This is a wonderful, ancient liturgy offered at 4:30pm every Sunday (October-May) in the sanctuary except on December 28, January 4, and April 5 when Said Evensong will be offered.
The service takes the form of sung prayers, psalms, and the traditional evening canticles—the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis—along with a hymn and anthem. The service is full of meditative moments, and is a perfect way to begin or end a week.
You are encouraged to participate as often as you can and invite your friends to join you. Saint Philip’s is pleased to offer this rich tapestry of music and prayer that follows a pattern of worship that is centuries old, but that speaks to us today as profoundly as in the 16th century.
Alternate choirs participate according to the following schedule:
*First Sundays—Lay Clerks
*Second Sundays—Saint Morwenna Voices and Lay Clerks, with Schola Cantorum volunteers
*Third Sundays—Saint Nicholas Choir and Schola Cantorum
*Fourth Sundays—Saint Morwenna Voices
Lay Clerks—Professional singers who perform the core of adult ensembles, Schola Cantorum, and the Choir of Saint Philip’s
Saint Morwenna Voices—Senior youth choristers and alumna
Saint Nicholas Choir—Boys and girls age 8 through high school or until voice change
Schola Cantorum—Members from the adult choirs who participate in Choral Evensong