Lady Chapel Evensong for Easter

Welcome to the Lady Chapel Evensong for Easter! Alleluia, he is risen!

For those who are joining us for the first time, Evensong is an Episcopal / Anglican service of evening prayer that follows a set order of hymns, psalms, readings, and prayers. You can listen via the audio player above or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you want to follow along in the Book of Common Prayer, we’re on page 117. Or you can follow the order of service below. - Allie

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Order of Service for Evensong

A brief welcome from my daughter

Opening Responses (also called Preces, which in Latin means prayers)

Then follows

Evening Hymn: O Gracious Light (Phos hilaron)

Then follows

Psalm 114 (read by Brandon Pruitt)

1 Hallelujah!
When Israel came out of Egypt, *
the house of Jacob from a people of strange speech,

2 Judah became God's sanctuary *
and Israel his dominion.

3 The sea beheld it and fled; *
Jordan turned and went back.

4 The mountains skipped like rams, *
and the little hills like young sheep.

5 What ailed you, O sea, that you fled? *
O Jordan, that you turned back?

6 You mountains, that you skipped like rams? *
you little hills like young sheep?

7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, *
at the presence of the God of Jacob,

8 Who turned the hard rock into a pool of water *
and flint-stone into a flowing spring.

Then follows

The Lesson (read by Meg Settle)

Isaiah 25:6-9

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines,
of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.

And he will destroy on this mountain
the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
the sheet that is spread over all nations;
he will swallow up death forever.

Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.

It will be said on that day,
Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Then follows

The Song of Mary (Magnificat)

The Apostles’ Creed

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

The Prayers

The Lord’s Prayer - Sung to the tune of "Lifting Up the Lowly" (music coming soon) Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.

A Collect for Easter by Rev. Kat Chappell

O Risen Lord, You cannot be held by the tomb or contained by the grave. Enlighten in us again the flame that leads us from death into life. When the world gives us brokenness, You give us wholeness. When the world gives us decay, You give us growth. When the world gives us death, You give us life abundant. Help us to live generously and without fear, knowing You are our redemption and salvation. You are hope unkillable, who lives and reigns with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen.

A hymn is sung. Intercessions can be offered aloud or in silence.

The service closes with

Amen.

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Rev. Kat Chappell wrote our collect for Easter. She is a priest and the curate at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Signal Mountain, TN. Thank you Kat for volunteering to do this during the busiest church week of the year.

This podcast was mixed by Meg Settle and mastered by Edsel Holden. Songs and readings were recorded at the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library, Christ Church Episcopal, and Meg’s House.

Thank you to Chase Floyd for playing guitar and harmonica on O Gracious Light and Lifting Up the Lowly. Thank you to Drew Bunting for playing guitar on The Lord’s Prayer.

Thank you to Rev. Claire Brown, Rev. Dr. Zac Settle, Rev. Murdock Jones, Rev. Casey Andrew Perkins, Chase Floyd, Megan Wesolowski, Rev. April Berends, Rev. Drew Bunting, Meg Settle, and Brandon Pruitt for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

Thank you Jessie Watts for sharing your photograph for the header image.