B I R K E N H E A D S C H O O L C H A P E L Sunday Services: Michaelmas Term i 2015

Sian Howell-Jones Chaplain Philip Robinson Director of Music Graham Eccles Organist

Finlay Gordon Organ Scholar

SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER

The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Old Birkonian Society Weekend

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Opening Hymn 436 Praise my soul, the king of heaven

Responses: John Sanders

Psalm 146

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in Bb Charles Villiers Stanford

Anthem: Te lucis ante terminum Henry Balfour Gardiner

Hymn 415 (tune 346) O for a thousand tongues to sing

Preacher: Revd Andy Stinson OB, Rector, St Bartholomew, Great Barrow with Diocesan Worship Advisor

Hymn 353 Dear Lord and Father of mankind

Dismissal: Bernard Rose

SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER

The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Introit: Lord, for thy tender mercys sake John Hilton / Richard Farrant

Opening Hymn 376 I heard the voice of Jesus say

Responses: William Smith

Psalm 116 vv 1-8

Fourth Service Magnificat and Nunc dimittis Adrian Batten

Anthem: Lead me, Lord Samuel Sebastian Wesley

Hymn 420 O Jesus, I have promised

Preacher: Helen Mason, Designated teacher for CLA

Woodchurch School

Hymn Lord, for the years

Dismissal: Edward Naylor Ferial

SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Opening Hymn 439 Praise to the holiest in the height

Responses: John Sanders

Psalm 54

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in C Bryan Kelly

Anthem: Greater Love John Ireland

Hymn 94 We sing the praise of him who died

Preacher: Revd Paul Rattigan, Canon for Discipleship,

Liverpool Cathedral

Hymn 86 My song is love unknown

Dismissal: Bernard Rose

SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER

The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Opening Hymn 368 Guide me, O though great Redeemer

Responses: William Smith

Psalm 19 vv 7-14

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E minor Daniel Purcell

Anthem: Jesu, joy of mans desiring Johann Sebastian Bach Hymn 374 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

Preacher: Revd Karen Freeman, Vicar of Christchurch,

Birkenhead

Hymn 239 Lord of all hopefulness

Dismissal: Edward Naylor Ferial

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER

The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Opening Hymn 197 For all the saints

Responses: John Sanders

Psalm 8

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in D George Dyson

Anthem: For the beauty of the earth John Rutter

Hymn 387 Jesus, good above all other

Preacher: Revd Canon Anne Davis, Vicar of Holy Cross,

Woodchurch

Hymn 408 (tune ii) Love divine, all loves excelling

Dismissal: Bernard Rose

SUNDAY 11 OCTOBER

The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity

Choral Evensong at 6:30

Opening Hymn 339 Be thou my vision

Responses: John Sanders

Psalm 90 vv 12-17

Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in G Charles Villiers Stanford

Anthem: Listen, sweet dove Grayston Ives

Hymn 362 Glorious things of thee are spoken

Preacher: Revd Richard Sherratt, Curate, St Peters Church, Heswall

Hymn 476 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim

Dismissal: Bernard Rose