CHORAL EVENSONG

A RICH REVELATION OF THE GLORY AND PRESENCE OF GOD

Evensong marks the end of the day and prepares for the approaching night. The roots of this service come out of ancient monastic traditions of Christian prayer. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury in the 16th century, created this form as part of the simplification of services within the newly-reformed Church of England. The Episcopal Church, as part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, has inherited this pattern of evening prayer. 

In this service we are invited to reflect, to pray for the world and for ourselves, and to commend all into God’s hands as words of Holy Scripture are said and sung. The beauty of the music is offered to help us set our lives in the light of eternity; the same light which dwelt among us in Jesus, and which now illuminates us by the Spirit. 

2023-2024 Evensong Schedule

First Sundays at 4:00 pm

Evensong is offered on the first Sunday of each month, October through June.

October 2 • November 4 (All Souls) • December 3 (Advent)

January 7 (Epiphany • February 4 (Chili-Cook off) • March 3 (Lent) • April 2 (Easter) May 5 • June 2 (Pride Evensong)

“Evensong hangs on the wall of life like an old, familiar cloak passed through the generations. Rich with prayer and scripture, it is nevertheless totally nonthreatening. It is a service into which all can stumble without censure – a rambling old house where everyone can find some corner to sit and think, to listen with half-attention, trailing a few absentminded fingers of faith or doubt in its passing stream.” (Stephen Hough, pianist.)