Comments on: Serve thee with a quiet mind

By: ...paul

...paul — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:11:24 +0000

You mean when I was persuaded to go and ring the bells instead of singing in the choir when I was seven or eight years old!

Having grown up believing I couldn’t sing at all, I was probably only marginally less surprised than my Mum was that first time I sang Evensong.

By: Becca

Becca — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:12:49 +0000

you could tell the story about how bad a singer people thought you were

but you sound wonderful when doing evensong, very proud of my daddy xx

By: ...paul

...paul — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:16:29 +0000

The number of Churches that still celebrate a traditional BCP Evensong is dwindling here in the UK Tom. We don’t have huge numbers attend, quite small really.

When I first started in ministry it was a service that scared me, because much of it is sung/chanted, and the person leading the service sings quite a lot alone and unaccompanied. I’m not the best singer in the world, not by a long way, but I do manage Evensong; and now my confidence has grown a bit with it, really quite enjoy it. And it’s quite a special feeling to be a part of service that’s still happening in the same way as it has for many many years.

There is room for the traditional to live alongside the more contemporary. And both are good.

By: Tom (blendedworship)

Tom (blendedworship) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:16:08 +0000

Brother!

I would love for Anglican churches in the states to do more of the suggested services from the BCP! Evensong just sounds so… refreshing… like hot cocoa before bed, but even better because it’s Jesus!

Thanks for continually sharing.