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Promoting a beautiful 450-yr-old musical service sung and streamed online. Watch and listen to Evensong online wherever you are, whenever you like, for free. Find Evensong near you, today. choralevensong.org

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jun 19

Last Sunday was Trinity Sunday, the start of 24 weeks of "ordinary time".
We invite you, over the next few months of ordinary time, to join us on a journey to find the extra in the ordinary. To reflect on those aspects of Evensong which seem ordinary but are extraordinary.
#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · 4d

To recap, choralevensong.org:

✔️ info on evensong
❌ info on murder

Choral Evensong

Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

choralevensong.org

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · 4d

We're very excited about the new Channel 5 series, MURDER BEFORE EVENSONG, which starts tomorrow (7/10) at 9pm.

IMPORTANT: For those less familiar with Evensong, please be aware it is not usually preceded by murder, but by a nice organ prelude.

For more info on Evensong, visit choralevensong.org.

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · 26d

Today is Holy Cross Day. Among the churches dedicated to the Holy Cross, are two celebrating Festival Evensongs thanks to the Patronal Festival Grants: Goodnestone (pictured) and North Bersted.

Find out about upcoming Evensongs, and reports from past ones here choralevensong.org

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · 27d

Heartening news out of Lichfield Cathedral, where primary-school children came to sing with the choristers.

"Mrs Lamb was struck by their responses to the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis. The children were asked how it made them feel. One told her: 'It was like God was singing through my voice.'"

Education: Can singing evensong encourage pupils to engage in worship?

Clive Price hears about a successful church-school initiative

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · 27d

Week 13 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

CALM

Quiet at the end of the day.

Not an escape, but a pause. A deep breath for the soul.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 31

Today two churches celebrating their Patronal Festivals are doing so with assistance from the Patronal Festival Grants.

St Mary's, Slaugham, Evensong 4.00pm
St Aidan's, Carlisle, Evensong 4.00pm

You can find out about other upcoming Patronal Festivals and Evensong near you at choralevensong.org.

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 31

Week 12 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

RHYTHM

A cadence for your week.

In Evensong, the sacred becomes routine, and the routine becomes sacred.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 31

Week 11 of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

FRESHNESS

New breath in ancient forms.

No two services are quite the same — even the timeless is alive.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 20

Week ten of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

FAMILIARITY

A home in word and worship.
Same prayers, same psalms, same comfort.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 20

Week nine (missed it last week!) of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

REASSURANCE

The pattern holds.
Even when life shifts, the service remains — anchoring us in time.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 15

Today is the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Kickstarting a weekend of Marian Patronal Festivals, Evensong tonight at 6.30pm at St Mary's Priory, Chepstow.

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

More about the Grants: www.choralevensong.org/uk/pfg25.php

Patronal Festival Grants 2025 | Choral Evensong

Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

www.choralevensong.org

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

Patronal Festivals 2025: www.choralevensong.org/uk/pf25.php

Patronal Festivals 2025 | Choral Evensong

Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

www.choralevensong.org

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

If you are interested in supporting the Patronal Festival Grant scheme, and enabling churches to benefit from this next year, please be in touch. You can find full information - together with reports from churches who have already enjoyed the fruits of this scene - in the links below

Patronal Festivals 2025 | Choral Evensong

Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

www.choralevensong.org

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

St Laurence's, Guestling, 4.00pm, Sunday 10 August

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

All Hallows, Woolbeding, 6.00pm, Sunday 10 August

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

St Mary, Storrington, 6.00pm (followed by Festival of Puddings!), Sunday 10 August

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

St Laurence, Falmer - 4.00pm, Sunday 10 August

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 10

Today we are enjoying a quartet of Evensongs for Patronal Festivals around the country, made possible through the generosity of our Patronal Festival Grant donors.

Details of where and when are in the description for each church in the thread below. 👇

Patronal Festivals 2025 | Choral Evensong

Find choral services in cathedrals, churches, chapels and other choral foundations in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland.

www.choralevensong.org

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Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Aug 9

Week eight of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:

CHALLENGE

Not always easy. Always worth it.
New music. Demanding texts. Deep questions. This is how we grow.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jul 31

Week seven of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary:
SKILL.

Practice meets purpose.
Musical skill becomes sacred offering.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jul 26

This Sunday, a quartet of Patronal Festival Evensongs - for a quartet of saints! - take place, thanks in part to the Grants supplied by the Choral Evensong Trust.

St Margaret, Ipswich
St James, Cawley
St Sampson. South Hill
St Anne, East Wittering

choralevensong.org

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jul 25

Week six of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: COMMITMENT.

Faithful voices, week by week.
Evensong isn’t a performance. It’s a promise.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jul 19

Tomorrow, the closest Sunday to the Feast of Mary Magdalene (22 July), is celebrated with Patronal Festival Evensongs at St Mary Magdalene, Langridge, and Taunton Minster.

Check out their details at our website choralevensong.org.

Choral Evensong Trust @choralevensong.org · Jul 18

Week five of our journey in finding the extraordinary through the ordinary: JOY.

Gentle praise. Quiet gladness.
Not all joy shouts. Sometimes it’s sung in soft tones and steady voices.

#FindTheExtraInTheOrdinary