The Parish of Trinity Church in the City of New York is offering a series of worship services, presentations, concerts and opportunities for quiet reflection to mark the first anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Trinity Church and St Paul's Chapel will offer a program designed to help both visitors and downtown Manhattan residents and office workers to select the activity most likely to help them find spiritual meaning on September 11, 2002.
The Centrepiece of the day at Trinity will be a service at 11am, at which the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd George Carey, will preach, and the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, the Most Revd Frank Griswold, will officiate. During the service, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Right Hon Michael Oliver, will present Trinity with a bell in memory of those who died on September 11.
The service will be Choral Evensong, featuring the Trinity Choir. It is timed to enable the British Broadcasting Corporation's classical music station to broadcast it live nation-wide in the United Kingdom. American and British networks have expressed interest in televising live excerpts. Trinity's Choir will repeat its performance at a 6pm Choral Evensong.
Between 2pm and 4pm, Trinity will offer presentations by leading Wall Street figures, interspersed with concerts.
St Paul's will host an exhibition honouring the ministry of volunteers to World Trade Center recovery workers for eight months ending in May of this year. While the focus at Trinity will be on "proclaiming the truth of God's grace and love through formal worship, music and the spoken word," the public has been advised that St Paul's will be a venue for quiet reflection and prayer through the day.
Details:
Trinity Church
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8am
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Morning Prayer
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9:05am
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Reflection and Meditation with Tedesca String Quintet, playing Schubert
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10:29am
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Bell ringing to mark end of civic ceremony at WTC site
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11am
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Choral Evensong, Archbishop George Carey, Preacher, Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold, Officiant
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12:30pm
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Eucharist
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2pm
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Performances of Hope and Healing
Speaker to be announced
Ruth Laredo, pianist, performing Schumann, Schubert and Beethoven
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3pm
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Speaker to be announced
Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, performing Grieg, Gregorian Chant, Elgar, William Grant Still, Edward McDowell and Copland
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4pm
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To be finalised
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5pm
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Reflection and meditation
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6pm
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Choral Evensong
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St Paul's Chapel
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8:00am
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Exhibition opens to the public
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10:29am
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Bell ringing to mark end of civic ceremony at WTC site
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Chapel closes
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Article from: Trinity Church