Grace Episcopal Church in Lexington will celebrate the annunciation to Mary of the birth of Christ with a traditional- oriented liturgy this Sunday, March 23, at 5 p.m.
As a “sung Mass with incense,” the service will use for the Eucharist the Elizabethan language of Rite I of the Book of Common Prayer, and, for sung portions of the liturgy, the plainsong setting of the Missa Marialis which derives from medieval days for feasts associated with the Virgin Mary.
The Rev. David Cox will officiate and preach. The parish’s minister of music, Martha Burford, will conduct the choir, and Jonathan Clawson, interim director of choral activities at Southern Virginia University, will assist her as organist.
The usual morning services of Holy Eucharist, Rite I at 8 a.m. and Rite II at 10:30 a.m., will observe the Third Sunday of Lent. Between the services in the parish hall, Dr. Harlan Beckley will discuss his new book, “Rethinking Equal Opportunity.”
