CHORAL EVENSONG Is the Service of Evening Prayer with Choral Music

5:00 P.M. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2014 THE PRESENTATION OF JESUS IN THE TEMPLE

CHRIST CHURCH 118 N. WASHINGTON ST. ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314 www.HistoricChristChurch.org

CHORAL EVENSONG is the service of Evening Prayer with choral music. It is sung in cathedrals with choral foundations on a more or less daily basis, and in many parish churches around the world. The Prayer Book of 1662 established the pattern for Choral Evensong which remains in common usage throughout the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Since the earliest Christian times, the need to mark the passing of time with prayer has been recognized. The monastic cycle of prayer began in the desert with Anthony in the fourth century and continues to this day. By the Reformation, Vespers had become an elaborate musical celebration in the evening. The English Reformation demanded that the vernacular be the language of worship and resulted in the liturgical simplicity of Thomas Cranmer’s services of Morning and Evening Prayer. The provision of music for this structure and these words was the task of men like Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons, and Tomkins, whose creativity laid the foundations of Anglican choral worship. Choral Evensong is the quintessence of such worship. The canon of music for Evensong continues to grow, with composers from around the world contributing to it.

Unlike the Eucharist, which follows the movement of the Church calendar, and unlike private prayer, which follows the events of our lives, the daily office follows its own rhythm. The readings are done “in course,” and are not specifically chosen to make a particular point, and the canticles (Magnificat and Nunc dimittis) are the same each day. As such, the office provides an objective aspect to our worship and a rhythm to Anglican spirituality as a whole.

Dating from the time of the temple in Jerusalem, the choral recitation of psalms remains one of the oldest forms of worship. By listening and following along with the Psalm, we join with the people of God who waited for the coming of the kingdom of God. After the Psalm, the first lesson is read. The choir then sings Magnificat, the song which the Blessed Virgin Mary sang in joyful response to the announcement that she would be the mother of our Lord. In this song, all the hopes of the people of God are recounted and Mary proclaims that, in the Incarnation, God has acted and fulfilled all that he promised. We then hear part of the record of that fulfillment when the second lesson, from the New Testament, is read. Following this reading is Nunc dimittis, the song of the aged Simeon, which acknowledges the salvation of all nations in Christ Jesus.

In most liturgies, we, the worshipers, must do two things: speak with our lips, and meditate with our hearts. Choral Evensong is one of the rare occasions when the congregation is able to focus solely on the latter, allowing the prayers and praises being sung by the choir, to be those of the entire faith community, and particularly, of this parish.

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Parents and children are welcome to use the Infant Caring Room, which provides a video link to the worship service. (Enter the Parish House double doors, turn right and go up the stairs and through the corner door. Go straight ahead through the next door and then keep right.)

4:40 PM ORGAN PRELUDE / RECITAL BY COLIN LYNCH

Boléro Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély My Soul doth magnify the Lord Marcel Dupré Prelude No. 2 Nico Muhly Toccata in d minor, BuxWV 155 Dietrich Buxtehude

Colin Daniel Lynch, First Prize winner of the Fort Wayne National Organ Playing Competition, maintains a busy performance career that has taken him to prominent venues throughout the U.S., Europe, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, and Argentina. At the invitation of the Cuban government, he has travelled to Cuba as a featured performer and lecturer at the Ars Longa Baroque Music Festival. This summer, he will be featured as the organist for the opening worship service at the American Guild of Organists national convention.

Mr. Lynch serves as Associate Director of Music and Organist at Trinity Church, Copley Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Previously, he has held positions at Christ & Holy Trinity Church in Westport, Connecticut, Marquand Chapel of the Yale Divinity School, the Episcopal Church at Yale, and was organ scholar at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago. As Director of Chapel Music and School Organist at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, he led the choirs on performance tours to South Africa and Cuba in addition to producing two commercially available recordings.

Mr. Lynch earned an Artist Diploma from Oberlin Conservatory, studying with James David Christie and Olivier Latry. He holds a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance with Thomas Murray at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Organ Performance from Northwestern University, where he studied with Douglas Cleveland. His debut solo album featuring the Skinner organ at Stambaugh Auditorium is available on the Raven label.

-1- Introit: Maria wallt zum Heiligtum Mary as a pilgrim to the sanctuary journeys, to present her little child; Thus the aged Simeon beholds him as was promised. He then takes Jesus in his arms and gladly sings his soul: “I now depart with joy having seen my Savior this day, thou consolation of Israel, the light of the world.” Help us dear Jesus Christ, ever to rejoice in Thee as did Simeon, and when ‘tis time we gently fall asleep, to sing with gladness: “I now depart with joy for I shall see my Savior this day, thou consolation of Israel, the light of the world.” Text: German, Song of Simeon Music: Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) Entrance Anthem (Please stand.) Let my prayer come up as the incense, and let the lifting up of my hands be as an evening sacrifice. Text: Psalm 141:2 Music: Peter Hallock (b. 1924) Opening Sentences Invitatory and Psalter Craig Phillips (b. 1961) Officiant: O Lord, open thou our lips. Choir: And our mouth shall show forth thy praise. Officiant: O God, make speed to save us. Choir: O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. Officiant: Praise ye the Lord. Choir: The Lord’s Name be praised. The People are seated. Psalm 84 Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (1874-1946)

O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou Lord of hosts! My soul hath a desire and longing to enter into the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God. Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house, and the swallow a nest where she may lay her young; even thy altars, O lord of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be always praising thee. Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are thy ways. Who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water. They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion. O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer, hearken O God of Jacob.

