Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre for Imperial College, RCA & RCM

02/12/2025

Advent Evensong with Imperial Chamber Choir
Wed 3rd Dec 17.30-18:15
Holy Trinity Church, Prince Consort Rd, SW7 1NA.

The service combines music, words, and silence to create a time for personal reflection and stillness (whatever your faith or worldview).

This week we explore the season of Advent, preparing for Christmas, with songs by Michael Praetorius, Elizabeth Poston, and Orlando Gibbons, plus a work by a current member of the choir.

24/12/2024

Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas, and sharing
‘Peace on Earth,’ a song by Errollyn Wallen sung by the student Chamber Choir at our Carol Service this year

Our university Carol Service is sung by the students of Imperial College Chamber Choir and led the Imperial Chaplaincy.We are delighted to have a new piece o...

22/10/2024

If you are in London tomorrow please join us as we begin our new year of College Evensongs with the students of Imperial College Chamber Choir - back from a successful tour of Estonia and Finland and featured on Radio 3.

We have the premier of a new anthem composed by Pallav Bagchi, a current student, as well as Verses and Responses by Rose, Canticles to Stanford in B flat, and Brahms ‘Geistliches Lied'.

Space, reflection, music, meditation and prayer.

Oct 23rd 17.30 Holy Trinity Church, South Kensington SW7 2BA

04/12/2023

This week at College Evensong we have music for Advent – the time of personal preparation to celebrate the birth of Christ.
We have a feast of reflective music by contemporary composers. We start with ‘Bogoroditse Dyevo’ by Arvo Pärt – based on the Orthodox Prayer to Mary the Mother of God. The Verses and Responses are sung to a setting by Joanna Forbes-L'Estrange and the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis are sung to the Truro Service by Gabriel Jackson.
The anthem is Otto Goldschmidt’s song ‘A Tender Shoot’ – a text from Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible.
And there will be a chance for everyone to sing the well-known Advent hymn ‘O Come, O Come, Emmanuel’

Wed 6/12/23 at 17:30 in Holy Trinity South Kensington, SW7 2BA.
Wonderful music – calming, meditative and uplifting music.

07/11/2023

Our service this week has an All Souls theme. We will remember those we have known and loved who have died. During the service, the Chaplains will remember by name members of the College whose funerals or memorials we have taken or been pastorally involved with.
We are delighted that our service begins with the wonderfully inclusive version of Psalm 23 written by Bobby McFerrin, the American jazz vocalist and composer. McFerrin’s piece is subtitled ‘Dedicated to my mother’ to honour his mother Sara who died in 2019.
Music for the service will also include Verses and Responses by William Byrd, music for the Canticles by Thomas Walmisley, and the anthem ‘Faire is the Heaven’ by Harris. The music for the psalm is composed by Maria Portela, a PhD student at Imperial.
Wed 8th Nov, 17.30 in Holy Trinity Church, SW7 2BA. More details on our website

A contemplative service of music, readings, and prayers with space for the lighting of candles and personal prayers. Led by the Chaplaincy Multi-Faith Centre, with music from Imperial College Chamber Choir.

24/10/2023

Join us and the inspiring Imperial College Chamber Choir
for our Evensong this week to celebrate the new academic year (Wed 25/10/23 17:30) at Holy Trinity Church South Kensington, SW7 2BA
Wonderful mediative and uplifting music by Undine Smith Moore, Parry, Byrd, Stanford, and one of our own students!

12/05/2021

Evening Prayer 17.30 tonight and College Evensong dates for this term - https://mailchi.mp/3892bc6b846b/evening-prayer-1730-tonight-and-college-evensong-dates-for-this-term

30/11/2020

Here are some Advent resources for meditation that I have share with our meditation network. In the Christian Calendar the season of Advent runs through the four weeks before Christmas. It's a time of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. The mood of Advent is prayerful, watchful and reflective. There is a quiet theme of judgement from the vulnerable new born child....

Here are some Advent resources for meditation that I have share with our meditation network. In the Christian Calendar the season of Advent runs through the four weeks before Christmas. It’s …

28/09/2020

Christian Meditation: Launch the restart protocols! - https://mailchi.mp/3e78eeccf2af/christian-meditation-launch-the-restart-protocols
How to get your meditation going again.

21/09/2020

Christian Meditation -

 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

10/09/2020

Meditation starts again on Monday 14th Sept and Wednesday 16th Sept - https://mailchi.mp/cadbc3215380/meditation-starts-again-on-monday-14th-sept-and-wednesday-16th-sept

31/07/2020

Eid Mubarak to all celebrating the festival

Eid Mubarak to all our community! 🎉