This Sunday we celebrate Pentecost. We will live stream our 9:00 a.m. worship and you will see a few changes in the liturgy. This will be the last Sunday we use the Easter Acclamation. After each reading instead of “Here ends the reading” the lector will say, “Hear what the Spirit is saying to God’s People.” And the congregational response will be familiar, “Thanks be to God.”
EVENSONG FOR THE DAY OF PENTECOST
View Live on Facebook
Sunday, May 31, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., EDT
Evensong has its roots in the Roman Catholic monastic offices of Vespers and Compline (two of the monk’s required daily seven periods of prayer using psalms and other scriptures). Around 1549 under auspices of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, the first  Book of Common Prayer  in English and not the historic Latin appeared in the Church of England. In it Cranmer reduced the daily offices to two: Morning and Evening Prayer. It is from the English cathedral tradition in which most of the psalms and canticles of Evening Prayer were sung by a choir of trained musicians the term “Evensong” emerged. 

At this Fifth Sunday Evensong, the service is sung by the officiant, The Rev. Dr. Dale Truscott, and a soloist, Vanessa Hawkins. The principal Office Service Music is  Afro-Centric Evensong   by yours truly .  However, since it has been sung with a choir at St. Richard’s, for this Pentecost rendition, I have enlisted the assistance of internationally renown composer, M. Roger Holland II, to create a solo “Magnificat” of which Vanessa will sing the world premiere at St. Richard’s. The original setting of “The Lord’s Prayer” from the  Afro-Centric Evensong  is based on the Caribbean choral call and response. Therefore, I have created a solo version of “The Lord’s Prayer” from my  Strong and Graceful Oaks.

 In addition, the organ prelude is “Invocation” from  Spiritual Set for Organ  by Noel Da Costa. The organ postlude is my “Toccata on  Fire Deep Down in My Bones. ” Please join us in worship via  www.facebook.com/StRichardsWinterPark/live , Sunday, May 31, 2020, 5 PM.

Dr. Carl MaultsBy, Director of Music and Organist
Online Offerings
UPCOMING LIVE STREAMS
Sunday Worship Service
Live Streaming- Join us live on Facebook
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 9:00 a.m.
Sunday 5:00 p.m. Evening Worship LIVE on Facebook
This Week A Pentecost Afro Centric Evensong featuring Vanessa Hawkins, Soprano.
Daily Morning Prayer
Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.
Live Stream on Facebook and then available on Facebook, YouTube and our website,  www.strichards.org
Meaning Hunters
Tuesday Bible Study, 6:30 p.m.
Zoom Bible Study link found on our Facebook Page. Please like our Facebook page, St. Richard's Winter Park, and ask to join “Meaning Hunters” for access to our study on the Book of Job. 
Virtual Kid’s Club  
Check the St. Richard’s Kid’s Facebook page and look in your mail for the Sunday Paper which helps our children understand the readings for each Sunday.
Mask to Mask In Person Gatherings at St. Richard’s
We have reintroduced a few small gatherings at St. Richard’s. Each person is expected to wear a mask and keep physical distance. Contact Tracing will be implemented. The leader of each group will keep a list of attendees. The bathrooms will be sanitized and regularly maintained.
Sacred Time,
Contemplative Prayer
IN THE BREEZEWAY at St. Richard’s. Wear Your Mask! Tiffany Lane, Reiki Master and Spiritual Director, leads us through an hour of contemplative prayer practice and silence now in person just outside the doors of the Church. This will replace her Live Stream on Facebook. If you would like to continue to pray with Tiffany and do not feel comfortable coming to the church, you can watch her videos on Facebook, YouTube and our website anytime, 
Tai Chi
Thursdays, 10:00 a.m. in the Breezeway at St. Richard’s. Masks are expected for this gentle movement class led by Carol Alves.
Prayer Shawl Knitters
Fridays, 10:00 a.m. in the Conference Room
Masks are also expected for this gathering. Please contact Sharon Knapp,  sharoknapp@msn.com  if you are interested in attending.   
Masked Tail Gate Party
June 7, 10:45 a.m. in the Parking Lot at St. Richard’s
If you are interested in a bit of fellowship at St. Richard’s we are opening the parking lot for a visit. Please wear a mask, plan to leave a parking space between you and the next car, bring a chair and your own refreshments for a visit. 
Ministers Serving Today:
Preacher: The Rev. Alison P. Harrity
Celebrant: The Rev. Alison P. Harrity
Deacon: The Rev. Rich Wilson
St. Richard's Celebrates Holy Eucharist on
Sundays at 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and
Evening Worship 5:00 p.m.
St. Richard's Episcopal Church 5151 Lake Howell Road, Winter Park, FL 32792
The Rev. Alison P. Harrity Office: (407) 671-4211 Fax: (407) 671-2028 Email: rector@strichards.org