THE COLLEGIATE & PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY, SWANSEA

The Parish of Central Swansea

 

Services for December 2007

 

 

 

Saturday 1st Nicholas Ferrar

11.00am Concert: West Glamorgan Youth Brass Bands

12.45pm Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

 

SUNDAY 2nd ADVENT SUNDAY 

10.00am All-Age Eucharist

No Junior Church

Celebrant: and Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: HON 457 (CP 578), 235 (CP 470), 336, 553

A New English Folk Mass

Boris Ord           Adam lay ybounden

William Mathias Processional

 

6.00pm “Darkness into Light”

Readings, Carols and Anthems by Candlelight

Officiant: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: 25, 24, 29, 31     

William Mathias The law of the Lord                      

Thomas Weelkes Hosanna to the Son of David             

Percy Buck           The Renunciation                        

John Redford       Rejoice in the Lord alway               

 

Monday 3rd St Francis Xavier

7.00pm Concert: Swansea Community Orchestra

 

Tuesday 4th Saints, Martyrs & Missionaries of Asia

5.30pm Evensong (Boys’ Choir)

Cantor and Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: 25, 26         Plainsong Responses                    Ps 6

 

Wednesday 5th 10.30am Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

12.45pm Lunchtime Holy Communion

Celebrant: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Preacher: John Anthony, Reader

Saturday 8th St Cynidr 12.45pm Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

 

SUNDAY 9th ADVENT TWO

10.00am Choral Eucharist

No Junior Church

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey

Hymns: 26, 34, 29           Ps 72, 1-7 & 18-19 (35)

Missa de angelis

G.P. da Palestrina                      Alma redemptoris mater

Jean Langlais                 Fantaisie

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong 

Officiant: John Anthony, Reader

Preacher: Gareth Reid, Ordinand-in-training

Hymns: 40, 38, 31

Plainsong Responses                  Ps 11 (164)

Charles Wood in C minor

Charles Wood                 O thou the central orb

 

Tuesday 11th 5.30pm Evensong  (Boys & Men)

Officiant & Preacher: John Anthony, Reader

Hymns: 24, 32        Plainsong Responses  Ps 22

Charles Hylton Stewart in C

 

Wednesday 12th St Martin

10.30am Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

12.45pm Lunchtime Service

Officiant: Robert Leonard, Reader-in-training,

Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

 

Thursday 13th St Lucy

7.30pm St Mary’s Youth Choir & Boys’ Choir sing for the Friends of the Royal Institution of South Wales at Swansea Museum

 

Saturday 15th 

12.45pm Holy Communion

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Sue Knight, Team Vicar

7.30pm Concert: Morriston Orpheus Choir

SUNDAY 16th ADVENT THREE

10.00am Choral Eucharist

Junior Church

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Lois Williams, Team Vicar

Hymns: 34, 32, 27                       Mag (265)

Missa de angelis

Adrian Batten     Lord, we beseech thee

Naji Hakim           Conditor alme siderum

 

6.00pm Choral Evensong (with strings)

Officiant: John Anthony, Reader

Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: 25, 34, 26

John Reading Responses                         Ps 68 (384, 387)

Henry Purcell in G minor

Henry Purcell      Rejoice in the Lord alway               

 

Monday 17th 7.30pm Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr Carol Service

 

Tuesday 18th O Adonai!

5.30pm Evening Prayer                        Ps 8

Officiant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

 

Wednesday 19th O Root of Jesse!

10.30am Holy Communion

Celebrant: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Preacher: John Anthony, Reader

12.45pm Lunchtime Service

Officiant & Preacher: John Anthony, Reader

 

Thursday 20th O Key of David!

7.30pm The City Carol Service

with invited Civic, County & Diocesan Guests

Officiant: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

John Rutter        What sweeter music

arr. George Guest            In night’s dim shadows lying

arr. Simon Preston I saw three ships

John Joubert      There is no rose   

arr. John Rutter Sans Day Carol

John Tavener     The Lamb

William Reynolds            This night there is a Child yborn

Eugène Gigout    Grand Chœur Dialogue

 

Saturday 22nd O King of the Nations!

12.45pm Holy Communion

Officiant & Preacher: Revd Sue Knight, Team Vicar

 

SUNDAY 23rd ADVENT FOUR (O Emmanuel!)

10.00am Congregational Carol Service

Officiant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: 49, 58, 64, 67, 61 (vv.1, 2, 3, 6)

Ralph Vaughan Williams             The truth from above

John Joubert                  There is no rose                   

John Tavener                 The Lamb

J. S. Bach                      Concerto in C

 

No evening service

 

 

 

 

Monday 24th CHRISTMAS EVE

3.00pm Children’s Crib Service

Officiant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Carols: HON 377, 403, 481, 306, 89, 199

 

11.30pm Midnight Mass for the Nativity of Our Lord

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Hymns: 62 (omit 4), 56 (omit 4), 65, 53     

Antonio Lotti                  Missa Brevis

Robert Lucas Pearsall      In dulci jubilo

Alexandre Guilmant        Final, from Sonata No1

 

 

Tuesday 25th CHRISTMAS DAY

10.00am All-Age Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Carols: HON 439 (omit 3 & 4), 554, 165, 253, 199

J. S. Bach In dulci jubilo

 

 

 

SUNDAY 30th Christmas One

10.00am All-Age Eucharist

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd Andrew Vessey, Rector

Carols: HON 526, 513, 81, 199 

Voluntary

 

6.00pm Evening Prayer to mark the ending of the Year – Readings, music and prayers in St Anne’s Chapel

St Mary’s Choir is on holiday following the Midnight Mass.  Choral services reconvene on Sunday 6th January – The Feast of the Epiphany.