THE TEMPLE CHURCH Regular Services and Special Events April 2012

Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, That thou likewise with him mayst rise.
George Herbert

THE REVD ROBIN GRIFFITH-JONES, M.A.

Master

THE REVD HUGH MEAD, M.A., B.LITT.

Reader

MR JAMES VIVIAN, M.A., F.R.C.O.

Director of Music and Organist

MR GREG MORRIS, M.A., F.R.C.O.

Associate Organist

MR IAN LE GRICE, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M.

Assistant Organist

LONDONS JERUSALEM: HOLY WEEK AND EASTER in the Templars round Church of the Holy Sepulchre
SUN 1 APRIL, 11.15 a.m. Palm Sunday MON 2 APRIL, 1.15 p.m. Holy Monday CHORAL MATTINS: THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM

MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Four Hymns by Vaughan Williams. Nathan Vale, tenor; Kate Musker, viola; Greg Morris, piano. MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Sei gegrsset, Jesu gtig by J.S. Bach. Greg Morris, organ. MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Songs by Henry Purcell, Pelham Humfrey, John Church and John Playford. Tim Travers-Brown, counter-tenor and Greg Morris, organ.

TUES 3 APRIL, 1.15 p.m. Holy Tuesday WED 4 APRIL, 1.15 p.m. Holy Wednesday

THURS 5 APRIL, 1.15 p.m. CHORAL COMMUNION: THE LAST SUPPER Maundy Thursday The Choirmen of the Temple Church. FRI 6 APRIL, 11.15 a.m. Good Friday SAT 7 APRIL, 8.00 p.m. Holy Saturday CHORAL MATTINS: THE CRUCIFIXION The Temple Church Choir. EASTER VIGIL AND FIRST COMMUNION OF EASTER: THE EASTER FIRE The Temple Singers. CHORAL COMMUNION: RISE HEART, THY LORD IS RISEN The Temple Church Choir.

SUN 8 APRIL, 11.15 a.m. Easter Sunday

SPECIAL EVENTS EASTER AND TRINITY TERMS

APRIL 1 April 8 April FROM PALM SUNDAY TO EASTER: Services and music. Please see page 2 for full details. CONCERT: Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge performs Gregorian Chants from the mediaeval convents of Fontevraud and Las Huelgas. Tickets: 10 on the door. EASTER CAROL SERVICE: Music: Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams. Preacher: Salley Vickers, novelist.

Monday 16 April, 6.30 p.m.

Sunday 22 April, 11.15 a.m.

MAY Wednesday 9 May, 6.45 p.m.

TEMPLE MUSIC: CONCERT: The Holst Singers and The London Trumpet Choir. Stephen Layton, director. The Glory of Venice: Music for Voices and Brass. Performance to include Magnificat settings and other sacred pieces by Gabrieli and his Venetian contemporaries, alongside modern-day homages to the composer. Tickets: 20, 15, 10. For further information and to book, www.templemusic.org or 0207 427 5641. FESTAL EVENSONG: The Temple Church Choir and The Kings Trumpeters. Music to include: God is gone up by Finzi and canticles by Dyson in D minor. In celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Book of Common Prayer (1662), with St Brides Fleet Street and St Dunstan-in-the West. Followed by drinks in the Masters Garden. Suggested donation for drinks 5. CHORAL MATTINS: As part of the London Festival of Contemporary Church Music. Preacher: John Rutter CBE (Master Rutter of Middle Temple), composer.

Thursday 17 May, 5.45 p.m. Ascension Day

Sunday 20 May, 11.15 a.m.

Wednesday 30 May, 7.00 p.m. CONCERT: An Evening of Sacred Music presented by the Music of Life Foundation, www.mofl.co.uk. Katherine Manley, soprano; Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse, director. Programme highlights: Zadok the Priest, Handel; Prayer of the World, Vangelis; Rejoice in the Lamb, Britten; Laudate Dominum, Mozart and Ave Maria, BachGounod and the premiere of a new work by Thomas Blumire, a young composer supported by Music of Life Foundation. Bookings via www.templemusic.org. Tickets: 25. Thursday 31 May, 5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG: IN CELEBRATION OF THE INNS AMITY. Prior to the Inns Amity Dinner.

