Welcome to the Lady Chapel Evensong for Pentecost!

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.

I’m especially excited to have my 6 year old Teddy reading for Evensong this week. She just finished kindergarten. I think hearing an early reader stumble through a passage is about as good of a metaphor for interpreting the Holy Spirit as anything.

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

Order of Service for Evensong

A brief welcome from my daughter, Tallulah

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

Then follows

Evening Hymn: O Gracious Light (Phos hilaron)

Then follows

Psalm 104:25-35,37 (read by Jordan Trendelman)

25 O Lord, how manifold are your works! *       in wisdom you have made them all;       the earth is full of your creatures.26 Yonder is the great and wide sea   with its living things too many to number, *       creatures both small and great.27 There move the ships,   and there is that Leviathan, *       which you have made for the sport of it.28 All of them look to you *       to give them their food in due season.29 You give it to them; they gather it; *       you open your hand, and they are filled with good things.30 You hide your face, and they are terrified; *       you take away their breath,       and they die and return to their dust.31 You send forth your Spirit, and they are created; *       and so you renew the face of the earth.32 May the glory of the Lord endure for ever; *       may the Lord rejoice in all his works.33 He looks at the earth and it trembles; *       he touches the mountains and they smoke.34 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; *       I will praise my God while I have my being.35 May these words of mine please him; *       I will rejoice in the Lord.37 Bless the Lord, O my soul. *       Hallelujah!

Then follows

The Lesson (read by Teddy Levanway)

Acts 2:1-4

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.  All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

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. Lizzie McManus-Dail

Wind over the Deep, You anoint us with fire and understanding. Beckon us out of locked rooms. Alight in us Your language of love and belonging. Demand of us what You know we can be, and where we fall short, remind us You are the wind under our timid wings. Your love burns in us — help us trust Your voice when You speak us into the Love that You are, have always been, and always will be. Amen. 

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

The service closes with

Amen.

Rev. Lizzie McManus-Dail wrote our collect for Pentecost (!!!) She is the priest at Jubilee Episcopal Church in Austin, TX and co-host of the podcast, And Also With You about reclaiming an ancient Christian faith for a modern Christian life. Check out Rev. Lizzie’s Substack newsletter here and follow her on Instagram and TikTok.

This podcast was mixed by Meg Settle and the service music 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, Jordan Trendleman, and Teddy Levanway for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

There are no spiritual prerequisites to lady chapel. May this be whatever it needs to be for you. <3

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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

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 peoplesa 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 mountainthe 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.

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.

Welcome to the Lady Chapel Evensong for Good Friday.

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

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

The Psalm (read by Ray McMillan)

Psalm 22:1-11

1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? *and are so far from my cryand from the words of my distress?

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not answer; *by night as well, but I find no rest.

3 Yet you are the Holy One, *enthroned upon the praises of Israel.

4 Our forefathers put their trust in you; *they trusted, and you delivered them.

5 They cried out to you and were delivered; *they trusted in you and were not put to shame.

6 But as for me, I am a worm and no man, *scorned by all and despised by the people.

7 All who see me laugh me to scorn; *they curl their lips and wag their heads, saying,

8 "He trusted in the Lord; let him deliver him; *let him rescue him, if he delights in him."

9 Yet you are he who took me out of the womb, *and kept me safe upon my mother's breast.

10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was born; *you were my God when I was still in my mother's womb.

11 Be not far from me, for trouble is near, *and there is none to help.

Then follows

The Lesson (read by Jenny Ethridge)Isaiah 52:13-53:12

See, my servant shall prosper;he shall be exalted and lifted up,and shall be very high.

Just as there were many who were astonished at him--so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,and his form beyond that of mortals--

so he shall startle many nations;kings shall shut their mouths because of him;

for that which had not been told them they shall see,and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.

Who has believed what we have heard?And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

For he grew up before him like a young plant,and like a root out of dry ground;

he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by others;a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity;

and as one from whom others hide their faceshe was despised, and we held him of no account.

Surely he has borne our infirmitiesand carried our diseases;

yet we accounted him stricken,struck down by God, and afflicted.

But he was wounded for our transgressions,crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the punishment that made us whole,and by his bruises we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray;we have all turned to our own way,

and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,yet he did not open his mouth;

like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,so he did not open his mouth.

By a perversion of justice he was taken away.Who could have imagined his future?

For he was cut off from the land of the living,stricken for the transgression of my people.

They made his grave with the wickedand his tomb with the rich,

although he had done no violence,and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain.

