Choral Services

* Hymns are taken from New English Hymnal and New English Praise, unless otherwise stated.

The Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor,
Market Place, Romford

 
Sunday 5th February 2012
3rd Sunday before Lent

10.00am









6.30pm








Sung Eucharist – Boys & Men
Setting: Noble in b minor
Gloria: Mass of St Thomas - Thorne
Introit: 378 Immortal love, for ever full
Gradual: 486 We have a gospel to proclaim
Offertory: 415 (omit*) O for a thousand tongues to sing
Motet: May the grace of Christ - Darke
Communion: 295 Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Post Communion: 364 (408) God is love: let heaven adore him

Choral Evensong - Choristers & Men
Responses: Neary
Psalm: 5        Chant: Bairstow
Office Hymn: 248 (320i) O strength and stay
Canticles: Ireland in F
Anthem: O Lord increase my faith – Loosemore
Hymn: 427 O praise ye the Lord
Dismissal: Naylor (Ferial)

   
Sunday 12th February 2012
2nd Sunday before Lent
10.00am









6.30pm








Sung Eucharist - Full Choir
Setting:Nicholson in G
Gloria: Mass of St Thomas
Introit: 377 Immortal, invisible, God only wise
Gradual: 466 Thou whose almighty word
Offertory: 265 (173) Lord of beauty thine the splendour
Motet: Fairest Lord Jesus – Trad. Arr How
Communion: 335 All praise to thee, for thou O King divine
Post Communion: 613 Christ triumphant, ever reigning

Choral Evensong - Choristers & Men
Responses: Ferial (Stone)
Psalm: 65      Chant: Hopkins
Office Hymn: 419 O Holy Spirit, Lord of grace
Canticles: Brewer in Eb
Anthem: A Gaelic Blessing - Rutter
Hymn: 393 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
Hymn: 252 The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended
Dismissal: Naylor (Ferial)

   
Sunday 19th February 2012
Sunday next before Lent
10.00am








12 noon






Sung Eucharist - Full Choir
Setting: Darke in F (Choir: Gloria)
Introit: 234 Christ whose glory fills the skies
Gradual: 178 Tis good, Lord, to be here
Offertory: 401 Light’s abode, celestial Salem
Motet: Ave verum corpus - Elgar
Communion Hymn: 446 Sing alleluya forth, ye saints on high
Post Communion: 336 (descant) Angel voices, ever singing

Civic Service
436 Praise my soul the king of heaven
WS71 Lord the light of your love is shining
Anthem: O thou the central orb - Wood
WS51 Living Lord
488 And did those feet (Jerusalem)
National Anthem: 489

   
Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Ash Wednesday
8.00pm









Sung Eucharist - Choristers & Men
Setting: Mass of the quiet hour - Oldroyd
Introit: 67 Forty days and forty nights                 
Psalm: 51 (NEH 532)                                   
Gradual: NEP 606 Enter our hearts, O holy Lord
Litany: Piccolo
Imposition of ashes: Come down O love divine - Harris  
Offertory: 490 Judge eternal, throned in splendour 
Motet: Lord for thy tender mercies sake - Hilton                                                 
Post Communion: 358(ii)  Father of heaven, whose love profound
   
Sunday 26th February 2012
1st Sunday of Lent
10.00am









6.30pm








Sung Eucharist -Full Choir
Setting: Wood in Phrygian Mode
Introit: 67 Forty days and forty nights
Gradual Psalm: 121 Chant: Walford-Davies
Gradual Hymn: 357 Father hear the prayer we offer
Offertory: 383 Jesu, Lover of my soul
Motet: A Litany - Walton
Communion Hymn: 606 Enter our hearts, O holy Lord
Post Communion: 607 With joy and by the Spirit led

Choral Evensong - Choristers & Men
Responses: Byrd (Farmer)
Psalm: 119 vv 169-176 Chant: Goss
Office Hymn: 61 O Christ, who art the Light and Day
Canticles: Hylton Stewart in C
Anthem: O pray for the peace of Jerusalem – Howells
Hymn: 70(ii) Lord Jesus, think on me
Hymn: 73(ii) My God, I love thee not because
Dismissal: Naylor (Ferial)