The title of our Sunday evening sermon series this term is ‘O Lord, open our lips’. The title has been drawn from the Book of Common Prayer (1662) to mark its 350th anniversary and a number of guest preachers will be speaking under this heading.
Pentecost
Voluntary: Duruflé Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le ‘Veni Creator’
The voluntary, with plainsong sung by the Choristers in the final movement, will begin at 10.15 a.m.
Setting: Britten Missa Brevis
Gradual: Psalm 104 vv. 26–end
Hymns (NEH): 137, 140
Voluntary: J.S. Bach Komm, Heiliger Geist (BWV 651)
Preacher: Max Kramer
The Assistant (Lay) Chaplain
Preacher: The Rev’d Professor Jeremy Begbie
Research Professor of Theology, Duke Divinity School, USA
Jeremy Begbie is Thomas A. Langford Research Professor in Theology at Duke Divinity School, North Carolina, and founding Director of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He is also an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculties of Divinity and Music at the University of Cambridge. He has authored a number of books, including Resounding Truth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (Baker/SPCK). A professionally trained musician, he has taught widely in the UK and abroad, specialising in multimedia performance-lectures.
Trinity Sunday
Presiding Bishop: The Rt Rev’d Dr David Thomson
Setting: Tallis Missa Salve Intemerata
Gradual: Psalm 84 vv. 1–6
Hymns (NEH): 353, 138, 420
Voluntary: J.S. Bach Prelude in E flat (BWV 552i)
Preacher: The Rt Rev'd Dr David Thomson
Bishop of Huntingdon
Preacher: The Rev’d Canon Joanna Udal
Archbishop of Canterbury’s Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs
Since 2009, the Revd Canon Joanna Udal has been the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Anglican Communion Affairs, based at Lambeth Palace. In this role, Joanna serves and supports the Archbishop in all matters relating to his Anglican Communion responsibilities. From 2001 to 2009, Joanna served as Assistant to the Archbishop of the Sudan. Joanna holds degrees in theology and mathematics, and before training for ordination she worked for the shipping industry in the field of international policy.