JUNE Sunday 3 June, 11.15 a.m.

CHORAL MATTINS: A service to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Queens Accession, with royal activities for the children! Followed by The Big Picnic in the Garden. The Thames River Pageant will be passing the Temple between 4.00pm and 6.00pm. Come and join the spectacle and bring a picnic to enjoy with your family and friends in the Inner Temple garden. Booking from 16 April. Places are limited to 400. Applications by email only to kpeters@innertemple.org.uk. E-tickets will be issued . There is no charge. A ROYAL CELEBRATION: A service to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of HM The Queen. Preacher: The Rt Hon Lord Judge (Master Judge of Middle Temple), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales. Followed by a reception in Inner Temple Garden. Tickets from the Inner Temple Treasury Office. TEMPLE STUDIES GROUP: The Temple in the Johannine Writings. Please bring a packed lunch. Coffee and juice are provided. Cost: 35. Students with proof of status 5.00. Pay on the day, cash or cheque only. Booking essential via templestudiesgroup@hotmail.co.uk

Thursday 14 June, 5.45 p.m.

Saturday 16 June, 10.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m.

Sunday 24 June, 11.15 a.m.

CHORAL COMMUNION: A Baptism Reunion Service to which we invite all those families for whom we have conducted a Baptism Service in recent years. Followed by lunch in Inner Temple. To book for lunch: Catherine de Satg, 0207 353 8559, catherine@templechurch.com

Wednesday 27 June, 5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG: Followed by drinks in the For St Peters Day Masters Garden. Suggested donation for drinks 5. JULY Sunday 1 July, 11.30 a.m. CHORAL MATTINS: with a special welcome to the World Bar Conference. Preacher: The Hon Justice Susan Crennan, Justice of the High Court of Australia. Wednesday 4 July, 5.45 p.m. CHORAL EVENSONG: for the High Sheriffs of England and Wales.

Wednesday 11 July, 7.30 p.m. TEMPLE MUSIC: CONCERT: Endymion. Performance to include works by Schubert, Mozart and Brahams. Tickets 25, 20 and 15. For further information and to book: www.templemusic.org or 0207 427 5641. Wednesday 18 July, 6.45 p.m. TEMPLE MUSIC: DIAMOND JUBILEE CONCERT. The Temple Church Choir. To include music by Purcell, Stanley and Handel. Please bring a picnic and join us after the Concert in the beautiful Inner Temple Gardens. Tickets: 16, 12, 8. For further information and to book: www.templemusic.org or 0207 427 5641. Sunday 22 July, 11.15 a.m. BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION AND CHORAL Last Service of the Legal Year. COMMUNION. Last Service of the Legal Year. President and Preacher: The Bishop of London. Followed by a Family Barbecue. To book for the barbecue: Catherine de Satg, 0207 353 8559, catherine@templechurch.com

CONFIRMATION
On Sunday 22 July the Bishop of London is kindly returning to preside at a Service of Baptism and Confirmation and Choral Communion. The service will be followed by a family barbecue for the whole congregation. If you or any of your children or grand-children would like to consider confirmation this summer, do get in touch with me; we will be holding sessions to prepare candidates from Easter onwards. Robin Griffith-Jones, master@templechurch.com

REGULAR SERVICES AND EVENTS

SUNDAY

8.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOL

HOLY COMMUNION (said) CHORAL MATTINS Children are most welcome to the Churchs Sunday School, which meets in the Vestry. The Sunday School teachers are Geri Peterson, Sue Lindsey, Kate Langmuir, Melinda Traves and Claire Sharples. For more information please contact Liz Clarke in the Masters House, liz@templechurch.com. 020 7353 8559.

