Each third Sunday of the month there is a Choral Evensong in the Nieuwe Kerk at 5 PM.

The liturgical form of a Choral Evensong was instituted almost 500 years ago, when the English King Henry VIII established The Anglican Church following a serious conflict with the Pope in Rome.

The Choral Evensong is a combination of vesper and complin, still celebrated daily in many English Cathedrals. Apart from a few short spoken elements, an Evensong as a whole is sung.

Some have said that the Choral Evensong seems to be more of a concert than an act of worship. That would be true if the singing were offered to those present. But it isn't. It is offered by the Choir - on behalf of the whole Church - to God, who alone is the audience to all worship. We are part of that offering, even though we say little and sing even less. By our presence and our silent assent, we are worshipping as we allow the Choir doing something beautiful for God; to lift our hearts beyond the mundane into the realms of the eternal and glorious life of heaven.

The Choral Evensongs are on the following Sundays at 5 PM:

2011

• 18 September
• 16 October
• 20 November

• 15 January
• 19 February
• 18 March
• 15 april
• 20 May
• 17 June