-2- Behold, O God our defender, and look upon the face of thine anointed. For one day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of ungodliness. For the Lord God is a light and defense; the Lord will give grace and worship; and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life. O Lord God of hosts, blessed is the man that putteth his trust in thee.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

The First Lesson Malachi 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord, See, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me, and the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple. The messenger of the covenant in whom you delight—indeed, he is coming, says the LORD of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap; he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the LORD in righteousness. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

The People stand. Magnificat in E Flat A. Herbert Brewer (1865-1928) My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name. And his mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He hath showed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek. He hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

The People are seated. The Second Lesson Luke 2:22-40 When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, the parents of Jesus brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male shall be designated as holy to the Lord”), and they offered a sacrifice according to what is stated in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; this man was righteous and devout, looking forward to the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit rested on him. It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Guided by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple; and

-3- when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what was customary under the law, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying, “Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.” And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.” There was also a prophet, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, then as a widow to the age of eighty- four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day. At that moment she came, and began to praise God and to speak about the child to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. When they had finished everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him. Reader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God.

The People stand.

Nunc dimittis in E Flat Brewer Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word; For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. To be a light to lighten the Gentiles, and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost: as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.

The People remain standing and say in unison:

The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty. From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Preces and Responses Phillips Officiant: The Lord be with you. Choir: And with thy spirit. Officiant: Let us pray.

The People kneel.

Choir: Lord, have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord, have mercy upon us.

The Lord’s Prayer

-4- The Suffrages Officiant: O Lord, show thy mercy upon us. Choir: And grant us thy salvation. Officiant: O Lord, save the State. Choir: And mercifully hear us when we call upon thee. Officiant: Endue thy ministers with righteousness. Choir: And make thy chosen people joyful. Officiant: O Lord, save thy people. Choir: And bless thine inheritance. Officiant: Give peace in our time, O Lord. Choir: Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God. Officiant: O God, make clean our hearts within us. Choir: And take not thy Holy Spirit from us.

Closing Collects

The People stand.

Hymn 257 Edmonton

-5- The People are seated.

Welcome and Announcements

Anthem Hail, gladdening light, of His pure glory poured, who is the Immortal Father, Heavenly, Blest. Holiest of Holies Jesu Christ, our Lord. Now we are come to the sun’s hour of rest, the lights of evening round us shine, we hymn the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit Divine. Worthiest art Thou at all times to be sung with undefiled tongue, Son of our God, Giver of life alone; therefore in all the world Thy glories Lord, they own. Text: John Keble Music: Charles Wood (1866-1926)

The People kneel and say in unison:

The General Thanksgiving Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all men. We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. And, we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful; and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen.

The People stand.

Concluding Versicle and Response

The Grace

-6- Hymn 489 Tallis’ Ordinal

Please remain standing until the procession has departed. The congregation is then invited to be seated for the postlude.

Postlude Fugue in B Major Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)

All are invited to join us in the Meade Room for a festive reception.

-7- SERVICE PARTICIPANTS The Rev. Ann Gillespie The Christ Church Choir M. Jason Abel, Director of Music Colin Daniel Lynch, Guest Organist Jeff Allin and Vince LaPointe, Readers Carter Land, Thurifer Melinda Hudson, Verger

THE CHANCEL FLOWERS ARE GIVEN TO HONOR Beatrice Cherryman, Eleanor & Milton Briggs, Charles Carson, Ann Carson

WE PRAY FOR PARISHIONERS WHO ARE PREGNANT Colleen Boyle, Cameron Hogg, Angela Mills, Megan McCullough, Connie, Vanessa Speck, Joanna Maloney, Emily Lukanich, Shellie Bentz

WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COUNTRY Brennan Kopp, Joseph Bozell, Brendan Wescott, Conrad Bovel, David Hart, Jennifer Fulco, Trevor Thompson, John Wiles Jr., Toby Voght, Chris Moody, Tyler Howard, James Marlow, John McBrien, Megan Doherty, Michael Parks, John Ty Grubbs