TUESDAY TO FRIDAY

9.00-9.15 a.m.
WEDNESDAY

MORNING PRAYER (said) RECITALS (admission free) The 2012 series of Wednesday Recitals will continue from Wednesday 2 May. For full information about future recitals please refer to www.templechurch.com. You are welcome to bring sandwiches to eat in the Round during the recital. For more information, and to be added to the mailing list, please contact John Shearer, verger@templechurch.com. 020 7353 3470. HOLY COMMUNION (said)

1.15-1.45 p.m.

THURSDAY

1.15 p.m.

APRIL 2012
SUNDAY 1 APRIL

8.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

1.00 p.m.

Palm Sunday HOLY COMMUNION (said) CHORAL MATTINS Organ Prelude Chorale Prelude on Rockingham (Leighton) Introit Hosanna to the Son of David (Weelkes) Responses (Radcliffe) Psalm 61 1st Lesson Zechariah 8. 1-8, 9. 9-10 Lamentations Lamentations (II) (Tallis) 2nd Lesson Matthew 21. 1-11 Benedictus (Plainsong) Anthem See, see, the Word is incarnate (Gibbons) Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary Prelude in E Minor, BWV 548 (J. S. Bach) BAPTISM Alexander George Wallace Hiddleston

SERVICES FOR HOLY WEEK

MONDAY 2 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

Monday of Holy Week RECITAL - MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Four Hymns by Vaughan Willams, Nathan Vale, tenor; Kate Musker, viola; Greg Morris, piano.

TUESDAY 3 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

Tuesday of Holy Week RECITAL - MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Sei gegrsset, Jesu gtig by J.S. Bach. Greg Morris, organ. Wednesday of Holy Week RECITAL - MUSIC FOR HOLY WEEK Songs by Henry Purcell, Pelham Humfrey, John Church and John Playford. Tim Travers-Brown, counter-tenor and Greg Morris, organ.

WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

THURSDAY 5 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

Maundy Thursday CHORAL COMMUNION (Mens Voices) Introit Ubi Caritas (Plainsong) Mass Mass for 3 Voices (Byrd) Epistle 1 Corinthians 11. 17-34 Gradual Psalm Christus factus est (Plainsong) Gospel Luke 23. 1-49

FRIDAY 6 APRIL

11.15 a.m.

Good Friday CHORAL MATTINS THE CRUCIFIXION Organ Prelude Hilf Gott, dass mirs gelinge (J. S. Bach) Introit Salvator Mundi (Tallis) Responses (Plainsong) Psalm 22 1st Lesson Isaiah 52. 13 53. 12 Benedicite (Plainsong) 2nd Lesson John 18. 1 19. 37 Lent Prose (Plainsong) Anthem Lo, the full final Sacrifice (Finzi) Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary O Mensch, bewein dein Snde gross, BWV 622 (J. S. Bach) Easter Vigil CHORAL COMMUNION THE EASTER FIRE Introit As one that has slept (Tavener) Mass Coronation Mass (Mozart) Epistle Romans 6. 3-10 Gospel John 20. 1-18 Preacher The Master Organ Voluntary Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541 (J. S. Bach)

SATURDAY 7 APRIL

8.00 p.m.

SUNDAY 8 APRIL

8.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

Easter Day HOLY COMMUNION (said) CHORAL COMMUNION Organ Prelude Incantation pour un Jour Saint (Langlais) Introit This joyful Eastertide (Wood) Mass Missa Brevis in D, K194 (Mozart) Epistle Colossians 3. 1-7 Psalm Easter Anthems Gospel John 20. 1-18 Creed (Merbecke) Preacher The Master Communion Anthem Hallelujah Chorus (Handel) Organ Voluntary Ite, missa est (from Missa de Gloria) (Leighton) The First Sunday after Easter HOLY COMMUNION (said)

SUNDAY 15 APRIL

8.30 a.m.

