The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn

CHAPEL SERVICES

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Treasurer

The Rt Hon Lord Justice McCombe

Dean of the Chapel

Jonathan Crow Esq QC

Preacher

The Venerable Sheila Watson

Organist and Director of Chapel Music

Nicholas Shaw

EASTER & TRINITY TERMS 2019

THE CHAPEL: WHAT IS IT FOR? Why do we have a Chapel in the Inn? I suggest for at least these three reasons: First because everyone needs to consider even if they cannot answer, the great questions of life, who are we, why are we here, to whom if anyone are we responsible, and so on. What is done in the Chapel may help us to think about these questions, and to point us at least in the direction of answers. Secondly because the very existence of such a place reminds us, whether or not we believe in God, that there is more to life than work, and more to work than making a living; there is in fact a spiritual (or at least a non-material) dimension to our existence. Thirdly because we are a community and the Chapel is a worthy place for the prayer and praise of the community to be offered to Almighty God. Why should the Chapel be a place of Anglican worship, rather than multi-denominational or multi-faith? In what may be called "formal" worship (and I do not mean anything derogatory by that term) it is necessary to use some form or other. The Church of England's form is the one for which the Chapel was built and intended. However, much of what we do is not specifically Anglican, for instance our Bible Readings and Carol Services; and my hope is that all our services, formal and informal, may be found helpful and positive by any believer in God and by any seeker after truth. While the Chapel is particularly for those who live and work in the Inn, whether as judges, barristers, students, clerks, employees or tenants, it is also open to the public and we are always glad to welcome anyone of whatever faith or none. The Chapel is open from Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm. Some find it a convenient place for quiet meditation, and the high pews, though they have disadvantages, are well suited to those who wish to pray undisturbed.

The Venerable Sheila Watson The Preacher

preacher@lincolnsinn.org.uk

Lincoln’s Inn Chapel follows the traditional services of Matins and Eucharist according to the Book of Common Prayer. Orders of Service can be followed on the laminated cards and on page 1 (Matins) and page 236 (Eucharist) of the Book of Common Prayer. The page number of the psalm is noted on the music list. In Eastertide we sing the Easter Anthems in place of the Venite. They can be found on page 128 of the Prayer Book. Every Sunday after the Service, all members of the congregation are invited to join the Masters of the Bench and Members of the Inn for a brief social gathering in the Crypt of the Old Hall. Dates and times of all Chapel events in the Chapel in the Hilary Term are set out in the Chapel Calendar or will appear in the Lent Leaflet later in term: both may be found at the back of the Chapel. Please take one. Website link: https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/about-us/chapel/

The Third Sunday after Easter (Easter 4)

12 May 2019

Morning Prayer and Sermon Organ Voluntary Wo Gott zum Haus nicht gibt sein Gunst – Robert Saxton (b.1953) Hymn 207 Jesus lives! Thy terrors now Easter Anthems Sung by the Choir – John Harper (b.1947) Psalm 146 (Chant – Ley) p.533 First Lesson Acts 9.36-end Tabitha, get up. Te Deum (Chants – Woodward, Smart, Ousely) Second Lesson John 10.22-30 How long will you keep us in suspense? Jubilate William Walton in Bb (1902-83) Anthem The Lord is my shepherd - Lennox Berkeley (1903-89) The Bidding and Lord's Prayer Sermon The Preacher Hymn 211 Now is eternal life Organ Voluntary Tuba Tune - C S Lang (1891-1971)

The retiring collection will be for Christian Aid.