PRAYERS FOR THE PARISH Charlotte Shelton, Wendy McMillan, John Jenkins, Billy, Ellen Icochea, Mary Cray, Travis Thomas, Iris & Bill Arnold, Caroline Meirs, Joyce Knapp, Patrick Lott, Sally & John Geary, Jane Paynter, Luke Jackson, Daryl Miller, Mike, David Willis, Jim Randle, Agnes Amtower, Tippy Cameron, Cathy Rodgers, Kristi Thomas, Pat, Ricardo Rollins, Tracy Scorce, Jane Dillon, Anthony Tackett, Kathy Summers, Nedra Connelly, Lucy Edith Boren, Bud Roeder, Mark Dyer, Susanna Capers, Michael Hughes, Patrick Robinson, Jean Ingling, Samuel, Claire, Cindy Cassil, Marynelle, Janel, Velma Crook, Alan Campbell, Georgianna Greely, John Davis, Karen Trowbridge, Marjorie Sweitzer, Shawn, Evelyn Cantrell, Carter Cox, Justin Clark, Jim Parker, Jerry Tallmer, Ruth Tallmer, Mary Crow, Sam Townsend, Bob, Bailey Helvie, Harold Day, Sallie McBrien, Lillian & Brandon, Bryce Barber, Lexi Clark, Robert Friedlander, Judy, Jane Parks, Diana Forbes, Paul Deng Kuol, Leighton Parker Hubard, Paul Fineran, Missy Vicaro, Mike, Hermo Jimenez, the Symanski family, Marty Ditmeyer, June Katayama, Patricia Broadbent, Mike Multop, Rudi, Rev. Greg Jones & family, Pauline Lynch, Cathy Tirrell, Allen Williams, the Broussard family, Robert Ostrom, Lorna Lyons, the Sauder family, Jackie, Lindy Coltharp

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-8- FRIENDS OF MUSIC FOR 2013-2014 The music at tonight's service is made possible, in large part, by the generosity of the Friends of Music. We are deeply thankful for the individuals listed below and for their generous contributions. You are invited to become a Friend of Music as well by making a contribution to Christ Church and indicating “Friend of Music” on the memo line of your check. If you would like to honor or remember someone with your gift, you are welcome to do so. Gifts Received as of January 26, 2014 Unalane Ablondi Jane Gilchrist John & Pamela Prevar Abas & Eileen Adenan The Rev. Ann Gillespie Audrey Rasmussen Virginia Amos & Michael Bergin Jill Grabowski William B. Roberts & David Hoover Kristen Amundson Virginia Hammell J. Chris Wesley & Patrick Robbins Ararat Foundation Glen Hewitt & Michele Smith Bill Schauffler Ruth Arnold In thanksgiving for our daughter, In memory of my parents, Emily Hewitt Nancy & Bill Schauffler Amy B. Augenblick Jim & Wendy Hilboldt Willis B. Scudder In honor of Elizabeth & Isabella Betty Hill and Sarah Hill In memory of Richard Newman Andrew Baird Jr. In memory of Adrian Charles Curzon Hill Victoria Shields Dr. Willie Banks Linda Guillard Anne Shine In memory of departed Banks family members Mary Akin Horton Joe Shull Ken & Jean Barry Ron Hudak & Susan Hahn Lyn Snodgrass David & Janet Beckmann Thomas Johnson Vince Stanford Barbara & Doug Benney In thanksgiving for Jason Jon & Lynette Starek In memory of Greg Carmichael Charles K. Kane In memory of Helen Starek, Sam & Renee Brathwaite In memory of Carol Furman Kane grandmother of Heather Starek Janet King John Swallow Christopher Brewster In memory of my mother, Ruth King In thanksgiving for Jason Abel Haworth & Marilyn Bromley The Rev. Pierce & Philip Tasho In memory of Mrs. Tuke Klemmt Robert & Helen Modlin Dr. Brock Thompson Charles & Sally Chadbourn Mary Landgraf In honor of Mary Todd In memory of Charles B. King Bob & Sandra Thomson Christ Church Gift Shop Kyle Lynch In memory of Marcia & Robert Thomson Linda Conaway John & Susan Magill Harley Thronson Chris, Jilinda, Robert McCan Tykie Tobin Margot & Ian Crowley In thanksgiving for Harper June Messner Patricia Cunnington James Mueller In memory of Mildred Carson Pat & Charles Tylander Elizabeth Bowes Dakin Mrs. Daniel E. Murphy Maj. Gen. & Mrs. William R. Usher In memory of Margery Bowes Dakin In memory of Mary Dee Stokes Bob Wade William G. Dakin Elizabeth Nelson Jeff & Linda Dienno Justin Ward Judy Phillips Eleanor Wilson Vincent DiLauro In memory of Bruce & Charles Miller Donnan C. Wintermute Paul & Virginia Doherty Linda Pittman In thanksgiving for Pierce W. Klemmt Tom & Carol Donlan Lee & Lori Quill Capt. & Mrs. J. L. Woodbury Jr., Robert Evans Dave Riggs In memory of Madeleine & Jack Wilson In memory of Gerald Metz Virginia Rocen and Amelia & Lee Woodbury Jeffrey Fiore Eleanora Worth John Rush Linda Fischer Brenda Yager Laurie Ryan Carol Foster In honor of Jason Abel Anonymous