNDAY The 19th Sunday after Trinity Eucharist Proper 24... 11am 1 Thessalonians 1.1 10, Psalm 96.1 9, Matthew 22.15 22 Offertory Hymn: NEH 464 Evensong... 6pm Introit: Ave verum corpus Mozart Responses: Smith Psalm: 142 Langdon Canticles: in G Sumsion Anthem: Rex tremendae (Requiem) Mozart Hymn: NEH 353 Preacher: The Revd Dr Catherine Shelley, Lawyer, Priest, Co-Chair Croydon Green Party & Parliamentary Candidate CAN T WE LEAVE IT TO GOD TO SORT OUT THE CLIMATE? Hymn: NEH 265 Voluntary: Prelude in C Major BWV 547 J S Bach 26 THURSDAY Corporate Eucharist for All Saintstide... 6pm Revelation 7.9 17, Matthew 5.1 12 Anthem: Give us the wings of faith Bullock Voluntary: Fanfare Mathias 27 FRIDAY The Choir will be singing Mozart s Requiem at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square... 7pm
29 SUNDAY The Last Sunday after Trinity Eucharist... 11am 1 Thessalonians 2.1 8, Psalm 1, Matthew 22.34 46 Offertory Hymn: NEH 272 Evensong... 6pm Introit: Give us the wings of faith Bullock Responses: Radcliffe Psalm: 119.89 104 Garrett, Mann Canticles: in G Stanford Anthem: Laudibus in sanctis Byrd Hymn: NEH 483 Preacher: The Revd Canon Anthony Shepherd (BA 1972), Former Vicar of St Peter s, Harrogate DOES THE CHURCH HAVE A FUTURE? Hymn: NEH 485 Voluntary: Carillon Bedford November 2 THURSDAY Requiem for All Soulstide... 6pm Setting: Mozart Romans 5.5 11, John 6.37 40 5 SUNDAY The 4th Sunday before Advent Eucharist... 11am Micah 3.5 12, Psalm 43, Matthew 24.1 14 Offertory Hymn: NEH 238 Evensong... 6pm Introit: If ye love me Tallis Responses: Smith Psalm: 40 Elvey, Crotch Canticles: The Short Service Gibbons Anthem: I waited for the Lord Mendelssohn Hymn: NEH 475 Preacher: The Revd Wendy Dalrymple, Rector of All Saints with Holy Trinity, Loughborough FEMINIST CHRISTIAN A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS? Hymn: NEH 408 Voluntary: Laus Deo Harvey 9 THURSDAY Sung Eucharist... 6pm Setting: Missa O quam gloriosum Victoria 2 Thessalonians 1, Luke 14.1, 7 11
Offertory Hymn: NEH 432 Anthem: When David heard that Absalom was slain Weelkes Voluntary: Elegy Thalben-Ball 12 SUNDAY The 3rd Sunday before Advent (Remembrance Sunday) Eucharist... 10.55am Wisdom 6.12 16, Wisdom 6.17 20, Matthew 25.1 13 Offertory Hymn: NEH 351 Evensong... 6pm Introit: For the fallen Guest Responses: Sanders Psalm: 82 Crotch Canticles: Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense Leighton Anthem: So they gave their bodies Aston Hymn: NEH 499 Preacher: The Revd Alexander Ross, Assistant Chaplain WAR: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? Hymn: NEH 496 (tune 354) Voluntary: Te Deum, Op. 59 No. 12 Reger 15 WEDNESDAY Compline... 10pm Introit: Te lucis ante terminum Tallis Anthem: Libera nos, salva nos Sheppard 16 THURSDAY Sung Eucharist... 6pm Setting: Mendelssohn 2 Thessalonians 2.1 5, 13 17, Luke 20.27 38 Offertory Hymn: NEH 273 Anthem: O Jesu Christ, meins Lebens Licht, BWV 118 J S Bach Voluntary: A Voluntarie (from My Ladye Nevells Booke, No. 42) Byrd 19 SUNDAY The 2nd Sunday before Advent Eucharist... 11am Zephaniah 1.7, 12 18,Psalm 90.1 8, Matthew 25.14 30 Offertory Hymn: NEH 480 Evensong... 6pm Introit: A Hymn for St Cecilia Howells Responses: Radcliffe Psalms: 89.19 36 Howells Canticles: in E flat (No 2) Wood