When you make his life an offering for sin,he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days;

through him the will of the Lord shall prosper.Out of his anguish he shall see light;

he shall find satisfaction through his knowledge.The righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous,and he shall bear their iniquities.

Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;

because he poured out himself to death,and was numbered with the transgressors;

yet he bore the sin of many,and made intercession for the transgressors.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 Good Friday by Jamie Quatro

Broken Jesus, In our haste to get to the joy of the empty tomb, may we not forget to linger near the anguish of the cross. As we stand beneath the darkening sky, may we listen to your words: Father, forgive them. Remind us in our human suffering that you chose to suffer with us—as one of us. Teach us, before we sing of Resurrection, to mourn with those who mourn and weep with those who weep. All for your love’s sake. Amen.

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

The service closes with

Amen.

Jamie Quatro wrote our collect for Good Friday. Her next novel Two-Step Devil comes out this September. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, The New York Review of Books, and elsewhere. I particularly love this conversation about her novel Fire Sermon: “How a Christian Writer Should Be” for Literary Hub. Learn more about her here.

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 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, Ray McMillan and Jenny Ethridge for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

Welcome to the Lady Chapel Evensong for Lent! I am sorry if you are getting this twice! User error! :)

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

PS if you are in the Chattanooga area, I’m leading Evensong over the next few weeks if you’d like to come sing and pray with me:

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

The Psalm (read by Rev. Drew Bunting)

Psalm 51:1-17

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.

You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

Deliver me from bloodshed, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Then follows

The Lesson (read by Rev. April Berends)

Joel 2:1-2, 12-17Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near-a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness! Like blackness spread upon the mountains a great and powerful army comes; their like has never been from of old, nor will be again after them in ages to come.Yet even now, says the LORD, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning;rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the LORD, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD, your God?Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly;gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the aged; gather the children, even infants at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her canopy.Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep. Let them say, "Spare your people, O LORD, and do not make your heritage a mockery, a byword among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, 'Where is their God?'"

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 Lent by Meg Settle

O God of Abundant Mercy. You hate nothing that you have created. As we begin our journey of reflection working to pattern our lives more closely after Your Spirit, grant us courage to let the silence in. As we sit with our shame, our vices, and all our little ways of hiding and forgetting, give us grace to receive the truth that You could not possibly love us any more than You already do so that we may begin again restored by Your undying love to bring about Your kingdom here on earth. Amen.

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Will Levanway

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

The service closes with

Amen.

Meg Settle wrote our collect for Lent. She is an audio engineer and producer who runs Good Tape, a podcast production studio. Her podcast, State of Conflict, Meg interviews people of faith who are striving for justice and peace in Tennessee.

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 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, and Meg Settle for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

Welcome to the Lady Chapel Evensong for Epiphany! 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. Happy Epiphany! - Allie

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

The Psalm (read by Rev. Dr. Will Levanway)

Psalm 65

Then follows

The Lesson (read by Rev. Claire Brown)

A Reading from the Book of Isaiah

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

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, for ever and ever. Amen.

A Collect for Epiphany by Bonnie Smith Whitehouse

Loving God, by the light of a bright star you led shepherds and wise ones to gaze upon a baby and see your face. Lead us now into this season of Epiphany, a time of illumination and wonder. Teach us to be more firmly rooted in love for this sweet, old, world. Help us to recognize the bright splendor of your face in all those we encounter. We ask this in deep gratitude for the incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth, the Word made Flesh. Amen.

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

The service closes with

Amen.

Bonnie Smith Whitehouse wrote our collect for Epiphany. She is a writer and professor of English at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. Her book, Seasons of Wonder, has been essential to this project, and it would be a lovely companion to your spiritual wandering this year. You can learn more about her here.

This podcast was mixed by Meg Settle and mastered by Edsel Holden. It was recorded at the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library.

Thank you to Chase Floyd for playing guitar and harmonica on O Gracious Light and Lifting Up the Lowly.

Thank you to Rev. Claire Brown, Rev. Dr. Zac Settle, Rev. Murdock Jones, Rev. Casey Andrew Perkins, and Chase Floyd for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

We might be doing Lady Chapel evensong in person soon - stay tuned if you’d like to come or host one!

Welcome to the Christmas Lady Chapel evensong. Evensong is an Episcopal / Anglican service of evening prayer that follows a set order of hymns, psalms, readings, and prayers.

