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Worship
All Saints Evensong
Sunday, November 1, 5:30 pm This page is about a past event.
A reception follows in the Kincaid Library
Please join us for an Evensong for The Feast of All Saints on November 1 in Saint Francis Church. This is a peaceful and beautiful service that includes the commemoration of those parishioners and others connected to our parish who have died in the past year. In one way or another, some obvious and some more subtle, everything will point us to the saints in light as we remember those who have gone before us in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection that we hold dear and fast as Christians.
Musically, you will hear settings from every century since the 1500's. Very few experiences allow for this kind of breadth and richness. The Saint Francis choir will perform the following:
Please join us for an Evensong for The Feast of All Saints on November 1 in Saint Francis Church. This is a peaceful and beautiful service that includes the commemoration of those parishioners and others connected to our parish who have died in the past year. In one way or another, some obvious and some more subtle, everything will point us to the saints in light as we remember those who have gone before us in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection that we hold dear and fast as Christians.
Musically, you will hear settings from every century since the 1500's. Very few experiences allow for this kind of breadth and richness. The Saint Francis choir will perform the following:
Henry Purcell: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G minor
Bernard Rose: Preces and Responses
Gary Davison: The Lord is My Light
William Byrd: Justorum animae
John Ireland: Greater love hath no man
All Saints Evensong includes in its prayers the naming of the faithful departed. If someone close to you has died in the past year and you want them named at the prayers, please contact Christine Tetrault at 301-365-2055 with the person's name and its pronunciation.