A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Prayer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time, a full choral evensong is held.
All are very welcome.
Sunday, 8th November 2026 - Ordinary Time; Remembrancetide: Remembrance Sunday; The Third Sunday before Advent (The Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity)
Said Evensong with Hymns on Remebrance Sunday
Officiant:
The Rector
Hymns:
Please see boards in church
Psalms:
Please see boards in church
Lessons:
Judges 7:2-22
John 15:9-17
The Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:
As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
(John 15:9-17, King James Version)
A Poem for Remembrance Sunday:
On Somme
Suddenly into the still air burst thudding
And thudding, and cold fear possessed me all,
On the gray slopes there, where Winter in sullen brooding
Hung between height and depth of the ugly fall
Of Heaven to earth; and the thudding was illness’ own.
But still a hope I kept that were we there going over,
I, in the line, I should not fail, but take recover
From others’ courage, and not as coward be known.
No flame we saw, the noise and the dread alone
Was battle to us; men were enduring there such
And such things, in wire tangled, to shatters blown.
Courage kept, but ready to vanish at first touch.
Fear, but just held. Poets were luckier once
In the hot fray swallowed and some magnificence.
(Ivor Gurney, 1890-1937)
The Collect of the Day:
O God, our refuge and strength, who art the author of all godliness; Be ready, we beseech thee, to hear the devout prayers of thy Church; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we may obtain effectually; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
***Please see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***
***Unless otherwise stated, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (2000); *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).***
Photo Credit: Karen Jones
