Seventh Sunday after Pentecost | Choral Evensong on July 12, 2026

We were grateful to be visited by the choir of Trinity Cathedral in Columbia, South Carolina. This week's service includes settings of the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Joanna Forbes L'estrange (King's College), Preces and Responses by Käthe Wright Kaufman, A Prayer by Jared Johnson and Thou, O God, Art Praised in Sion by Malcolm Boyle. Sung at the close of day in cathedrals and churches throughout the world, Choral Evensong is a service of Evening Prayer, derived from the ancient offices of Vespers and Compline. The choir sings the traditional evening prayers of the church that have been offered for centuries, while the congregation listens, joins in the hymns, and adds their own prayers to those of the choir. It is an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of a busy week.