MONDAY 16 APRIL

6.30 p.m.

CONCERT Schola Gregoriana of Cambridge. Performance of Gregorian Chants from the mediaeval convents of Fontevraud and Las Huelgas. Tickets: 10 on the door.

THURSDAY 19 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (said)

SATURDAY 21 APRIL

2.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m.

WEDDING James Luke and Rachel Davies WEDDING William Hopkinson and Hazel Barrows

SUNDAY 22 APRIL

8.30 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

The Second Sunday after Easter HOLY COMMUNION (said) EASTER CAROL SERVICE The Temple Church Choir. The Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams(poems: George Herbert). Preacher: Salley Vickers, novelist. Organ Prelude Prelude, Fugue and Ciaconne (Buxtehude) Introit This joyful Eastertide (Wood) 1st Lesson John 20. 1-10 Anthem Easter (Vaughan Williams) 2nd Lesson John 20. 11-18 Anthem I got me Flowers (Vaughan Williams) Anthem Love bade me welcome (Vaughan Williams) 3rd Lesson Luke 24. 13-35 Anthem The Call (Vaughan Williams) 4th Lesson John 20. 19-31 Final Lesson Matthew 28. 16-20 Anthem Antiphon (Vaughan Williams) Organ Voluntary Final from Symphonie No. 1 (Vierne)

THURSDAY 26 APRIL

1.15 p.m.

HOLY COMMUNION (said)

SATURDAY 28 APRIL

2.30 p.m.

WEDDING Rupert Harcourt Kent and Emily Forde

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SUNDAY 29 APRIL

8.30 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 11.15 a.m.

12.45 p.m.

The Third Sunday after Easter HOLY COMMUNION (said) BAPTISM Sophia Anna Ludwig Harris CHORAL COMMUNION Organ Prelude Fantasy (Byrd) Introit I would find Thee (Thalben-Ball) Mass Missa Brevis in F, K. 192 (Mozart) Epistle 1 Peter 2. 11-17 Gradual Psalm 57 Gospel John 16. 16-22 Creed (Merbecke) Preacher The Reader Communion Anthem Blessed be the God and Father (S. S. Wesley) Organ Voluntary Prelude in C, BWV 547 (J. S. Bach) BAPTISM Rupert Oliver Byam-Cook

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SUPPORTING THE WORK OF THE TEMPLE CHURCH

You will recognise how generously the Inns maintain the Temple Church and its music. For one example:- the school-education of our choristers (quite apart from the musical training they receive here from our own musicians) now costs the Inns over 100,000 per year. We certainly hope that the congregation is as proud as the Inns themselves of the boys achievement. For the successful running of the Church we depend increasingly on the collections taken at services and on benefactions. If you pay UK income tax or capital gains tax (whether or not you are a UK resident), it is of great advantage to the Church if you kindly make any contribution through Gift Aid. One-off Gifts: Envelopes. We invite you to use the envelope, provided in the pews, on which you should state your name and address and sign and date the declaration. Regular Giving: Envelopes and Standing-Orders. The verger has a form of declaration to cover all future donations. Each form bears a contributors number; you need then only enter this on any envelope you use for your gift. The verger is John Shearer, verger@templechurch.com, 020 7353 3470. THE ORGAN FUND The biggest task we are presently facing is the complete clean and refurbishment of the Churchs magnificent organ, an essential and expensive undertaking which will ensure that the majestic voice of the organ continues at the heart of our music for the next fifty years and onward. We are touched and heartened that now, in Spring 2012, the pledges and donations exceed 510,000 of the 750,000 to be raised. All further support will be warmly welcomed; the work is being undertaken, 2011-13. This note comes with many thanks to those in the Inns and in our congregation who already support us with immense generosity. The Revd Robin Griffith-Jones, Master master@templechurch.com Penny Jonas Development Consultant development@templechurch.com

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