The Easter Anthems

Christus vincit! Christus regnat! Christus imperat! Christ conquers! Christ reigns! Christ commands! Christ our passover has been sacrificed for us: So let us celebrate the feast, Not with the old leaven of corruption and wickedness: But with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. Christ once raised from the dead dies no more: Death has no more dominion over him. In dying he died to sin once for all: In living he lives to God. See yourselves therefore as dead to sin: And alive to God in Jesus Christ our Lord. Christ has been raised from the dead: The first fruits of those who sleep. For as by man came death: By man has come also the resurrection of the dead; For as in Adam all die: Even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 5.7b, 8 Romans 6.9–11, 1 Corinthians 15.20–22

The Lord is my shepherd The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23

The Fourth Sunday after Easter (Easter 5)

19 May 2019

Morning Prayer and Sermon Organ Voluntary Trio – C.V. Stanford (1852-1924) Introit Rise up, my love, my fair one – Healey Willan (1880-1968) Opening Hymn 679 In Christ there is no East or West Easter Anthems (Chant – Russell) Psalm 16 (Chant – Rose) p.360 First Lesson Acts 11.1-18 Peter’s Vision Benedicte (Chant – Lloyd) Second Lesson John 13.31-35 A new commandment Benedictus C.V. Stanford in C (1852-1924) Anthem Ubi caritas – Francis Pott (b.1957) The Bidding and Lord's Prayer Sermon The Preacher Hymn 218 Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son Organ Voluntary Paeludium & Fugue in G minor – Johannes Brahms (1833-97)

The retiring collection will be for Christian Aid.

Rise up, my love, my fair one Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away; For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear upon the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come; Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. Song of Songs 2.10-13

Ubi caritas Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus et amemus Deum vivum, et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Amen. Where charity and love are, God is there. The love of Christ has united us. Let us rejoice and be glad in him. Let us fear and love the living God and adore him from a sincere heart. Where charity and love are, God is there. Amen. From the Liturgy for Maundy Thursday

SUNDAY 26 MAY AND SUNDAY 2 JUNE 2019 : NO CHAPEL SERVICE

THURSDAY 30 MAY : ASCENSION DAY 1.05 PM SAID COMMUNION

TRINITY TERM BEGINS WITH THE CHAPEL CONCERT & RECEPTION ON WEDNESDAY 5 JUNE, AT 6.00 PM

SUNDAY 9 JUNE : 11.30 AM MORNING PRAYER

Trinity Term Whit Sunday (Pentecost)

9th June 2019

Sung Eucharist and Sermon Organ Voluntary O heiliger Geist, du göttlichs Feur – Alan Mills (b.1964) Opening Hymn 258 O thou who camest from above Setting Missa Dum compleruntur – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) Epistle Acts 2.1-21 The Day of Pentecost Gospel John 14.8-17; 25-27 The Advocate will teach you everything Creed (Merbecke) Sermon The Preacher Offertory Hymn 238 Come down, O Love divine

During the hymn a collection will be taken for the NET (Neuroendocrine Cancer) Patient Foundation. When Catherine McCardle, a long serving member of the Library and Archives Team, was diagnosed with this often unheard of cancer, she

found NET’s guidance and support invaluable. During Communion Veni, Sancte Spiritus – Victoria Final Hymn 244 Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round Organ Voluntary Veni Creator en Taille – Nicolas de Grigny(1672-1703)

Veni, Sancte Spiritus Veni Sancte Spiritus, Come, Holy Spirit, Et emitte caelitus and give out the heavenly Lucis tuae radium. radiance of thy light. Veni pater pauperum, Come, father of the poor, Veni dator munerum, come, giver of gifts, Veni lumen cordium. come, light of all hearts. Consolator optime, Best of comforters, Dulcis hospes animae, sweet guest of the soul, Dulce refrigerium. refreshingly sweet. O lux beatissima, O most blessed light, Reple cordis intima fill the inmost heart Tuorum fidelium. of thy faithful. Lava quod est sordidum, Wash what is soiled, Riga quod est aridum, water what is parched, Sana quod est saucium. heal what is wounded. Da tuis fidelibus, Give to thy faithful, In te confidentibus, who trust in thee, Sacrum septenarium. thy sevenfold gifts. Da virtutis meritum, Reward the virtuous, Da salutis exitum, release the rescued, Da perenne gaudium. Amen. give joy for ever. Amen. Sequence at Mass on Whit Sunday