Anthem: Pater noster Handl Hymn: NEH 492 Preacher: Claire Foster-Gilbert, Director of the Westminster Abbey Institute ARE ALL POLITICIANS CORRUPT? Hymn: NEH 488 Voluntary: Toccata in B Minor Gigout 22 WEDNESDAY Commemoration of Benefactors... 6pm Introit: O Lord, support us Hewitt-Jones (this anthem has been dedicated to the Choir) Psalm: 150 Goodenough Te Deum: Ireland Anthem: Laudibus in sanctis Byrd Preacher: Professor Catherine Pickstock, Fellow, Professor of Metaphysics and Poetics Voluntary: Te Deum, Op 11 Demessieux 26 SUNDAY Christ the King Eucharist... 11am Ezekiel 34.11 16, 20 24, Psalm 95.1 7, Matthew 25.31 46 Offertory Hymn: NEH 332 (omit *vv) Advent Carol Service... 6pm 30 THURSDAY St Andrew Sung Eucharist... 6pm Setting: Missa brevis Palestrina Romans 10.12 18, Matthew 4.18 22 Offertory Hymn: NEH 200 Anthem: A new song MacMillan Voluntary: Eventide (from Seven Chorale Preludes) Parry December 3 SUNDAY The 1st Sunday of Advent Eucharist (Year B begins)... 11am Isaiah 64.1 9, Psalm 80.1 8, Mark 13.24 37 Offertory Hymn: NEH 5 Family Carol Service... 5pm 5 TUESDAY Carol Service at The Temple Church, London... 6.30pm
Who s who in Chapel The Dean, Jeremy Caddick, is available to see members of the College at any time. He is in College (C2 in Front Court, tel. (3)34264, e-mail jlc24@cam.ac.uk) every day except Saturday. His home is in Camden House at the end of Park Terrace. The Assistant Chaplain is Alexander Ross (ajr211@cam.ac.uk) who is also a research student. The Chapel Clerks assist with preparing for services and with reading and serving. If you would be willing to help with reading or serving at Chapel services, please see Catherine Wyman (cejw3@cam.ac.uk), or see Jeremy Caddick. No previous experience is required. The Director of Music is Dr Christopher Whitton (clw36@cam.ac.uk), The Director of Chapel Music is Richard Latham (rtl21@cam.ac.uk), the Senior Organ Scholar is Hugh Crook (E3, Tel (3)34270, hc458@cam.ac.uk) and the Junior Organ Scholar is Marcus Norrey (Y1, min22@cam.ac.uk). If you are interested in joining the Chapel Choir, please see any one of them. Representatives The Christian Union representatives are Susannah Lawford and Joseph Adams. The CU organises bible study groups and a weekly prayer and praise meeting. The Roman Catholic Chaplaincy is based at Fisher House. The college rep is Margaret Duff. Chaplains to Those of Other Faiths The Chaplains to Jewish students are Rabbi Yisroel Malkiel, Elisheva Malkiel (www.ujc.org.uk), and Rabbi Reuven Leigh (www.cuchabad.org). The Chaplain to Muslim students is Tim Winter (www.isoc.co.uk). The Chaplain to Buddhist students is Dr Rachael Harris (http://buddha.soc.srcf.net/index.php) The Chaplain to Hindu students is Dr Vick Krishnan (www.cuhcs.org.uk) Facebook You can follow news of the Chapel and what goes on there via the Facebook group Emma Chapel. Chapel Website and Online sermons Further details of Chapel activities and recordings of selected sermons can be found on the Chapel page of the College website www.emma.cam.ac.uk/chapel David Loggan, Cantabrigia illustrata, 1690, given to the College by N B J Alexander (1954). The front cover shows a coloured version of the view of the west front of the Chapel and Gallery from
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