St Elizabeth's Choir (Sudbury) to sing Evensong in Concord

In the spirit of neighborhood collaboration, the choir of St Elizabeth's Episcopal Church (Sudbury) will join the choirs of Episcopal parishes in Acton, Lincoln, and Concord to sing Choral Evensong on Sunday, September 30 at 5 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street in Concord. The service will be followed by a reception to which all are invited.

The Service of Choral Evensong is a dialogue that has been given life by singers and composers since 1549, when Archbishop Thomas Cranmer organized our liturgies into The Book Of Common Prayer. As the beauty of this experience has continued for centuries, it has fostered the creation of an immense body of music written solely for this service. A first-time participant may feel as if he or she has joined in a conversation already begun, but eventually the wash of music and liturgy carries one into a new sense of God’s presence in the rhythm of daily life. Choral Evensong is sung daily in many cathedrals and parish churches in England and throughout the Anglican Communion. Consider the possibility that at any given moment, somewhere on the earth, someone is offering up a voice of sung prayer as this miraculous conversation continues between the Creator and the created.

On Sunday, September 30 at 5 pm, our "community" choir will sing the Evening Canticles by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Responses by William Smith, Psalm settings by Samuel Sebastian Wesley and Martin Luther. The evening will also include some familiar evening hymns for all to sing, as well as an anthem by Thomas Attwood.

Come join us for this uniquely Anglican service of sung prayer, and bring your friends!

The service is free and open to the public and Trinity Episcopal Church is fully handicap accessible. For further information on this and other programs at Trinity Episcopal Church in Concord, please call Trinity's parish office, 978-369-3715 or visit us online, www.trinityconcord.org.