Evening at Grace Episcopal Churc
Celebrate both the past and the present this coming Sunday evening when Grace Episcopal Church hosts An Evening at Grace Church. The church as a worshipping community has been around nearly as long as the village of Hinsdale. Over the course of its 130-plus years, the physical church, much like the village, has changed and evolved quite a bit.
The Sunday evening community event celebrates that change -- including a new entry, expanded parking and a 21st century rectory -- with a Choral Evensong, blessing of the church's new entry, grounds and rectory and a picnic cookout. The cost of admission, in keeping with one of the church's outreach projects, is a food or cash donation for the Hinsdale Food Pantry, according to the Rev. Peter Floyd, assistant rector.
Evensong is a sung form of evening prayer, according to Floyd, that is tied into the Anglican choral tradition.
"Occasionally we try to have that type of service because it is very beautiful," he said.
And, indeed for anyone who has not experienced an Episcopal Church service, the musical form of one is particularly moving as Mark Reynertson, Grace Church's music director and organist, is a talented musician and choir leader.
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http://www.pioneerlocal.com/clarendonhills/news/1601933,clarendon-hills-towncolumn-060409-s1.article
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