Trinity Sunday 16 June 2019

Morning Prayer and Sermon Organ Voluntary Kyrie Gott, Vater in Ewigkeit; Christe, aller Welt Trost; Kyrie Gott, Heiliger Geist, BWV 669-671 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Hymn 276 Holy, holy, holy! Venite (Chant – Smart) Psalm 8 (Chant – Attwood) p.353 First Lesson Proverbs 8.1-4; 22-31 Does not wisdom call? Te Deum Short service – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) Second Lesson John 16.12-15 I still have many things to say to you Jubilate (Chant – Savage) Anthem I saw the Lord – Sir John Stainer (1840-1901) The Bidding and Lord's Prayer Sermon The Preacher Hymn 277 I bind unto myself today Organ Voluntary Flourish for an occasion – William Harris (1883-1973) The retiring collection will be for the NET (Neuroendocrine Cancer) Patient Foundation. When Catherine McCardle, of the Library and Archives Team, was diagnosed with this often unheard of cancer,

she found NET’s guidance and support invaluable.

I saw the Lord I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he cover’d his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And the posts of the door mov’d at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. O Trinity! O Unity! Be present as we worship thee, And with the songs that angels sing Unite the hymns of praise we bring. Isaiah 6.1-4

The First Sunday after Trinity 23 June 2019

The Warburton Lecture

The annual Warburton Lecture will be given by:

The Revd Canon Prof Richard Burridge FKC The Dean of King's College London & Professor of Biblical Interpretation

A special order of service will be printed.

The Third Sunday after Trinity 30 June 2019

Peter the Apostle : Sung Eucharist and Sermon Organ Voluntary Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 – J.S. Bach (1685-1750) Opening Hymn 299 Give us the wings of faith to rise Setting Missa Petre ego pro te rogavi – Alonso Lobo (c.1555-1617) Epistle Acts 12.1-11 He did not realise what was happening was real Gospel Matthew 16.13-19 Thou art Peter Creed (Merbecke) Sermon The Preacher Offertory Hymn 321 Thou art the Christ, O Lord

During the hymn a collection will be taken for the NET (Neuroendocrine Cancer) Patient Foundation. When Catherine McCardle, a long serving member of the Library and Archives Team, was diagnosed with this often unheard of cancer, she

found NET’s guidance and support invaluable.

During Communion Tu es Petrus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525/6-1594) Final Hymn 312 Ye watchers and ye holy ones Organ Voluntary Fugue in C minor, BWV 582 – J.S. Bach

Tu es Petrus Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam. Et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam. Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church. And the gates of hell will not prevail against it. And to you I will give the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 16.18-19

The Third Sunday after Trinity 7 July 2019

Family Day at the Inn

A Family Service will take the place of Morning Prayer. This will be followed by a BBQ and outdoor games.

A special order of service will be printed.

The Fourth Sunday after Trinity

14 July 2019

Morning Prayer and Sermon Organ Voluntary Prelude in Eb - William Harris (1883-1973) Hymn 738 Not far beyond the sea, nor high Venite (Chant – Havergal) Psalm 25.1-10 (Chant – Havergal) p. 373 First Lesson Deuteronomy 30.9-14 The word is very near you Te Deum Collegium Regale – Herbert Howells (1893-1983) Second Lesson Luke 10.25-37 Who is my neighbour? Jubilate (Chant – Savage) Anthem A Hymn for St Cecilia – Herbert Howells The Bidding and Lord's Prayer Sermon The Preacher Hymn 284 For the fruits of all creation Organ Voluntary Master Tallis’s Testament – Herbert Howells

The retiring collection will be for the Mothers Union which works

in the UK and over 80 countries throughout the world.