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 on the lady chapel Substack. Merry Christmas, friends :) - Allie

Order of Service for Evensong

A brief welcome from my daughter

Opening Responses

Evening Hymn: O Gracious Light (Phos hilaron)

The Psalm

Psalm 98

1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.

2 With his right hand and his holy arm has he won for himself the victory.

3 The Lord has made known his victory; his righteousness has he openly shown in the sight of the nations.

4 He remembers his mercy and faithfulness to the house of Israel, and all the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God.

5 Shout with joy to the Lord, all you lands; lift up your voice, rejoice, and sing.

6 Sing to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the voice of song.

7 With trumpets and the sound of the horn shout with joy before the King, the Lord.

8 Let the sea make a noise and all that is in it, the lands and those who dwell therein.

9 Let the rivers clap their hands, and let the hills ring out with joy before the Lord, when he comes to judge the earth.

10 In righteousness shall he judge the world and the peoples with equity.

The Lesson

A Reading from Titus

When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7)

The Song of Mary (Magnificat): Lifting Up the Lowly

The Apostles’ Creed

The Lord’s Prayer

A Collect for Christmas by Lacy Clark Ellman

Emmanuel, God-With-Us—fully human and fully divine—as we celebrate your birth, may your spirit and message be born anew in our hearts just as you were born in a stable on that dark night long ago, so that we might continue to encounter you in unexpected places and be forever awestruck by the simplicity and significance of your everlasting love. Amen.

Sermon.

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

Closing Responses

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Lacy Clark Ellman wrote our collect for Christmas. She is a spiritual director and pilgrimage guide. You can learn more about her here.

This podcast was mixed by Meg Settle and mastered by Edsel Holden. It was recorded at the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library.

Thank you to Chase Floyd for playing guitar and harmonica on O Gracious Light and Lifting Up the Lowly.

Thank you to Rev. Claire Brown, Rev. Dr. Zac Settle, Rev. Murdock Jones, Rev. Casey Andrew Perkins, and Chase Floyd for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

One final note: the liturgical nerds will notice some pieces of the service missing - I’m working on it. You can pray for my soul in the meantime :)

Welcome to the first Lady Chapel evensong. Evensong is an Episcopal / Anglican service of evening prayer that follows a set order of hymns, psalms, readings, and prayers.

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 on the lady chapel Substack. This might be really new to some of you, so feel free to ask questions if you want! Glad you are here :) - Allie

Order of Service for Evensong

A brief welcome from my daughter

Opening Responses

Evening Hymn: O Gracious Light (Phos hilaron)

The Psalm

1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, then we were like those who dream.

2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy.

3 Then they said among the nations, ‘The Lord has done great things for them. “

4 The Lord has done great things for us, and we are glad indeed.

5 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like the watercourses of the Negev

6 Those who sowed with tears will reap with songs of joy.

7 Those who go out weeping, carrying the seed, will come again with joy, shouldering their sheaves. (Psalm 126)

The Lesson

A Reading from the second letter to Peter

Do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and everything that is done on it will be disclosed.

Since all these things are to be dissolved in this way, what sort of persons ought you to be in leading lives of holiness and godliness, waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set ablaze and dissolved, and the elements will melt with fire? But, in accordance with his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, where righteousness is at home.

Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish; and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. (2 Peter 3:8-15a)

The Song of Mary (Magnificat): Lifting Up the Lowly

The Apostles’ Creed

The Lord’s Prayer

A Collect for Advent by Rev. Claire Brown

O God in whom we live and move and have our being, will you also hold our waiting? Give us the grace and grit to keep watch for your presence; renew in us your love and freedom in the coming of your Son Jesus Christ; in whom with you and the Holy Spirit we entrust all our hearts and hopes. Amen.

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

Closing Responses

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Rev. Claire Brown of St. Paul’s Athens, TN wrote our collect for Advent. You can learn more about her here. Be sure to check out her Advent devotional, Keep Watch With Me.

This podcast was mixed by Meg Settle and mastered by Edsel Holden. It was recorded at the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library.

Thank you to Chase Floyd for playing guitar and harmonica on O Gracious Light and Lifting Up the Lowly.

Thank you to Rev. Claire Brown, Rev. Dr. Zac Settle, Rev. Murdock Jones, Rev. Casey Andrew Perkins, and Chase Floyd for sharing your beautiful voices in this service.

Thank you to Mary Erskine for notating these charts.

One final note: the liturgical nerds will notice some pieces of the service missing - I’m working on it. You can pray for my soul in the meantime :)