Worship
O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness
Let the whole earth stand in awe of Him.
Ps 96:9

Worship at Ascension
We meet at the
Seventh Day Adventist Church,
Boomberglaan 6, Hilversum.
We gather for weekly services
of Sung Holy Communion
at 10am on Sundays.
Our liturgy is based upon the
Book of Common Prayer 1662,
with some additions as allowed.
We are introducing a Gradual Psalm in our Liturgy, sung in Plainsong
Normally there is music sung between the two main Bible readings on a Sunday - the Epistle and the Gospel. We've been singing a hymn at this point, called the Gradual, but we will replace that with a Gradual Psalm, returning to a more ancient practice. The term gradual comes "from the practice of singing it either on the altar steps or while the deacon was ascending the steps of the ambo" (the raised platform from where the Gospel was read) [step in Latin is gradus]. [Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church]
The Gradual Psalm is usually a portion of a Psalm and it is chosen to relate to the readings and theme of a particular Sunday in the Church calendar. It is an interesting practice to try to understand why this particular Psalm or Psalm portion was chosen.
Plainsong is a kind of Gregorian chant. It is sung in unison, and is a simple tune that repeats with each verse of the Psalm. Here is an example with the setting from Healey Willan's Plainsong edition of the Canadian Psalter (1963). Click on the link to download a Word document with music and text:
(The first two notes are only used for the capitalized words in the first verse. When you see a bolded syllable, that indicates a change in tone from the whole note.)
The Daily Offices of Morning and Evening Prayer
Daily Bible Readings
These readings come from the Church of England's 1955 draft revision to their 1922 authorized daily office lectionary. The readings are connected with the Church Year. If you follow this lectionary you will read through most of the Old Testament once and the whole of the New Testament twice.
The Week of Whitsunday
May 29 to June 3
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Whitsunday | Joel 2:28-end | Rom. 8:1-17 | Isa. 11:1-9 | Rom. 8:18-end |
Monday | Eze. 11:14-20 | Acts 2:12-36 | Wis. 1:1-7 | Acts 2:37-end |
Tuesday | Eze. 37:1-14 | 1 Cor. 12:1-13 | Wis. 7:15--8:1 | 1 Co 12:27-13 end |
Wednesday | 1 Kings 19:1-18 | 1 Cor. 2 | Wis. 9 | 1 Cor. 3 |
Thursday | 2 Sam. 23:1-5 | Eph. 6:10-20 | Ex. 35:30--36:1 | Gal. 5:13-end |
Friday | Num. 11:16-29 | 2 Cor. 5:14--6:10 | Jer. 31:31-34 | 2 Cor. 3 |
Saturday | Num. 27:15-end | Mt. 9:35--10:20 | Isa. 61 | 2 Tim. 1:3-14 |
The Week of Trinity Sunday
June 5 to 10
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Trinity Sunday | Isa. 6:1-8 | Mk. 1:1-13 | Isa. 40:12-end | 1 Pet. 1:1-12 |
Monday | Job 1 | Jam. 1 | Job 2 | Mk. 1:14-31 |
Tuesday | Job 3 | Jam. 2:1-13 | Job 4 | Mk. 1:32-end |
Wednesday | Job 5 | Jam. 2:14-end | Job 6 | Mk. 2:1-22 |
Thursday | Job 7 | Jam. 3 | Job 8 | Mk. 2:23--3:12 |
Friday | Job 9 | Jam. 4 | Job 10 | Mk. 3:13-end |
Saturday | Job 11 | Jam. 5 | Job 12 | Mk. 4:1-34 |
The Week of Trinity I
June 12 to 17
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Monday | Job 13 | 1 Pet. 1:1-21 | Job 14 | Mk. 4:35--5:20 |
Tuesday | Job 15:1-16 | 1 Pet. 1:22--2:10 | Job 16:1--17:2 | Mk. 5:21-end |
Wednesday | Job 17:3-end | 1 Pet. 2:11-3:7 | Job 18 | Mk. 6:1-29 |
Thursday | Job 19 | 1 Pet. 3:8--4:6 | Job 21 | Mk. 6:30-end |
Friday | Job 22 | 1 Pet. 4:7-end | Job 23 | Mk. 7:1-23 |
Saturday | Job 24 | 1 Pet. 5 | Job 25 & 26 | Mk. 7:24--8:10 |
The Week of Trinity II
June 19 to 24
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Monday | Job 27 | 2 Pet. 1 | Job 28 | Mk. 8:11-9:1 |
Tuesday | Job 29:1--30:1 | 2 Pet. 2 | Job 31:13-end | Mk. 9:2-29 |
Wednesday | Job 32 | 2 Pet. 3 | Job 33 | Mk. 9:30-end |
Thursday | Job 38:1-21 | Jude | Job 38:22-end | Mk. 10:1-31 |
Friday | Job 39 | 1 Jn. 1:1--2:6 | Job 40 | Mk. 10:32-end |
Saturday | Job 41 | 1 Jn. 2:7-end | Job 42 | Mk. 11:1-26 |
The Week of Trinity III
June 26 to July 1
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Monday | Prov. 1:1-19 | 1 Jn. 3:1-12 | Prov. 1:20-end | Mk. 11:27--12:12 |
Tuesday | Prov. 2 | 1 Jn. 3:13--4:6 | Prov. 3:1-26 | Mk. 12:13-34 |
Wednesday | Prov. 3:27--4:19 | 1 Jn. 4:7-end | Prov. 4:20--5:14 | Mk. 12:35--13:13 |
Thursday | Prov. 6:1-19 | 1 Jn. 5 | Prov. 8 | Mk. 13:14-end |
Friday | Prov. 8 | 2 John | Prov. 10:1-22 | Mk. 14:1-26 |
Saturday | Prov. 11:1-25 | 3 John | Prov. 12:10-end | Mk. 14:27-52 |
The Week of Trinity IV
July 3 to 8
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Monday | Prov. 14:9-27 | Rom. 1 | Prov. 15:18-end | Mk. 14:53-end |
Tuesday | Prov. 16:31--17:17 | Rom. 2:1-16 | Prov. 18:10-end | Mk. 15:1-41 |
Wednesday | Prov. 20:1-22 | Rom. 2:17-end | Prov. 22:1-16 | Mk. 15:42--16 end |
Thursday | Prov. 24:23-end | Rom. 3 | Prov. 25 | Lk. 1:1-23 |
Friday | Prov. 26:12-end | Rom. 4 | Prov. 27:1-22 | Lk. 1:24-56 |
Saturday | Prov. 30:1-16 | Rom. 5 | Prov. 31:10-end | Lk. 1:57-end |
The Week of Trinity V
July 10 to 15
Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | |||
Monday | 1 Sam. 1 | Rom. 6 | 1 Sam. 2:1-21 | Lk. 2:1-21 |
Tuesday | 1 Sam. 2:22-end | Rom. 7 | 1 Sam. 3 | Lk. 2:22-end |
Wednesday | 1 Sam. 4 | Rom. 8:1-17 | 1 Sam. 7 | Lk. 3:1-22 |
Thursday | 1 Sam. 8 | Rom. 8:18-end | 1 Sam. 9:1-25 | Lk. 4:1-30 |
Friday | 1 Sam. 9:26--10:16 | Rom. 9 | 1 Sam.10:17-end | Lk. 4:31-end |
Saturday | 1 Sam. 11 | Rom. 10 | 1 Sam. 12 | Lk. 5:1-16 |

Worship Address: Adventist Church, Boomberglaan 6, Hilversum
Mailing Address: Overmeerseweg 120, 1394 BJ Nederhorst den Berg
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Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm 127:1,2