A Hymn for St Cecilia Sing for the morning’s joy, Cecilia, sing, in words of youth and phrases of the Spring, walk the bright colonnades by fountains’ spray, and sing as sunlight fills the waking day; till angels, voyaging in upper air, pause on a wing and gather the clear sound into celestial joy, wound and unwound, a silver chain, or golden as your hair. Sing for your loves of heaven and of earth, in words of music, and each word a truth; marriage of heart and longings that aspire, a bond of roses, and a ring of fire. Your summertime grows short and fades away, terror must gather to a martyr’s death; but never tremble, the last indrawn breath remembers music as an echo may. Through the cold aftermath of centuries, Cecilia’s music dances in the skies; lend us a fragment of the immortal air, that with your choiring angels we may share, a word to light us thro’ time-fettered night, water of life, or rose of paradise, so from the earth another song shall rise to meet your own in heaven’s long delight. Ursula Vaughan Williams (1911-2007)

The Fifth Sunday after Trinity

21 July 2019

Sung Eucharist and Sermon Organ Voluntary Récit de Cromorne – Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) Hymn 421 All for Jesus Setting Cantus Missae - Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) Epistle 2 Corinthians 4.7-15 Treasure in earthenware jars Gospel Luke 10.38- end The better part Creed (Merbecke) Sermon The Preacher Offertory Hymn 460 O thou, who at the Eucharist didst pray

During the hymn a collection will be taken for the Mothers Union which works in the UK and over 80 countries throughout

the world. During Communion Agnus Dei, from Cantus Missae Final Hymn 589 Angel-voices ever singing Organ Voluntary Duo - Nicolas de Grigny

There will be short services for Call Days on

24 and 25 July, at 4.30pm.

Services for the Michaelmas Term begin with Morning Prayer at

11.30am on Sunday 6 October 2019.

SUNDAY LUNCHES

If you wish to stay for Sunday Lunch after Chapel, please contact Member Events, at memberevents@lincolnsinn.org.uk, by the end of

the day on the previous Wednesday.

There will be a family style Carvery Lunch on Sunday 9 June. Please contact Member Events, at

memberevents@lincolnsinn.org.uk, to make a reservation.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS

Our free Lunchtime Concerts are performed by musicians from the Royal College of Music and are open for all to attend. The concerts

begin at 1.05pm and are generally finished by 1.50pm. The dates for the Easter and Trinity terms are:

Tuesday 14 May and Tuesday 18 June.

CHAPEL CONCERT & RECEPTION Wednesday 5 June - 6pm

“Ascension to Trinity - A Trio of Feasts”

The Choir of Lincoln’s Inn presents a concert for choir and organ celebrating the feasts of Ascension, Pentecost, and Trinity. Music from across the centuries will be included: Tallis’s Loquebantur Variis Lingiis, Gibbons’ setting of O Clap your Hands, Stainer’s I saw the Lord, Elgar’s The Spirit of the Lord, and Jonathan Dove’s contemporary setting of Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars. A first performance of a new work by John Casken, From this red earth, will also be featured. This work was composed as part of the Inn’s ongoing project to commission music based on John Donne’s Litany. Admission to the concert is free. For tickets to the reception in the Old

Hall, please contact Member Events: memberevents@lincolnsinn.org.uk

Family Day Picnic

Sunday 7 July 2019

11.30 am - 4.00 pm

All are welcome

Please join us for a Chapel

service, which is open to all,

followed by a BBQ Buffet

Lunch and some fun activities.

Timings:

Chapel service: 11.30 am

Lunch will be served between

12.30 – 2.00 pm

Family activities available from

12.30 – 4.00 pm

A cash bar will be available

until 3.30 pm

Ticket price includes:

A Pimm’s, Prosecco or soft

drink on arrival, a delicious

BBQ lunch, and fun all-age

activities.

Please contact

Member Events for tickets:

memberevents@lincolnsinn.or

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