Compline: An Evening Liturgy for Anxious Souls

About Compline: An Evening Liturgy for Anxious Souls

SCHEDULE: New services release every Sunday through Thursday at 5 am. Compline: Evening Liturgies for Anxious Souls is a meditative prayer service offered Sunday through Thursday evenings from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. Based on the ancient practice of Praying the Hours, Compline features original music and the curation of scripture and prayers built into an invitation to commune with God in a time of reflection, quiet, and stillness at the end of the day in our anxious age.

Publisher

Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University

Category

arts · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jul 2024

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

126 of 525 episodes have a transcript.

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   7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ordinary Time: Back to School 2026 - Wednesday Evening October 7th (feat. Advent Birmingham)

   This is the Wednesday evening liturgy during the Fall season of Ordinary Time for the Compline podcast from the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. For more about the Center for Worship and the Arts, as well as the resources we provide, visit us at https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/ (https://www.samford.edu/worship-arts/). CREDITS: © 2021 Center for Worship and the Arts, Samford University. Engineered and produced by Wen Reagan for the Center for Worship and the Arts at Samford University. SPOKEN WORD: Wen Reagan, Stacy Love, Tracy Hanrahan, Meagan Kennedy, Pierce Moffett, Eden Walker. MUSIC: “Compline #5” by Wen Reagan, © 2020 Sursum Corda Music (BMI). “Wishing Elsewhere” by Emily Hanrahan, © 2020 Emily Hanrahan. “My Savior Left His Throne Above” by Julie Anne Vargas and Zac Hicks, © 2015 Unbudding Fig Music (ASCAP) & Julie Anne Vargas, CCLI #7056910. TEXTS: The liturgical words for this podcast series include original phrasings, but were primarily curated and designed from several public domain sources, including “An Order for Compline” from the Anglican (https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/daily-prayer/night-prayer-compline) and Episcopal (https://www.bcponline.org/DailyOffice/compline.html) Book of Common Prayer and collects collected from Grace Cathedral (https://gracecathedral.org/prayers-difficult-times/) and the University of Notre Dame (https://campusministry.nd.edu/mass-worship/basilica-of-the-sacred-heart/lay-leaders-of-prayer/collects-prayers-of-the-day/ordinary-time-collects-prayers-of-the-day/). SOUNDS: The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. "Door, Front, Opening, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/)) of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) "Door, Front, Closing, A.wav" by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk (http://www.jshaw.co.uk/)) of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) “06 – Crackling Candle.wav” by 14GPanskaLetko_Dominik of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) “Lights a Candle Light with a Match” by straget of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) The following sound effects were used in this podcast series and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. “Soft Shoes Walking on a Dirt Road” by Nagwense of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) “Match Being Lit.wav” by Jeanet_Henning of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) “Candle Blow.wav” by Bee09 of Freesound.org. (http://freesound.org/) Mentioned in this episode: Discover Samford's Center for Worship and the Arts - the creator of the Compline episodes you know and love. Samford’s Center for Worship and the Arts provides resources, connections, and intergenerational development opportunities to engage and explore topics related to worship, theology, and the arts. Our goal is to help churches design, test, and implement new models for nurturing the religious lives of teenagers to engage them more fully in their congregation…. helping them develop as lifelong followers of Jesus Christ. Discover our worship arts camp, Animate, Worship exchange events for ministry leaders, our Online certificates, and other resources by visiting samford.edu/go/cwa Discover Samford's Center for Worship and the Arts - the creator of the Compline episodes you know and love! Samford’s Center for Worship and the Arts provides resources, connections, and intergenerational development opportunities to engage and explore topics related to worship, theology, and the arts. Our goal is to help churches design, test, and implement new models for nurturing the religious lives of teenagers to engage them more fully in their congregation…. helping them develop as lifelong followers of Jesus Christ. Discover our worship arts camp, Animate, Worship exchange events for ministry leaders, our Online certificates, and other resources by visiting samford.edu/go/cwa

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   6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ordinary Time: Back to School 2026 - Tuesday Evening October 6th (feat. Advent Birmingham)

   Wen Reagan and other spoken word artists lead an evening liturgy for anxious souls during Ordinary Time, offering spiritual grounding for the back-to-school season.

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   5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Ordinary Time: Back to School 2026 - Monday Evening October 5th (feat. Advent Birmingham)

   Wen Reagan and other spoken word artists lead an evening liturgy for anxious souls during Ordinary Time, offering spiritual grounding for the back-to-school season.

Inside a recent episode

Ordinary Time: Back to School 2026 - Wednesday Evening October 7th (feat. Advent Birmingham)

Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. our psalm reading tonight is psalm 23 the lord is my shepherd therefore can i lack nothing he makes me lie down in green pastures and leads me beside still waters he shall refresh my soul and guide me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You spread a table before me in the presence of those who trouble me. You have anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full. […]

Who has been a guest on Compline: An Evening Liturgy for Anxious Souls

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• Stacy Love
• Tracy Hanrahan
• Meagan Kennedy
• Pierce Moffett
• Eden Walker

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YouTube views

8,639,122

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

90 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 62 / 100

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Quality

67

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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